Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz: Faithfulness in Hashem Even as I walk in the Valley of Darkness

[@zevlewinson2780]

Rabbi Breitowitz was my roommate in high school. He was already outstanding and brilliant then. A half century later I still hear the same voice and I see the same gentle soul.

[@Shurvoice]

Loved this Shiur and lots' to think about. Rabbi Breitowitz has a wonderful way of speaking, soothing and yet uplifting.

[@joannezagnoev7424]

Thank you for this beautiful shiur, Rabbi Breitowitz. You are a voice of love and wisdom during these difficult times.

[@arelrachelmishory3833]

Rabbi you are able to bring things so familiar to many of us yet you are able to speak so eloquently about emesdich concepts so passionately as well. A masterful wonder.❤

[@davido.rodriguez3148]

Salon rabbi it's nice to listen to your talk

[@arelrachelmishory3833]

Rabbi you are able to bring in things that so many of us are familiar with and you are as well speaking so eloquently and passionately about emesdich concepts.❤

[@rudeb7]

Yasher Koach, Rabbi!

[@arelrachelmishory3833]

I love how you inserted so many familiar things but it the passion which you speak so eloquently about emesdich concepts.❤

[@jonkomatsu8192]

Wonderful shiur, Rabbi, mahalo shalom!✡️ 🤙🌺

[@WillemvanPelt-f8m]

Thank you Rav❤

[@ma.victoriaferraris3838]

Shalom Rabbi

[@rudeb7]

Amen!

[@TLMConsultancy]

Christ's Sacrifice Takes Away Sins Hebrew chapter 9 23Those things, which are copies of the heavenly originals, had to be purified in that way. But the heavenly things themselves require much better sacrifices. 24For Christ did not go into a Holy Place made by human hands, which was a copy of the real one. He went into heaven itself, where he now appears on our behalf in the presence of God. 25The Jewish high priest goes into the Most Holy Place every year with the blood of an animal. But Christ did not go in to offer himself many times, 26for then he would have had to suffer many times ever since the creation of the world. Instead, now when all ages of time are nearing the end, he has appeared once and for all, to remove sin through the sacrifice of himself. 27Everyone must die once, and after that be judged by God. 28 In the same manner Christ also was offered in sacrifice once to take away the sins of many. He will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are waiting for him. Hebrew Chapter 10 1The Jewish Law is not a full and faithful model of the real things; it is only a faint outline of the good things to come. The same sacrifices are offered forever, year after year. How can the Law, then, by means of these sacrifices make perfect the people who come to God? 2If the people worshiping God had really been purified from their sins, they would not feel guilty of sin any more, and all sacrifices would stop. 3As it is, however, the sacrifices serve year after year to remind people of their sins. 4For the blood of bulls and goats can never take away sins. 5 For this reason, when Christ was about to come into the world, he said to God: “You do not want sacrifices and offerings, but you have prepared a body for me. 6You are not pleased with animals burned whole on the altar or with sacrifices to take away sins. 7Then I said, ‘Here I am, to do your will, O God, just as it is written of me in the book of the Law.’”

[@OhrHashabos]

❤❤❤

[@flordavidaalquimias]

So good

[@jennyjones7370]

What is the opening song? 🥰🥰🥰

[@riffraftmusic8669]

