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The Fonz's Prayer Was More Jewish Than You Think

2.3K views · Mar 12, 2026

Rabbi Shais Taub

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  1. 0:00Let's talk about prayer and the Fonz. Hey. >> [laughter] >> As a child of the…
  2. 2:05horseback riding. Of course, whoa is what you say to a horse to make it stop.…
  3. 4:42to say grace. I took a moment, got very serious, and slowly I look up to…
  4. 7:15don't I think it would almost have been better if he just would have read the…
  5. 9:48during the prayers, >> [snorts] >> there's many, many beautiful words that are composed in what's…
  6. 12:20they'll say kukuriku. So in Yiddish also kukuriku. So uh this young man spoke Yiddish, that…
  7. 14:25rose up to the heavenly court and that was the decisive argument. It was accepted on…
  8. 16:56whoa. Whoa. Now, how can we relate to this in our day-to-day spiritual practice? How can…
  9. 19:28descriptions of our videos G-D. They'll be like, why are you censoring God? And some people…
  10. 22:03it's not based on conditions, it's not like, "Well, I'll be grateful when such and such…

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