How Judaism's Most Sacred Prayer Object Is Made With 3000-Year-Old Techniques | Still Standing

[@silvertongue3003]

Wow this was so interesting to watch, I knew about the scroll inside but I always thought it was just a little wooden box.

[@ferretyluv]

There’s also the mezzuzah, which you put on your doorframe for protection. It also has a handwritten scroll inside. It’s very important the scrolls are handwritten. Buddhism (at least Mahayana Buddhism) has a similar thing about copying sutras by hand to study them.

[@astroboirap]

it's disgusting, we should be boycotting these people

[@BigRamen]

Musa didn’t do this joke tradition

[@IMTEDD]

It is

[@ferretyluv]

@@IMTEDD It’s not wooden, nor is it a box.

[@tomsawyer283]

“It’s done the same way as it was 3,300 years ago” *said after an airbrush to paint and loads of modern machinery*

[@shmosel_]

And that one guy had a digital clock!

[@eemshalom]

The specs are the same. The fact that it must be handwritten is the same. The shaping process and drying of the leather - minus the heavy machinery. The materials that the final product is made of are the same.

[@mrcomenttoe2009]

I think they were meaning about the text and the handwriting

[@longiusaescius2537]

Typical Legalism

[@CrypticCocktails]

I grew up going to Plymouth Plantation, seeing a Pilgrim with a Timex and bag of McDonald’s was just part of the fun

[@SpottedHares]

That penmanship is better then my printers.

[@Witiok1992]

When do you make your job with full love

[@SeanJamison-j9w]

*than

[@Berkana]

I wonder how many people who don't know what these are misinterpret these boxes strapped to their heads as live-streaming their prayers with GoPro cameras.

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

😆

[@whydoIneedone846]

@@abdul-kabiralegbe5660 We are live-streaming them... to Hashem (God).

[@SumarnoSHum]

🙄 21st century person😁

[@NYHeeb]

Considering the religion and people have 3000 plus years of history,only morons of recent generation would even say something that ignorant

[@NYHeeb]

Considering the religion and people been around thousands of years only a narrow minded moron from recent generation,would even make such a ignorant comment

[@yuribliman8999]

The world's oldest tefillin was found in Qumran, Judean Desert, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. The tefillin probably belonged to one of the Jewish rebels during the Bar Kokhba revolt and is c. 2,000 years old.

[@frankzelenko2825]

The tefillin found were several hundred years older than bar kochva

[@Jenifer_G]

Thank you, from a Catholic. Love this

[@wertyvk9667]

Short correction at 2:55, you say that Torah scrolls contain the entire Hebrew Bible, which is not true. The Torah is only essentially 1/3 of the Hebrew Bible, with the other parts being the Neviim and Ketubim, the Prophets and Writings. The whole collection, what could be called the Hebrew Bible, is the Tanakh. Other than that, amazing video!

[@aaronleadley8245]

Glad someone else noticed, I came down to the comments for this... Also at 7:56 they said that the temple stood "Where the Al-aqsa Mosque is today" When they mean the dome of the Rock, the (Very pretty) shrine which might be considered part of the complex but not the Mosque. Basic schoolboy stuff we learned in a secular school at the ages of 11-13, but I doubt the highly educated people at Business Insider care.

[@sophroniel]

Oh, so what part is the Talmud then? Sorry, I'm not familiar with these things (and I assume it's better to ask someone who knows rather than a random google search)

[@kaptainkaos1202]

Don’t insult it by calling it the Bible. The Holy writings were old when the first bibles we written.

[@jennifer20136]

The proper transliteration of Writings in Hebrew is Ktuvim (כתובים)

[@SewardWriter]

​@@sophronielThe Talmud is basically a centuries long religious discussion. There are many, many ways to interpret every section of the Tanakh. Even single words can be argued over. We Jews emphasise both learning and independent thought, both of which are expressed in Talmud. It's fascinating and incredibly enlightening.

[@abaddon4823]

I’m not Jewish but I was raised by an old Jewish man who served the US Army in WW2. I learned a lot from this man and have always respected the Jewish religion

[@eliseereclus3475]

No religion deserves respect : they are all lies.

[@carlosa.n5100]

Have you heard of the Bnei Noach? It's what Jews believe non-jews should follow :)

[@frankbonura5710]

Using ocular character recognition to proofread the scrolls is amazing. Bringing 21st century technology to centuries-old tradition. These men are a blessing to all mankind.

[@stefanfun]

No they aren't. 😄. It never occurs to them that their religion is part of the reason for the world's problems.

[@FedericoSonnino]

@@stefanfun One of the most ignorant comment i've ever read

[@stefanfun]

@@FedericoSonnino you mean "greatest"

[@kermkerm]

@@stefanfunwhat is wrong with you? How is Judaism the reason for the world’s problems?

[@stefanfun]

@@kermkerm I said PART of the reason. I would say the Abrahamic religious are probably one of the worst things that ever happened to this planet.

[@erinmalone2669]

I had no idea those were leather. They look like wood. A lot of pride and work into keeping their faith.

[@jakestadtner6502]

I have my great great grandfathers set from the early 1800s, it will always be in amazing condition. It takes a lot of maintanance

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

They are not leatger, they are rawhide

[@erinmalone2669]

@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 a distinction without a difference

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

@@erinmalone2669 no its to very different things.. not at all the same with a huge distinction.

[@psychedlicsouljam1995]

don't even know what ur talking about and second. Wow! Such strong faith! Really?😅

[@EyeOnTheTV]

I thought plumbuses were hard to make....

