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Keeping Shabbat in a Non-Religious Environment Q & A / Laws of Kashrut Q & A

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[Music] good morning today we're continuing our question-and-answer serious I have a few question-and-answer serious I have a few questions that were submitted if you have other questions you are welcome to ask after we finish this question you can ask questions on any other topic so the question that we're going to deal with today is what happens if you keep Shabbat but the family that you live in your parents your siblings your roommates they don't keep Shabbat roommates they don't keep Shabbat what are you doing such a case what potential issues arise and how to deal with them so two as an introduction we have to remember that we are not terrorists and even though we believe in something it is not proper to terrorize something it is not proper to terrorize others and to force them to do what we feel is right and being that we are not terrorists when we become religious we cannot disrespect people we cannot look down on them and we cannot force them the the human being was created free with freedom of choice and it's only with freedom of choice and it's only counted as fulfilling a commandment a mitzvah if a person does it willingly if you force somebody but really deep inside he doesn't want to do it so he didn't come close to Hashem maybe the opposite maybe because you force them now they have a distaste they don't like and and and they they associate whatever you trying to convince them to do they they associated with and being forced so you're not doing

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  1. 0:00[Music] good morning today we're continuing our question-and-answer serious I have a few
  2. 5:45you to do anything you don't want to do but please at the same time respect
  3. 12:05Allah say Tom but generally we we don't follow that for adults yes as well there
  4. 18:35promise I'm not gonna turn it on so to begin with ask them if you're already
  5. 25:51Ashkenazim or like vanish hi that you light first and then you make the blessing since
  6. 31:34Shabbat when you left it wasn't Shabbat yet so oh that's fine as long as after
  7. 37:59if you don't know just turn it on with intended this should be your Shabbat lights
  8. 44:26need to drink only majority of the three ounces which means an ounce and a half
  9. 51:14Shabbat ideally after every Shabbat we should grow we should become closer to Hashem so as
  10. 56:58benefitting here when the light goes on it actually illuminates your path and there is tangible

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