Monday, June 14, 2010

Torah is the Blueprint

Here's a really cool video!




It shows you that any person can learn Torah no matter what level they are on. The Torah speaks to all of us...just open it up and enjoy it! (I'm not sure why the aish videos don't show up in Google Reader but this one is really worth it so come to the blog to watch it!)

9 comments:

  1. I love the line that a 6 year old and a 106 yr old can both gain from learning torah. Torah talks to anyone and everyone! The messages don't change with the passage of time. It is ETERNAL!

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  2. wow.. i really enjoyed this video! thank you so much for posting it!!!! i especially enjoyed the jack out of the box poem. thank you so much for this amazing blog!

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  3. this video is amaaaazing!! i loved it so much that i made sure that my sister saw it to!!!! :) thank you so much!!

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  4. luv-yeah, I liked that line a lot too! It is so true that the Torah is universal and anyone can relate to it. There are lessons for all of us to gain from it!

    smmr!-Thanks so much. I'm so happy people are enjoying the blog (and that they stop to let us know about it).

    Anon-Thanks, so happy you liked it and you shared it with your sister too. :-)

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  5. i really enjoyed this video, it is truly amazing!!!! Torah learning is the best!!!!!!!

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  6. luv613,& Devorah,
    i lopve those lines as well! i was just about to type those when i saw that luv 613 already did it!
    i also was amazed to see that a movie productor, and the person with shreck also is jewish and learns-evn though they are involved in gashmiut things-they still have such a desire!i would usualy think like some people who work-that they would maby learn a page a day but not much nor with so much excitment-but no!

    i was also just a bit curious to know how someone could give a clwass of happieness-isn't Torah just the only key to it? If so then how is he able to give clasess to non-jews about happiness?

    liat

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  7. Liat-it's really amazing to see how many different types of Jews study Torah. I'm so happy you liked it!
    I think what he was trying to say is that people are so busy searching for happiness that the class on this topic was the most popular. And he teaches ideas that are based on the Torah that all people, even non-Jews, can relate to. For example, a person will not be happy when all they care about is themselves and materialism and fulfilling their desires. Happiness comes from feeling that you did something meaningful like helping out other people, treating them with respect, working on becoming a better, more giving person and by trying to make the world a better place by thinking beyond yourself. Non-Jews can relate to that without being told to do mitzvos, don't you think so?

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  8. Devorah-
    ya i guess it so... but isn't it wrong for hiom to give such a class because its Torah?
    liat

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  9. Liat-it is okay to teach non-Jews certain parts of Torah. This person isn't teaching them to keep all the mitzvos, the non-Jews are not supposed to keep all the mitzvos, they just have 7 to keep (aka the sheva mitzvos b'nei noach). However, you see from here that people are searching for happiness and the Torah has the key to their search-they will find true happiness by fulfilling certain things, things that are doable for all people.

    This Rabbi is teaching them the ways they can attain happiness is by fulfilling spiritual desires as opposed to always looking to fill their physical desires which comes along with pleasure that doesn't last. Spiritual pleasure may not mean only keeping mitzvos-it can also be by doing things that make a person feel fulfilled-like by thinking about other people and doing acts of kindness...and many other things that non-Jews can relate to and keep.

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