[@wombatburrito5896]

I kept thinking where’s the shleem and the dingus ?

[@vl8584]

@@wombatburrito5896 the schlami took it

[@geigertec5921]

He needs to rub it first or else the hizzards won't set right.

[@hermaeusmora2945]

all y'all forgot about the fleeb juice!

[@jamu6114]

I love you guys

[@WeTravelOnlyByNightAsItsSoHot]

He is holding a RAZOR blade😮 flexed into a half circle.. 4:55 I thought it was a ring knife. Precise indeed.

[@intensecutn]

??? It's not that hard to bend a razor blade...

[@israeltavor6874]

At 7:49 Correction : the Temple was not located where is the Al Aqsa mosque is now, but where is the Dome of the Rock. Al Aqsa and Dome of the Rock are two totally different buildings on the Temple Mount.

[@someguy4512]

Al Aqsa mosque is the entire complex counting the dome of the rock and the Al-Qibly mosque

[@SalimSalim-zz4kk]

No, it's just another one of the Zionist lies

[@mckup1850]

This is actually incorrect. Only in recent years, maybe 10 years ago have the Palestinians started calling the entire complex "al aqsa" in order to legitimize the blood libles of "Jews infiltrating the mosque" which is a complete lie, namely because Jews have no interest whatsoever in that area of the mount (it's just a add on by king Herod the great) as it lacks any holiness. You can actually find online maps from the Jordanians that occupied the Mount for 19 years and from the Jerusalem Imam "Al housaini"(who supplied the Nazis with 10,000 soldiers and tried bringing the final solution to the mandate of Palestine)with calling the dome of the rock "mount Moriah" and the mosque building​ "Al aqsa". Facts are important. @@someguy4512

[@GaviLazan]

@@someguy4512 "The Al Aqsa mosque COMPOUND is the entire complex..." FTFY Al-Qibly is just another name for the mosque also known as Al-Aqsa which is at the southern edge of Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif. The Temple was more or less where the Dome of the Rock sits, with Al-Aqsa itself sitting outside the part considered "within" the Temple.

[@someguy4512]

@@GaviLazan the temple isnt even there to began with also this is false.

[@Jenifer_G]

I am a Catholic and love to learn about Judaism, please keep the background off so as we hear clearly without straining. Keep up the posts. We need them

[@Unregistered.Hypercam.2.]

they hate and spit at Christians in israel

[@kinggkongg9694]

I spent almost a year in a Jewish kosher rehab somehow and the Rabi would always “say if it’s not painful and boring it’s not kosher”

[@mightytaiger3000]

Spoken like a true saturn worshipper🤢

[@sitokiaba5404]

@@mightytaiger3000 I didn't realise these were Greek pagans

[@icejuice9316]

every religion has its fair share of insane ppl.

[@predatortheme]

@@mightytaiger3000 muslims: also prohibiting everything that is remotely fun, including music....

[@ParrotPentester]

@@predatortheme "prohibiting anything that is remotely fun", also known as things that were considered wrong for a long time which have been normalized because of the modern age.

[@yossiea]

Not related 100% to this, but because each Torah scroll is unique in how it's written, in the US at least, they are scanned and if stolen, can be recovered when someone tries to sell it.

[@coalcreekdefense8106]

That is actually really cool! It's like they all have a fingerprint.

[@ConanObrien22]

you mean the tefillin has a scanner inside that little box?

[@shamrock4500]

I'm not Jewish, but found this very interesting. I thought those were made of wood.

[@johndoejr3503]

The precision and dedication of the scribes (sopherim) is reason why the Hebrew Scriptures of the Bible is so reliable, even compared with writings thousands of years like the Dead Sea Scrolls and others.

[@AdrTo]

Let's just admire the perfect font calligraphy they create o_0

[@FatKat911]

I wonder what font they use. It absolutely looks gorgeous!

[@dia9491]

@@FatKat911it’s block without vowels.

[@tymesho]

I've done mechanical/architectural drawing with specified calligraphy on final plans for YEARS! These folks are utter masters. Not many understand the intensity involved hours on end. Practice is vital, but this talent can't be taught.

[@donnakawana]

So beautiful!

[@donnakawana]

​@@tymeshoIt's beyond tedious... So beautiful... I love the beauty an skill ... In each part of the making ,from start to finish... Craftsman an the passed down from generation to generation it's so beautiful!! 💙

[@PJPJPJP]

I can assure you, the Palestinians did not "flee" Safed, they were all forcefully expelled and displaced to create a Jewish majority state. The stone architecture shown is all built by the Palestinian people hundreds of years ago, not by the European settlers from Germany, Poland & Ukraine.

[@Spirelord]

15:46 "It's now almost completely Jewish after its Palestinian population fled or were driven from their homes" Wow, great use of passive voice to play down how this town was ethnically cleansed due to the aforementioned "population shifts" and "war" the video mentions just prior to this timestamp. This is a sickening affirmation of settler-colonialism and is doing more harm by sanitizing the reality.

[@liorb3494]

I am a 10th gen decendant of jews that lived in this city of Tzfat. It was always a jewish city long befor the term Palastinian was invented. As a matter of fact the arabs that lived near by used to do pogroms of the jewish people living there for hundrets of years. Educate your self befor comenting nonsense.

