I do not consider myself a believer and often come to loggerheads with hebraic teachings, but your honesty is powerful and refreshing. Thank you Rabbi.
Baruch HaShem … however, I do wonder how personally connected Adam felt to the cockroach, or the skunk, and whether he even considered if he’d want to risk slaughtering or eating such creatures
In their proper niche as scavengers, cockroaches are useful to the environment. Skunks do not spray unless alarmed, and they, too, have a place. But eat them? Probably not. Although some cultures do eat insects. Not kosher, of course, but high in protein. And a lobster, after all, is just a big bug.
I am vegetarian, not vegan. I do eat dairy and I eat eggs from my own chickens. However, I also live in a rural area where it is possible to do this ethically. Veganism is an ideal, but not everyone can remain healthy on a vegan diet, especially if they are allergic to nuts, legumes and/or soy. And only recently do we have access to fresh vegetables year round. I believe the Torah permitted meat because God knew that people would live in places with harsh winters where nothing grows for 6 months. Had God insisted on veganism, we would never have made it out of the Ice Age. So I do not condemn my ancestors for eating meat. Today we do have more choices, so I encourage people to learn where their food comes from, and to live as gently as possible in their individual situation.
Hello Rabbi. How do you feel about the animal sacrifices that happened in the temple centuries ago? I know that compassion for animals is an important part of Judaism. But the temple sacrifices were a big part of the religion in the past. Just curious about your thoughts on that.
I discussed this at length in my book, "Kapporos Then and Now," about opposing the use of chickens in the kapporos ritual. But briefly here: Everybody, not just Jews, practiced animal sacrifice in that part of the world in ancient days. Most of the sacrifices, Jewish or pagan, were eaten at sacred feasts. One of our great philosophers, Maimonides (12th century CE) saw it this way: God does not really need sacrifices, but people change slowly, and if God had totally forbidden it at that time, it would have been too radical change. The Gilded Calf incident proved that. People fell back on familiar rituals they had seen in Egypt. In a pre-literate society, people rely more heavily on visual images and rituals. So the Torah permitted sacrifices, but put strict limits on where, when, and how. Later, as verbal prayer became more prominent (along with literacy), prayer began to replace sacrifice, and when the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE, all animal sacrifice ceased. Except for a small Samariran sect in Israel who still sacrifice sheep before Passover, Jews today do not have animal sacrifices. The important thing to remember in studying about Judaism is that we did NOT fossilize after the time of Jesus. Judaism has continued to grow and evolve in the past 2 millennia. Unfortunately, there is a huge 2000-year blank in the public mind between the death of Jesus and the Holocaust. So people are not very familiar with Judaism as it is practiced today. Not to push my book too.much here, but if you are seriously interested, you can find "Kapporos Then and Now" on Amazon or other online bookstores.
I have worked in two slaughterhouses and one of them was for lamb and kosher day is not a nice day in the slaughterhouse. I never told them how I felt about each and every pair of eyes I looked into as life left them but it’s not pleasant and I am a meat eater.
I always thank God first then thank the animal that I'm eating. It gave itself up so I could continue on. These creatures have feelings and thoughts too. No I'm not for vegan foods tho. I tried to do the vegan thing and I didn't feel well because of it. That's my personal choice to continue to eat and appreciate animals. I feel no matter how many people go vegan the food industry will always have the meat eating group. And I'm part of that group.
Your attitude is similar to many Native cultures, and I can respect that. If you have seen the movie Avatar, that was portrayed there. The Navi people were very much in tune with nature, but they also hunted. I also have known many friends among the Lakota and Ojibwa peoples here in Minnesota, and they believe that way. My videos argue from within Jewish culture and tradition, because that is my path.
Ding, Ding Ding you said something very pivotal the Garden of Eden and Adam and Eve originate from Africa the beginning of civilization started in Africa.
Well yes, we know from DNA studies that humans evolved in Africa. And it makes sense that the Garden was a tropical rainforest, where fruits grow on trees year round. Leaving the Garden would be leaving the rainforest to become hunters on the savannah. From there, we spread north and around the world. As I explain in many of my videos, Bible stories are rooted in real events and cultural memories.
