Judaism vs. Hinduism

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Summary

TLDRIn a surprising exploration of commonality, the relationship between Judaism and Hinduism reveals unexpected parallels despite their apparent theological differences. Judaism, being strictly monotheistic, contrasts with the seemingly polytheistic Hinduism. However, both religions share a belief in a unified source, with Hinduism's Brahman paralleling Jewish mystical concepts of oneness. Historically, some propose a link via Abraham and his descendants spreading monotheistic ideas to the East, possibly influencing Hindu beliefs. Both traditions are among the world's most ancient, with sacred texts that incorporate divine teachings and oral traditions, seen in the Torah and the Vedas respectively. Practices like reincarnation are central to both, with Judaism's mystical tradition emphasizing the cycle of the soul akin to Hindu beliefs in rebirth. Furthermore, concepts of purity through elements like water in Judaism and the sacred Ganges in Hinduism show spiritual overlaps. Mysticism thrives in both religions, sharing practices like meditation, numerology, and spiritual purification. The parallels extend culturally and historically, with instances of Jewish communities in India and shared rituals. Despite their geographical and cultural distance, Judaism and Hinduism illustrate a deep, intertwined spirituality, offering insights into universal religious ideas.

Takeaways

  • 📜 Judaism and Hinduism both have ancient sacred texts—the Torah and the Vedas.
  • 🙏 Despite differences, both religions explore the concept of a unifying source or oneness.
  • 🔄 Reincarnation is a significant belief system in both traditions, illustrating life cycles.
  • 🐄 Both view cows as holy; in Hinduism as sacred, and in Judaism for purification rites.
  • 💧 Purifying practices are prominent: water in Judaism (mikvah) and rivers in Hinduism (Ganges).
  • 🔮 Mystical traditions are rich in both, with practices in meditation and esotericism.
  • 🧘‍♂️ Spiritual practices like meditation show cross-cultural influences in both faiths.
  • 🎨 Numerology and mysticism involving numbers are shared interests.
  • 📚 Both have dual structures of divine written texts and oral traditions.
  • 🌍 Historical connections suggest Jewish influence in ancient India through Abraham's descendants.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The speaker introduces the topic of exploring the relationship between Judaism and Hinduism, which at first glance, seem to be completely unrelated due to their geographical and philosophical differences. However, the speaker suggests that both religions have surprising similarities that are worth exploring. The most striking difference highlighted is their view on divinity: Judaism's strict monotheism compared to Hinduism's apparent polytheism. Despite this, the speaker notes that Hinduism believes in a singular source, Brahman, which parallels concepts in Jewish mysticism.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The discussion delves deeper into Hinduism's concept of Brahman and the caste system, drawing parallels between Hindu Brahmins and the ancient Israelite priestly caste system. While Judaism had a kind of caste system with priests at the top, a significant difference is noted in that Hindu society includes 'Untouchables,' which had no direct equivalent in ancient Israelite society. The narrative then ties these insights into a biblical narrative involving Abraham's descendants, suggesting a potential historical link between Abraham and India, citing similarities in names and possible migrations eastward.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The speaker highlights a tale from Jewish tradition suggesting Abraham may have sent his other children eastward (to India) with spiritual wisdom, potentially planting religious ideas that influenced Hindu beliefs. This narrative proposes that Jews might see a historical root in Hinduism's Brahman concept, linking it to Abraham. The conversation also draws attention to the way both Judaism and Hinduism have numerous holidays, sharing cultural customs such as meditation and spiritual disciplines, reinforcing the connection on a cultural level.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Further similarities discussed include ancient texts treasured in both religions. For example, Hindu Vedas are parallel to the Jewish Torah, both being ancient, revered texts, though differing in structure and age. Both religions are seen as integrating sacrificial traditions in antiquity. Hinduism's reverence for cows and purification rituals are compared with the Jewish ritual of the Red Heifer, showing deep-seated cultural echoes. The purification role of waterways in both cultural contexts is also noted.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    A significant similarity is noted in the dual structure of written and oral traditions in both religions, with Hinduism's 'Shruti' and 'Smriti' aligning with the Jewish Written and Oral Torah. Mystical traditions in both are also paralleled, with rebirth or reincarnation as a significant philosophical and spiritual theme. The speaker emphasizes the centrality of reincarnation in Jewish mysticism despite past opposition, linking it to similar Hindu beliefs.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    The discussion about reincarnation expands into Jewish mystical texts, revealing extensive teachings about reincarnation akin to Hindu doctrines. The speaker points out historical Jewish skepticism towards reincarnation, noting it was later embraced by influential Jewish mystics. This exploration uncovers cultural exchanges and how ideas might have traversed between these ancient worlds, showing reincarnation's embeddedness in Judaism, contrary to contemporary assumptions of foreign influence.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    Parallels between Hindu and Jewish meditative practices are illustrated through sacred sounds and numerology, with insights into Hebrew mystical traditions and names of God. For instance, the Hindu 'OM' is intriguingly one of the sacred names in Jewish mysticism, demonstrating shared spiritual archetypes. This reveals a historical sharing of philosophical and mystical ideas, hinting at deeper undercurrents of shared human experience.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:40:00

    Highlighting the shared legacy of numerology and sacred mathematics, the text notes how crucial mathematical concepts, like the zero, spread from Hindu to Jewish cultural matrices, and through Jewish intermediaries, to the broader Western context. Names of God, numerology, and the formative influence on Western numerical frameworks underline Judaism’s intellectual bridging role.

