Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz discusses Jewish philosophy, law, and contemporary issues in this insightful interview.
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I became frum/Orthodox not because of intellectual reasons I became frum/Orthodox because I saw in the religious world I saw kindness I saw rachmanuss/mercy I saw is and I said to myself I want to be a person like that I want to have a life like that it's still very true that the fertility regiment is very emotionally draining I mean you're dealing with hormones you're dealing with timing you're dealing with you get your hopes up and then for whatever reason the Reish has not decided and it can really wreck havoc on a marriage unless a husband and wife are very very strong and connected to each other this can be a source of tremendous heartbreak and can even break up a marriage could even break up over over this particular particular issue the scary one is that Gog U'Magog/final war is only supposed to take 12 minutes and for 250 years no one understood what type of War would be over in 12 minutes now unfortunately we know exactly what type of War could be over in 12 minutes I've done over 200 interviews and I love to ask my guests who they want to hear the number one request by Rabbis and leaders is Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz he's one of the greatest minds of Our Generation and you're going to be pretty surprised by some of the things he says he graduated from Harvard Law School and gave up his prestigious position in law to guide the world as a rabbi we discuss in this episode The really difficult topics to deal with in the Orthodox Jewish world like adoption the yeshivas and IDF, marriage, the Battle of Gog/last war and
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- 0:00I became frum/Orthodox not because of intellectual reasons I became frum/Orthodox because I saw in the…
- 5:52couldn't believe it you know today our leaders are so busy you know you get five…
- 11:46you know the Torah is from God and how do you know how do you know…
- 18:21uh kind of scary you have to back bench Gill uh every time uh and then…
- 24:35read um if I don't have children why should I be alive so yob is very…
- 30:08sometimes people come in and say you know how come the don't go to the Army…
- 37:04thing ever but what shilas like speak to you like personally is it like I I…
- 42:42not inevitable uh they can be bypassed with Chua withus merits is so therefore it's not…
- 50:19never heard it I just heard there's a story but I I love I love this…
- 55:50knows it's obvious uh we are all going through difficult times difficult times in ER Israel…
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