As a non Jewish person watching this channel. Cheers for all the hard work and the great explanations. Understanding is the key to accepting each other. :)
Maybe try to understand the Palestinians? Or even recognise their humanity. Keep your traditions. But stop killing and oppressing Palestinians and making that a tradition. Israel is built on Palestinian land.
My friend argued it can be borderline proselytizing… although she says answering questions is fine… and maybe this is just providing sound information to those looking for it??? Unless it’s monetized? I dunno… I like it…
I’m a Arab who use to hate Jews and Israel, than I did more research after Oct 7th and learned more about the Jewish culture and religion with this channel, thank you and stay safe
I love Jewish people and their traditions! ❤ I’ve had the honor of celebrating Shabbat and other holidays with them a few times. They are the funniest and kindest people I have ever met. Seeing them singing and laughing brought tears to my eyes; each celebration has been an incredible experience for me. I really adore them a lot! 🫶🏼🕎❤️😊
As an Indian jew myself i found these traditions really new.In India we do follow the ceremony of first born son.mehendi is also part of marriage ceremony where we apply mehendi on ring finger for both bride and groom.thanks for this very informative vlog.your siyon locket is beautiful👌👌👌👌👌🇮🇳❤🇮🇱
As a person in a conversion process to be a jew, I love every single holiday, learn about it and specially watch old Tzadikim dancing and having so much joy!❤ I cry every time❤
no one can become another ethnicity person if they were born in a family of other ethnicity. It's a God given ethnicity. He is the father of all nations and ethnicities and He likes and needs all. You can't turn into a cat if you were born a human. There is no ethnicity-fluidity. This is craziness.
Even though I already knew about all the traditions you listed, I want to thank you for making this kind of content. There aren't a lot of easily accessible ways to learn about Jewish traditions out there, and that's what you're doing. Keep it up! :)
I love this channel. I’m a Christian who acknowledges Jesus was a Jew and lived a full Jewish life . And I’m interested in his way of life. Judaism is the light of the world.
As an israeli, thank you for this video. It's improtant to keep the treditions alive and combat the erasure of jewish and israeli culture that is acceptable nowadays❤
A timely video, thanks. A favorite tradition of mine is Simchat Torah, which, coincidentally begins tomorrow sunset. I visited Israel late 2016-17 and I was a little knowledgeable on the New Testament compared to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. So, starting in October 2017 I began reading / studying the weekly Torah portion. For the year that I've been reading 2017-18, 2018-19, etc. I will finish tomorrow evening at Simchat Torah, then begin at my 8th year for 2024-25 on this Saturday's Shabbat. So powerful and emotional.
Amazing video as usual! I cant thank enough for all the culture you are teaching. Your Cast´s always bring something new and fresh into my mind. In dark and terrible times, the light must shine brighter. God Bless you my friend. If ever in Buenos Aires Argentina you are welcome to have Dinner with me.
נהדר נחמד לשמוע על ההנגשה של המנהגים למי שמעוניין לדעת . אפשר היה להסביר גם על ה מלידה malida טקס הודיה של קהילת בני ישראל מהודו שחוגגים אותו ב ט"ו בשבט, וגם שמשהו רוצה להודות על משהו .מאוד מרגש עם תפילה יחודית וסיפור מעניין על טקס המלידה הראשון .
Always love your videos. Simply amazing. I am slowly shifting into some minor Jewish traditions like celebrating channuka and might learn hebrew. Keep it up!
Our Hebrew school has an ice cream seder for Tu B'shevat! I like the idea of using money instead of a chicken. It keeps the essence of the tradition. I love being Jewish.
I love your videos, thank you! I hope you make more videos about our holidays, fasting days, and traditions! I love the way you represent them. Today, we celebrate lag baomer with only a few authorized campfires, mostly, to prevent pollution. We always try to evolve 😊
On Tu bi shivat when I was a child, we would get a dry pod to eat called Buchsur. It’s a carob pod that was imported from Israel over 50 years ago. Smelled awful but was delicious.