  • 00:40:00 - 00:45:00

    Both religions’ approaches to spirituality are further compared through the lens of yoga’s chakras and Jewish aspects like the Seferot. Here, deep structural parallels are noted, as both systems map spiritual realities onto the human form and consciousness, indicating a shared archetypal framework for understanding divine interaction with the world.

  • 00:45:00 - 00:50:00

    Historical intersections are addressed, where Jewish influence possibly reached as far as India through lost tribes and notable exchanges between religious figures. This is evidenced by figures such as Rabbi Yehuda the Hindu in Talmudic literature, implying intriguing cross-cultural exchanges and migrations that may have affected religious developments in both regions.

  • 00:50:00 - 00:55:00

    The narrative moves towards contemporary times, noting how modern Jewish and Indian histories have intertwined—highlighted by the synchronized independence from British rule and shared political struggles. This historical symmetry suggests enduring linkages and collaborative potential between the two now sovereign nations.

  • 00:55:00 - 01:01:44

    Finally, the allure of Eastern philosophy for modern Jews is discussed, noting trends toward seeking spiritual knowledge in Hinduism and Buddhism. The conclusion urges a return to Jewish mysticism, asserting that all mystical insights sought elsewhere are inherently present within Jewish traditions, which are direct continuations of the ancient monotheistic teachings from their common patriarch, Abraham.

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Video Q&A

  • What are the major differences between Judaism and Hinduism?

    Judaism is strictly monotheistic, while Hinduism appears polytheistic. However, both believe in a unifying source.

  • How are Judaism and Hinduism similar?

    Both religions have ancient roots, a structure of sacred texts, spiritual purity practices, and rich mystical traditions.

  • What is Brahman in Hinduism?

    Brahman is the ultimate oneness or source in Hinduism, from which everything emerges.

  • What is the connection between Abraham and Hinduism?

    Some propose that Abraham's descendants spread monotheistic teachings to the East, influencing Hindu beliefs.

  • Do Judaism and Hinduism have similar structures in their scriptures?

    Yes, both have a concept of divine texts and oral traditions, providing a foundational religious structure.

  • What mystical similarities exist between the two religions?

    Both have connections to esoteric practices, like meditation and numerology, and a focus on spiritual purity.

  • How do Judaism and Hinduism view reincarnation?

    Reincarnation is a significant concept in both, with beliefs in the cycle of life and the soul's evolution.

  • What is the significance of the cow in both religions?

    Cows hold purifying significance; in Hinduism they are sacred, while in Judaism the red heifer is crucial for purification.

  • What role does numerology play in these religions?

    Numerology and mystical meanings of numbers hold importance in both traditions, often overlapping in spiritual texts.

  • Are there any historical linkages between the two?

    Yes, historically, there are examples of Jewish influence in India and proposed connections through ancient lineage.

