Kids Going "Off the Derech": Reasons, Reactions, and Responses, with Rabbi Y.Y. 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.

terms if it's okay could you define and you could also reject the term as well if you like what we mean when we say someone's off the D I guess probably uh anyone who uses the term has to be asked what exactly they mean it's not a term that is inish or in tanak or even in Mish that we have to struggle to uh sit and Define you know the beginning of the spends a very long time trying to figure out the meaning of the word what's does mean light does it mean Darkness mean night morning Day Afternoon and it takes a long time till the gamor has a resolution so I'm not sure that we have to uh really search for the exact definition probably everybody has to be asked what they mean if you just want to ask from as a generic social point of view I guess it would mean that people would say that a child or an individual ual rejected the path and the lifestyle of the people who raised them I think that's basically what it means you can understand what that means you know if somebody grew up in a modern Orthodox Community right and they might look at a satmer young man or young woman who went over the DK they wouldn't understand why is that called of the DK you know just because they don't have you know a father ones told me his son went over the D because he's not wearing a stral on Shas in another community that's May beond the D so it's sometimes also relative but I

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1. 0:33terms if it's okay could you define and you could also reject the term as well…
2. 6:14specific reasons that this happens whether it's matters of questions about Dogma whether it's matters of…
3. 12:44that is Meaningful that is not painful that is blissful right and the same is true…
4. 19:04cherished this is a place where there's people who want me to succeed who want to…
5. 25:36may even go as far and this is very sad to engrave a tattoo on himself…
6. 32:07tight and I go and I see a world and I just want to what they…
7. 38:30you wake up for it's already did you take a shower it's almost shabas did you…
8. 44:44all the way through the medding and after the wedding by themselves by the YouTube videos…
9. 51:10to God in their own minds beautiful question very beautiful question I would make two very…
10. 57:44Jacobson one day one day maybe I'll keep shabas again because your words were beautiful so…

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