"I Used To Be the Kind Of Person Your Parents Warned You About" Baal Teshuva Story

Albert Bardavid is a religious Jew living in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He didn't always used to be a black hatted, beard wearing Chossid though.
In his earlier years he lived without a moral code and found himself in some very dark places doing some very "un-kosher" business.
This is his Baal Teshuva Story

[@macattali]

I was blown away. thank you this has truly motivated me. May Hashem bless you and your family.

[@strikingamatch]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing! Truly encouraging!

[@jeremybearman2722]

very inspiring and really honest and brave

[@queenbee7298]

thank you hashem
keep up the awesome work!!

[@Reporterreporter770]

A religion is a systematic set of beliefs, rituals and codifications of behaviour that revolves around a particular group's worldview (views about the world at large and humanity's place in the world). Typically, these beliefs center around some aspect of the supernatural (also often referred to as "divine") which is most often expressed as some form of deity, ie., gods and goddesses.

[@paddymcvoy1028]

Highly inspiring. Actually, reminds me of Don Vito Corleone - in a good way.

[@mrsteve555]

1 kings 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if YHVH יהוה be God אלהים, follow him: but if ba'al בעל, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of YHVH יהוה; but the ba'al בעל prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
choose you this day who you will serve, are you בעל teshuva or are you יהוה teshuva?
ba'al teshuva is from the prophets of ba'al... the babylonian talmud is from the prophets of ba'al, that is why the babylonian talmud teaches ba'al teshuva !!!

[@Reporterreporter770]

what is not kosher about phone chat ? what Halakha is that ?
mythical religion

[@DSchech12]

sex phone chat

[@Reporterreporter770]

Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did.

[@DSchech12]

Thats probably the least accurate statement ever made arguing against religion.
But hey, at least your picture is of a Chassidish Jew, so what do I know

[@Reporterreporter770]

Chassidim Suffered from Religion, and so did the chazal, meaning social religion
A religion is a systematic set of beliefs, rituals and codifications of behaviour that revolves around a particular group's worldview (views about the world at large and humanity's place in the world). Typically, these beliefs center around some aspect of the supernatural (also often referred to as "divine") which is most often expressed as some form of deity, ie., gods and goddesses.