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    we discussed before the relationship
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    between Judaism and Christianity and
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    then we did Judaism and Islam and now we
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    want to do the next kind of major
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    religion which is Hinduism so I want to
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    look at the relationship between Judaism
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    and
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    Hinduism and what's surprising about
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    this is that Judaism and Hinduism it
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    seems like they should have nothing in
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    common they're completely unrelated from
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    totally different worlds but actually we
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    find it's really surprising ing that
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    they have a lot in common and you
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    wouldn't think that so Judaism and
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    Christianity okay makes sense
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    Christianity Islam Judaism they're all
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    part of the same tradition Abraham and
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    Moses and and David part of that that
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    same abrahamic Faith but then Hinduism
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    what does that have to do with anything
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    it's like on the other side of the world
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    far away so you would think that there's
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    nothing in common but actually there's a
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    lot in common and we want to explore why
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    and it's actually connected to you'll
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    see why I want to talk about it this
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    week cuz it's related to this week's
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    part
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    also so before we get into all these
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    similarities between Judaism and
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    Hinduism we have to of course say the
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    big the the major point which is of
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    course there is a huge difference
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    between Judaism and Hinduism what is the
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    most striking difference between the
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    two that's right so Judaism of course is
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    very strictly monotheistic right Judaism
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    is all about the fact that there's one
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    God right we say multiple times a day
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    that there's only one God and God is one
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    and Hinduism is quite the opposite
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    because it's seemingly very polytheistic
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    there's a lot of Idols a lot of
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    different gods this one and that one so
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    you would think that that's an
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    irreconcilable difference that there's
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    nothing you can't in any way put Judaism
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    and Hinduism together because Hinduism
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    is so very polytheistic and Judaism is
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    so very
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    monotheistic so how could they really
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    have anything in common for in Jewish
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    definitions uh Hinduism would be for
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    sure aod right total
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    idolatry however however having said
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    that Hindus do have this idea that
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    ultimately everything comes from one
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    source so even Hindus believe that there
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    is one cause to everything that there is
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    one source to everything and that there
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    is kind of one godhead from which all
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    the other supposed Gods emerge and what
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    is that one source called that first
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    cause the one sour the everything the
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    Eternal the Oneness does anybody know
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    what it's called Brahman right Brahman
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    is the Hindu term for that Oneness for
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    the unity that is that that binds
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    together the whole universe so it's kind
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    of similar to the the more cabalistic
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    notion of the a s right that God is the
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    the Eternal infinite God that binds all
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    things that we're all really just one
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    and there's this illusion that we are
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    not one but really everything is United
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    everything is one when we say really
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    means that everything is one you and God
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    and the cosmos were're all part of one
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    force it's all one Cosmos so that idea
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    does exist in Hinduism and it's called
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    Brahman Brahman is the Oneness from
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    which everything emerges and the Hindu
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    priests right Hinduism has a cast system
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    Hindu Society has a cast system and at
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    the top of the cast who are at the top
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    of the cast there the priests who are
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    called the brahmans right so you have
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    Brahman who's like the one let's say God
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    behind everything else the one force
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    behind all other forces and the priests
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    at the very top of Hindu Society are the
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    brahmins so it's interesting as well
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    that's the first parallel that you have
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    CU Jewish Society ancient Israelite
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    Society had something like a cast system
