What If You Found Out You’re Not Jewish? - Rav Gav

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

how incredible it is to be born as a Jew. What would be if someone would find out that they're not Jewish? If you if you found out you're not Jewish, what would you do? Don't answer. Please do not answer the question. [snorts] I'll just tell you two different answers and then I'll I'll give you my answer. One answer I quote of noberg of noberg said if I found out that I wasn't Jewish I would run to the quick the closest basin and try to convert as quickly as basin and try to convert as quickly as possible. Now, I know for those who grew up in like religious homes in particular, Modok homes, you'll you're gonna you're going to say, "First, I have a cheeseburger and then I convert, right?" Or fill in the blank. Not a um >> I don't even know what to say because you're vegetarian. So, why would I uh >> or the fruit? >> Oh. Oh. [laughter] I was like, "Everyone has what they want to eat." But the point is is that [laughter] first time I point is is that [laughter] first time I would eat or I would eat burim. I would eat the first fruit. I would go straight into kidneys on, you know, I mean, I'd have to wait a whole year to make sure I could have rice on yumish, right? And and I'd start wearing wool and linen. Give me wool and linen. I need wool and linen. Right. Can I find some of that's not khalita? Okay. So you said this like what [snorts] what would we do? So the answer is he'd run as quick as possible to convert to Judaism because what are you talking about? You

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2. 4:03of are we special or not special? We are incredibly special. We are incredibly fortunate. At…
3. 8:43of zeros. How could you say that? That means is that he's a bunch of zeros.…
4. 12:52nakman seltzer wrote on and wrote a bunch of stories in in that book I think…
5. 17:29thing that you know that they put down. You have to like you're sitting there like…
6. 22:05everything. Okay, you got to do it all. [snorts] So the guy has a conversation and…
7. 26:10answer is what does it mean chosen people? Chosen Island. I liked your ribs. I was…
8. 31:15Over time, we get to see a lot of assimilation that occurs. And if the assimilation…
9. 35:20any other interaction before before the Jewish people left Egypt? Have they heard of God? What?…
10. 40:00trust God. No. Okay. Trauma therapy. Look at that. >> [snorts] >> But God's telling you…

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