Torah Only? Torah Im Derech Eretz? ft. Rav Rafi Dembovsky

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my understanding was that, um, what was behind it was a an attempt to >> silence >> the silence me. And I think my first reaction was to cry. My second reaction was to sit down and to think through the points and to read through the safer and to see are they fair points that my in-laws are very turn out hearts family and they have, you know, all of the sifrei of Hirsch on the bookshelf and there was always something pulling me towards them. And once I started learning 19 letters four times to actually understand what was being said. But once I started doing that, I was But once I started doing that, I was exposed to, you know, these big ideas and and I started to look into things and look into sugiyot and and I'm thinking like, where is this manifest? And is it is a It's a job. It's a It's a job to try to to separate to to untangle the hashkafic sugiyot and and halachic sugiyot with what's actually happening in society. I learned in college in London and we did feel a little bit of, I guess, tension, antagonism from people in London who didn't necessarily appreciate what we were doing. I was appreciate what we were doing. I was once at a Shabbos table and we went around explaining what we were doing. I said I was in college and at some point during the meal somebody said, "Oh, don't even get me started on college." And didn't feel so great after that. Um >> Shalom Aleichem and welcome to Tank. Start Tank is a podcast about the challenges and opportunities of being a mentor in the workforce. This week we're joined by my dear friend Rafi, Rabbi Rafi Dambsky, who just published a very

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2. 3:34Talmud Torah. So I grew up in like I said, in Edgware. I went to Hasmonean…
3. 6:38had no plans of working when I was in Sha'alav. That was not on my mind…
4. 10:11work. And eventually we worked it out and and they realized that I really had my…
5. 13:14>> So I got married in 2018 to um somebody from a a very Yekkish term…
6. 16:57mean that was I guess one of the main reasons we moved from to was because…
7. 20:35disconnect happen? And is there reason to continue that disconnect or should we maybe try to…
8. 24:07If the Rambam writes in the the iker mitzvah is yedias Hashem and you have others…
9. 27:42was behind it was a an attempt to >> Silence >> to silence me. And I…
10. 30:45syndrome? >> A little bit. I'm constantly thinking, "Did I Did I include everything that I…

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