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    where you had also three major
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    categories uh the Kim the priests who
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    were at kind of at the top and then and
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    the leim but who are somewhat beneath
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    them the leim who are like the support
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    for the Kim and who are more like the
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    teachers and another spiritual cast and
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    then everybody else isra you had is and
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    Hindu Society is arranged somewhat
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    similarly where you have the priests and
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    then you know different the ruling class
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    and The Artisans and the merchants and
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    the laborers and then the Hindus of
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    course also have the Untouchables right
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    like the very bottom of society that are
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    like second class citizens we never had
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    anything like that like ancient
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    Israelite Society didn't have that but
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    they had they did have something similar
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    which is people who were kind of
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    excluded from the community who were
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    those
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    people lepers lepers might be also M
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    right A M was not allowed to marry into
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    the community so they were kind of kept
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    aside so there were certain people that
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    the Torah says that were some in some
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    ways excluded from society but other
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    than them the Kim are more spiritual
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    they are the Priestly class and you
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    couldn't just be a priest if you wanted
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    to if you're not a Coen then you you're
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    not you can't be a priest and so Hindu
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    Society is somewhat similar where you
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    have like The Untouchables at the bottom
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    you have the brahin at the top who are
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    the priests now the big question is what
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    does it mean to be a brah what is
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    Brahman what does this word mean what
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    does Brahman mean anybody know what it
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    means where does it come from it's a
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    trick question because nobody actually
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    knows where it comes from there's no if
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    you look up the atmology of Brahma
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    nobody it's a mystery word nobody knows
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    where it comes from
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    and this is where some people have
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    proposed that Brahman sounds very
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    similar to Abraham right and the brahin
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    it sounds like they are the Disciples of
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    Abraham so what's the con how is
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    possible how did we go from India to
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    Abraham what's the connection Abraham
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    had other children right and that's
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    where we come to this week's para says
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    that he gave
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    them exactly so let's read what it says
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    in this week's para that we're going to
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    read it says has it tells us about the
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    last bit of Abraham's life after his
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    wife Sarah passed away what happened to
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    him and abah remarried he married a
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    woman named and of course we know so
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    yeah so according to one tradition K is
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    the same person as Hagar so like Rashi
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    says if you look look up Rashi on this
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    verse that K is haar and the same what
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    like kind of concubine he had before the
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    mother of is
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    and she was called because she was pure
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    like the like the incense that they used
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    to bring in the temple when he divorced
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    her or whatever when he sent her away
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    she wasn't with any other man and she
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    didn't get remarried so she was always
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    waiting for Abraham to take her back so
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    she was called K that's one tradition a
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    different another tradition says no
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    they're not related two different people
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    Hagar was Hagar she was expelled K is a
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    different woman so he married and
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    then and now he had all these other kids
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    so everybody knows about and is but he
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    had all these other kids afterwards so
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    he had Z
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    Yan ISB so it's important to mention
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    that midan is also one of his kids and
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    who came from
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    midan came from midan and who
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    else so Moshe No Moses married Moses's
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    wife was Tora right Tora was from midan
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    so when Moses married Tora he he was
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    still marrying a very distant cousin cuz
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    Moses is the Seventh Generation from
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    Abraham and Abraham's son was midan from
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    whom came Andora so when Moses married
