I've been listening to Dennis Prager on the radio for years, so have long admired him and consider him one of the best role-models for keeping one's harmony and goodwill when talking with someone who is hostile and/or immature and/or unreasonable. I've been inspired by how he regularly gives credit to the Torah for his wisdom. But I'd never heard him speak so passionately about the role of the Jews to bring God to the world. This is the most important talk I've heard him give, and I thank God he has the clarity and courage he has to tell us non-Jews as well as Jews the gifts of wisdom and guidance for a just and kind civilization desired by God for all people, that lies in the Torah. It's a revolutionary concept - and I hope more and more Jews and non-Jews take this to heart and spread this wisdom that doesn't require necessarily a change of religion for others of faith, but more clarity and insight into universal principles/divine law that are probably already in their religion. And for those without a faith in the Divine - these resonate as true and can shift them into honoring God and living by his standards. God is working thru this man to make fresh God's invitation and exhortations to live beautiful lives. Praise be to God.
And - by the way - the sound problems at the beginning of the video improve quite a bit after Dennis begins speaking. It's worth persevering through those.
What a beautiful message, you are such a sweetheart. Interestingly enough, I think it was Lawrence Hajioff who I heard say it, but when moshiach actually comes, in some ways there won't be Jews and Christians and Muslims and other religions because there will become a singular understanding and belief in the One true G-d. We must assume that the coming of moshiach is in the balance, and that our very next mitzvah (good deed) could be the one the brings him. -Rambam (Maimonides). Have a great day and G-d bless you 🙌
I was shocked when I saw the poster at the university last week: "Dennis Prager comes to BIU???" Happiness was soon replaced by utter disbelief when I have figured out, te event has already occurred just 3 days before I have seen the poster...
While the sound quality is a challenge, I am very intrigued by Dennis' religious approach. I would LOVE to hear about his religious praxis, namely how he maintains the view that the Torah is divine, while simultaneously not observing the halacha laid down by the Torah-established Sanhedrin.
This religious book tells us one thing: a person’s values matter, not their station in life, not if they’re famous or if they’re rich. The Torah doesn’t even care about modern day things like national or ethnic affiliation. That’s unique to it because what I listed has always been important to humanity at large. In one fell swoop, the Torah negates all that and says your values are the only thing in life that’s ultimately important. Everything you were taught is purely peripheral and irrelevant. That’s a moral and a rational argument. Its not one made by human beings who are flawed, selfish and irrational but are made by the One God above all of that human pettiness who created us. Here the Torah changed our thinking and it also changed the world.
The point of morality being about deeds is instructive in our modern woke culture where feelings dominate everything. You cannot be a moral person if you do the right thing only when you feel good to act on it. Given human nature, that seldom happens. Morality is only of consequence when we’re obligated or commanded to do what is right and any feelings we might have in spite of it, are irrelevant. Morality is rooted in everything we do, not in our view of things. When morality and feelings conflict, morality always takes precedence. That’s how it should be in our world and every human being would be far better off if they followed that rule.
My guess, for everyone else complaining about the poor audio. If it was higher-quality it might get taken down. I believe he said he was going to do an audiobook version of this. So that's probably why it's free but the audio isn't going to be as good as the actual audiobook.
A Chok cannot be proven even if it teaches spiritually powerful lessons and ideas. You can rationally prove the ideas from the Chok, but you cannot prove the Chok from the ideas.
I learn human decency as a monotheistic value from Dennis Prager. I do not learn Judaism from Prager. But learning the G-dly root of how to be decent is a great teaching. I can deal with the fact that I learn the monotheistic roots of decency from Prager even if I learn Judaism from someone else.
@@massey904 the king James uses only the Mesoretic text for the Hebrew scriptures. Modern Translations use Hebrew texts but they also consult the Septuagint and other texts for the Hebrew scriptures.
the word of God is not subject to one mans interpretation. how did King James (David) solve this problem in a world full of mistrust. and it was finished then . so why are we going in reverse. why . me me me me me I know why. It is the Lord Christ who i serve. weather i like it or not.
That's still wrong. You have an obligation not only to no-harm but protection to your family. Ofc withhin reason and there you can make a treason argument- that essentialy it atmounts to treason therefore like with murder etc. it has to be evaluated differnently from that because the nature of the act superceeds anything else, but I am a nationalist (for a different people) and yeah that is toubellinh
questionable teaching? no clear decision in my mind yet. i will look to the word of God which is in heaven for further console. but I'm only 42 min. in so . But the vernacular he is using is of no credit to his purpose. sorry. but his words give him away. but who knows what i know . only God i guess. and because of the jealousy of the human heart i really cant help you . maybe Gods will. but who am i to understand completely. Dennis you have had much better teachings before. in the future. but im in the past.
