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The BEST Question You’ve Ever Heard? (No, Really.)

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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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Hi, this is David Alamski with our question and answer shorts. Elio writes, "For a while now, I've noticed on Tyranny time that many shorim are posted with dramatic pictures, sometimes with very little to do with the actual content. It can feel a bit misleading and to me it cheapens the Torah a little. Recently, I noticed that some of your shiramm also started appearing with pictures. Honestly, your shiram are so good, so meaningful, and so schmuck on their own that they don't so schmuck on their own that they don't need anything extra. The Torah you share speaks for itself. If you scroll through Torah any time, there are so many amazing Rabman topics, it's just incredible. And I can't help wondering if these kinds of images don't end up cheapening things. Imagine seeing a shar from Shinberg Zatsowl with an AI style picture attached to it. It just wouldn't feel appropriate and not necessary. I really wanted to hear your perspective really wanted to hear your perspective on this and see if I'm making a mist mistake. So I think it was Voltater who said the perfect is the enemy of the good. I'm very much a believer in a certain level of purity. Uh this has resulted in me being sidelined a lot. [laughter] So there are rabbis who

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  2. 0:31so schmuck on their own that they don't need anything extra. The Torah you share speaks…
  3. 1:01really wanted to hear your perspective on this and see if I'm making a mist mistake.…
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  6. 4:08people came to see it because they like the topic. So even though to me and…
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  10. 6:42going to be selling. But that's the reality. So uh the question is you could complain…

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