Tradition tells that Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai sustained himself in the cave by a carob tree. Charuv חרוב in Hebrew. I remember those as a kid. There are lots of carob trees in Jerusalem. Nowadays we get some gorgeous dried fruits and nuts! 😅
I have a question regarding @6:23s, is it that if a tree takes 5yrs to bear fruit then it is permissible to eat its fruit bc the 3yrs was included while it grew or is it 5yrs plus 3yrs before the first fruit is consumed ? I want to understand bc I am planning to establish an orchard. I absolutely love this YT channel !!!! I guess you tie first place with House of Lev. You explain Judaism excellently and make the info palatable. Please keep it up bro, B'ezrat HaShem.
There are endless discussions in the talmud about these things lol, there is actually allso a prohibition to eat the fruit of the 4 year for a different reason. BTW this prohibition is allso for replanted trees, but since it's only for trees in the land of Israel (I think) and there is a prohibition to uproot a fruit tree to begin with then it shouldn't matter.. Anyway as for your question, I'm pretty sure that it doesn't matter if the tree only bears fruit after the time of the prohibition, it only stands for if the fruit do appears during that time and it is counted from the time the flower closes up into what is going to be the fruit (don't know how it's called in English)
Thank you for sharing this information. Only one correction Pidyon Haben is not a custom but a Biblical commandment. Exodus 13:1-2 and Numbers 18:15-16
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I don't think using money is a tweak......it's just that there are 3 different customs. Some use a chicken, some use money, some, but seems to me less common, use a fish.
In the words of Hillel (founder of many Jewish fraternities) : “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary." Fascinating, especially the Ethiopian contributions.
I’m sure PETA WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT KAPAROT! It’s animal cruelty that’s unnecessary in the Jewish language. It is not in the Torah. It is not a commandment. It was a Jewish custom that’s originated in the medieval ages. It is not commanded by us to do it. It is optional and should be terminated as a practice it goes against the concept of humanity and Judaism.
A lot of what you mentioned I already knew.Nit because I,m Jewish, but because of things I heard from my dad which he learned from Jewish friends.He spoke Yiddish and like grandpa couldn't read or write it.He said that if you can speak German, you can learn Yiddish, and was proud of the fact.A few things I heard from my mom too, as she had a Jewish boyfriend, and my brother in law is Jewish.
My nephew (Ashkenazi) married a girl from a Persian Jewish family, and they had a pre wedding henna party for everyone. This was in Los Angeles, not Israel. There are a lot of Persians who settled here in LA, bringing their wonderful culture to Southern California.
Thanks for the presentation! What’s funny is that I knew of many of the traditions, but not pronounced in modern Hebrew. My grandmother and mother went to the kosher butcher before Yom Kippur to “schloog kapures”. I didn’t recognize the words in Hebrew. (And btw…this was in San Francisco!)
I have a few things to say, but I will focus on one particular point that you completely missed - the entire purpose of the Upsherin (or Chalake in modern Hebrew) is to teach the little boys the importance of growing Peyot/sidelocks which are an obligation of Torah. Yes, you are right that it also symbolizes when they are old enough to understand the mitzvot on a more serious level - and this is why they start to wear a kippa and tzitzit at this age, but the entire ceremony surrounding the haircut has always been fundamentally in order to teach them the importance of growing their peyot (since now they cut their hair, but leave the peyot...). Just wanted to make mention of this important part. Thank you for the well-put-together video!
My Great Grandma was the last one to wave a chicken around her head to atone for her transgressions. My grandmother would tell me these stories, it seems absurd but sad but at the same time - these traditions passed from generation to generation from an unknown point in the past are becoming nothing more than tales of history. My future great grandchildren may never hear of their Great great great great grandma Minnie
If your children and grandchildren are not educated in their holy religion, the Torah and mitzvot within, then they will be indeed ignorant of their heritage. You have the choice to make, teach your children about Judaism or they will probably marry out and your grandchildren will be non Jews and lost to our holy nation forever. That's what's sad....