Or living in the arctic, desert, or other place not very suitable to agriculture. I believe God permitted eating meat because God knew that humans would live in harsh climates. As I look out my window at the 3 feet of snow in my yard, I understand why the Native peoples were hunters. In many Native languages, February was called the Hungry Moon, because by then they had eaten all the stored crops, and hunting in deep snow is hard. Today we do have better options, but only because of better technology. Eden is the ideal, but not everyone can live up to it. We do the best we can.
@@rooster613 Thank you I am mostly a vegan but I prefer eating meat as due to over population the mal nourished zombies are looking mosquitoes and I do not like to be one of them. God wants me to live.
Adman naming is about evolution and people have the ablity to use their vocal cords in different ways. When looking at the brain, the tongue, mouth, and speaking apparatuses control the largest portions of the brain, followed by the hands...This is not true of other animals. Our ability to speak, alep in Hatti is for speach, tongue, the Jews claim something the semities did not develop, helped to organized and develop the brain, in the same way that knowing to cover up our "goodies" made us more in the image of God, not less. And, knowing to cover-up made us consentrate on face-to-face communications ("I will make him/Adam/them facing helpers), and not just are we ready for sex and always breast feeding...The cloths protected us from the elements, constant comparisons, and allowed humans to move, to see the oceans, the mountains, snow!!! All good stuff being made in the image of God and being able to know and speak/alep, to know right from wrong...All good stuff! Who made this bad stuff? The same men who call women's utura and breast "he".
Yes, that is a good scientific explanation. But as I said at the beginning of the video, I am more interested in what the story has to teach us about our spirituality and our ethical relationship to animals as part of God's creation.
True. But that was a concession to the degeneration of humanity after the Flood, not the Eden ideal we hope to return to. If you look up other references to meat in the Bible, you will find that it is often associated with lust and gluttony. As for example, when the people complained they were tired of manna and longed for the pots of meat they had in Egypt (where they were slaves, remember), so God sent quails and the people ate until they got sick from a plague (Numbers 11). In their gluttony they had rejected God's goodness. Plus there is the issue of cruelty to animals. In biblical times, animals free-ranged in herds and flocks in open air. There was nothing even vaguely resembling today's factory farms. So if you choose to eat meat, be sure it is not out of mere gluttony, and that the animals you eat were treated humanely. Not easy unless you are raising and slaughtering them yourself.
@constpegasus Yes, there is Jewish mysticism. Known in English as various schools of thought called Merkavah, Kabbalah, Hasidism, etc. What you probably know as the "Old Testament" (more correctly called the Hebrew Scriptures or Tanach) is only a small percentage of Jewish sacred texts and teachings. The mystical teachings are spelled out in other books that the Christians rejected, so they are not as well known to the general public.
@@rooster613 one last question. Adam was naming the animals for a suitable partner. None was found and hid was forced to create Eve. The next else after the naming says so.
That's true. Remember, a "relationship" does not necessarily mean sexual. He loved the animals but could not mate with them. Jewish mystic sources say that Adam was originally both male and female, then later separated, based on the line in Genesis 5:2 which says God called THEIR name Adam. Also, Eve came from his side, not the KJV mistranslation "rib." More like 2 equal halves. Some say the soul is neither male nor female, but takes on a gender when it takes a body. Google "Adam Kadmon" for more on this.
Why did you just say God's name? Everything was going well and I was interested up until you said it. Why did you do that? You have to seek his forgiveness.
As I explained, neither of those fake pronunciations are God's true Name. They are made up pronunciations from Christian seminary-speak. Jews don't use them. There isn't even a J sound in Hebrew. That came from the German, where J is pronounced like a Y, so the Hebrew Yud got rendered a J and entered English that way. In addition, "Jehovah" has a tone of strict Puritan harshness in Christian theology that is not the way Jews think of God. Yahweh is also wrong, in that it rendered the Hebrew vav as a W sound. As I said in the video, nobody today knows the true pronunciation, although some mystics have claimed that in deep meditation you can "hear" it on the soul level.
Well that was simply the best video I've seen on TH-cam, thank you so much.
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.
I do not consider myself a believer and often come to loggerheads with hebraic teachings, but your honesty is powerful and refreshing.
Thank you Rabbi.
@@chance9512 You are welcome. Authentic Jewish teachings are often quite different than the common stereotypes. Thank you for watching my channel.