[@Jenifer_G]

Speak English not gibbish

[@RedIria]

Who spoke up when in the 1929 Hebron massacre, 70 Jews were killed and the whole city ethnically cleansed? In 1947, the Palestinians and 6 Arab armies started a 9 month war. The Palestinians were told to flee by the Arab armies, who expected to ethnically cleanse Safed. The Arabs and the Palestinians lost, so we are here.

[@proskillz9325]

typical uneducated keyboard warrior

[@WaheedRafiq]

Wow amazing documentary and so good to see long Jewish history and faith is still kept alive.❤

[@PickleToothpaste]

I had no idea how much it takes to craft this. I knew it's a quite costly religous object now I know why.

[@kebeleteeek4227]

It takes CNC milling machine .. laser printer ...

[@FlipTheBard]

I can see that writing those scrolls, in the long run, will give the ones doing it a terrible back pain.

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

maybe thats where the offensive stereotype of the hunched jew came from, scroll writers with bad backs

[@Assadul-Naml]

​@@bigfrankfraser1391 That Or many jews were forced by the european nobilities to perform banking tasks. The bankers desk were low and the banker had to pivit his torso to write in a cleaner way.

[@Bittzen]

​perhaps, though I think a more plausible origin is in the shulchan aruch text saying it's humble for a Jew to lower his head slightly as to not be too arrogant. Some nonjewish governments even forced Jews to lower their heads when nonjews walked by, usually the rule in Muslim lands when Muslims walk by.@@bigfrankfraser1391

[@hunterinsane9213]

I love this video. I was always thinking why the scroll and tefillin are so expensive, and now I know it is not only wood box with print scroll, but effort of many workers and rabbi.

[@babyinuyasha]

It's not wood, it's leather.

[@hunterinsane9213]

@@babyinuyasha Yeah, so I finally decided to buy one. It is worth that price.

[@amalayum]

@@hunterinsane9213 You should put it in the bin.

[@mrbushwookie6051]

It's sorta annoying tho. I wanna be able to be true to my people traditions but I struggle to make bills every month...let alone have $300+ to blow on something like thia

[@MilaanTornbergroeo]

Gopro from ancient times

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

😂😂😂

[@AdrTo]

xD xD xD

[@WannaBeHocker]

What do you think was the inspiration for the Go Pro?

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

@@WannaBeHocker 😆

[@ZebbMassiv]

​@WannaBeHocker they probably got sued. No wonder they're not really in business anymore 😂

[@stuartyablon7184]

I am thankful for the efforts of such craftsmen / scholars. The veracity of the Bible we read now is due to the diligent work of such men.

[@redred333]

such a beautiful expression of faith. sorry to see the pain of war and persecution

[@CrystilBluebird-nl7wj]

Wow! Fascinating, complex, and intricate cratmenship! Its amazing how much work goes into making Tefillin! Great video!

[@heywaitMarlee]

This was such an interesting video to watch. Tefillin have always held a kind of curious fascination for me. And I find it so beautiful that the Jewish tradition considers the color black to have ties to the Divine, that he/she exists in the universe as a complete whole and is not separate or divided from anything. Which means that the Divine is not separate from us as humans, or from anything natural in this world as the color is found everywhere in nature. That is beautiful.

[@ishbahmalik7675]

Yassss black is king...

[@xXNongLongXx]

everything you said after the first two sentences is pure brainrot

[@heywaitMarlee]

​@@xXNongLongXx how unfortunate for you that this ugliness exists inside of you and that you project it out into the world, vomiting negativity everywhere you go. You could have said nothing or that you disagree. Instead you chose to insult. How sad, when one has such a rotten soul. The brain, like all else of the flesh returns to dust but the soul is eternal. Too bad yours is so apparently polluted.

[@mrmagoo9249]

I really admire the scribes The writing is very beautiful and the attention to detail is amazing But I do as an outsider think all the rules are meaningless but I suppose historically they’ve emerged as a part of the faith Also I can’t help but notice that the black cube is the same as the Islamic black cube I find it unbelievably depressing that Christianity, Judaism and Islam are so similar in so many ways and yet seem to forever be in conflict, over all the ways they’re different

[@aguywhodoesstuff1116]

yeah, it be nice if everyone could just chill

[@o_sagui6583]

As long as there is two people and they have different interests, there will always be conflict . . . Right Caine

[@ash9280]

They're not very similar. There are some foundational similarities but they have different foundational differences at the heart of each faith. Your point is equivalent to saying,''wow, liberal democracy and communism are so similar but they have always been in conflict so much.''

[@mrmagoo9249]

@@ash9280 Islam, Catholicism and Jewish faiths all have similar iconography and symbolism At the foundation of all three it’s the worship of Baal, Saturn and Osiris The black cube for example is just one of the symbols of Saturn, which is seen in Islam, Catholicism, Judaism and also Masonic It’s actually a really interesting subject… the old Vatican, Catholic and Masonic writings of how Catholicism is embedded within Islam and so forth

[@josephkanowitz6875]

ב''ה, people a few thousand years later may have been inspired.. and they've got their own city for it their guy bargained to bless with his followers' business.

[@rebeccab2280]

when they say the methods are the same as they were 3300 years ago, they mean the scribes & the method they use to write (that specific "font" so to speak), the materials used (the animal skin) etc. Nothing to do with the modern machinery.

[@anatomyofN]

U should know J3w better...

[@woofawoof7616]

​@@anatomyofNand what does that mean?

[@E-Kat]

What's J3w?

[@E-Kat]

It must've taken them much longer to produce each item as they had no electricity.