Todah, Rabbi! I have to say, that even though I was brought up going to church, I never heard any disparaging remarks about Jews there. My problem was my non-churched “friends” who used the “he Jewed me” phrase thinking I knew what they were talking about. Of course I did! The Bat Kol, the g’vurot of Moshe, the Shophetim, the Neviim, and, later (in church teachings) of Yoshke (“Jesus”) and his talmidim, Rabbi Saul, et al. What else could they have been talking about? Furthermore, I also knew about Yoshke’s statement from Yochanan (“John”) 4:22: “You [Samaritans] worship what you don’t know; we [Jews] worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.” Well, although I have a lot of disagreement with church philosophy, it still has some value (as Rabbi has mentioned in other videos). My problem was that my friends evidently took my silence as agreement, even though they weren’t Jewish. I guess they thought they could read minds. I’ve left church and enjoy learning Hebrew and listening to the rabbis now. I’ve also left elementary school, but am grateful for the lessons I learned there, although I’m now aware that “p” and “b” can be silent, or have different sounds in different languages. The worst I heard in church was merely the xenophobic result of decent Christians being kept away from potential Jewish friends, but somehow believing that they understood Jewish literature (in this case, the “New” Testament, because they don’t study the Tanakh very much, if at all). For instance, some think the “Good Samaritan” parable is about the lack of concern religious Jews have toward their neighbors in need. But that’s NOT the meaning of the parable-if you’re hurt in a crime or accident, you HOPE that a Cohen or Levite will see you! For me, the best interpretation for the story is from the Torah, the Mishlim, the Tehillim, but, in all the church sermons and KZbin videos I’ve seen on it, the Tanakh is never cited, or at least not the parts concerned. My main concern would be the potential of these misinterpretations, if left unchecked and unopposed by the truth, to foster anti-Semitic thought, like the "Christ-killer" myth (forgetting that it was a Roman prosecutor, Roman custom, Roman soldier...). BH, though, now we have KZbin!

[@redsix5165]

30:40 perhaps there are important details left out of this story but I cannot see how to make halacha on an interpretation of what happened when a completely different version of events is proposed by another rav gadol. On a similar topic I find it fascinating that the egg producing a daughter was also part of the grandmother while the mother was in-utero and that matrilineal decent seems to line up with that exactly.

[@redsix5165]

Ok I just had to listen a minute longer 😅

[@TLMConsultancy]

Christ's Sacrifice Takes Away Sins Hebrew chapter 9 23Those things, which are copies of the heavenly originals, had to be purified in that way. But the heavenly things themselves require much better sacrifices. 24For Christ did not go into a Holy Place made by human hands, which was a copy of the real one. He went into heaven itself, where he now appears on our behalf in the presence of God. 25The Jewish high priest goes into the Most Holy Place every year with the blood of an animal. But Christ did not go in to offer himself many times, 26for then he would have had to suffer many times ever since the creation of the world. Instead, now when all ages of time are nearing the end, he has appeared once and for all, to remove sin through the sacrifice of himself. 27Everyone must die once, and after that be judged by God. 28 In the same manner Christ also was offered in sacrifice once to take away the sins of many. He will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are waiting for him. Hebrew Chapter 10 1The Jewish Law is not a full and faithful model of the real things; it is only a faint outline of the good things to come. The same sacrifices are offered forever, year after year. How can the Law, then, by means of these sacrifices make perfect the people who come to God? 2If the people worshiping God had really been purified from their sins, they would not feel guilty of sin any more, and all sacrifices would stop. 3As it is, however, the sacrifices serve year after year to remind people of their sins. 4For the blood of bulls and goats can never take away sins. 5 For this reason, when Christ was about to come into the world, he said to God: “You do not want sacrifices and offerings, but you have prepared a body for me. 6You are not pleased with animals burned whole on the altar or with sacrifices to take away sins. 7Then I said, ‘Here I am, to do your will, O God, just as it is written of me in the book of the Law.’”

[@TravelsOfNema]

A Question there is: Under what condition(s) can God abandon or reject the Jewish people? Is being "chosen" eternal and unconditional or is there something that the Jewish people might (could) do to lose the status of being "chosen" ?

[@jiggajewjay]

We have a havtacha(promise) that Hashem would never abandon us. That is why the Christians claim that they picked up where the jews failed is a falsehood.

[@TravelsOfNema]

@@jiggajewjay So, being "chosen" is unconditional. And if it's unconditional then there is no _penalty of any kind_ of not doing Tikkun Olam, following Torah, or in general living as jewish people are supposed to be living. Did I understood this correctly?

