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Rabbi YY With Teenagers: Ask Tough Questions; Get Real Answers

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Rabbi YY Jacobson live with teenagers, Thursday, 29 Nissan, 5780, April 23, 2020, 9:30 PM EST

Text your questions before or during the program to: (845) 777-4747

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Moshe Isenberg -4 years ago
A chess grand master plays against others of his caliber. Some of the questions coming in from both kids and teens are, of course, great questions. I'm not sure if you prepare answers for all (a Video clip response is of course prepared so some are) or take some on the fly, but the latter reminds me of the type of chess master that walks around the room and takes a turn with each of dozens of opponents in dozens of games in turn. GS
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yossi -4 years ago
Hi rabbi Jacobson, before I start lemme thank you for your wonderful work especially the teenage Q&A what I'm enjoying very much thank you! It seems that you miss understood my question and you taught that I'm comparing Judaism to Nazisim what is a terrible lie! So lemme introduce myself to you so you should got the idea. I'm a very religious teenager from an Hasidic family I'm very proud with my religion and traditions and thanks God my life goes smoothly BH!

I was always a deep thinker so whats bothering me is that we're used to blame Hitler and similar figures for attempting to wipe us out just because we're Jews! So my question was How are we able to say that when we also wiped out nations (not just man who're going to war) for various reasons so how could we blame them for doing so when we Did same.. Of course we did it for a good reason but the idea of genocide by a religion or theory still exists!

According to the answer you gave me it's sounds like if Hitler would have been a great kind person and he would only have a theory that Jews are a danger to society so he'll start genocide we wouldn't be able to label him brutal! Let's say that it 1 day will stand up a leader and say that he beliefs that Jews are endangering society and therefore we gotta kill them, from a Tora perspective why is he brutal? So again my question isn't on the Jewish religion my question is that seemingly is genocide, led by a theory or belief justified by the Torah.

Thanks for your patient and pleas answer me And just to emphasize again that I'm not questioning the Jewish religion or so I'm just asking why and I know there's a satisfying answer and I'm currently looking for it! thank you Yossi
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- Anonymous -4 years ago
  Actually, the question came in from other teens as well.
  
  I addressed this at the end of the discussion on the topic.
  
  The Jews did not engage in genocide; G-d told them to kill Amalek (and even then only after peace offer). Jews on their own would not be allowed to kill anyone.
  
  Hitler believed in killing Jews etc. inferior to his race. Genocide was part of his ideals. Jews do not believe that. The creator of the world told the Jews to do it, and even then they fought back...
  
  Jews loath genocide. We never believed it and never will. Amalek Hashem commanded us.
  
  And as I said, even then it was only after they refused to make peace and wanted war. Hitler never offered such an option.
  
  An example: Truman dropped the bomb. He killed many children in Japan. Was this genocide? Was he like Hitler?
  
  No! Truman did not believe in genocide. The war was began by Japan, he offered them peace. They refused. He had no choice but to throw the bomb in order to save millions of Americans of dying during the Pacific war.
  
  Amelek began a war against the Jew; we never began. He came suddenly, unprovoked, for no reason only because of Jew hatred. This is Amalek. So we fight back to protect ourselves.
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    sam -3 years ago
    so its not genocide if you belive it was comanded by god?
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    - Anonymous -11 months ago
      yes
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mendel v -4 years ago
Hello Rabbi Jacobson,

First of all, I want to thank you so so much for your classes and programs which I can not describe with words right now how incredible, inspirational, brilliant, and moving (to tears sometimes) they are. Besides for the amount of knowledge I gain in Torah and in the ways of the human being and the world, of course.

I just wanted to suggest, that maybe it is a good idea to make separate

programs for teenage girls and boys to ask questions. It could be that there are questions that boys are uncomfortable to ask in front of girls, and vice versa.

I just want to express how incredible and amazing I think you are. I am amazed again and again.

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refael -4 years ago
I'll just say everyone wants to know they are making a dent they accomplishing what they trying to do. A Lakewood yungerman called me to tell say he started listening to these questions sessions and he is moved someone is opening his soul. And he is someone with a pretty hard shell. So to let you know you breaking thru.
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Leah Lowinger -4 years ago
thank u very much rabbi yy can u pls make the teenage classes the same lenth as the kids at least 2 hours
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