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A video of me wearing Tfillin
Dr. Dan:
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--- Quote from: q_q_ on April 06, 2008, 05:13:40 PM ---when I posted that link with a wink, it was purely because it was funny. And it was intended to be seen with some maturity.
This whole thread, with a video of you or your friend putting on teffilin, is ridiculous. Jews keep judaism and non-jews don`t. The Torah is our inheritance and our betrothed. We don`t go teaching non-jews how a jew prays. There is no point. Infact, it can end up creating people like that black preacher, who learnt how to say the first line of the shema from some cuckoo jew.
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Actually my intention of that video was not to show people how to pray. I made a video that i wanted to send to a girl that I'm dating since she loves it. But i coudlnt' email it. the only thing i coudl do is upload it on youtube and send her the link.
Don't care if someone imitates Jews on how we pray. Big deal. We are supposed to be light unto othe rnations..not a secret society.
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We don`t teach non-jews how jews pray. Teaching that, has nothing to do with being a light to the nations. And not teaching that, does not make you a "secret society".
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SPecifically I agree..and I guess I misunderstood your comment before. Jews do not need to show non Jews how they pray if they don't ask to know about it. But if one asks especially for educational purposes, I think it should be permitted to show how Jews pray and define the meaning of the prayers.
I also think that videos of how Jews are supposed to pray to counter argue the cuckoos who claim to be Jews and really aren't is a necessary thing for education so that those who don't know Jews or have preconceived notions of them understand who we are.
In the end, whoever is determined to hate Jews will find any reason he can to hate us. However, there are others who see the light when they really see what a realy Jew does and what he really is.
Tzvi Ben Roshel1:
"But if one asks especially for educational purposes, I think it should be permitted to show how Jews pray and define the meaning of the prayers. "
Halachically no. Jews can teach others the Hebrew language, and the 7 laws, but shouldn't get involved with Torah Shebal Pe or Torah Shebechtav. - This is different of-course where you have a forum or video's online and both Jews and non-Jews could read or listin (as long as your addressing Jews, the fact that others will see is not your responsibility, its between them and G-d.
Dr. Dan:
--- Quote from: Tzvi Ben Roshel on April 07, 2008, 04:28:23 PM ---"But if one asks especially for educational purposes, I think it should be permitted to show how Jews pray and define the meaning of the prayers. "
Halachically no. Jews can teach others the Hebrew language, and the 7 laws, but shouldn't get involved with Torah Shebal Pe or Torah Shebechtav. - This is different of-course where you have a forum or video's online and both Jews and non-Jews could read or listin (as long as your addressing Jews, the fact that others will see is not your responsibility, its between them and G-d.
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thank you, i didn't know this...
q_q_:
Oral Torah, no.
Written Torah - the parts related to noachides.
But as Tzvi said, this is a forum with jews and gentiles....
But in the case of a video of you or your friend putting on teffilin, that is of little or no use to jews. If a Jew did not learn to put on teffilin, or never learnt, he wouldn`t learn from your video. If there was a jew that really didn`t know, then it would warrant a clearer video, or better, a proper "hands on" teacher.
takebackourtemple:
Amen.
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