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Rabbi breaks 1,000 TV sets
« on: May 19, 2019, 01:53:26 PM »
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Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak held a protest against television and its products on Tuesday evening, during which 1,000 (relatively old-fashioned) TV sets were thrown into large garbage bins. Strict Rules. The modern "Tashlich" ceremony was held outside the Israel Broadcasting Authority's building in Jerusalem. Rabbi Yitzhak is famous for his activities which are centered on helping Jews to become more religious or observant. Many of the participants expressed their solidarity with the act, explaining that the television is a device which must never enter an ultra-Orthodox home.
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Re: Rabbi breaks 1,000 TV sets
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2019, 08:28:12 PM »
I threw away my TV 30 years ago.
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Re: Rabbi breaks 1,000 TV sets
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2019, 03:12:30 PM »
I do not fault religious Jews who find TV to have a destructive role in a person's soul.  Most things on television are terrible. A lot of not modest people, bad language, bad ideology, gossip, etc. 

Deciding not to have a TV in one's house is that person's prerogative. 

However, unless a person as weak character, tv's and other modern devices help keep people in touch with the modern day world.  Living like we are in the dark ages to avoid evil things around us isn't the answer, in my opinion.  Being ridiculously sheltered is not the answer.  There is a time for everything and the real test in life is how we can overcome bad things that come our way.  That's my opinion.
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Re: Rabbi breaks 1,000 TV sets
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2019, 01:37:22 PM »
I do not fault religious Jews who find TV to have a destructive role in a person's soul.  Most things on television are terrible. A lot of not modest people, bad language, bad ideology, gossip, etc. 

Deciding not to have a TV in one's house is that person's prerogative. 

However, unless a person as weak character, tv's and other modern devices help keep people in touch with the modern day world.  Living like we are in the dark ages to avoid evil things around us isn't the answer, in my opinion.  Being ridiculously sheltered is not the answer.  There is a time for everything and the real test in life is how we can overcome bad things that come our way.  That's my opinion.

You don't need a TV to keep in touch with the modern day world. Computers are so much better because we use them to learn, teach and spread the Torah. If there is a film I wish to see, I go to the cinema.   
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Re: Rabbi breaks 1,000 TV sets
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2019, 10:26:58 PM »
That's like an anti-pencil+paper protest because it can be used better for lashon hara than sticks writing in dirt. How about make a movie about how Israel was founded, Abraham's story with all the details or a story of what the Islamic unholy story line is. Make a movie about girls that got trapped in Arab villages or the Ari Zal's story in a show.

It's not tuma, it just so happens that basically everything made for it is. We're supposed to elevate the world, not hide from it. Televisions are useful for the army.
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