[@woofawoof7616]

@@E-Kat they're trying to say "Jew" offensively without getting banned, like a coward.

[@joshuaalvarez988]

"The same way it was 3,000 years ago" - Uses air brushing - Uses Johnson and Johnson Baby powder - Uses Hydraulic press - Uses bandsaw - Uses sander

[@anatomyofN]

u should know how bullshit the J3w are...

[@babyinuyasha]

That's chalk, they just reuse the baby powder bottle because it dispenses the right amount.

[@hmmhm6620]

The method is the same. You can achieve it by fanning over it, using gravel dust, hammers, old saws and sanding files. The difference here is the speed, not the method

[@livebassngames]

you'd be rich if you bough the Johnson and Johnson stock at IPO 1000 year before Christ

[@Stunkos]

All ancient Hebrew technologies

[@ChacaChaca7]

Wow I want to get one. Interesting how both Ezra in the Bible and in this video are scribes! God bless Israel.

[@VEN2oo]

I’m glad Jews are sticking to their tradition amidst such rough times👍

[@RedHair651]

Israelis created the rough times

[@JoesBrandonomics]

@@RedHair651 nope

[@Noac000]

​@@RedHair651Jihadism is always excused by Liberals 😂

[@SamAlQattan-p2h]

Does this admiration extend towards the Palestinians too? Who too have preserved ancient traditions (ones native to the land) like cuisine, culture, dance and phonology? Or is it only for Polish cosplayers?

[@kenlbks]

A true pleasure to watch this video, thank you.

[@JaySinghIsImmature]

Blessings and Respect to All Jews from Your Sikh-Canadian Brothers and Sisters 🙏🏽🍁✊🏽

[@puddingpanda3473]

And much love to you too :)

[@SongOfSongsChapterTwoVerseFour]

This was a fascinating video. Thank you for sharing it!❤

[@MountainMan7.62x39]

Write a scroll with a quill, fix mistakes with a Dremel tool

[@snakeplisskinable]

Then spellcheck it with a computer. Could just knock it out with a printer. They’re rocking hydraulic presses, band saws etc so not like tech is banned

[@xenotiic8356]

I don't know why they keep going on about current events, but I like the parts of the video that aren't obsessed with that (which is what, like 40% of it?)

[@Stroopwaffe1]

Very Interesting, thankyou for allowing us to see Your Prescious Things. Avarham has got a job for life there, fixing mistakes forever, Good Luck to You Avvi.

[@andre18344]

I was exactly there, in Safah back in July. So sad to see the city empty now. Hope this war ends soon and that peace comes permanently

[@UncAussie]

Is the white-out kosher?

[@RichardBaran]

It's made of ground Palatinnistians is my guess. Pretty sure they think that's kosher

[@erinmalone2669]

They are removing leather, not whiting out.

[@y.o.2478]

@@RichardBaran Nah human trash isn't kosher

[@TD1237]

@@y.o.2478 What are you talking about? No-one mentioned Zionatzis?

[@sitokiaba5404]

@@y.o.2478 "Never again". You abandon everything you strive for when you decide *anyone* is less than human, especially from race alone.

[@jojoisgeexp]

6:01 so we’re just going to ignore the fact that this guy’s workshop is in an illegal settlement? And before anyone responds, I’m not Jewish, I’m not Muslim, I’m not even Christian. I have no horse in this race. I’m an atheist with familial ties to Mahayana Buddhism. I’m just pointing out how they glossed over the fact that his workshop is set up in land that is supposedly Palestinian.

[@jonathansamuel7033]

On no level is that stolen land . It’s the ancient Jewish heartland . And most of Judea and Samaria which has Jewish towns and villages is on land purchased over the space of a hundred years from Arab landowners . When Jordan took the land between 1948 and 1967 they simple appropriated that Jewish land . So both historically and modern legality it’s Jewish land . The Arab claims are based on fabrications and falsehoods which you’ve bought completely.

[@frankzelenko2825]

Tefillin was definitely always a daily practice for Jews for at least 3336 years and it definitely didn’t start in Maccabee times. It wasn’t for the most religious sects, until 1860, Judaism was a monolithic faith. It was Orthodox Judaism and that’s it for over 3000 years

[@johnmceiver3769]

I was born a Catholic Christian... the kindest, most wise, social and generous people in my life have been Jews.

[@markgrender5638]

YEAH YESH .... ASK THEM BOUT 'JESUS' YOU FOOOOOOL!!!!!!!😂😂🎉❤

[@homebg2163]

Bless you

[@silverx_1848]

It's easy to be mind when you thrive from crushing others

[@JoesBrandonomics]

@@markgrender5638 You call someone a fool then you put laughing emojis and a heart after that. And it's all in caps. Maybe you need a doctor.

[@gabriel3888]

@@JoesBrandonomics that is an agitator bot

[@himangshuarnheimbora4150]

That ancient GoPro transmits direct to Heaven

[@TrevorJC]

Amazing tradition!

[@TheAngrychipmunk96]

I would absolutely lose my mind if I made a mistake in a page which I’d been working on for days, rendering it invalid..

[@hartgetzen7867]

Such a beautifully made video! Mazel Tov!

[@613mitzvoth]

Just ordered mine!!!

[@planesense7390]

Nice!