@@rooster613thank you again for offering a lesson. I must take it metaphorically, but a lesson is a lesson 😊
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Baruch HaShem … however, I do wonder how personally connected Adam felt to the cockroach, or the skunk, and whether he even considered if he’d want to risk slaughtering or eating such creatures
In their proper niche as scavengers, cockroaches are useful to the environment. Skunks do not spray unless alarmed, and they, too, have a place. But eat them? Probably not. Although some cultures do eat insects. Not kosher, of course, but high in protein. And a lobster, after all, is just a big bug.
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Thank you for your lovely explanation. I’m vegan though & keep 100% kosher. Even my vegetables are inspected for bugs and soaked in salt water.
I am vegetarian, not vegan. I do eat dairy and I eat eggs from my own chickens. However, I also live in a rural area where it is possible to do this ethically. Veganism is an ideal, but not everyone can remain healthy on a vegan diet, especially if they are allergic to nuts, legumes and/or soy. And only recently do we have access to fresh vegetables year round. I believe the Torah permitted meat because God knew that people would live in places with harsh winters where nothing grows for 6 months. Had God insisted on veganism, we would never have made it out of the Ice Age. So I do not condemn my ancestors for eating meat. Today we do have more choices, so I encourage people to learn where their food comes from, and to live as gently as possible in their individual situation.
Hello Rabbi. How do you feel about the animal sacrifices that happened in the temple centuries ago? I know that compassion for animals is an important part of Judaism. But the temple sacrifices were a big part of the religion in the past. Just curious about your thoughts on that.
I discussed this at length in my book, "Kapporos Then and Now," about opposing the use of chickens in the kapporos ritual. But briefly here: Everybody, not just Jews, practiced animal sacrifice in that part of the world in ancient days. Most of the sacrifices, Jewish or pagan, were eaten at sacred feasts. One of our great philosophers, Maimonides (12th century CE) saw it this way: God does not really need sacrifices, but people change slowly, and if God had totally forbidden it at that time, it would have been too radical change. The Gilded Calf incident proved that. People fell back on familiar rituals they had seen in Egypt. In a pre-literate society, people rely more heavily on visual images and rituals. So the Torah permitted sacrifices, but put strict limits on where, when, and how. Later, as verbal prayer became more prominent (along with literacy), prayer began to replace sacrifice, and when the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE, all animal sacrifice ceased. Except for a small Samariran sect in Israel who still sacrifice sheep before Passover, Jews today do not have animal sacrifices. The important thing to remember in studying about Judaism is that we did NOT fossilize after the time of Jesus. Judaism has continued to grow and evolve in the past 2 millennia. Unfortunately, there is a huge 2000-year blank in the public mind between the death of Jesus and the Holocaust. So people are not very familiar with Judaism as it is practiced today. Not to push my book too.much here, but if you are seriously interested, you can find "Kapporos Then and Now" on Amazon or other online bookstores.
@@rooster613 thanks
I have worked in two slaughterhouses and one of them was for lamb and kosher day is not a nice day in the slaughterhouse. I never told them how I felt about each and every pair of eyes I looked into as life left them but it’s not pleasant and I am a meat eater.
@simplyexisting1125
I never worked in a slaughterhouse but I have visited a kosher one and seen it done, and I am now a vegetarian.
How did Adam fulfill the promise from God to be fruitful and multiply?
By having children with Eve.
I always thank God first then thank the animal that I'm eating. It gave itself up so I could continue on. These creatures have feelings and thoughts too. No I'm not for vegan foods tho. I tried to do the vegan thing and I didn't feel well because of it. That's my personal choice to continue to eat and appreciate animals.
I feel no matter how many people go vegan the food industry will always have the meat eating group. And I'm part of that group.
Your attitude is similar to many Native cultures, and I can respect that. If you have seen the movie Avatar, that was portrayed there. The Navi people were very much in tune with nature, but they also hunted. I also have known many friends among the Lakota and Ojibwa peoples here in Minnesota, and they believe that way. My videos argue from within Jewish culture and tradition, because that is my path.
Ding, Ding Ding you said something very pivotal the Garden of Eden and Adam and Eve originate from Africa the beginning of civilization started in Africa.
Well yes, we know from DNA studies that humans evolved in Africa. And it makes sense that the Garden was a tropical rainforest, where fruits grow on trees year round. Leaving the Garden would be leaving the rainforest to become hunters on the savannah. From there, we spread north and around the world. As I explain in many of my videos, Bible stories are rooted in real events and cultural memories.
Thank I'll be watching more from you God bless you 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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I really choose to stay vegan unless I have no option left due to over population.