@@tomoytcmom9890 I did my job as a mom and made sure my girl had a good Jewish education and love for her heritage and culture. What she does with it, is not in my hands
Jews do not pray to the Rabbi, we pray that he intercede for us before G-d and in his (the Rabbi's) merit our prayer will be answered. Otherwise it would be idolatrous to pray at holy graves. Uppsherin is Yiddish. Halaka may be Sfardi, the terms are interchangeable, depending on your origin. .
Maybe some Chassidim do what you are describing, but most Jews don't ask for anyone to intercede either. That's like Catholics with the saints. It blurs and perhaps crosses some lines. Most Jews pray to Hashem and only are requesting anything from Hashem. There is no such thing as asking a dead person to intercede for most Jews, as Judaism is understood to forbid communicating with the dead. (This comes straight from the Torah.) The prayer said at the grave is in hopes that the merit of the righteous person will assist the prayer or that he or she will be aware of our presence there and intercede from shamayim (without being directly addressed).
@@Ashmo613You could try to dress it up like Biden tried to dress his garbage comment but the *FACT* is that you ask dead people to intercede on your behalf the same as Catholics
Random question the poor baby that ham as took was he or she ever returned to the parents? Because i saw a report saying a few months ago saying at 10 months it passed away then i seen reports saying it turned 1 and the family is begging for the return. I hope the baby is safe and at home.
@chavamor4473 Wow, the western news just talks about the baby i never knew it was a whole family or I just forgot because they mainly just talk about the baby
I don't know if it's part of the tradition, but the silver dollar used to redeem me was returned to me on my Bar Mitzvah. I still have it all these years later.
Henna is not only Indian but it is practiced by many people in the Middle-East, North Africa, and even Turkey .The upsherin resembles a vow that a mother makes in Christian communities in the Middle-East when she has her first baby after few years, which can be either a girl or a boy so she makes a vow not to cut the child's hair until after the first year and there are other traditions associated with that as well. The Chala bread is not Jewish in origins
Gr8 video! Good job. Chicken kaparot has diminished big time since woke started. ( talkin frum communities), Pidyon ha Ben, is Torah law, Everything else was amazing. Gr8 job!
When I asked my grandaunt if she ever did anything Jewish as a child (I was collecting family stories) she told me exactly this, but she said they used them for the feast after, i stead of charity
The narrator made a mistake. Kaparot is most certainly mentioned in books of Jewish law. Some cite it as a valid custom, some say it should be avoided.
Just one question about 'the one tibe that didn't participate' in the building of the idol. Didn't Aaron, the one who literally crafted it, belong to the Levites as well?
In order to build it, donations of gold items were collected and melted down. The tribe of Levi didn't participate in this or the worship. Aaron did it as a concession to stall and avoid a mutiny, as the people weren't willing to wait anymore for Moses to come down the mountain and were making demands as a mob. He was likely hoping that the organization involved in gathering items and then crafting it would take so long that Moses would be down before he was finished. The rest of tribe of Levi wasn't a part of said mob demanding or participating in the idol worship. Another member of Levi was up on the mountain getting the Torah. As a tribe, they didn't participate, but one individual did reluctantly and only due to being faced with a mob. Therefore, the tribe as a whole is credited for not participating.
A religion with so much history, people with so much diversity and devotion, yet did not learn the basic principle of humanity - Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
How does Judaism not fulfill that principle (which is originally a Jewish teaching)? If you thinking of Gaza, I hope you’re not suggesting Israel indiscriminately shoot tens of thousand of rockets into Gaza, pour over the border to murder, rape, and kidnap every person they find, and send suicide bombers into Palestinian cities?
The chicken is what Catholics would call a "Sin Eater." They (if you can afford it) call in a Sin Eater on your death bed to "take in, or "eat" all of your sins with a ceremony ordained by the Bishop, if you monetarily atoned for your sins. Since Judaism was around before Christianity... good to know where it started.