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    Tora she was not completely foreign she
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    was actually a very distant
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    cousin so because midan is also it's
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    important to remember that midan is also
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    a son of Abraham and
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    then and then it says his grandchildren
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    there
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    was so it's just pointing out how
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    Abraham was the forefather of many
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    different peoples in the
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    region and the sons of midan were a so
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    that's another two of his grandsons and
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    these are
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    interesting because there was an ancient
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    Greek writer called codeus who was
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    quoted by Josephus codus said we
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    mentioned this before that aine eff are
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    the forefathers of they went to Africa
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    and they settled in Africa and E is the
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    origin of the term of Africa the whole
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    continent Africa where does the name
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    Africa comes from so according to
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    cleodis it actually comes from a
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    grandson from the grandsons of Abraham
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    who settled there at some point they
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    were called a f e okay and who we talked
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    about before here's another so Abraham
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    also had a grandchild named Kan who we
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    talked about a month ago and
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    a and then this is the interesting
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    part so abah gave everything he had he
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    left it to his whole inheritance the
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    land everything was left
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    to and to these other children that he
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    had from the
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    concubine he gave them gifts he just
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    gave them other gifts
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    and and he sent them away from because
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    he didn't want there to be any dispute
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    over who owns what it should be clear
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    that the land of Israel belongs to
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    that the whole inheritance belongs to so
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    he sent all the other children
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    away while he was still alive kedma he
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    sent them kedma to the
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    east so Abraham had all these other
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    children and grandchildren and before he
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    passed away he made sure to send them
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    all away but he gave them matanot he
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    gave them presents and if you look up
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    the commentaries on what matanot means
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    various different commentaries they all
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    say more or less the same thing that he
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    gave them various spirit spiritual
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    presence not anything physical but he
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    gave them spiritual presence spiritual
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    wisdom different ideas as to what
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    exactly he taught them uh some even say
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    that he taught them the names of various
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    Idols to be aware of and or he taught
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    them some black magic or he taught them
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    various spiritual forces that would
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    protect them so he taught them something
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    spiritual in any case they were his
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    children his grandchildren and we can
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    assume they were his disciples and he
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    sent them far to the east okay and how
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    far east
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    doesn't say but the furthest East in
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    tanak what is the furthest East
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    mentioned in
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    tanak we read in when in the tan wants
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    to describe the vastness of the Persian
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    Empire of it says miodu K Kush is Africa
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    so from Africa in the west to hodu in
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    the East so the extent of the Tan's you
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    know knowledge or at least explicit
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    knowledge of the world that it tells us
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    is from Kush from Africa to hodu to
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    India so he sent them Far East and the
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    farthest east you can go in tanak is
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    hodu so this is where there is this
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    connection some have proposed that
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    perhaps it was Abraham who sent his
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    children grandchildren perhaps other
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    disciples Far East to spread the word he
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    was a monotheist he was teaching the
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    world about this whole idea of one God
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    and he sent his children grandchildren
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    disciples to the Far East and they
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    brought this knowledge of the god of
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    Abraham to
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    India and perhaps that's why they're
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    called brahans and that their God is
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    Brahman which is really the god of
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    Abraham and hence the alliteration why
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    the name sounds so similar between
