Addressing the Jerusalem Sect Demonstrations by Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe

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so good evening everybody it's great to be back here and learn together but before we begin our regular program of Musa at ease before we begin our regular mustard studies I want to just address an issue that has not only been on my mind but has been on the mind of the entire religious world for the past week or so and as many of you have seen I or so and as many of you have seen I have certainly seen it not only in social media but even in very very publicized news media you know big sites there's ministrations now in particular it is religious or at least religious looking people and we've discussed numerous times don't judge people by the clothes they wear and don't judge people clothes they wear and don't judge people by you know by necessarily by who their community is but we're dealing here with an enormous an enormous group of people not a large majority of the Torah observing community maybe 3% of the Torah observing community who have gone to the streets to demonstrate policies of the State of Israel I don't want to get into the specifics and I don't want to get into the details of who these people are but I feel it's important for people are but I feel it's important for the honor and respect of Torah for me to just simply to address here to our group here and some of whom have asked me how can it be that this is the way a Torah community acts they make demonstrations they're blocking buses they're blocking traffic they're there they're throwing things they're damaging property so let me just say say something straight from the top this is not conduct of Torah Jews and

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1. 0:00so good evening everybody it's great to be back here and learn together but before we…
2. 0:30or so and as many of you have seen I have certainly seen it not only…
3. 1:02clothes they wear and don't judge people by you know by necessarily by who their community…
4. 1:35people are but I feel it's important for the honor and respect of Torah for me…
5. 2:06this is not conduct of Torah Jews and anybody who has even a cent of Torah…
6. 2:38things and without hitting people and without damaging property this is craziness so yeah they might…
7. 3:08hugging Ahmadinejad right who look religious but most of us have enough common sense to say…
8. 3:38actions and is compelled like I am here to demonstrate their demonstrations this is wrong this…
9. 4:08should be pristine and a holy and dignified so I'm I hope none of you see…
10. 4:39live in the Land of Israel but to study Torah in the Land of Israel this…

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