Rabbi Taragin discusses the impact of pop culture on religious practice.
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The real problem afflicting amil is not Torah alada. If every Jew went home tonight and read four hours of Shakespeare, we'd be dramatically closer to Mashiach. They're watching trash or listening to trash. The real issue, and I said it then, it's a little bit dated now. It's not Taro Mada, but Taro Madonna. That's really the issue that we're battling pop culture and the the the lower the lower forms crap. Not not just lower forms, but empty forms in the '9s being invited to attend a seminar in to Ramada. And I tended to avoid them because I think ideology just
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