I agree that America is big part of the world stage, I also believe America is on the verge of destruction because of her sins. So I tell all I know and encourage all of the People of the Book , jew and gentile alike to practice serious repentance on Yom Kippur this year. No businesses open no weddings or celebrations no tv , no makeup or trappings of the world but in humbleness and prayed. Like Ninevah.
@kevinoneil56
8 жыл бұрын
Rabbi Kessin stated "The US gives more in Foreign Aid than all other countries combined." But the facts are: In 2015 the US gave $31.08 billion which was 0.17% of gross national income.The UK gave $18.70 billion which was 0.71% of gross national income.
@ALTHEGREAT101
8 жыл бұрын
I argue on some ofRabbi Kessin's thoughts and love others, but nobody comes close to his teleological [erspective and that's where he needs to focus and stay put. Forget everything else and introduce a finalist world view strong enough to make it infectious; he has the goods to do this and it solves and eliminates many Jewish argiments.
@ALTHEGREAT101
8 жыл бұрын
The concept that we are great because G-d chose us (at about 6 minutes) is a bit misstated and feeling superior because of that is also slightly off. He chose us because we accepted His Torah and we were especially designated because we came from three generations of Torah (the Avos). We promised to keep His Torah, otherwise we would not have escaped the mountain He held over our heads. We are only as great as the degree to which we keep His Torah. Those who never promised, yet some of whom are doing much of His Torah, much more than the Noahide Laws are not to be looked down upon; we have our own act to get together. There are no gloating rights here, only the mature admission that we have a lot of work to do. How anyone gets a sense of superiority from accepting a monumental task and not doing it well is a total mystery to me. We are chosen could be translated into- we are enrolled in the curriculum and are currently on probation. I guess if you ignore reality there is something there to be elated about, but the real elation is properly addressing the issues, mobilizing and then living up to our charge. If we every do that we will realize one of our greatest failures, that we are to raise the world lovingly, not look down on it arrogantly.
@TorahThinking
8 жыл бұрын
this is a pretty tricky subject... according to all opinions - there is no place for arrogance, arrogance is out of the window, that's clear. nobody is SUPERIOR to others. as far as Torah... on one hand it's true that the greatness comes through observance of God's law. on another hand, a Jew is participating in the Tikkun process REGARDLESS the level of observance. this is what's tricky about it. it's just that the tikkun is achieved through other means, not through the commandments performed consciously. the neshoma is a neshoma - it is present regardless keeping the Torah or not. it does manifest, it does influence the world, it is connected to God's plan pretty directly...... tricky subhject..
@ALTHEGREAT101
8 жыл бұрын
today's formula is far more complex than the simple-minded figments of imagination I hear. WE ARE NOT GREAT because we were chosen, we were chosen because of our lineage and because we have volunteered to keep Torah and how badly we are failing is a major topic. The constant misinterpretations, anachronisms (at the time of the Talmud, the Dark Ages, arguably people were like animals, today NOT!) etc. are far below the level of a college student in terms of unanswered and overlooked, yet important issues. To make matters worse EVEN today, most pay no attention to our lack of adherence to standards, nor can they give you an accurate recounting of even very recent events; they are just not educated to do that. On the other hand, a liberal arts education trains one to notice and analyze (they teach appreciation and criticism, we are just emotional and huge numbers seem to be attracted to therapy!) making them far above us in some necessary human areas. Rabbi Gottlieb is the only Rabbi I have heard who attributes the Holocaust to an unmet need to do tschuvah. Yet even he has not gone much into the details. What we get out of this fiction and romance is an emotional high (no thanks! I hate that kind fo crap!) and more and more problems and poisoned minds who hate others instead of growing up themselves. Highly immature, dependent, undisciplined, unhappy, predictable and quite frankly, just looking for trouble! In other words, group neurosis is the result of the inability to accept norms of our host culture and to function well with their and our own sets of rules- it is an extremely neurotic groupthink that is responsible for many many many problems and much-justified hatred. Admitting our problems, owning up to them and working diligently to change is a must, yet all I hear is how great we are. To quote one frum guy whose emotional IQ is about that of a nine-year-old despite his brilliant mind and amazing yeshivah training "FEH!~".
@jakobw135
4 ай бұрын
The ancient Greek mentality and so-called morality is based on pure science which describes and defines what a person perceives OUTSIDE OF himself. The Torah however, posits an an INTERNAL REALITY, and therefore,a MORALITY, of the perceiver and doer!
@jakobw135
4 ай бұрын
The idea that someone or people, should serve ANYONE because they do the will of G -D, is repugnant at its core! Rather what we the Jews should be doing, is showing the world how to serve the Creator in each and every one of us, by raising the awareness of the individual to a higher level, using what G - D gave you.
@howardwiener2652
7 жыл бұрын
Including all the unfunded liabilities (not 75 trillion, more like 100 trillion) you can stack you $100 bills around the earth not once, not twice, not three, not even four times. You could circumnavigate the earth 5 full times with the 100 trillion in unfunded liabilities!
@icya6175
7 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@bobvanwagner6099
8 жыл бұрын
greater and greater
@TorahThinking
8 жыл бұрын
agree :)
@mariasalome5525
4 жыл бұрын
This Rabbi thinks Trump is a righteous man?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@chriso4305
8 жыл бұрын
Wonderful insight. Thank you. In the previous shiur you noted N.Y. as the capitol of Edom. I agree, but could there be two capitols, Rome/ spiritual and N.Y. material? There are interesting Catholic prophesies that Rome will burn under the two popes.