I did traditional kapparah ONCE. It was horrid, seeing crates of hens, then some people holding the poor things by their wings (I held it gently with both hands with its wings closed) then seeing it schechted right in front of me, then some don't even get used for food. Why can't it be done at the farm before it goes to the abbatoir? I use a bag of money for tzedakah. Much less harrowing and a lot kinder.
we pointedly only do it where the chickens will for sure be eaten - usually they are donated to a local yeshiva or a chabad house where I'm from...I refuse to do kapparot at a place where there are too many chickens for the organizers to handle preparing them all for consumption.
if the sight of seing an animal shechted in front of you is harrowing, then you should stop eating meat altogether. The chickens used for kaparos generally have, if anything, a slightly *less* traumatic death than the ones which go straight to the abbatoir.
you guys have to read the New Covenant in the new testament. Jesus is the atoning sacrifice once for all. No one can be saved through the rituals in the Old Testament
Nice video, the henna night for the Jews of Yemen and Iraq has nothing to do with India, but rather is part of their traditions. Many of the customs of India and Iran were transferred with the migration of the Jews of Baghdeda.
Regarding visiting the graves of the righteous "Some say it borders on idolatry" - who say this? This is a custom that is mentioned in Rashi on Torah, in Gemara, and even in Shulchan Aruch. On the other hand, several other traditions you mention have no basis whatsoever, so how can this be considered idolatry by anyone while the others remain legitimate?
@@yaersacks5277 The SOURCE of a tradition certain makes it not idolatry. I said nothing whatsoever about the age... In terms of Judaism (which is what this video is about), idolatry is very much defined by what is or is not part of the Torah. If the code of Jewish law (called the Shulchan Aruch), and so too actual sources from the most fundamental of Jewish texts, mention something as being a tradition, that pretty much defines it as part of Judaism. What other documents do you have which spell out Judaism on the most essential, fundamental level?
As a non Jewish person watching this channel. Cheers for all the hard work and the great explanations. Understanding is the key to accepting each other. :)
Maybe try to understand the Palestinians? Or even recognise their humanity. Keep your traditions. But stop killing and oppressing Palestinians and making that a tradition. Israel is built on Palestinian land.
No its not educat your selef learn history@@jonathanludd
You're doing a big mitzvah, sharing the beauty and diversity of traditions of the Jewish People.
Fully agreed. As a Shlomo Sand acolyte, I would just like to add an s to 'people'.
My friend argued it can be borderline proselytizing… although she says answering questions is fine… and maybe this is just providing sound information to those looking for it??? Unless it’s monetized? I dunno… I like it…
I’m a Arab who use to hate Jews and Israel, than I did more research after Oct 7th and learned more about the Jewish culture and religion with this channel, thank you and stay safe
I know I'm never too young to learn. I appreciate your comment!
Fake comment.
I love Jewish people and their traditions! ❤ I’ve had the honor of celebrating Shabbat and other holidays with them a few times. They are the funniest and kindest people I have ever met. Seeing them singing and laughing brought tears to my eyes; each celebration has been an incredible experience for me. I really adore them a lot! 🫶🏼🕎❤️😊
As an Indian jew myself i found these traditions really new.In India we do follow the ceremony of first born son.mehendi is also part of marriage ceremony where we apply mehendi on ring finger for both bride and groom.thanks for this very informative vlog.your siyon locket is beautiful👌👌👌👌👌🇮🇳❤🇮🇱
I love indian food and culture. Are there a lot of indian jews
Awesome. Shalom, from a Sephardic Jew in Georgia, USA who attends a Ashkenazi sinagogue!
my Aunt, rest her soul, was Sephardic too. The tribes are scattered to every corner of the Earth!
"SINagogue"?
As a person in a conversion process to be a jew, I love every single holiday, learn about it and specially watch old Tzadikim dancing and having so much joy!❤ I cry every time❤
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no one can become another ethnicity person if they were born in a family of other ethnicity. It's a God given ethnicity. He is the father of all nations and ethnicities and He likes and needs all. You can't turn into a cat if you were born a human. There is no ethnicity-fluidity. This is craziness.
Even though I already knew about all the traditions you listed, I want to thank you for making this kind of content. There aren't a lot of easily accessible ways to learn about Jewish traditions out there, and that's what you're doing. Keep it up! :)
I love this channel. I’m a Christian who acknowledges Jesus was a Jew and lived a full Jewish life . And I’m interested in his way of life. Judaism is the light of the world.