No evidence whatsoever that Moses ever existed. Dennis is great on contemporary topics but undermines my respect for him when he pushes his belief in God nonsense. He is living proof of how a clever mind can simultaneously believe in fairies or their equivalent. I. E. god.
This is a true story. A group of Israeli archaeologists went into the Sinai desert with metal detectors. They found a strong signal of metal. They dug down 15 meters and found an Israeli jeep from the war in 1967. The sands had shifted in one decade so the jeep was buried under 15 meters of sand! What chance do they have of finding archeology from the Jews in the desert?! Also, they have now found a number of ancient Egyptian texts that mention the Hebrews. But the argument for archeological evidence and against are about even and likely not relevant anyway.
Richard The fool says in his heart, "There is no God;" they are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is non who does good. This Psalm 14:1
in time you will understand. for your sake i hope it is sooner that later. but for now go your way in peace. p.s. im not a fan of this dennis guy. it was playing while i was busy with some thing else. i just happened to tune in. at the time.end of story.
This is what it means for Israel to be a light to the nations. Torah is wisdom. Torah is the light. Don’t hide your light. Share it with the world!
I've been listening to Dennis Prager on the radio for years, so have long admired him and consider him one of the best role-models for keeping one's harmony and goodwill when talking with someone who is hostile and/or immature and/or unreasonable. I've been inspired by how he regularly gives credit to the Torah for his wisdom. But I'd never heard him speak so passionately about the role of the Jews to bring God to the world. This is the most important talk I've heard him give, and I thank God he has the clarity and courage he has to tell us non-Jews as well as Jews the gifts of wisdom and guidance for a just and kind civilization desired by God for all people, that lies in the Torah. It's a revolutionary concept - and I hope more and more Jews and non-Jews take this to heart and spread this wisdom that doesn't require necessarily a change of religion for others of faith, but more clarity and insight into universal principles/divine law that are probably already in their religion. And for those without a faith in the Divine - these resonate as true and can shift them into honoring God and living by his standards. God is working thru this man to make fresh God's invitation and exhortations to live beautiful lives. Praise be to God.
And - by the way - the sound problems at the beginning of the video improve quite a bit after Dennis begins speaking. It's worth persevering through those.
What a beautiful message, you are such a sweetheart. Interestingly enough, I think it was Lawrence Hajioff who I heard say it, but when moshiach actually comes, in some ways there won't be Jews and Christians and Muslims and other religions because there will become a singular understanding and belief in the One true G-d.
We must assume that the coming of moshiach is in the balance, and that our very next mitzvah (good deed) could be the one the brings him. -Rambam (Maimonides). Have a great day and G-d bless you 🙌
Dennis P, predicting the future like a boss‼️ 😎 The wisdom and character of a truly great man, and proud champion of Judeo-Christian values 👏👏👏🫡
Really want to listen to this but the audio is so poor! Unintelligible. Is it possible to upload a different copy of this speech?
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Thanks for the video
I was shocked when I saw the poster at the university last week: "Dennis Prager comes to BIU???"
Happiness was soon replaced by utter disbelief when I have figured out, te event has already occurred just 3 days before I have seen the poster...
Sorry to hear that, Gideon, but at least you can watch Dennis' excellent lecture here.
While the sound quality is a challenge, I am very intrigued by Dennis' religious approach. I would LOVE to hear about his religious praxis, namely how he maintains the view that the Torah is divine, while simultaneously not observing the halacha laid down by the Torah-established Sanhedrin.
I learn human decency as a monotheistic value from Dennis Prager. I do not learn Judaism from Prager.
This is/was such a beautiful video 🙏🏻🇮🇱❤️
Thank you
Onooo! What a pity!! The sound is really bad. Can hardly hear anything? Can the organiser of this talk please fix this problem?
The Rational Torah needs to be re-recorded, this version is not clear enough to be understandable.
Agreed. Please do recorded as I would love to hear what he has to say
Can't listen; the sound system quality needs adjustment.
Sound terrible.
This religious book tells us one thing: a person’s values matter, not their station in life, not if they’re famous or if they’re rich. The Torah doesn’t even care about modern day things like national or ethnic affiliation. That’s unique to it because what I listed has always been important to humanity at large. In one fell swoop, the Torah negates all that and says your values are the only thing in life that’s ultimately important. Everything you were taught is purely peripheral and irrelevant. That’s a moral and a rational argument. Its not one made by human beings who are flawed, selfish and irrational but are made by the One God above all of that human pettiness who created us. Here the Torah changed our thinking and it also changed the world.