@TorahThinking
8 жыл бұрын
have to ask R' Mendel, but it seems to me that there are different aspects of Edom, and each aspect may have its own capital, so to say. so both, Rome, and New York are capitals to corresponding "elements" or "aspects" - i can guess what they are, but i can't find the most precise terms to describe them, so will wait for R' Mendel to finish the thought :)
@innaperfido
8 жыл бұрын
Zachariah 12-14 reveals a terrible war prior to Mashiah coming
@ALTHEGREAT101
8 жыл бұрын
He completely misses our mission, though at times he talks about it, to be a light to the nations and to serve Hashem. The world is not there to serve us 'I have created the world for you, do not destroy MY world.' That condescending, emotional overview has caused us a lot of trouble and one vital aspect of serving is careful observation and thought about our world. The immature, flattery hungry audiences need to begin to understand that we are guests in others' countries and we will be hated until we learn to act accordingly. How that shtims with this culturally egocentric view is a mystery to me. The inability to see what those who hate us for rational and fair reasons see is what causes new anti-Semitism. Too bad for anyone who has such a self-righteous attitude and cannot see the world clearly; we are not here to look down on others and hate the world while we ignore our own faults and problems. It is sickening and turns off the secular Jews as well as many fair-minded gentiles. Think tikkun olam and think of being a light to the nations and you will be good, this we are great (and then in so many ways we prove the opposite) is for the birds.
@TorahThinking
8 жыл бұрын
he did say the word "serve", but this term does not mean serving literally. there is no an adequate term in English to express this idea really. Ramchal explains it in great depth. one day R' Mendel may address this topic on its own, but for now we are to take a very general idea... as for secular Jews - it's not their problem. it's their excuse. their real problem is God Himself. they don't want Him to control anything, they don't want Him to exist, they push the Divine away from them. and they have plenty excuses, sure enough, as without good excuses they wouldn't be able to respect themselves... anyway, the word "serve" is NOT to be understood literally, as they as NOT our servants.let's leave this subject for the future shiur...
@ALTHEGREAT101
8 жыл бұрын
Ramchal talks about how learning Torah is so great; having the wrong attitude is not so great. We are here to look up (at HIM) not to look down (at others) and many of our condescending attitudes and ego trips (eg 'we are the greatest') are controversial and highly debatable. We made the biggest promise, let us live up to that instead of looking down on others or, even worse, lying about them and about ourselves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ALTHEGREAT101
8 жыл бұрын
I disagree- how did you ever get your impressions of secular Jews, by imagining them (as many of you are wont to do)? I have heard accurate remarks from many secular Jews about the violation of "You shall revere my Sanctuary" and I spoke with one who actually rebelled because it was impossible to change that. Might I suggest that your condescension and unwillingness to keep the law are the source of this arrogance? To read is easy, to be a light to the nations and keep Torah properly (which SR Hirsch says we have never done) much less so. Much easier to blame others than to live up to the responsibility you claim; both the Ramchal and Rabbi Bachya cite hypocrisy as the worst sin and Rabbi Bachya defines it as using your religion to impress your friends instead of using it to serve G-d. Your idea of serving is very simpleminded and wrong.
@kevinoneil56
8 жыл бұрын
Ah, no problem, my question is answered. The Rabbi explains later that every one of the four aspects of the k'lippa, tohu, vohu, choshek and tehom, possess the four gradations experienced by Ezekiel. This is so interesting.
@bobvanwagner6099
8 жыл бұрын
I carry a 2008 Zimbabwe 50 Trillion dollar bill in my wallet. The biggest denomination that ever circulated.
@TorahThinking
8 жыл бұрын
you should cash it out and retire :)
@rickoshay6554
8 жыл бұрын
I have a three-dollar bill with Hillary's face on it. I may need to cash it out for my retirement if she's elected.
@kevinoneil56
8 жыл бұрын
Brilliant teaching, very absorbing, thankyou. Torah Thinking, could you please enlighten me about the k'lippa?In one place the Rabbi says that there are four aspects to the k'lippa: Tohu, Vohu, Choshek, and Tehom, but later he explains that Ezekiel had to pass through four aspects of k'lippa in order to reach ruchnias: storm, cloud, fire, and brightness. Am I correct in thinking that the four aspects to the k'lippa are different to the four stages that Ezekiel had to pass through?
@ALTHEGREAT101
8 жыл бұрын
best arrogant line ever- an older guy insulted me and when I brought it to his attention he smiled and said 'I'm entitled to be wrong'. not everyone raised in every culture is capable of such thinking.
@lawrencetendler2342
8 жыл бұрын
DONALD TRUMP IS THE MOSHIACH.......ha ha ha
@TorahThinking
8 жыл бұрын
he doesn't know yet. somebody should tell him, he'll come to our shiur right away!
@scootermarcydog
8 жыл бұрын
Donald is not the messiah...but He could be used of God greatly.
@jwhyte2042
7 жыл бұрын
No. He is a Moshiach for Edom {Esav} :}. NOT Ha Moshiach :}
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