Moshe Benovitz: Why Religious Change Doesn't Always Last

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The opening of this shiur, in 18Forty’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] Thank you so much uh Ravzi that means a great deal and it really is an absolute privilege and pleasure to be here in uh in Stern College. It is a unique privilege and I'm a little bit have a little bit of trepidation. If tshuva talks was modeled in some ways after 1840 then 1840 and the inception of 1840 1840 then 1840 and the inception of 1840 was modeled in many ways based on the influence of my rebby rabbi Mosha Benvitz uh on myself. I have known Rabbi Benvitz for 25 years. We met probably in the year 1999 2000 uh and has really from me as a 10th grader through NCSY Col on summer programs I never had you as a formal rebby but to be sitting across from you uh having shared some of my proudest moments with you and having shared some of my most difficult and shared some of my most difficult and darkest moments with you uh it really is uh genuinely sincerely uh a privilege to be sitting across from you from talking about tshoua and I wanted to begin by kind of that reflection of 25 years that we've known each other and thinking a little bit about your role. Uh you have taught in high schools. I met you when you were a student activities director in DRS. You were 11th grade rebby. Uh you left right after I graduated and went to teach in RAID. And throughout

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1. 0:00[Music] Thank you so much uh Ravzi that means a great deal and it really is…
2. 6:10former student. That's a terrible term by the way especially in our relationship. We'll get to…
3. 12:22individual in the world. Uh, and I think the way that you phrase it at the…
4. 18:37but what what I want to ask is you have had a front row seat in…
5. 24:49There is danger in not belonging, in standing out and in not fitting in. We have…
6. 31:05the name in case some of the facts are not. Uh and finally, finally, cuz he…
7. 37:09own religious. Let's prepare him for a world in which what he is, what he does,…
8. 43:21importantly and more direct as an answer to your question. The second dichotomy that you're making…
9. 49:34they they have a rox and yet there are some matters that I turn to you.…
10. 55:42very familiar to you and me. Not because in our professional lives and our personal lives,…

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