[@TheFeelgo]

he said it's done the same way it was done 3000 years ago but the letter was changed from paleo hebrew to modern hebrew and its way different

[@urbanarmory]

True enough! Also obviously all the machines etc

[@paprikaman1124]

That's not modern Hebrew in the prayer scroll 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheFeelgo]

​@@paprikaman1124u need more research

[@vb9043]

This documentary is very interesting. I learned about the Tefillin in high school here in South Africa during Bible study class but did not know all the details. That was before the Internet. Thank you

[@TheSoferCenter]

The straps are a lot longer then 2 or 3 feet long... The head strap is approximately 3 meter and the hand is between 4.25 and 5.25 meter long.

[@alexb.8455]

A video about Jews......... i am sure the comments will be normal and civilized.

[@amalayum]

I sure hope not :)

[@catpyjamas]

Normal and civilized doesn't really enter the israeli context. You've all shown us that over the past six months. The victim narrative will never work again, and from here on out, it will be you who are on the defensive as to why you're such a violent, barbaric society.

[@woofawoof7616]

@@amalayum don't cut yourself on all that edge, a lot of Jews are doctors after all, right? Wouldn't want you to have to choose between being a dick or staying alive when the rot takes over your brain. 😘

[@kome360]

Good one.

[@supdream8979]

Nobody mentioned the Holocaust yet come to think of it all Abrahamic religions are semetic religions respect n love to everybody 😁❤️🇵🇸

[@kkrsTw189]

The fact this has so many dislikes shows it's not even hatred towards Israel it's Antisemitism, This article almost no relation to Israel yet people are being hateful.

[@draconov_alt]

this is known, even before 7 october attack. they do not hide anymore

[@weiyin8046]

This video explicitly mentions October 7th, and also shows Beit El (בֵּית אֵל) an Israeli settlement (illegal under international law) so no, I think people have legitimate reasons to dislike this video.

[@RedHair651]

The whole video is pro-Israel, that's why

[@JesusisLOVEJohn-]

Jeremi@h 11:19 Hose@ 11:1 Ps@lm 2:12 Is@iah 53 Ps@lm 22

[@kvsantappu8135]

I'm a Hindu but I absolutely love my Jewish brothers and sisters ❤ and Am Israel Chai ❤

[@NotUrDJ]

Send bob and vagen sarr

[@Saku_Mai_Natsu]

​@@NotUrDJreligion of peace acting peaceful😂

[@NotUrDJ]

@@Saku_Mai_Natsu someone didn't get bob and vagene hmm, salty much? Religion of peace will knock u tf out too if you don't mind yourself

[@Madmen604]

That's amazing devotion and work ethic. Respect! That's why the ancient scrolls they find contain the same as new ones.

[@alyssedahlgren7955]

Interesting. I never knew about these boxes and the Jewish males who use them. I am very familiar with Judaism, its traditions (weddings, Passover, etc) and accessories (yarmulkes, top hats). This is so great to appreciate another meaningful accessory of Judaism!

[@SaidIssa-tq3yv]

Good job, greetings from Zanzibar Island 🏝️.

[@KaterinaDeAnnika]

So we’re using the israeli genocidal war to showcase the religious objects used by their troops before going into battle? That’s…so tone deaf at best…. I’m all for learning about the cultures and religions of other cultures. But to use the war in gaza as a reason to make this is just. Not good.

[@nobodyreally]

I agree and I’m sure so do the religious “Jews against Zionism”.

[@squibblez2517]

Israel has spent he last 80 years being attacked by everyone around them. Hamas is a terrorist group that uses children as shields. Does that make the extent that Israel is going to right? No, however, there is a reason no-one wants Palestinian refugees. I would like for the war to stop, however terrorists rarely listen to reason, and barely listen to overwhelming force.

[@J_wsh]

Hasbara techniques. Interesting how Israelis have the right to self-determination but Palestinians don't.

[@numbersstationsarchive194]

@@J_wsh Palestinians had the right to self-determination, but they waived that right in favor of attacking Israel.

[@billtalent1]

the fact you think killing people who launch waves of rockets at your country is "genocide" is hilarious

[@Andagidude]

Yall being bitching about their culture.. if internet is down, yall doing nothing but panic.. 😂

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

Well, now I know the answer (and more) to something I always wondered about, but didn't have a Jewish friend that I could ask about it.

[@MapedMod]

"this represents how god exists throughout universe, without any divisions or separations" he says... meanwhile the Israeli-Palestine wall is standing proud.

[@mrcomenttoe2009]

Thank you for a super interesting video I will be sharing this thumbs up

[@alexsims31]

5:55 That tool is peculiarly shaped

[@Farmgoth]

Yikes...

[@SoftBreadSoft]

It's a useful shape.

[@MikePuorro]

This is a perfect example of how religious tradition nullifies scripture through literal interpretation. When the scriptures say bind these words to your hands and your heads, I don't think this is what the original author had in mind.

[@SewardWriter]

What does our tradition matter to you? Why is it your place to judge?

[@yardfowl3149]

let your thoughts and actions reflect the scriptures'.......taken to literally: kill a cow, make a box, scribble some words and parade it around as though you are a chosenite....

[@yardfowl3149]

@@SewardWriter we judge a tree by it's fruit, and your tree is producing rotten fruit.

[@NaNa-cq8ck]

lol, exactly. I've also seen muslims speed run their holy book in arabic when they don't even understand the language while the whole purpose of that book was to be understood, pondered and followed.

[@MikePuorro]

@@yardfowl3149 A tree is known by its fruit. Judge not lest you be judged yourself. ALL religion is guilty of trying to make the Word void through tradition.