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    Abraham and Brahman that's the idea
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    whether that's a historical fact or not
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    we can't say but it does fit in neatly
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    with the idea of Abraham being like the
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    Torah says ofon that God promised to
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    Abraham that you're going to be the
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    forefather of many nations originally he
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    was called a
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    which means just of Aram that he was a
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    father in this area of Aram and then he
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    became God added a hay into his name he
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    became Abraham because the he is hamong
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    that he is the father of Many Many
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    Nations so we typically think that means
  • 00:12:14
    he's the spiritual father of Jews
  • 00:12:17
    Christians and Muslims but also if you
  • 00:12:20
    follow this idea also of of Hindus and
  • 00:12:23
    if the whole Indian subcontinent uh
  • 00:12:25
    would also be somehow spiritually
  • 00:12:27
    descended from a from all his other
  • 00:12:30
    children and grandchildren that went to
  • 00:12:32
    the Far East so that's the setup so now
  • 00:12:34
    the question is how exactly are Judaism
  • 00:12:37
    and Hinduism similar what are some
  • 00:12:39
    things that we have in
  • 00:12:43
    common what's that yeah okay I'll get to
  • 00:12:45
    that but like what in terms of
  • 00:12:46
    practically what do we have in
  • 00:12:50
    common it's true so actually some years
  • 00:12:53
    ago I was reading a National Geographic
  • 00:12:56
    and they did a survey of which religions
  • 00:12:58
    have the most holiday
  • 00:12:59
    and the two that came out at the front
  • 00:13:01
    at the top were Hinduism and Judaism now
  • 00:13:04
    National Geographic gave the title to
  • 00:13:07
    Hinduism as being number one and Judaism
  • 00:13:09
    as being number two however however they
  • 00:13:12
    did not count rodes as a
  • 00:13:15
    holiday and they didn't count Shabbat
  • 00:13:17
    because the truth is for us Shabbat
  • 00:13:20
    Shabbat is a big holiday right Shabbat
  • 00:13:21
    is like the biggest holiday in many ways
  • 00:13:23
    so like what we do for Shabbat is like
  • 00:13:26
    you know what Christians do only twice a
  • 00:13:28
    year on Christmas and Easter we do that
  • 00:13:30
    every week you know you have the whole
  • 00:13:31
    family and you shut off all the
  • 00:13:32
    electronics and you pray and you go to
  • 00:13:34
    the synagogue and you do all these
  • 00:13:36
    rituals and pray but they didn't count
  • 00:13:38
    National Geographic didn't countes and
  • 00:13:40
    Shabbat so if you count those then we
  • 00:13:42
    win by a a long shot but uh so one
  • 00:13:46
    that's true we do have a lot of holidays
  • 00:13:48
    in common Judaism and Hinduism because
  • 00:13:49
    compared to that like Islam and
  • 00:13:51
    Christianity have very little holidays
  • 00:13:54
    they only really have like two major
  • 00:13:55
    holidays each and maybe some other minor
  • 00:13:57
    holidays but we all have like 30 plus
  • 00:14:00
    days Jews and Hindus have at least 30
  • 00:14:02
    days of holiday over the course of the
  • 00:14:04
    Year depending on what what you count
  • 00:14:06
    exactly as a holiday so that's that's a
  • 00:14:08
    big one anything else any other ideas I
  • 00:14:10
    think meditation is for sure meditation
  • 00:14:13
    although that's true for a lot of
  • 00:14:14
    religions but yeah like prayer
  • 00:14:16
    meditation that's definitely true and
  • 00:14:18
    I'll talk more about that later on so in
  • 00:14:21
    terms of our very structure if you look
  • 00:14:23
    at our religions first of all Judaism
  • 00:14:24
    and Hinduism are kind of like the two
  • 00:14:26
    most ancient religions in the world
  • 00:14:28
    they're both at least 3,000 years old
  • 00:14:31
    arguably 4,000 years old probably the
  • 00:14:33
    two oldest religions continuous
  • 00:14:35
    religions that that are still alive
  • 00:14:37
    today some might add Zoroastrianism as
  • 00:14:40
    well maybe those would be like the top
  • 00:14:41
    three although Zoroastrianism is very
  • 00:14:44
    small there's even less zoroastrians
  • 00:14:46
    zoroastrians than Jews in the world but
  • 00:14:48
    also an ancient religion so we're both
  • 00:14:51
    very ancient and we have actually our
  • 00:14:52
    history is really similar because Hindu
  • 00:14:55
    religion starts with the most ancient
  • 00:14:58
    Hindu text are called the vas the vas
  • 00:15:01
    and they're probably around 3,000 years
  • 00:15:03
    old and the VAS also they're arranged in
  • 00:15:05
    four books so it's kind of like we have
  • 00:15:07
    the the foundations of Judaism is the
  • 00:15:09
    Kash the Torah of Moses we have five
  • 00:15:12
    books of Moses which date back at least
  • 00:15:14
    3,000 years right three and a half
  • 00:15:15
    thousand years something like that the
  • 00:15:16
    vas are in the same there's four books
  • 00:15:18
    of vas so instead of aash they have four
  • 00:15:21
    instead of five they have four and they
  • 00:15:22
    date back also to about 3 three and a
  • 00:15:24
    half thousand years and just like the
  • 00:15:26
    Kash or similar to the a lot of the vas
  • 00:15:29
    are about sacrifices and they used to
  • 00:15:31
    Hindus used to bring sacrifices so today
  • 00:15:34
    Hindus for the most part are vegan or
  • 00:15:36
    vegetarian they don't eat cow beef but
  • 00:15:39
    they used to they used to bring actually
  • 00:15:41
    cow sacrifices there was a time when
  • 00:15:43
    they used to do that and eventually that
  • 00:15:45
    was kind of outlawed and stopped being
  • 00:15:47
    practiced again similar to Judaism where
  • 00:15:49
    we used to have a very rich tradition
  • 00:15:52
    many rituals of
  • 00:15:54
    sacrifices and then when the second
  • 00:15:55
    temple was destroyed 2,000 years ago
  • 00:15:57
    sacrifices basically stopped and since
  • 00:15:59
    then Judaism has no sacrifices and again
  • 00:16:02
    that's similar to Hinduism which once
  • 00:16:04
    actually had many sacrifices and stopped
  • 00:16:06
    doing that for the most part although I
  • 00:16:08
    saw that in Nepal they still have
  • 00:16:09
    sacrifices and apparently they do like a
  • 00:16:11
    massive Festival every 5 years where
  • 00:16:14
    they slaughter like hundreds of
  • 00:16:15
    thousands of animals so the core you
  • 00:16:19
    know like the the core of Judaism is the
  • 00:16:21
    Torah of Moses five books that go back
  • 00:16:24
    you know some three and a half thousand
  • 00:16:25
    years the core of Hinduism is a set of
  • 00:16:27
    four books that go back three three and
  • 00:16:30
    a half thousand years and also similar
  • 00:16:32
    where they deal with a bunch of things
  • 00:16:34
    laws history mixed with ritual mysticism
  • 00:16:38
    sacrificial laws all that together so a
  • 00:16:41
    lot in common and I'll quote a little
  • 00:16:43
    bit from it later and you'll see how
  • 00:16:44
    similar the wording is the sacrifices
  • 00:16:47
    that we used to do and we don't do
  • 00:16:49
    anymore and also Hindus consider the
  • 00:16:51
    vdas to be divine and not human of human
  • 00:16:55
    origin just like we say the Kash is
  • 00:16:58
    divine and not of you although Moses
  • 00:16:59
    wrote it he was just basically he was
  • 00:17:02
    dictated by God and Moses wrote it
  • 00:17:04
    what's a big thing for Hindus now that
  • 00:17:06
    we're talking about sacrifices what's
  • 00:17:08
    like H Hinduism famous for the holy cow
  • 00:17:11
    right for Hindus the cow is a sacred
  • 00:17:14
    animal and where do we see a parallel to
  • 00:17:16
    that in Judaism
  • 00:17:19
    oh close
  • 00:17:22
    close it's true so okay so good these
  • 00:17:25
    are good ideas so it's true that when
  • 00:17:27
    the Israelites came out of Egypt they
  • 00:17:29
    had this huge sin that they worshiped
  • 00:17:32
    the golden calf although it wasn't most
