Reform, Conservative, Orthodox...Do These Labels Even Mean Anything? #rabbiorlofsky #shorts #jewish

When I was younger, I asked my father once. I said, "Are we reformed, conservative, Orthodox?" He knew we weren't Orthodox because [music] he worked on Chabas, but he figures we go to a conservative. So I said, "Dad, you [music] know, conservative also says you have to keep chabas." He says, "Okay, we're reform." When I told him once that the conservative movement took out of their sitter [music] the concept of because they don't believe in he got very upset. What do you mean they don't believe in that? Of course you believe in it. The problem is people give themselves labels reformed conservative orthodox based on observance. So if you keep 30% you're reformed [music] 60% you're conservative 90% you're orthodox 100 you'reidic. That's how you can have a term like conservox 75%. Reformative 43%. But it's not the philosophy. Most reformed Jews don't know what reform believes in. And most conservative Jews certainly don't know what conservative believes in. One might argue most Orthodox Jews don't know what orthodoxy believes in either, but there's more of a chance that they do. People define themselves by their level of observance. At some point when people asked me what's your father you know reformed conservative orthodox I said [music] he is a nonpracticing orthodox Jew cuz hashkoffically he was completely orthodox.