These customs are from far and variant Jewish cultures.
It's comparable to Catholics and Baptists being different even though both worship Christ.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful ways of the Jewish people ❤️ 💙 😊 ♥️ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
As an israeli, thank you for this video. It's improtant to keep the treditions alive and combat the erasure of jewish and israeli culture that is acceptable nowadays❤
Wow! I'm just mind-blown by the vast richness of being a Jew. This officially started my journey in understanding my own people. ❤
A timely video, thanks. A favorite tradition of mine is Simchat Torah, which, coincidentally begins tomorrow sunset. I visited Israel late 2016-17 and I was a little knowledgeable on the New Testament compared to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. So, starting in October 2017 I began reading / studying the weekly Torah portion. For the year that I've been reading 2017-18, 2018-19, etc. I will finish tomorrow evening at Simchat Torah, then begin at my 8th year for 2024-25 on this Saturday's Shabbat. So powerful and emotional.
Big mazel to see you sharing the rich and diverse traditions of Judaism. Shalom!
Amazing video as usual! I cant thank enough for all the culture you are teaching.
Your Cast´s always bring something new and fresh into my mind.
In dark and terrible times, the light must shine brighter.
God Bless you my friend. If ever in Buenos Aires Argentina you are welcome to have Dinner with me.
נהדר נחמד לשמוע על ההנגשה של המנהגים למי שמעוניין לדעת .
אפשר היה להסביר גם על ה מלידה malida טקס הודיה של קהילת בני ישראל מהודו שחוגגים אותו ב ט"ו בשבט, וגם שמשהו רוצה להודות על משהו .מאוד מרגש עם תפילה יחודית וסיפור מעניין על טקס המלידה הראשון .
Always love your videos. Simply amazing. I am slowly shifting into some minor Jewish traditions like celebrating channuka and might learn hebrew. Keep it up!
Your video has brought me a lot of beautiful memories so I'm a new subscriber.
Shalom.✡️
Very interesting. Learnt a lot about Jewish customs.
Our Hebrew school has an ice cream seder for Tu B'shevat! I like the idea of using money instead of a chicken. It keeps the essence of the tradition. I love being Jewish.
that's Cool!
What does ice-cream have to do with trees, the planting of trees and their fruits?
Nothing, We plant trees in honor of those who passed away
If you can't find the light, be the light.
It's amazing how we share similaire tradition in North Africa (boys first haircut; henna for marriage; the red hat ...etc)
I had heard a few of these, others completely new. Thanks for sharing.
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This is my absolute favourite channel!!! Thank you so much for all you do❤
I was about to say, "But these are all basic."
Then I remembered that I'm Jewish.
I love your videos, thank you! I hope you make more videos about our holidays, fasting days, and traditions! I love the way you represent them.
Today, we celebrate lag baomer with only a few authorized campfires, mostly, to prevent pollution. We always try to evolve 😊
We thank you for sharing our traditions.
❤ love your videos keep going
I love this …all our customs 🤍🙏🏼🪬
On Tu bi shivat when I was a child, we would get a dry pod to eat called Buchsur. It’s a carob pod that was imported from Israel over 50 years ago. Smelled awful but was delicious.
Tradition tells that Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai sustained himself in the cave by a carob tree. Charuv חרוב in Hebrew. I remember those as a kid. There are lots of carob trees in Jerusalem. Nowadays we get some gorgeous dried fruits and nuts! 😅
As a Jew, even I haven’t heard of these traditions
I love your channel.
That was fantastic. Never realized how weird our customs sound. Very well explained. How about bavarfen?
I enjoyed this very much. Thank you for sharing.
Very interesting! Thanks!
Thanks for all this fascinating information.
Excelente video....gracias❤
I have a question regarding @6:23s, is it that if a tree takes 5yrs to bear fruit then it is permissible to eat its fruit bc the 3yrs was included while it grew or is it 5yrs plus 3yrs before the first fruit is consumed ? I want to understand bc I am planning to establish an orchard. I absolutely love this YT channel !!!! I guess you tie first place with House of Lev. You explain Judaism excellently and make the info palatable. Please keep it up bro, B'ezrat HaShem.