[@Mici]

The scribes' dedication and focus is amazing

[@crazyskeever9966]

This video made me appreciate my Tefillin more! Thanks, Business Insider!

[@ronilevin6376]

I'm amazed how the narrator is still making disparaging comments over the sovereignty of Israel... desecration of the sacred practice depicted here.

[@RedHair651]

This whole video is extremely pro-Israel

[@JasonGabler]

This was not done 3,300 years ago. That is complete revisionism. Tefillin as we know it is a Second Temple interpretation of Torah. This does not at all invalidate the practice, but there's no reason to invent false history to justify it.

[@R-fi2je]

Second Temple began in 538 BCE - pretty ancient!

[@healingworksyesjohnn]

Wow the beauty and quality of pure handmade real devotion, worth more than money!

[@saulchapnick1566]

I have been taking my tefillin with me wherever I go for nearly 60 years. There is something that transcends me whenever I put them on.

[@yardfowl3149]

Satan? He likes to transcend the unknowing

[@donnakawana]

So beautiful...

[@donnakawana]

​​@@yardfowl3149you must not Kno any God... But you spell Satan like your signing your own name 🤔🫢

[@perseon]

Yeah. that feeling that you are chosen by your invisible revengeful fussy god to fulfil his idiotic and narrow minded plan must be wonderful. It's just an ancient form for elitism-tribalism. Grow up!

[@Otaku155]

Drink a shot every time the narrator says something incorrect...

[@aguywhodoesstuff1116]

real rich coming from the guy with that pfp

[@someguy4512]

@@aguywhodoesstuff1116 that's a german cross from WW1 what your talking about?

[@aguywhodoesstuff1116]

@@someguy4512 Those people very often go for ww2 germany as well. I just REALLY distrust people who are strangely interested in the world wars.

[@someguy4512]

@@aguywhodoesstuff1116 dude his pfp iron cross literally says 1914 and it has Emperial German crown in the middle, this dude ain't one of "them" clearly just don't jump to conclusions cuh. people are interesting in history for other actual reasons.

[@aguywhodoesstuff1116]

@@someguy4512 yeah but im not taking any chances and it happens way too often with these people not to

[@goolibay]

Reading the hate comments is hilarious 😆 i love Israel!!!!! Judaism is an incredible religion that Mohammad was jealous of

[@amalayum]

It's crazy some of the stuff that jews tell themselves lmao.

[@lindar8095]

Let us all turn the darkness to light! Amen

[@arik9112]

why tf are people disliking it so much

[@RedHair651]

Because it platforms ethnic cleansing

[@wagnertal]

@@RedHair651you are literally a clown. Shut up

[@Hijacked_]

antisemitism its sad to see

[@dainfant5101]

Free Israel ✡︎

[@hugoveloso8510]

הַתִּקְוָה

[@aylinasghary2959]

from who?

[@JamesBurdon-gu5yu]

@alyimasgharry2959 Your gaslighting isn't working. From Hamas that continually slaughters, kills and kidnaps without prompting claiming ISREAL under religious claimant building up the entirety of gaza just to kill them, all while Gaza was given by ISREAL I'm the first place for peace, ISREAL funded them, Gabe them all their resources, give them citizenship, resources power, food, ect ect, gave them everything as Hamas and Gaza's populace continually slaughtered them, again and again, all while you and Hamas propaganda artisits vilify isreal as responsible for the effects of Hamas terror.

[@JoesBrandonomics]

@@aylinasghary2959 from Iran's proxy terror groups

[@fahmitaufik1254]

Amen. This world should be free of israeli

[@michelebella677]

I learned about this in a religion course in college. It’s so fascinating the different traditions that Judaism incorporates into their religious practices.

[@amalayum]

Yes, all of them 100% pagan.

[@michelebella677]

@@amalayum I wouldn’t say 100%, but they certainly have some practices that intersect

[@woofawoof7616]

@@amalayum they're not '100% pagan.' A lot of religious traditions within Judaism and a lot of festivals likely had pagan roots, but that doesn't make it pagan now.

[@kiranmaidevalaraju930]

I once saw a jew in a video wearing this. I thought it was a go pro camera.

[@sticustom]

Very interesting

[@GayjewBoy]

In 2019 my father found my phone and saw all my conversations on Grinder. He saw my videos and photos of me and my lovers. I came out as a gay man to my family and friends at synagogue. They dis owned me. But i still go for my daily prayers. I have my star of david necklace on with my rainbow shirts. God loves everyone. Shalom

[@shadowdawnl6930]

Stand strong sweetheart. My munchkin came out a long time ago and I cannot imagine not accepting the person they know themselves to be well into adulthood. I'm so sorry you had to experience that dear. There's Moms out here that will adopt you and accept you in all your beauty. ❤ Sending luv darlin keep your chin up❤😊

[@hollandsemum1]

Why does higher humidity help the ink set? For corrections, is that ring shaped object a type of precise knife? The involvement of Rabbi Schneerman & the Lubavitch Chabad surprises me, since I seem to recall quite a bit of controversy with him and his sect in the past.

[@ivanamicimici]

I guess then it's right on brand. Psychopaths go together.

[@Sjalabais]

What an amazing tradition. It is a shame that the Israeli state has slipped into imperialism and genocide, so much so, that countries like the US need to air drop food and basic supplies to a cornered population which homes were robbed from them. I hope the Jewish traditions can survive in a more peaceful framework than that.