  • 00:17:34
    of the is Israelites didn't do it it was
  • 00:17:36
    a small maybe 3,000 people the Torah
  • 00:17:38
    says that actively participated so there
  • 00:17:41
    is that's a idolatry of worshiping a
  • 00:17:44
    golden calf uh but then related to that
  • 00:17:47
    though there is another cow or calf in
  • 00:17:50
    Judaism the red cow right the par the
  • 00:17:54
    red heer the red heer which was actually
  • 00:17:56
    according to many commentaries God Comm
  • 00:17:58
    commanded the law of the red he heer the
  • 00:18:00
    red cow to atone for the golden
  • 00:18:03
    calf and so in in Hinduism the cow is
  • 00:18:06
    Holy it's not consumed and it's
  • 00:18:08
    considered to be an animal that's sacred
  • 00:18:10
    and that's actually purifying so and
  • 00:18:12
    there's five things five products of the
  • 00:18:15
    cow that are considered purifying
  • 00:18:17
    depending on how you use them what are
  • 00:18:19
    those five products in Hinduism not in
  • 00:18:22
    Judaism in Hinduism what what are they
  • 00:18:24
    anybody know so the milk the milk the
  • 00:18:28
    Cur
  • 00:18:29
    ghee which is like butter essentially
  • 00:18:32
    something like that like oil like a
  • 00:18:34
    buttery oil and then
  • 00:18:37
    urine and dung okay so in Hinduism the
  • 00:18:41
    dung of the cow and the urine of the cow
  • 00:18:43
    is purifying and belief to be healing
  • 00:18:45
    and I don't know if you know this but
  • 00:18:46
    maybe you caught this a couple of years
  • 00:18:47
    ago during Co people were talking about
  • 00:18:49
    how in India people thought drinking cow
  • 00:18:51
    urine would prevent Co and was so maybe
  • 00:18:56
    it does I don't know uh but that was
  • 00:18:59
    going around that they were recommending
  • 00:19:01
    to drink urine so funny story I used to
  • 00:19:04
    do a lot of T tutoring and like science
  • 00:19:07
    tutoring you know high school students
  • 00:19:08
    University students and most of my
  • 00:19:11
    students were Asian basically Chinese
  • 00:19:15
    Indian Sri Lankan and so you get to know
  • 00:19:17
    the families and so one I had one family
  • 00:19:21
    that was I believe Sri Lankan very
  • 00:19:22
    religious and every time I would come
  • 00:19:24
    like in the evenings the mother would
  • 00:19:26
    always go to the temple so she'd be like
  • 00:19:28
    dressed up in the SAR it was really nice
  • 00:19:30
    right and we always like we talk about
  • 00:19:32
    it she' tell me about cuz you know she
  • 00:19:33
    sees I'm religious you know with the
  • 00:19:35
    keepa and she's like in her thing so one
  • 00:19:37
    time I came and she was going to her
  • 00:19:39
    Temple and the rest of the family wasn't
  • 00:19:41
    religious you know the dad was watching
  • 00:19:42
    TV she was going to the temple and uh so
  • 00:19:46
    I was with the son we were like doing
  • 00:19:48
    chemistry and biology and then the
  • 00:19:50
    husband's watching TV and the mom's
  • 00:19:51
    going to Temple and so I said oh well
  • 00:19:54
    what is it today she's going to the
  • 00:19:55
    temple she's like oh today is some
  • 00:19:56
    festival with about about the holy cow
  • 00:19:59
    and I was like oh you know like in
  • 00:20:00
    Judaism we have something similar about
  • 00:20:01
    a purifying cow you know whatever the
  • 00:20:03
    ashes of the cow and this is what she
  • 00:20:05
    told me it's funny she said oh do you
  • 00:20:06
    drink the urine
  • 00:20:09
    too and I I said no we don't go that far
  • 00:20:12
    but uh isn't the D put on the fire also
  • 00:20:16
    that yeah also that also that but then
  • 00:20:18
    some of them actually like use it in
  • 00:20:20
    various each of these five things is
  • 00:20:21
    used in various ways as a purification
  • 00:20:24
    agent so yeah so that's the urine and
  • 00:20:27
    the dun so there's five things in
  • 00:20:29
    Hinduism that are supposed to be
  • 00:20:32
    purifying from the cow now the Toral of
  • 00:20:35
    the red heer is it's you actually have
  • 00:20:38
    to kill it and you have to slaughter it
  • 00:20:40
    and burn it and then the ashes are
  • 00:20:42
    purifying and this is actually the most
  • 00:20:44
    purifying thing that you have cuz only
  • 00:20:46
    the ashes that mixture prepared From the
  • 00:20:49
    Ashes of the red cow is the only thing
  • 00:20:51
    that can purify all impurity including
  • 00:20:55
    the highest impurity which is the
  • 00:20:56
    impurity of death so tat met the
  • 00:20:59
    impurity of death is considered to be
  • 00:21:01
    the highest level of impurity we are all
  • 00:21:04
    considered to have that impurity today
  • 00:21:06
    because we don't have the ashes of the
  • 00:21:08
    red cow so we have we can purify by
  • 00:21:11
    doing like Mikvah and certain things
  • 00:21:12
    that we can do but we don't have the
  • 00:21:14
    ashes of the red cow to get rid of the
  • 00:21:17
    greatest impurity which is the impurity
  • 00:21:19
    of death so if you've ever been to a
  • 00:21:20
    cemetery or next to a dead body then you
  • 00:21:23
    have that impurity of death yeah and so
  • 00:21:25
    the belief in Judaism is when Messiah
  • 00:21:27
    comes will have a red cow and we'll be
  • 00:21:30
    able to make the ashes uh the mixture
  • 00:21:33
    and we will'll be able to purify
  • 00:21:34
    everybody although the truth is you
  • 00:21:36
    don't need mashiah to do it there's
  • 00:21:37
    always red cows they find them all the
  • 00:21:39
    time there's a bunch of red cows in
  • 00:21:41
    Israel they groom them a lot of American
  • 00:21:44
    farmers in the South like religious
  • 00:21:46
    Christians are always on the lookout for
  • 00:21:48
    a red heer and they brought a whole
  • 00:21:51
    bunch of them to Israel a few years ago
  • 00:21:53
    so we have the cows we just need I guess
  • 00:21:55
    mashiach or yeah the cows are there
  • 00:21:59
    although again you technically you don't
  • 00:22:01
    need mssiah like anybody any Cohen any
  • 00:22:04
    group of coim who are know about the
  • 00:22:06
    laws could do it and the temple
  • 00:22:09
    Institute is today in Israel exists and
  • 00:22:12
    they technically could do it so it just
  • 00:22:14
    needs the willpower and uh people to
  • 00:22:17
    accept it as valid and and actually make
  • 00:22:20
    it happen so that's the holy cow and we
  • 00:22:23
    both have this connection uh or this
  • 00:22:26
    similarity in that we believe that there
  • 00:22:28
    something about cows that has a
  • 00:22:29
    purifying power a very high purifying
  • 00:22:32
    power of course a cow is not inherently
  • 00:22:34
    sacred in Judaism like it is in Hinduism
  • 00:22:37
    but there is something purifying about
  • 00:22:39
    the cow another way that we purify so
  • 00:22:41
    right now today we don't have the ashes
  • 00:22:43
    of the red heer so what is the way that
  • 00:22:46
    we generally purify mik mik right we use
  • 00:22:49
    water we use the mikah and it has to be
  • 00:22:50
    a natural a body of water like a river
  • 00:22:54
    whatever it is a natural Gathering Place
  • 00:22:56
    of water and that's another another
  • 00:22:58
    thing that's similar in Hinduism where a
  • 00:22:59
    river is a purifying thing in particular
  • 00:23:02
    one particular River purifies everything
  • 00:23:05
    which is the Ganges right the Ganges
  • 00:23:06
    River is considered like a holy River
  • 00:23:08
    and many Hindus will pilgrimage to the
  • 00:23:11
    Ganges to basically do AA to dunk in the
  • 00:23:15
    in the Ganges or to to dump the ashes of
  • 00:23:18
    some cremated uh beloved person because
  • 00:23:21
    the Ganges is considered to be purifying
  • 00:23:23
    as well so there's another connection
  • 00:23:25
    there of using water immersion as
  • 00:23:28
    purification another thing that's
  • 00:23:30
    interesting is that Judaism is famous
  • 00:23:33
    for having a written Torah and an oral
  • 00:23:34
    Torah we have the Tor which is the five
  • 00:23:37
    books of Moses plus the other 19 books
  • 00:23:40
    of the tanak the written Torah and then
  • 00:23:42
    we have the oral Torah which was oral
  • 00:23:44
    Traditions that were passed down for
  • 00:23:45
    centuries and that were eventually
  • 00:23:46
    recorded mishna talmud we know that
  • 00:23:49
    that's written in oral Torah Hindus have
  • 00:23:51
    the same setup so Hindu religion they
  • 00:23:54
    have a what's a a so-called written