There are endless discussions in the talmud about these things lol, there is actually allso a prohibition to eat the fruit of the 4 year for a different reason. BTW this prohibition is allso for replanted trees, but since it's only for trees in the land of Israel (I think) and there is a prohibition to uproot a fruit tree to begin with then it shouldn't matter..
Anyway as for your question, I'm pretty sure that it doesn't matter if the tree only bears fruit after the time of the prohibition, it only stands for if the fruit do appears during that time and it is counted from the time the flower closes up into what is going to be the fruit (don't know how it's called in English)
Thank you for sharing this information. Only one correction Pidyon Haben is not a custom but a Biblical commandment. Exodus 13:1-2 and Numbers 18:15-16
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You do a great job in all of your videos!!
Thank you!
AWESOME VIDEO.. THANK YOU
Latkes are definitely one of my favorite things i have learned about the Jewish people 😋
Great video!
Thank you. Very interesting.
Learned something new! Yasher koach!
Well done ❤, 🔥
Thank you so much!!! So interesting! I'll be sure to watch all your videos! ❤️🇮🇱
I don't think using money is a tweak......it's just that there are 3 different customs. Some use a chicken, some use money, some, but seems to me less common, use a fish.
Thank you so mutch for the information ..i love to watch jewish traditions..stay safe ..
ההסברים שלך ממש נאמנים למקור. ישר כח.
Love for all the wonderful traditions ❤!
In the words of Hillel (founder of many Jewish fraternities) : “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary." Fascinating, especially the Ethiopian contributions.
mashallah this is a cool video
Lovely 😊😊😊
I’m sure PETA WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT
KAPAROT! It’s animal cruelty that’s unnecessary in the Jewish language. It is not in the Torah. It is not a commandment. It was a Jewish custom that’s originated in the medieval ages. It is not commanded by us to do it. It is optional and should be terminated as a practice it goes against the concept of humanity and Judaism.
Great. Thanks. Very informative. Am Yisrael Chai.
A lot of what you mentioned I already knew.Nit because I,m Jewish, but because of things I heard from my dad which he learned from Jewish friends.He spoke Yiddish and like grandpa couldn't read or write it.He said that if you can speak German, you can learn Yiddish, and was proud of the fact.A few things I heard from my mom too, as she had a Jewish boyfriend, and my brother in law is Jewish.
Waiving a chicken over your head has not been a mainstream practice for a very long time!
שלום מארץ ישראל 🇮🇱♥️🇮🇱🙏
Once you did lag baomer and then upsherin literally right after.......you might have well have also included the connection of one to the other.
Thanks. I knew some of these.
My nephew (Ashkenazi) married a girl from a Persian Jewish family, and they had a pre wedding henna party for everyone. This was in Los Angeles, not Israel. There are a lot of Persians who settled here in LA, bringing their wonderful culture to Southern California.
0:50 Ahh that's the silliest custom I've ever seen 😅😂
Thanks for the presentation! What’s funny is that I knew of many of the traditions, but not pronounced in modern Hebrew. My grandmother and mother went to the kosher butcher before Yom Kippur to “schloog kapures”. I didn’t recognize the words in Hebrew. (And btw…this was in San Francisco!)
I have a few things to say, but I will focus on one particular point that you completely missed - the entire purpose of the Upsherin (or Chalake in modern Hebrew) is to teach the little boys the importance of growing Peyot/sidelocks which are an obligation of Torah. Yes, you are right that it also symbolizes when they are old enough to understand the mitzvot on a more serious level - and this is why they start to wear a kippa and tzitzit at this age, but the entire ceremony surrounding the haircut has always been fundamentally in order to teach them the importance of growing their peyot (since now they cut their hair, but leave the peyot...).