[@ChaverahChannah]

Hi. It is a long subject but I will share a bit: I agree with your initial post, except the following point needs to be clear: Once chosen you were chosen as opposed to someone like me who chose to Convert into Judaism, and, once a Jew ALMOST always a Jew. I will use HaShem (= the name) when referring to The Creator of the Universe because His A. Name we use for prayer and learning, and with this post I am neither praying, nor learning. You could call Him whatever you want, anyways no one has the right pronunciation of His name. In a recent Parsha (Weekly Torah Portion) we read that HaShem repeats to Avraham " Yitzhak, your only son" but we know that Ishmael was born to Avraham first, therefore, in our eyes Yitzhak is not his only son. Even if you give birth to a child it doesn't mean that for HaShem he or she is your child. And, guess what? What matters to HaShem is all that matters and not our opinion. We need to adapt to the Torah and not bend it to adapt it to us. So, some things need to be look at deeply into the will of HaShem and not looked at to please the other person, get a like or keep the peace; It is what it is. So, if one of us, may HaShem doesn't allow it, gets baptised, nothing changes in terms of being a Jew by the simple act itself, except if that Jew denies HaShem and His Torah. Heresy drops you out in the blink of an eye. As an example look at Latin America: how many of us were baptised into catholicism and changed our Jewish lastnames to save our lives in Sefarad/Spain but in the homes we continued to practice Judaism and passed it along to the next generation. Judaism survived that way. What you are referring to is Olam Haba (the world to come), what is called in xtianity as eternal live, and that is different. For example, someone who parts ways with even 1 of the 13 principles of faith, even if he or she was born the Jewest Cohen on both sides, if there is such a thing, or like I recently encountered, someone teaching Avodah Zarah neatly disguising it as Judaism looses Olam Haba unless he or she makes tshuvah (returns to HaShem) on time. Sometimes the Jew becomes fascinated or obsessed with learning about another religion or is in need of a following crowd, that begins to validate it. That is why we are required to stay away from other religions and prohibited from reading their literature unless it is to help someone do tshuvah. We are "Set Apart" mistranslated as Holy, and althogh we need to cohabitate, we need NOT to mingle with non-Jews for the sake of our souls. Not that Judaism is a religion, it is a lifestyle, but so that you understand me. During the time of leaving HaShem until the person returns he or she IS NOT A JEW. That is according to the Torah itself, so don't shoot the messanger, althought because I am a Convert, the Torah says I will be targeted for having the Torah fresher in my mind and committing to it stronger (in comparison to someone who was born into Judaism, because, even though sometimes it is not intentional, some will take things for granted or be too relax to practice it the right way) reminding my Jewish brothers and sisters the right path to HaShem, even without speaking. That is why Yonah didn't want to go to Niniveh. The Torah calls a Convert cancer. And that is not offensive; HaShem can call anything and anyone whatever He wants without questioning because all is His. This is not xtianity where you need to complain about a pig being the DNA of Esav or the wicked being filthy animals, etc although modern Rabbis will just avoid mentioning such things to keep the peace with the nations, they cannot deny it is Torah. So, even if tshuva is done on time it doesn't mean he or she won't be punished. Punishment depends specifically on what was done and for how long, but only HaShem has the math on that. NOW the one teaching others their nonsense is in a deeper trouble.... Jews come from everywhere and almost anywhere. In my family there were 3 different types of xtianity practices and one was a newer version which did come from catholicism as its mother church, and J.C. was NOT a worshipped deity. There is another post above, that describes xtianity in a different way from that of which most Jews know, and the person is absolutedly right in most of it. For most Jews, xtians and catholics are the same and that is not true. Saying that shows ignorance; which is good in the sense that since you don't know what you are talking about, shut up and stay away from the subject as that is prohibited for you to learn about. That is a way in which HaShem is protecting you but the Torah says how stubborn a person can be...so unfortunatedly, YES, some Jews chose to fall out of Judaism, loose Olam Haba and take others down with him and her. Instead, they should look at Yonah's story and remember how merciful HaShem is even to the non-Jew who does sincere tshuvah. There is a way back home to HaShem for the fallen Jew, if done on time. Invest in Kiruv. Hope this was helpful. ​@@TravelsOfNema

[@TravelsOfNema]

@@ChaverahChannah Thankyou for the long answer. If I understood correctly, the jewish people _as a group_ will always be the "chosen ones" in the eyes of HaShem but if an individual jewish person _denies_ HaShem (becomes an atheist, as an example) then HaShem will reject that person. But if that person later starts to believe again then HaShem will accept him and he will be part of the "chones ones" again. Did I understood correctly?

[@annerantzau5767]

Reading about life is not the same as living it. And to make a statement about the woman without knowing... Is not wise

[@ClementdeGaye]

On

[@jiggajewjay]

The rav is married and knows plenty about women. What's the issue??