[@TalEdds]

Zionism has nothing to do with Jewish traditions and customs. They are complete opposites to the teachings of Judaism.

[@xenotiic8356]

The history of Israel and Zionism is complex. There could have been a peaceful birth, where immigrating Jews and the native Palestinians (which consisted also of Jews and Christians, not just Muslims) could co-exist in peace. However, with how modern Israel ended up being formed, there has been violence against Palestinians since day 1.

[@ramonrodriguez2345]

In 17 minutes, I had not seen a single woman.

[@andremessado7659]

@@harrisonfreund7845 I've never seen women in any Jewish ritual or religious gathering, a bunch of men dancing around and doing their rituals.

[@urbanarmory]

​@@andremessado7659that's because in most very stringent communities, men and women are separate, and frankly men do all the interesting stuff, like tefillin

[@FitraRahim]

As long as its not Muslim or Islam its safe from people's talk

[@TheBrainn]

just as prayer should be

[@jim7863]

you will not see in mosque either

[@hazimmohamed6929]

you are saying in this video that in 1967 there in a tension between Israel, Palestine, and surrounding other states. what really happened is that Israel israeled lands from Syria, and Egypt (they isrealed Sinai). there is other misleading pieces of information that found in this video stop make sentence that make israel the victim in the middle east because it's not. the language that you are using is making sentence that cannot be false and at the same time not fully true to use it to defend isreal and make it seem like a peaceful country surrounded by haters, and not an occupying state that steel land from Palestine and other Arab countries, and when these Arab countries try to return it back you called them terrorist

[@xenotiic8356]

I wanted a video to learn more about my people. What I got was a video sort of about that, but also a lot of propaganda promoting an evil regime. It's sad.

[@draconov_alt]

glory to Israel

[@olterigo]

1967, another year when Arabs decided to play FAFO, and also lost.

[@thedemongodvlogs7671]

Egypt stated they would invade and closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli ships, which was a recognised casus beli. When you start and war and lose it, there are consequences.

[@hazimmohamed6929]

Russia's actions in Crimea parallel Israel actions. Both instances involved territorial expansion under the guise of security concerns. But that not making Russia have the right to invade Ukraine. While closing the Straits of Tiran may have been perceived as a provocative act, it does not inherently justify military intervention and occupation. Egypt's closure of the straits is a response to perceived threats, whereas Israel's territorial acquisitions during this war could be interpreted as opportunistic land grabs rather than genuine defensive measures. If the closure of the Straits of Tiran was purportedly the sole reason for Israel's conquest of the Sinai Peninsula in 1967, it raises questions about why there was simultaneous conquest of the Golan Heights from Syria during the same conflict. This inconsistency suggests that Israel's actions may have been driven by broader territorial ambitions rather than solely defensive concerns. @@thedemongodvlogs7671

[@hackeranother4246]

How would’ve this been done in the period of the second temple ?

[@leonply]

Are these soldiers who are suddenly donning the tefillin before they enter Gaza, doing so to feel protected as Palestinian women, children and elderly are being slaughtered?

[@fractalmayhem1272]

They are doing it because many of them are young people under 25 or 20, having spent their lives with a constant background stream of violence and fear propagated by a corrupt government using the conflict and fear deliberately to stay in power. Many of those same soldiers spent the past year (or far more) protesting said government at every opportunity at the cost of work days, personal relationships, and their own blood and broken bones. A few months ago Hamas has knowingly done the literal worst thing it could for the people of Gaza - It went on a horrific killing spree in the border villages taking hundreds of civilians captive. Over one day, they shifted Israeli public momentum away from the most hopeful, vocal and ruthless attempts to take down the corrupt violence-loving regime seen since the last peace-seeking prime minister was assassinated 30 years ago. They gave the extreme right-wing every argument needed to fuel fear and indiscriminate hate because **Every single Jewish person in the county either personally lost a family members, or closely knows someone who did.** Also, let's not forget the numerus Israeli Arab and Muslim victims of the attack, slaughtered by Hamas for "being collaborators worse than the jews". I'm not saying Israeli actions in Gaza are pretty, or even entirely just. I'm as opposed to the government as any sane emphatic person would be - but the fiction that Israeli soldiers are cheerfully going to murder people in Gaza is false. Those are people finding comfort in tradition because their country is at a boiling point, they recently lost friends and family to violence, their leaders spent decades pumping the "kill or be killed" narrative to maintain power and they have to try their best despite heavy personal consequences to both cooperating and resisting. They leave dreading the situation and they come home scarred and broken - breaks the right-wing will call 'treason' if shown publicly. (Yes, people in Gaza is suffering. That's horrific and wrong but not specifically the topic of my comment.) Don't go on here making one-line judgements as if anything about this is simple, clear cut or easy. labeling either side single mindedly evil is ignorant at best and malicious at worst. And it never helps.

[@geraniaceae4470]

As if non-jews have never instigated mass murders over the centuries of Jews and others.

[@debbiecohn6195]

Palestinians made their own bed by electing and supporting their own monster leaders Hamas

[@woofawoof7616]

Who is being slaughtered? Do you understand what war is and do you understand that Hamas created this war and refuses to stand down?

[@Jirka-j2g]

Muslims become children at 14 or earlier, depending of puberty onset, and are therfore used as soldiers. You know, like those african warlords did

[@djlykaen]

@Business Insider My comment was deleted, why?

[@Buc-eesGurl]

Probably about the genocide in Palestine.