Just wanted to make mention of this important part. Thank you for the well-put-together video!
if you need sources I will gladly provide them upon request
In my family (and many others) we wave money over our heads instead of a chicken and give THAT to charity
My Great Grandma was the last one to wave a chicken around her head to atone for her transgressions. My grandmother would tell me these stories, it seems absurd but sad but at the same time - these traditions passed from generation to generation from an unknown point in the past are becoming nothing more than tales of history. My future great grandchildren may never hear of their Great great great great grandma Minnie
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If your children and grandchildren are not educated in their holy religion, the Torah and mitzvot within, then they will be indeed ignorant of their heritage. You have the choice to make, teach your children about Judaism or they will probably marry out and your grandchildren will be non Jews and lost to our holy nation forever. That's what's sad....
@@tomoytcmom9890 I did my job as a mom and made sure my girl had a good Jewish education and love for her heritage and culture. What she does with it, is not in my hands
Jews do not pray to the Rabbi, we pray that he intercede for us before G-d and in his (the Rabbi's) merit our prayer will be answered. Otherwise it would be idolatrous to pray at holy graves.
Uppsherin is Yiddish. Halaka may be Sfardi, the terms are interchangeable, depending on your origin. .
Maybe some Chassidim do what you are describing, but most Jews don't ask for anyone to intercede either. That's like Catholics with the saints. It blurs and perhaps crosses some lines. Most Jews pray to Hashem and only are requesting anything from Hashem. There is no such thing as asking a dead person to intercede for most Jews, as Judaism is understood to forbid communicating with the dead. (This comes straight from the Torah.) The prayer said at the grave is in hopes that the merit of the righteous person will assist the prayer or that he or she will be aware of our presence there and intercede from shamayim (without being directly addressed).
@@Ashmo613You could try to dress it up like Biden tried to dress his garbage comment but the *FACT* is that you ask dead people to intercede on your behalf the same as Catholics
Interesting but so out there !
We do kapparot still to this day
Random question the poor baby that ham as took was he or she ever returned to the parents? Because i saw a report saying a few months ago saying at 10 months it passed away then i seen reports saying it turned 1 and the family is begging for the return. I hope the baby is safe and at home.
The entire Bibas Family, including the mother, father and the two children, are still in Gaza.
@@chavamor4473fake ceasefire get whose still alive then wait a bit and go back to w@r the un already says bi bi is a w@r crim inal
@chavamor4473 Wow, the western news just talks about the baby i never knew it was a whole family or I just forgot because they mainly just talk about the baby
@chavamor4473 do they know how many are still good and deathly and alive out of everyone still over there?
@@ryanmoore2447 I don't know. Everybody needs to be returned no matter what.
I don't know if it's part of the tradition, but the silver dollar used to redeem me was returned to me on my Bar Mitzvah. I still have it all these years later.
also many jews in indonesia, have you make video obout it ? salam for all jews around the word
I'm American. Had no idea jews in Indonesia. I thought Muslim and Christian, catholic
Henna is not only Indian but it is practiced by many people in the Middle-East, North Africa, and even Turkey .The upsherin resembles a vow that a mother makes in Christian communities in the Middle-East when she has her first baby after few years, which can be either a girl or a boy so she makes a vow not to cut the child's hair until after the first year and there are other traditions associated with that as well. The Chala bread is not Jewish in origins
My aliyah was on Sigd, and I'd never heard of it before that!
Gr8 video! Good job.
Chicken kaparot has diminished big time since woke started. ( talkin frum communities),
Pidyon ha Ben, is Torah law,
Everything else was amazing. Gr8 job!
Good afternoon
A deep, powerful faith that held forth the truth of Yahweh God for millennia, and the base upon which Jesus stood to bring God to life among us.
Вечная память погибшим израильтянам, победы Израилю над всеми бандитами и дебилами!!!!!
Imagine passing the chicken above ur head and she poops ...i d take that as a clear message from Hashem 😂
When I asked my grandaunt if she ever did anything Jewish as a child (I was collecting family stories) she told me exactly this, but she said they used them for the feast after, i stead of charity
The narrator made a mistake. Kaparot is most certainly mentioned in books of Jewish law. Some cite it as a valid custom, some say it should be avoided.
I am a Jew and have really enjoyed the simple way you have described these rituals. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing this with us. Some I
was familiar with others not.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌹
Just one question about 'the one tibe that didn't participate' in the building of the idol. Didn't Aaron, the one who literally crafted it, belong to the Levites as well?
