Who is ACTUALLY Jewish? The Complicated Truth About Jewish Identity

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  @k50aker · 2 months ago

  As a chassidic Jew, this has the least inaccuracies of anything else or there. To the point, positive and all around very well researched.<br>Thanks for doing this!

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  @chumieperl · 2 months ago

  Hello from a chasidic wife, mom of 6(yes, many of us DO have internet access.). This is the most accurate video of its kind! Yes, there are many nuances and and historical facts left out because it would take too long for one video. However, you definitely covered a lot, and did it respectfully, &nbsp;and most importantly, CORRECTLY. I am superbly impressed. Thank you. Also, your pronunciations are correct, just in different accents. Lastly, I did call my mom after watching this. 😊 God will reward you for that. You did a mitzva.

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  @Lawyeryoudontknow · 2 months ago

  You are so much more than Flagrant. Here, you’re doing good. And you’re so likable.

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  @drab1711 · 2 months ago

  Incredible video. Enjoyed it as an orthodox jew.

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  @charleschaimkohl · 2 months ago

  You are so spot on. You actually explained it better than most orthodox Jews can

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  @gustav.bgidon.skonig6727 · 2 months ago

  Loved the vid ... I&apos;m Jewish just wanted to offer a small correction the Jewish line has always gone through the mother. <br><br>There&apos;s a misconception ... Tribal lineage goes through the father and has always gone through the father and still goes through the father today (that&apos;s how we know who the kohanim and Levite&apos;s are today ) but the Jewish identity goes through the mother. ( I&apos;m orthodox btw)

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  @_yiddishkeit · 2 months ago

  Literally yesterday I was going through the channel to see what you had covered on judaism and several hours later you drop this! Love your work!

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  @carasteele5424 · 2 months ago

  I just recently discovered your pod cast . Thank you for doing this espiode. Being a Baptist I really didn&apos;t know alot about the Jewish faith

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  @Zyxwvabc123 · 2 months ago (edited)

  Very impressed with the nuances! Great job. <br>I&apos;ll just add 2 things <br>1- according to tradition matrilineal descent didn’t start after the temple. It was actually always the law since Sinai (and was always kept from Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and down). It was written down later in mishna but those weren’t new laws. The figures you mentioned like Moses and David who seemingly took non-Jewish wives - we have tradition that their wives were converts and so the kids were indeed Jewish through their mom not through Dad. So thats the only accuracy correction. <br>To add to that, according to what you said about God telling Moses something about counting according to the fathers house- that is because patrilineal decent has a role in judaism; traditions are passed down through the father. Its always been that way since Jacobs 12 sons, until today. Whether or not someone is a Kohen (a priest in the temple) or a Levi, would be determined on patrilineal decent. Or which tribe someone is from- would depend on their father. <br>Simply; Mom determines Jewish statice. Dad determines the traditions of the family. &nbsp;Hope that helps. <br>The second thing is just a fun fact about titles: before reform/reconstruction there were no denominations in Judaism. There were subsections like you mentioned &nbsp;Chassidim etc... but overall from the time of the receiving of the Torah at Sinai until the 1800s there was just &apos;the religion of Judaism&apos;. more religious and less religious but that&apos;s it. The orthodox people never named themselves &quot;orthodox&quot;. They practice what Jews have been practicing through the centuries - the title &quot;orthodox&quot; was labeled on that sect only once reform was developed. <br>Thanks for a great video

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  @Thejewishguy · 2 months ago

  As a satmar chasidic jew, you are on point.

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  @ortizarmando511 · 2 months ago

  My boy you have taken the idea/belief of how religion works and turn it into something entertaining and educational. Thank you.

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  @entiliojones4696 · 2 months ago (edited)

  Bro, this is the best video explaining Jewish identity. Ur invited to the Shabbos meal 🙌

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