[@djlykaen]

@@Buc-eesGurl nothing of the sort, someone posted that a goy cant become a jew but pointed out who King David's great great great grandmother was, she wanted to follow Hashem and that was that

[@djlykaen]

@@Buc-eesGurl HAHAHA i replied and that got deleted too. Shame on this channel, wasnt even about palestine

[@djlykaen]

@@Buc-eesGurl I’ll say it again, someone posted that a goy cannot become a jew and I replied who was King David’s great great great grandmother that decided to repent and serve Hashem

[@djlykaen]

@@Buc-eesGurl I’ll say it again, someone posted that a goy cannot become a jew and I replied who was King David’s great great great grandmother that decided to repent and serve Hashem

[@melvinsmarshteaching]

Not only was Tefillin mispronounced (Tea-fill-IN), but so was Safed (TZ-fat) though Safed can be understood since that looks like how it should be. You missed that they have to go to mikvah every day that they write the name of G-d. And so much of this is not even close to how things were doing 3000 years ago.

[@sshuck]

Tefillin was not mispronounced. The narrator clearly has some literacy in Hebrew.

[@melvinsmarshteaching]

@@sshuck Explain Safed then. Oh... wait... you can't.

[@sshuck]

@@melvinsmarshteaching He's saying Safed in the English pronunciation, he isn't trying to pronounce it in Hebrew. I think we agree.

[@georgedaniels9980]

Beautiful process and such a beautiful culture.

[@okce1304]

My prayers for all Palestinian children who was erased and now are in haven. God bless! 🙏

[@woofawoof7616]

So... On a video about Jewish customs, you comment this. Careful, your racism is showing.

[@coyotecreek318]

The Jews wear a black box, the Muslim walk around the black box and the blacks go down on the black box. And all are praying to the box for some happy ending.

[@LaineyBug2020]

What, what's the black box that is eaten?

[@Glenn-F-Rice]

And when a plane crashes the hunt the Black Box.

[@richarddeerflame]

You speak absolute rubbish.

[@coyotecreek318]

@@LaineyBug2020 lol 😂 guess no one has going down on you, assuming your a woman

[@chashmal10]

we aren't praying to the box. we are praying to the One True G-d who commanded us to put on the box when we pray to HIM

[@tamiotribe5238]

Bless the Chosen People of God

[@riogrl324]

Meticulously done ❤

[@kristoferkrus]

Why must the scrolls in the tefillin be written by hand?

[@Sai_aR2]

because each letter needs to be written with the intention of making it for tefillin, so is all the rest of the process of making the tefillin, that's why for example, the machines shaping the housing for the parchments are hand cranked and not motorized.

[@ToMi-bm5hh]

When those soldiers will meet their creator He will care more about those children they wiped out in Palestine than about a leather box on their head.

[@RedHair651]

This

[@LoungeSpecialist]

The attention to detail in perfecting the text lends credence to the fact that the Bible is faithfully copied, not defiled by many editors.

[@AVA-hu4yf]

The existence of multiple different versions of the bible pretty clearly disproves this.

[@drorbrandes6180]

@@AVA-hu4yf you couldnt be more wrong, there is only one version.

[@AVA-hu4yf]

@@drorbrandes6180 The Dead Sea Scrolls are 1,600-1,900 years old and are very different from the King Jame's Bible.

[@drorbrandes6180]

@@AVA-hu4yfAgain, you need to learn about a subject before making statements about it. There was some council called ׳sanhedrin’ 3000 years ago It is the only “organization” that constructed the structure of the bible, the bible is the same all around the world and yeah there are scrolls that are genuine but was left out, You know, Just to actually realize how important it is for jews for generations - When the ashkenazi jews met the ethiopian jews for the first time, after almost 1500 years of separation, after the fall of the first temple and jews scattered after the Babylonian occupation, Only to find that even 1500!! Years later the torah both parties held was exactly the same! the traditions and customs were all alike! When the 3rd temple will be built, there will be a new sanhedrin and they will decide based on everything we know to date whether they will add chapters to the bible - or not So yeah. One bible. 😅

[@AVA-hu4yf]

@@drorbrandes6180 Your own example disproves you. Ethiopian Judaism is pre-rabbinic. In many respects it is unique to itself but might be compared superficially to Samaritanism or Karaism, in that it is based exclusively on the 5 books of Moses and has no oral Torah- no Talmud, no mishnah or Gemara. It is extremely different from Ashkenazi Judaism.

[@sternleiche]

Awesome craftsmanship

[@splendidsequiters]

I'm surprised Business Insider is happy to upload this and at the same time acknowledge in the video that the craftsmen are working on stolen land because those same scrolls told them they were allowed to have steal.

[@xenotiic8356]

But it's not even true! Nothing in the Torah, Tanakh, Tefillin, or any other traditional religious object or text claims Jewish people are allowed to take the land! All it said was that Jews would someday return there. Zionism is a product of European colonialist attitudes developed in the late 1800s/early 1900s. It wasn't even a popular idea amongst Jewish people until after WWII. It's Zionist and Israeli propaganda that Jews are entitled to the land through religion. There are millions of us anti-Zionist Jews around the world. There always have been, and no amount of lies can change that.

[@woofawoof7616]

Stolen? Jews are the indigenous people of Israel. You can't 'steal' land you're indigenous to.

[@Kukulkan_Tours]

The history is literally in the video..they found these same boxes in caves in Israel from over 2000 years ago..all their traditions came from ancient israel