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Rabbi Chaim Mintz discusses the Jewish perspective on Christmas lights during a live class.
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this is from Morty New Jersey would like to know as we drive down the streets we see all the colored lights so we our neighbors have colored lights are we allowed to enjoy them and what should our attitude towards them be ORS what our attitude be towards these colored lights well um I'll say like this we are not allowed to derive any pleasure from idol worship uh if these lights were lit in order to honor their God so then we would not be permitted to enjoy looking at them I don't believe that most people light it for that purpose it's become like it's just the season in Russia for instance they don't allow religion but people light lights because it's the season a lot of people light to they light the lights I'm I'm I I don't
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- 0:00this is from Morty New Jersey would like to know as we drive down the streets…
- 0:31from idol worship uh if these lights were lit in order to honor their God so…
- 1:02think they doing for the for the honor of their God they're doing because it's a…
- 1:33Christian countries we suffered very much this was the night that the Christian used to go…
- 2:04I think to wow look those beautiful lights just if you think about just it's hard…
- 2:35but in other words the answer is that it's not forbidden probably but it's something that…
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