Basics of Emunah #26 - 39 Lashes for a Slice of Bacon? by Rabbi YY Jacobson

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

the yeshiva dotnet Oh [Music] oh dear [Music] to be able to ask any questions or dilemmas I have concerning Judaism if you could just put your cell phones on vibrate in the beginning of this year please I know I'm Jewish it's hard to listen to but if you could just do it anyway okay I'll start again dear rabbi Jacobsen I thank you for the opportunity to be able to ask my questions concerning Judaism in a relaxed and serene atmosphere without being judged and without being accused of having malicious motives I am a yeshiva student I've been learning in yeshiva for many years and I enjoy the learning very much I've learned many masters of Gomorrah many Talmudic tractates with their commentators I learned how much I learned halakhah I learned my far sham I learned Regina my her name I learned a lot of what Judaism presents to us there's something that has disturbed me greatly and I wish to bring it up with you and that is all of the limitations that halakhah Jewish law imposes upon the person together with very severe punishments and penalties if you read through hummus and you read through Matthias you read Gomorrah you discover the severe penalties and punishments that the terror imposes upon all types of things that don't seem that serious at all we're living in the 21st century how is a progressive open-minded normal person who cherishes freedom who cherishes democracy how can I learn this tire and really take it seriously how can I embrace it as the godly perspective and instruction manual for life as you like to say give me a break I eat an olive volume of horse meat or a particular piece of fat in a kosher animal and I receive 39 lashes because I ate an olive volume a Casillas of crab

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2. 6:16at varam and you know exactly what I'm talking about this is an articulate young man…
3. 13:57hold such a document sacred why can't you say this document is old-fashioned it's archaic you…
4. 20:53know what you saying leave me alone or he nods his head or he does another…
5. 26:54this occurred Thursday night December 26th 1968 one day before the astronauts came back why am…
6. 33:12is a lesson in life even something that happens hundreds of thousands of miles away even…
7. 39:32and toil and research and tears this deviation of the rules may destroy in a single…
8. 45:39was created alone one Adam to teach that color mcian nefesh Husky Luke Ian Milam Allah…
9. 52:08now frantic they are gathering lumber and wood to no end to make sure they're going…
10. 58:35which gives in my opinion a new historic perspective on how halacha develops the way many…

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