Name: I studied Judaism for 1 month. Now I love to argue.
Uploaded: 2025-02-17T11:06:19.000Z
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I spent one full month studying his religion, Judaism.

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I read Jewish books, I taught to Jewish rabbis, I celebrated Jewish holidays, and flew all the way to the holiest city in Judaism, Jerusalem.

And now I understand why 22% of Nobel Prizes go to Jews.

I am on a six-month challenge to study the top six religions, one every month.

Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and even Atheism.

There are only 16 million Jews in the world, but Judaism influenced billions of Muslims and Christians.

Because Judaism was the first religion to believe in the idea of one God, indivisible and infinite.

God revealed himself to Prophet Abraham, who became the first Jewish person ever.

This was the beginning of monotheistic religions.

So before Judaism, there was the idea of many different gods, idol worship, paganism, many different tribes.

Abraham started Judaism, which talked about one God, and from that we see Islam and Christianity, and the whole monotheistic ideal.

Three thousand years later, Judaism became a major religion, with tens of prophets, hundreds of commandments, thousands of rabbis, and one homeland, here in Israel.

So right here we have a mosque, a synagogue, and a church in the same spot, because this is the HQ of monotheistic religions.

This is the vortex, the center of spirituality for the whole universe.

In fact, it's the connecting point between heaven and earth, spirituality and physicality.

In 2024, people think of Israel when they think of Jews.

But Israel is a country and Judaism is a religion, and this video is about the religion, not the country.

Judaism isn't a religion, it isn't a nation, it isn't a race, it isn't a culture.

Abraham had a son, and then from that family came the Jewish people.

A white Jew, a brown Jew, and a black Jew have very similar DNAs, because they all descend from Jacob, the grandson of Abraham.

Yeah, you can know if someone is Jewish based on their DNA.

And today, Jews are really good at building community.

Every Friday night, millions of Jews gather in their homes with family and friends for dinner.

And in these dinners, they eat the same bread, say the same prayers, and drink the same wine.

And it is so important that some Jews never miss it.

I'm married almost 19 years, I have never once missed a Shabbat at home with my wife and kids.

So the word Shabbat actually comes from the word Lashevet, which means to sit down.

And it's saying, just sit down during the week, we're running, we're trying to accomplish and achieve so much, and social media, and there's so much going on.

And it says, one day a week, Shabbat, sit down.

Check this out, the city is empty, there's nobody here.

Everything is shut down, it's closed, and everybody is taking a day off, one day a week, to rest and focus on family.

Jews have to gather a community of 10 people minimum, for their prayers to become even more powerful.

When a Jewish person is sick, their name is broadcasted at the synagogue, and the community prays for them.

We're not just praying for ourselves, we're praying for our brothers and our sisters, and everyone around us, and all the world.

And it makes it a lot more powerful, and not so self-centered.

When a Jewish person travels, they can join a Chabad house in more than 100 countries, and make friends there.

When a Jewish boy turns 13, they become an adult, and the whole community celebrates that 13-year-old kid in one giant party.

We really focus on the power of community, because we know that one person can't do it on their own.

And Judaism, as a religion, has the solution to that.

If you don't love each other, how are you going to impact the world around you?

So that's why we pray together, and we eat together, and we dance together, and we cry together.

We're together because that's the only way anyone's ever going to reach their ultimate potential, and the whole purpose of creation.

The second thing I learned in Judaism is how to argue, debate, disagree, say no to each other, fight, argue, again, and again, and again.

Because the whole point of saying that retroactively it works, is only if it doesn't have a secret in the kitchen, or if I actually get a recipe posted, and then you're going to be mad.

There are bad arguments, and there are good arguments.

Bad arguments are, I hate you, I want to put you down, I want to enforce my opinion and my values on you.

Good arguments is, I want to fight it out with you so that we can both come to the truth, and we can come closer to each other through the argument.

The way Jews study is done in pairs of two, who are supposed to debate religion.

Chavruta, which comes from the word friend.

By somebody disagreeing with you and telling you you're wrong.

No, because the goal is the same thing all the time.

In Judaism, debating is part of the religion, and no one gets killed or harmed for having a different opinion.

So it's two friends getting together to fight each other, but fight for the truth.

And when we finish and we close our books, then we shake hands and we have a hug, and we go and eat together and pray together.

Some people say if you put two Jews in a room, you get three opinions.

This is funny, but it's actually a good thing.

The more you disagree, the closer you get to the truth.