Judaism Without Apologizing - Episode 4 Preview - Rabbi Ron Yitzchak Eisenman

[Music] What piece of advice can you give to normal, regular working people to make the three weeks a little bit more authentic and real and connect to something that happened thousands of years ago? So unfortunately we're flooded often with you know the the worst news which unfortunately can cause a person to be a little numb. The briskarov when he asked should they make a separate uh commemoration yama a day of mourning for the holocaust heard that everything is a continuation is a straight line from the vias. So by hearing somebody who survived the October 7th by recognizing the pain pain of the Bibbis family, the the man who lost his wife, his two children, honestly, how can you not feel pain? >> What is your take on modern day ac capella music? Much of it sounds pretty much like music. >> They don't. But the idea that you're sort of saying if it looks like a duck and it walks like a duck and it sounds like a duck, it must be a duck. That's not always true. I mean, I don't believe there it ever says explicitly that there's some sort of a prohibition of listening to music. The fact that it it feels like music, it sounds like music. I can't tell the difference between it and orchestration. Well, maybe the conclusion to be drawn is that therefore recorded orchestrated music has also permitted it. I get a lot of calls, a lot of calls from people who are suffering or struggling with mental health issues that music is important part of their repertoire. There are a lot of people out there who I would even call it therapeutic. Music becomes a part of therapeutic part of our life. And they said, "Oh, I I ended up listening to talk radio on the whole way up and down because the Shia would put me to sleep in Jewish music. I wasn't allowed." So, is that really what bring you closer to Hashem? >> What is there a definition? What's the balance between being passionate about your Messiah, your hashkafa, and not getting into sort of cultural to territorial hottiness? disclaimer is almost always used as a as an accusatory finger against my adversary. Someone will call me and they'll say, you know, do you hold from this rabbi or not? >> Have we done a good job in our society where I could be a proud or litak or sardi or labavatur or wu guy but also respect other people? Is there ever a point where we have to tell our children that no I I don't appreciate you. I don't think we should go there. >> Broadstroking um people and broadstroking individuals and groups I think is a big problem. But if I become part of that kahila to a certain extent it's natural to for me and it's a not a bad thing could be a very good thing for me to think we're you know we're the best shul in town. I don't think anybody advocates you should tell your child on m if it's Monday we're bells if it's Tuesday we're summer. If it's Wednesday, we're Lavich. If it's Friday, if it's Thursday, we're g Friday is for Stalin. It's ridiculous, obviously. And then, you know, and then Shabas were BMG. And Sunday were more Yu. It'd be ridiculous. I think you you just create a a confused child. You're from a confused parent. This this group is not within the big tent a lot. And I'm saying it very euphemistically. They they're not they're not benefiting. They're they're totally have corrupted anything Jewish. >> What would you say to a lot of people that they don't have one central shaw? They dab in here and there and there. There's no major rabbitic figure in their life. They're 10th grade rebby that they used to be close with. They're now 45 years old and they don't have any particular thing to be proud or to plant their flag. Is that a good thing? >> Yeah. The person without the set minion could still have a rebby and and the person who has a set minion could still not have a rebi >> and the shaw that they go to they they say you know one kapitul to him at the end they mumble the words while they're running out and that's the extent of their sort of association and feeling for it >> right October 7th as we realize was the greatest single tragedy to the Jewish people since the Holocaust uh is that my my son Tuvia who lives in Isra Israel. He has been serving in the army for over 300 days since October 7th by Rebel who we know is a one of the prominent real prominent Russia Shivas in the world today certainly in North America. My understanding is that rebel himself says the three cupit after Ding very slow every day he himself does it. So when you have the Rasha getting up there and saying to Hillim and you recognize him and saying in Patterson, New Jersey saying to Hillm it's your Reb hopefully that should move you but who stopped taking you know milk in their coffee since October 7th and they still don't biggest concern is what's for dinner what are we eating for dinner where are we eating dinner if we would think for a second maybe just for a second you what's the what's the the hostages the 20 hostages in Gaza what's the families who lost family members what are they eating for dinner how do they but uh I think we we have to fight against very strongly very passionately very passionately against just this having this that's just well everything is fine now or you know life has returned to normal it hasn't the mass doesn't have an armed guard doesn't even have necessarily a combination line on Fifth Avenue New York you walk by St. Patrick's Cathedral. The door is open wide open. That's their whole point. The door is open. Go to Temple Emanuel just a few blocks down from St. Patrick's there. Try to get in. Try to get in. You have to go through a metal detective. You're back at TSA. You're back at the JFK airport. I mean, there's probably never in Jewish history been a place like Lakewood, New Jersey. I mean, for the most part, to be honest, you even though I said there's a rise in anti-semitism, simultaneously, we live in also the safest times. [Music]