• M

  mordi -12 years ago

  past and present
  This was a nice way to describe the balancew between past and present, maybe even the future.
  
  
  
  The Holocaust was horrible. The bus in Bulgaria is horrble. Of course the scale of 6 million versus 7 dead and 23 wounded is hardly comparable. Except for one thing. Antisemitism has been with us throughout history , only the magnitude is different. Spanish Inquisition, Russian and Ukranian and Polish pogroms, Mumbai etec etc. and all the cases that do not make it into the newspapers. My point is that assimilation was not the cause of the Holocaust and it will not be seent hat way no matetr how our rabbis try to push it , as in this article. Being a Jew is what caused the Holocaust.To our enemies they never ask what kind of Jew you are, religious or not. To them a Jew is a Jew.
  
  
  
  Throwing religion into causes is very unwise, and why secular Jews , who by the way are in the vast majority, especially young Jews, are tuning out and turning off. This article may resonate with a minority of Jews at best. Antisemitism and religion are separtate issues. You are better off speaking of antisemitism than you rae about religion. Despite the fact that you are a rabbi and religion is your business, start giving a little more thought to antisemitism. No Jew disregards that.  In the pre  WW II  Europe you describe, assimilation had nothing to do with the Hoilocaust. A Jew is a Jew. No Jew forgets it. Trust me. religion is not a crucial point.
  
  
  
  Good Shabbos !

  Reply to this comment.Flag this comment.

• A

  Aryeh -12 years ago

  Great piece
  Beautiful!  One comment if I may. In the opening questions  I thought the 2nd question should not be "Why is this verse redundant ?" No verse, word or letter is ever redundant. Rather perhaps the question should be "Why the need for the second part of the verse"  or perhaps " the second part of the verse would appear to be redundant". Anyway, a beautiful piece nonetheless!

  Reply to this comment.Flag this comment.

• T

  thanks -13 years ago

  Idaho
  Thanks for this amazing and inspiring farbrengen. You really bring the Rebbe to life. From all the participants in Boise, Idaho.
  Rabbi Mendel Lifshitz
  Chabad Lubavitch of Idaho
  

  Reply to this comment.Flag this comment.

• F

  fran -14 years ago

  great
  WONDERFUL ARTICLE .
  THANK YOU.
  
  FRAN DANIELS
  

  Reply to this comment.Flag this comment.

• S

  suri -14 years ago

  stuck in a rut
  Some yeshivas in the frum community seem to be stuck in the past. It's not working. The bochurim are not doing well in these places. Outwardly, they play the game. Inwardly, they feel so empty and are living for the Gass. It seems like this article really hit the nail on the button in supplying a solution to the yeshiva's ills. I hope and pray that the leadership takes a good hard look at this message and puts it into action.
  
  Thank you so much Rabbi Jacobson for your insight. May you be blessed with all of your heart's desires.

  Reply to this comment.Flag this comment.

Rabbi YY Jacobson

• June 22, 2009
• |
• 30 Sivan 5769
• |
• 2138 views

Related Classes

• 

  5 hr 8 min

  Gimmel Tammuz Farbrengen

  Gimmel Tammuz Farbrengen, 30th Yartzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

  Is It Possible the Rebbe Never Made It Into Paradise?

• 

  42 min

  Keynote at Hofstra University for Rebbe’s Yartzeit

  Three Timeless Gifts of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

  Mixing Living Water Into Ashes; Holding Empathetic Space; Identifying Potential

• 

  1 hr 31 min

  Lecture Chabad of Boca Raton, on the Lubavitcher rebbe

  What the Rebbe Taught Me About Healing Broken People

  We Are in the Age of Healing and Redemptive Consciousness. Let’s Embrace It

• 

  1 hr 6 min

  Likkutei Sichos Korach

  Do We Believe in Collective Punishment?!

  Dissecting a Difficult Rashi in Parshas Korach Capturing Moses' Endless Love

• 

  1 hr 20 min

  Lecture Montreal Sefardic Community

  Understanding the Leadership of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

  Why Did Some People Oppose Chabad?

• 

  3 hr 11 min

  Gimmel Tammuz Hebrew Farbrengen

  Hebrew Farbrengen with Rabbi YY Jacobson

  Thursday, 3 Tamuz, June 25, 1:30pm EST

• 

  1 hr 15 min

  Gimmel Tammuz Argentina Zoom Farbrengen

  Answering the Question: Does G-d Still Love Us?

  In a Post Holocaust Era, the Rebbe Had to Rekindle Jewish Pride

• 

  1 hr 33 min

  A Discussion on Timely Issues Based on Timeless Values

  Black Lives Matter, Gender Identity, Feminism, Racism, Equality, Anxiety, Death

  A Conversation With Rabbis YY Jacobson & Manis Friedman

• 

  1 hr 45 min

  The Rebbe's Leadership and Teachings

  The New Words Added by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to the Jewish Vocabulary

  Mutual Responsibility; the Holiness of the Jew; Every Crisis -- an Opportunity

• 

  1 hr 10 min

  Zoom Lecture for Florida Gulf Coast Communities

  How Do I Cultivate a Positive Attitude in Life?

  When Eli Wiesel Asked the Rebbe to Teach Him How to Cry Again; When the Rebbe & a Black Congresswoman Created the Food-Stamp Program

• 

  1 hr 38 min

  Zoom Lecture in Sacramento, Ca.

  We're All Jews; Aren't We?

  The Jewish People, The Torah and G-d

• 

  1 hr 53 min

  Los Angeles Yud Shevat 5780 Farbrengen

  Kobe Bryant’s Passion for Basketball: Misplaced Humility Can Destroy It All

  There Comes a Time When Every Individual Must Become a “Rebbe” — an Ambassador of Infinity