Q&A: Jewish State, Jewish Identity & Mitzvot - Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

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by way right certain things people take so seriously uh even if they're maybe less important yeah yeah yeah uh it's a very interesting question like um you know you say I'm a firm person I want to keep all of the Hal but nobody keeps all of the Hala and often what people take the most serious maybe less important than things that they just forget about so there's a nice story about this you know the shakas AR who was one of the greatest the greatest he was the ra ofan before ofan and in fact he was the ra of's father or parents and the shakas often got fired he often had to look for different rabanus from City to City because he had certain suum that were not always accepted and uh one famous case he uh declared that a certain Min hug of the city was improper and they fired him so the Shas says you knowes really made a big mistake when he put the in the Torah because if he would have put the in your notebook of everybody would keep it it's in the T so it's less important to people or some people say that the way culture works is a om in the r is much more significant than a in the so it's a very very good question and part of it is there's a certain

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1. 0:00by way right certain things people take so seriously uh even if they're maybe less important…
2. 6:12the Jewish people living in the state of Israel uh have benefited in many many good…
3. 12:24losing his job and I think the agreement was that every single Dr he'll ever give…
4. 18:34foods that are um less tra than other foods like let's say like non coer cheese…
5. 24:42the Catholic Church even though in some ways it's Pro Christianity remember the rambam we talked…
6. 30:51half if we somehow got enough um for would it oh okay okay okay yeah yeah…
7. 37:10you have to submit proof that you're Jewish so what is the proof that you're Jewish…
8. 43:26that it doesn't mean anything is that P it or is there an additional way of…
9. 49:37know uh but you know you're not going to say uh take arsenic because it gives…
10. 55:55people who don't believe in Hashem who do good things in the world or somebody cures…

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