Tu B’Shvat On Fire - Who Do You Salute?

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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.

quite possibly the best way to know what a country stands for and truly values is to look at what that country celebrates with a parade a parade is not just an event it's a statement people line the street and salute what they consider meaningful and celebratory a parade reveals almost more than anything else the core of a country's culture and priorities in in America for example the largest and most iconic parade by far is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade each year 3.5 million people crowd the streets of New York City while another 50 million watch from their homes it is with without question a defining symbol of American culture what exactly does it celebrate is it celebrating gratitude is it celebrating thankfulness is it celebrating community no it celebrates shopping it celebrates Macy's consumerism materialism millions of people gather to watch a four story inflatable SpongeBob and a towering Macy's shopping bag float down 6th Avenue it's one gigantic spectacle glorifying commercialism because in America shopping is more than a necessity it's an end unto itself or take sports for example sports or another cultural Cornerstone when a team wins a Super Bowl or a World Series or a Stanley Cup the streets fill with Victory parades and cities are shut down and people celebrate as if their personal identities hinge on their team's Victory because in America we're obsessed with sports and competition and the idealization of athletes another parade happens on the first Monday in

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1. 0:09quite possibly the best way to know what a country stands for and truly values is…
2. 2:20missile launchers and fighter jets rolling through the streets it's just one big show of strength…
3. 4:26my sheni to yam on the first night of PES we don't break out into the…
4. 6:39to make sure that we have what to eat to survive They are packed with nutrients…
5. 8:46fruit exists to direct our hearts to Hashem their very presence calls our attention heavenward reminding…
6. 10:56endless kindness each bite we deepen our awareness of Hashem and the magnificence of the world…
7. 13:01this concept clarifies a pretty peculiar statement found in says anyone who eats something without first…
8. 15:04all we are are a bunch of Thieves it's very simple sheel comes when we draw…
9. 17:10devoid of fruit trees is a place where that Clarity Fades where hashem's generosity becomes easier…
10. 19:16grasp the weight of the Reb's words barely half a minute after the rebba said what…

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