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Teaching Judaism to someone requires more genius than almost anything else in the rabbinical world.

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Why is it that [music] hero's is considered less academic than being a pulpit rabbi? I don't think it [music] is. I just think it's perceived that way. >> Why? It's not seen as sophisticated. It's not seen as intellectually challenging [music] when you're teaching somebody the olive bet or basic Jewish concept. It hasn't been presented in a way that How many Rebbeim, you know, are proud [music] coming out of YU want to be a second, third grade Rebbe? In Yeshiva Sha'alvim when people [music] were asking me what are you going to be doing and I told them I'm starting this

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  1. 0:00Why is it that [music] hero's is considered less academic than being a pulpit rabbi? I…
  2. 0:30kiruv organization. They were like, "Oh, I guess you didn't get any real rabbinical offers." [music]…
  3. 1:01first principles to get somebody eventually to come and dedicate [music] their lives within a community.…

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