Thank You Hashem and Matisyahu Spreading Light? Judaism Without Apologizing - Rav Eytan Feiner

a Torah anytime original series. There was a time when and Das Tyra was sort of from the Rabanam and the Rashivas and it trickled down. I think it's safe to say that that ship has slightly sailed and nowadays a lot of our influence and hashkafa comes from influencers and people with loud megaphones, people who are exciting and cool and good at social media with that excellent question. You know, it's a big issue. It's an issue that a lot of people have brought to my attention the uh influence of the influencers um and what's happening to Das Tyra today. And uh you know typically we put they should be guiding us they should be the what do you say to somebody who's living in a community where he dabs at six different shoras one for shab the the ro that he has he doesn't connect with he went to Berlin he's from yu it's not a is a great question and if that person came to ask me I'd say stop everything you're doing and find that Find the you don't have to doubt it by him necessarily, but make that person your own, but you got to go after it. If you recognize the and how crucial it is for you, for your show is for raising your children, for all aspects, you got to find that rep. But nowadays we have phones that have a constant stream of kira or quasi kira or influencers who are camouflaging subtle anti-yra values as just fun and and games and we sort of consume it wholesale. What is a good way to navigate this increasingly crazy world of of of social media where I want to be down to earth and normal with it? But I also want to like have guidelines where I don't just consume or my kids or my wife just consume everything that's out there and think it's normal. Put things into context. There's a time for sports. Sports might be a very good yates to have today. There's a time for music. But know that what who are the real heroes? Who are the ones you're going to look up to? who are the ones to get guidance from. Parents need to give their children the guidance and many parents need to get that guidance as well in terms of there's a place for sports, there's a place for hobbies and likes. There's a place for outlets and healthy outlets. What are healthy outlets? And if we put onto the table the sports and the music, but parents have to educate their children to know these could be great singers and they are great singers. We have so many great singers. But they have to know there's a difference between singers who are they have all these different levels you know of their own struggles their own but that's another we get our digraph I want to read to the r perhaps I'm sure he knows the the single most popular song of the last year the single number one it's called yum yum and these are the lyrics you can bring a horse to a farbringan you can also make it drink clink clink clink clink clink fishy swishy yum yum yum suda Yum yum. And so when asked what the meaning of these words were, the individuals who created it answered there is no meaning. Is it harmless or is it sort of saying authenticity is dead and just do whatever is fun and exciting. >> I will say that people have to understand the of music of niggan is so profound. It's so deep. You know there's an apocryphal story that said I would give up is to plum the depths of nigan. I learned from Kyle. I was in seminary. I was in yeshiva. And now I'm working. And I don't want to be that guy that just gets swept up and floats for the rest of my life because I don't have time. There's a singer name is Matio who was featured by Thank You Hashem who sang recently a song called Spread Light. The words are spread light, spread love around the world. Those are the exact words. That might not be an innocent song. I mean, here's a here's a person who admittedly left authentic Judaism, extremely publicly sort of spat on authentic Judaism, shaved his beard, threw his on the ground, does not eat kosher, is not authentic Jewish in and admittedly so in a very very very public way. He is featured on a the largest Jewish platform singing a song called Spread Light and Spread Love. How is a parent supposed to explain this to their innocent 11-year-old singing this song and watching him not sing this song? Like the the the messaging here is very complicated and nuanced and it's not just an innocent listen this is what they need. This is you know a sham. This is like he's saying spread light. What does that mean? Meaning spread whatever version of light you want. You can spit on the terra and leave authentic Judaism and it's fine as long as you spread light and love whatever that means. Like that's not just a lukewarm song. That is potentially dangerous hashkuffa that's being absorbed subliminally into children. >> It's a question of finding that right person who knows that individual what he or she needs to stay on fire. But they're asking a great question because Hashem wants us to stay on fire.