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Conversion To Orthodox Judaism Questions & Answers Series (2)

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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okay this is part two I had to change location now you're in my uh my office it looks like a little bit like a dungeon but uh this is where all the magic happens so um all right so where were we uh in regards to uh uh sustenance like I said there's several different things that you can do uh in order to uh help that but the most important thing with all of Judaism is to make sure that uh you know that it's coming from Hashem and not necessarily from our own actions we could exert effort we could try we could do our best but the Torah always comes before everything else so much so that for example we have the Ten Commandments the uh first three Commandments are between us and Hashem believe in only one God no idol worship don't use aem's name in vain the fourth Commandment is Shabbat observing and and uh keeping the Shabbat and the fifth commandment is respecting our parents now even though we're obligated in the ten commandments so this is pretty much where breaks off to the 613 Commandments like we talked about if our parents tell us to violate the Shabbat to go buy them a newspaper in a store or to drive somewhere with them or to eat something non kosher with them we're not allowed to listen to our parents our parent our respect for our parents does not go above the Torah meaning that's Hashem first and then everyone else so the more we try to live that life where hasm becomes number one the easier our life becomes in the beginning it's difficult because your world will have to adjust the people around you will have

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  1. 0:01okay this is part two I had to change location now you're in my uh my
  2. 5:19the nation like for example someone that violates the Shabbat and doesn't do repentance continues violating
  3. 11:06called days of pretty much uh just regular days except the seventh day is Shabbat Shabbat
  4. 16:30that has different rules at least they all agree that the Torah is real they don't
  5. 22:32this is not just like opening a Shool opening a Shool you make nothing into something
  6. 27:52only eats has rabbis in his house all the time which is obviously never going to
  7. 33:48number one money but even more to show you the significance of a convert a lot
  8. 39:15the Torah or telling you to violate the Torah if they're violating the Torah openly meaning
  9. 45:11not like gushing blood and you need like uh special bandages it's you know it's a
  10. 50:37education but most likely the children are going to go into the mik with the mother

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