Or living in the arctic, desert, or other place not very suitable to agriculture. I believe God permitted eating meat because God knew that humans would live in harsh climates. As I look out my window at the 3 feet of snow in my yard, I understand why the Native peoples were hunters. In many Native languages, February was called the Hungry Moon, because by then they had eaten all the stored crops, and hunting in deep snow is hard. Today we do have better options, but only because of better technology. Eden is the ideal, but not everyone can live up to it. We do the best we can.
@@rooster613 Thank you I am mostly a vegan but I prefer eating meat as due to over population the mal nourished zombies are looking mosquitoes and I do not like to be one of them. God wants me to live.
Adman naming is about evolution and people have the ablity to use their vocal cords in different ways. When looking at the brain, the tongue, mouth, and speaking apparatuses control the largest portions of the brain, followed by the hands...This is not true of other animals. Our ability to speak, alep in Hatti is for speach, tongue, the Jews claim something the semities did not develop, helped to organized and develop the brain, in the same way that knowing to cover up our "goodies" made us more in the image of God, not less. And, knowing to cover-up made us consentrate on face-to-face communications ("I will make him/Adam/them facing helpers), and not just are we ready for sex and always breast feeding...The cloths protected us from the elements, constant comparisons, and allowed humans to move, to see the oceans, the mountains, snow!!! All good stuff being made in the image of God and being able to know and speak/alep, to know right from wrong...All good stuff! Who made this bad stuff? The same men who call women's utura and breast "he".
Yes, that is a good scientific explanation. But as I said at the beginning of the video, I am more interested in what the story has to teach us about our spirituality and our ethical relationship to animals as part of God's creation.
Remember when that Algator hunter Florida tricked me moglee to take my animals to China Africa
In Genesis 9:3 God said “Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.”
True. But that was a concession to the degeneration of humanity after the Flood, not the Eden ideal we hope to return to. If you look up other references to meat in the Bible, you will find that it is often associated with lust and gluttony. As for example, when the people complained they were tired of manna and longed for the pots of meat they had in Egypt (where they were slaves, remember), so God sent quails and the people ate until they got sick from a plague (Numbers 11). In their gluttony they had rejected God's goodness. Plus there is the issue of cruelty to animals. In biblical times, animals free-ranged in herds and flocks in open air. There was nothing even vaguely resembling today's factory farms. So if you choose to eat meat, be sure it is not out of mere gluttony, and that the animals you eat were treated humanely. Not easy unless you are raising and slaughtering them yourself.
Jewish mysticism?
@constpegasus
Yes, there is Jewish mysticism. Known in English as various schools of thought called Merkavah, Kabbalah, Hasidism, etc. What you probably know as the "Old Testament" (more correctly called the Hebrew Scriptures or Tanach) is only a small percentage of Jewish sacred texts and teachings. The mystical teachings are spelled out in other books that the Christians rejected, so they are not as well known to the general public.
@@rooster613 Thank you.
@@rooster613 one last question. Adam was naming the animals for a suitable partner. None was found and hid was forced to create Eve. The next else after the naming says so.
That's true. Remember, a "relationship" does not necessarily mean sexual. He loved the animals but could not mate with them. Jewish mystic sources say that Adam was originally both male and female, then later separated, based on the line in Genesis 5:2 which says God called THEIR name Adam. Also, Eve came from his side, not the KJV mistranslation "rib." More like 2 equal halves. Some say the soul is neither male nor female, but takes on a gender when it takes a body. Google "Adam Kadmon" for more on this.
@@rooster613 one last one again. Do you believe Lilith was Adam's first wife?
Why did you just say God's name? Everything was going well and I was interested up until you said it. Why did you do that? You have to seek his forgiveness.
As I explained, neither of those fake pronunciations are God's true Name. They are made up pronunciations from Christian seminary-speak. Jews don't use them. There isn't even a J sound in Hebrew. That came from the German, where J is pronounced like a Y, so the Hebrew Yud got rendered a J and entered English that way. In addition, "Jehovah" has a tone of strict Puritan harshness in Christian theology that is not the way Jews think of God. Yahweh is also wrong, in that it rendered the Hebrew vav as a W sound. As I said in the video, nobody today knows the true pronunciation, although some mystics have claimed that in deep meditation you can "hear" it on the soul level.
Gods name is Krishna. Hare Krishna