In order to build it, donations of gold items were collected and melted down. The tribe of Levi didn't participate in this or the worship. Aaron did it as a concession to stall and avoid a mutiny, as the people weren't willing to wait anymore for Moses to come down the mountain and were making demands as a mob. He was likely hoping that the organization involved in gathering items and then crafting it would take so long that Moses would be down before he was finished. The rest of tribe of Levi wasn't a part of said mob demanding or participating in the idol worship. Another member of Levi was up on the mountain getting the Torah. As a tribe, they didn't participate, but one individual did reluctantly and only due to being faced with a mob. Therefore, the tribe as a whole is credited for not participating.
5:55 I heard that the synagogue in Tunisia had been severely vandalized by terrorists.
Number 1 is understandable
You did a great job on these 10 traditions but I’m not sure what criteria you used There are literally hundreds of traditions that you could choose.
A religion with so much history, people with so much diversity and devotion, yet did not learn the basic principle of humanity - Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
How does Judaism not fulfill that principle (which is originally a Jewish teaching)?
If you thinking of Gaza, I hope you’re not suggesting Israel indiscriminately shoot tens of thousand of rockets into Gaza, pour over the border to murder, rape, and kidnap every person they find, and send suicide bombers into Palestinian cities?
So beautiful!
Henna is NOT Sepharadic custom, but from middle east and north Africa. Sepharadic Jews never had henna at the diaspora.
The chicken is what Catholics would call a "Sin Eater." They (if you can afford it) call in a Sin Eater on your death bed to "take in, or "eat" all of your sins with a ceremony ordained by the Bishop, if you monetarily atoned for your sins. Since Judaism was around before Christianity... good to know where it started.
Is jews living in srilanka please tell about it
Chabad
I did traditional kapparah ONCE. It was horrid, seeing crates of hens, then some people holding the poor things by their wings (I held it gently with both hands with its wings closed) then seeing it schechted right in front of me, then some don't even get used for food. Why can't it be done at the farm before it goes to the abbatoir? I use a bag of money for tzedakah. Much less harrowing and a lot kinder.
we pointedly only do it where the chickens will for sure be eaten - usually they are donated to a local yeshiva or a chabad house where I'm from...I refuse to do kapparot at a place where there are too many chickens for the organizers to handle preparing them all for consumption.
if the sight of seing an animal shechted in front of you is harrowing, then you should stop eating meat altogether. The chickens used for kaparos generally have, if anything, a slightly *less* traumatic death than the ones which go straight to the abbatoir.
you guys have to read the New Covenant in the new testament. Jesus is the atoning sacrifice once for all. No one can be saved through the rituals in the Old Testament
You made a great "salad", mixing customs, traditions, superstitions, holidays & Jewish law. Still, no harm is done.
Nice video, the henna night for the Jews of Yemen and Iraq has nothing to do with India, but rather is part of their traditions. Many of the customs of India and Iran were transferred with the migration of the Jews of Baghdeda.
I’ve done kaparot! It’s interesting. I think the chicken was drugged.
Regarding visiting the graves of the righteous "Some say it borders on idolatry" - who say this? This is a custom that is mentioned in Rashi on Torah, in Gemara, and even in Shulchan Aruch. On the other hand, several other traditions you mention have no basis whatsoever, so how can this be considered idolatry by anyone while the others remain legitimate?
The age of a tradition doesn't make it not idolatry
@@yaersacks5277 The SOURCE of a tradition certain makes it not idolatry. I said nothing whatsoever about the age...
In terms of Judaism (which is what this video is about), idolatry is very much defined by what is or is not part of the Torah. If the code of Jewish law (called the Shulchan Aruch), and so too actual sources from the most fundamental of Jewish texts, mention something as being a tradition, that pretty much defines it as part of Judaism. What other documents do you have which spell out Judaism on the most essential, fundamental level?
It’s interesting that you didn’t mention why the Hebrew babies weren’t included in the tenth plague😮
Read it in Exodus.