The point of morality being about deeds is instructive in our modern woke culture where feelings dominate everything. You cannot be a moral person if you do the right thing only when you feel good to act on it. Given human nature, that seldom happens. Morality is only of consequence when we’re obligated or commanded to do what is right and any feelings we might have in spite of it, are irrelevant. Morality is rooted in everything we do, not in our view of things. When morality and feelings conflict, morality always takes precedence. That’s how it should be in our world and every human being would be far better off if they followed that rule.
My guess, for everyone else complaining about the poor audio. If it was higher-quality it might get taken down. I believe he said he was going to do an audiobook version of this. So that's probably why it's free but the audio isn't going to be as good as the actual audiobook.
What's with the audio? Too bad. Thumbs DOWN
Audio is bad
A Chok cannot be proven even if it teaches spiritually powerful lessons and ideas. You can rationally prove the ideas from the Chok, but you cannot prove the Chok from the ideas.
Who is the weasely guy introducing Dennis?
I learn human decency as a monotheistic value from Dennis Prager. I do not learn Judaism from Prager. But learning the G-dly root of how to be decent is a great teaching. I can deal with the fact that I learn the monotheistic roots of decency from Prager even if I learn Judaism from someone else.
What does Dennis think about the Christian Torah?
Chris t ....the Christian Torah IS the Hebrew Torah
@@MrUfojunkiedavid Not according to alot of Jews according to them it's Greek, not Hebrew.
@@massey904 the king James uses only the Mesoretic text for the Hebrew scriptures.
Modern Translations use Hebrew texts but they also consult the Septuagint and other texts for the Hebrew scriptures.
Horrible audio.
Great presentation...diabolical Sound.
Surely Bar-Ilan could have done better than this.
the word of God is not subject to one mans interpretation. how did King James (David) solve this problem in a world full of mistrust. and it was finished then . so why are we going in reverse. why . me me me me me I know why. It is the Lord Christ who i serve. weather i like it or not.
That's still wrong. You have an obligation not only to no-harm but protection to your family. Ofc withhin reason and there you can make a treason argument- that essentialy it atmounts to treason therefore like with murder etc. it has to be evaluated differnently from that because the nature of the act superceeds anything else, but I am a nationalist (for a different people) and yeah that is toubellinh
Sound not good!! I’m missing ur humour.
questionable teaching? no clear decision in my mind yet. i will look to the word of God which is in heaven for further console. but I'm only 42 min. in so . But the vernacular he is using is of no credit to his purpose. sorry. but his words give him away. but who knows what i know . only God i guess. and because of the jealousy of the human heart i really cant help you . maybe Gods will. but who am i to understand completely. Dennis you have had much better teachings before. in the future. but im in the past.
The microphobe was in some dude's pocket
Whats next ? The femail man ?
Good comedy and satire without substance!
No evidence whatsoever that Moses ever existed.
Dennis is great on contemporary topics but undermines my respect for him when he pushes his belief in God nonsense. He is living proof of how a clever mind can simultaneously believe in fairies or their equivalent. I. E. god.
This is a true story. A group of Israeli archaeologists went into the Sinai desert with metal detectors. They found a strong signal of metal. They dug down 15 meters and found an Israeli jeep from the war in 1967. The sands had shifted in one decade so the jeep was buried under 15 meters of sand! What chance do they have of finding archeology from the Jews in the desert?! Also, they have now found a number of ancient Egyptian texts that mention the Hebrews. But the argument for archeological evidence and against are about even and likely not relevant anyway.
Richard The fool says in his heart, "There is no God;" they are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is non who does good. This Psalm 14:1
in time you will understand. for your sake i hope it is sooner that later. but for now go your way in peace. p.s. im not a fan of this dennis guy. it was playing while i was busy with some thing else. i just happened to tune in. at the time.end of story.
@@syocheved1125 a little harsh dont you think. this is not the way. remember....with love. with love.
If he believes the torah comes from God, why is he not orthodox?!
Sound quality is sooo bad - hard 2 listen 2
Wish I could hear it
Are all Jews for JESUS wrong,Dennis?
In his own words, he judges religions by the fruits they produce.
Kristos Jackson God is not a religion,He is the creator,read collosions ch.1on WHO JESUS is.
Roger Fisk no but they are completed Jews ;)
Surely they have to be. Like "Christians for Mohammed"!