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Rabbi Chaim Mintz discusses Jewish perspectives on celebrating July 4th during a live Q&A session.
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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Chaim Mintz’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
We have an online question. New Jersey. Should Jews celebrate the 4th of July? And if so, how should they do so How should they celebrate the 4th of July? Well, we uh have to show that we're patriotic in the uh country that uh 4th of July is a great day to remember for the country, the day of independence from the British rule. from the British rule. And the country we live in is freedom of religion that the Jewish people are uh enjoying freedom of religion, which uh they almost never enjoyed over the generations. So, we have to uh thank God in a way that uh we are uh in the country that we are free to do what we want, religiously speaking. A lot of Jewish people, even religious people, put on the American flag on the
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- 0:00We have an online question. New Jersey. Should Jews celebrate the 4th of July? And if…
- 0:30from the British rule. And the country we live in is freedom of religion that the…
- 1:01people, put on the American flag on the 4th of July to show our patriotism to…
- 1:32made Columbus discover America. It was all uh God's doing. And eventually uh that was uh…
- 2:02So, to that extent, we have to appreciate. We have celebrated by appreciating that in itself.…
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