JUDAISM WITHOUT APOLOGIZING - Episode 1- Reb Moshe Don Kestenbaum- Divorce/Off The Derech/Middos

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

In a world where everyone seems to have not just a microphone, but a megaphone, the voices of our Gedolim, our Rabbonim, and Roshei Yeshiva far too often seem to get lost in the noise. This podcast is here to change that. I'm your host, Hillel Eisenberg. Join me as we sit down with our nation's leaders as they address the hashkafic challenges that matter most, without the fluff and without the drama, with truth that doesn't flinch. Buckle up cuz this isn't your typical podcast. This is Judaism without apologizing. Hello everyone, I'm Hillel Eisenberg and I'm thrilled to share with you the Judaism without apologizing podcast. This episode I had the great honor and privilege to sit down with Reb Moshe Dunn Kestelbaum who blew me away with his humility, his razor-sharp perception of people, his insight into some pretty thorny issues. Reb Kestelbaum has been around the Jewish block. He was a Rebbi in the Waterbury Yeshiva for many years. He's now the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedola Ohr Yitzchok, a post-high school Yeshiva in Passaic. He's also a well-known machanech. He's a speaker. He does parenting courses and marriage counseling. He's also the author of two of the most widely used contemporary mussar sefarim written in the last 30 years called Eilu Amidos and Eilu Ma'avos. Both have which been subsequently been translated by ArtScroll. He is also the author of two extremely popular English books. One is called Run After the Right Kovod and the other one is called The Heart of Parenting. And he additionally has thousands and thousands of shiurim on a wide variety of topics on TorahAnytime and we had a fascinating discussion about struggling teens and therapy and marriage and divorce and parenting and middos. and he gives an amazingly refreshing perspective on living a life as a Jew on fire in today's day and age.

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1. 0:00In a world where everyone seems to have not just a microphone, but a megaphone, the…
2. 6:08In fact, you see that these Yeshivas have really adapted by by force. These Yeshivas have…
3. 12:12that has some content in it, that's an opportunity. You could just yell back. You could…
4. 18:23if we have the strong relationship, we don't have to be always telling them what to…
5. 24:28good middos. And it causes of course tremendous damage in in chinuch if a rebbe is…
6. 30:34for you to scream at your husband. It's not okay if you scream at your husband.…
7. 36:41not everybody is ready for this at all. Not everyone can teach it. But, maybe the…
8. 42:48peters out a little bit when they see, "Hey, I can we can make money in"…
9. 48:54But look how clearly we should be putting rabbaim into chinuch that are dynamic, that do…
10. 55:02the point he would never go to a a Rebbe and express his feelings cuz his…

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