  • 00:23:56
    Torah so to speak and a oral Torah so
  • 00:23:59
    the written Torah is what they call
  • 00:24:01
    shuti shuti is what something like the V
  • 00:24:04
    does an authoritative text it doesn't
  • 00:24:06
    have a specific author it's considered
  • 00:24:08
    to be divine and then they have many
  • 00:24:10
    later text which are called STI which is
  • 00:24:12
    what is remembered what does have an
  • 00:24:15
    author it does have a name it's brought
  • 00:24:18
    down in the name of some person based on
  • 00:24:20
    an oral tradition an ancient oral
  • 00:24:22
    tradition so they also have what's we
  • 00:24:25
    call it written in oral they call it
  • 00:24:27
    what is heard and what is remembered
  • 00:24:29
    what is heard is like the ancient texts
  • 00:24:31
    the vas the written ones that are
  • 00:24:32
    considered to be divine and then what is
  • 00:24:34
    remembered is oral Traditions that were
  • 00:24:36
    passed down that were brought in the
  • 00:24:38
    name of some person some Great Sage of
  • 00:24:41
    the past so you can see how that's
  • 00:24:42
    similar to what we
  • 00:24:46
    have and an oral Torah where various
  • 00:24:49
    rabbis and sages in the name bring
  • 00:24:51
    teachings in the name of rabbis and
  • 00:24:54
    sages right like what is so to speak
  • 00:24:56
    what is remembered what was repeated
  • 00:24:58
    mishna literally means repetition
  • 00:24:59
    because it was actually done by memory
  • 00:25:02
    where they would remember the oral Torah
  • 00:25:04
    committed to memory eventually was
  • 00:25:06
    written down so that setup where we have
  • 00:25:08
    in Judaism of written in oral Torah they
  • 00:25:11
    have something quite similar in Hinduism
  • 00:25:13
    as well of what is heard and what is
  • 00:25:15
    remembered of something written both are
  • 00:25:17
    now written but something that's
  • 00:25:19
    authoritative considered Divine and then
  • 00:25:22
    something based on traditions and then
  • 00:25:24
    part of that is there's a whole mystical
  • 00:25:26
    tradition so just like in Judaism we
  • 00:25:28
    have cabala we have all the deeper
  • 00:25:30
    secrets that were kept hidden for a long
  • 00:25:33
    period of time and then slowly started
  • 00:25:35
    to be revealed you know in the last
  • 00:25:37
    really thousand years so Hinduism has
  • 00:25:40
    something very similar where there's a
  • 00:25:41
    big mystical aspect to it there's a big
  • 00:25:45
    part of Reincarnation of course right
  • 00:25:46
    Hinduism is famous for
  • 00:25:48
    reincarnation and Judaism has a lot of
  • 00:25:50
    reincarnation although a lot of people
  • 00:25:52
    don't know this but reincarnation what
  • 00:25:54
    we call Gil gulim is very Central to
  • 00:25:57
    Judaism
  • 00:25:58
    and if you read a book like
  • 00:26:00
    the or even better I I think is even
  • 00:26:03
    clear there's a book by
  • 00:26:06
    rabo it's also about 500 years
  • 00:26:09
    old so there's sh
  • 00:26:12
    and so the is actually goes in
  • 00:26:16
    alphabetical order I I encourage all of
  • 00:26:18
    you to read it I don't know if there's
  • 00:26:19
    an English version but in Hebrew it just
  • 00:26:21
    goes out is there an English one okay
  • 00:26:23
    great so there's an English one so it
  • 00:26:25
    goes in alphabetical order like Alf and
  • 00:26:27
    everybody who's in the Torah and even
  • 00:26:29
    later figures who are named with Al if
  • 00:26:32
    who is he The Reincarnation of and why
  • 00:26:34
    and who is The Reincarnation of and why
  • 00:26:35
    and when you read it it's like you're
  • 00:26:36
    blown away because it's so amazing and
  • 00:26:38
    it's so perfect and you start making
  • 00:26:40
    sense of all these people in tanak and
  • 00:26:42
    even later even in the tal and like oh
  • 00:26:45
    why did this in this bizarre story why
  • 00:26:47
    did this happen and then it'll explain
  • 00:26:49
    that well this person was a
  • 00:26:50
    Reincarnation of that person and that's
  • 00:26:52
    why that happened to them and you're
  • 00:26:53
    like oh that makes so much sense right
  • 00:26:55
    so it actually clarifies
  • 00:26:58
    re the whole idea of reincarnation in
  • 00:26:59
    Judaism clarifies so much A lot of these
  • 00:27:02
    like strange bizarre stories in tanak
  • 00:27:04
    like why did things happen to certain
  • 00:27:06
    people reincarnation can explain it so
  • 00:27:08
    reincarnation is actually a big part of
  • 00:27:10
    Judaism the arel 500 years ago was like
  • 00:27:13
    all about
  • 00:27:14
    reincarnation that most Souls come back
  • 00:27:17
    and have another go at life and usually
  • 00:27:20
    they reincarnate three time I don't want
  • 00:27:22
    to go into the mechanics of
  • 00:27:23
    reincarnation but generally the way it
  • 00:27:25
    works as the AR I'll explained based on
  • 00:27:27
    verses in the Torah like when we say in
  • 00:27:30
    the 13
  • 00:27:35
    attributes that he extends his kindness
  • 00:27:38
    to thousands right and
  • 00:27:41
    then and he passes down the sins of the
  • 00:27:46
    fathers right what does it
  • 00:27:49
    say that he passes the sins of the
  • 00:27:51
    fathers unto the children to the third
  • 00:27:53
    and fourth
  • 00:27:54
    generation but that makes no sense why
  • 00:27:57
    does does that make no sense that God
  • 00:27:59
    takes the sins of the parents and passes
  • 00:28:01
    it down to the children to the third and
  • 00:28:02
    fourth generation why does that not make
  • 00:28:05
    sense because the Torah also
  • 00:28:07
    says that every person dies for their
  • 00:28:10
    own sins there's no such thing as
  • 00:28:12
    because my parents sinned I have to
  • 00:28:14
    suffer I didn't do
  • 00:28:16
    it so the AR is saying the secret of
  • 00:28:19
    that verse to the third and fourth
  • 00:28:21
    generation it what it really means is
  • 00:28:24
    that you get reincarnated three times up
  • 00:28:26
    to three times if you get worse with
  • 00:28:30
    each reincarnation so it secretly mean
  • 00:28:33
    what it means when it says he God takes
  • 00:28:35
    the sins of the fathers onto the
  • 00:28:36
    children what it really means is he
  • 00:28:37
    takes the sins from your past life and
  • 00:28:40
    passes them on to this
  • 00:28:41
    life like your your spiritual father
  • 00:28:44
    like who you were in a past life the
  • 00:28:46
    sins of your past life come to this one
  • 00:28:49
    and it can go up to three times if you
  • 00:28:52
    get worse with each reincarnation so God
  • 00:28:54
    gives you another chance you reincarnate
  • 00:28:56
    if you got worse the second time he
  • 00:28:57
    gives you another chance if you got
  • 00:28:59
    worse again he gives you another chance
  • 00:29:00
    so you have four possible
  • 00:29:03
    incarnations assuming that you're
  • 00:29:05
    getting worse but what if you don't get
  • 00:29:07
    worse what if you improve that's where
  • 00:29:09
    it
  • 00:29:11
    goes so God extends his kindness to
  • 00:29:13
    thousands meaning as long as you get
  • 00:29:15
    better with each Incarnation you can
  • 00:29:17
    reincarnate thousands of times if you're
  • 00:29:20
    improving so God wants to see
  • 00:29:22
    Improvement but if you're degenerating
  • 00:29:24
    each time then you get three chances and
  • 00:29:27
    that's why the 13 attributes of of fa of
  • 00:29:30
    mercy of of God it
  • 00:29:32
    says that God gives you up to three or
  • 00:29:35
    four chances to improve and then if not
  • 00:29:38
    you're done then that's when you would
  • 00:29:39
    go to other places like Gom like hell
  • 00:29:42
    for you need a you know rehab or
  • 00:29:45
    something you need to go to a place
  • 00:29:47
    where yeah you that's it you don't get
  • 00:29:50
    any more chances to come here so
  • 00:29:52
    reincarnation is Central to Judaism
  • 00:29:54
    although back in the day there were some
  • 00:29:57
    people who opposed it like sadya gaon
  • 00:29:59
    probably the most famous Rabbi about
  • 00:30:02
    1100 years ago 1200 years ago who
  • 00:30:04
    opposed it was sadya gaon sadya gaon
  • 00:30:08
    said there is no reincarnation in
  • 00:30:09
    Judaism it's not true it's a Hindu idea
  • 00:30:12
    that came that Jews adopted from India
  • 00:30:14
    or something you know so rafadon who was
  • 00:30:17
    a really big important Rabbi about 1,00
  • 00:30:20
    years ago he didn't hold by
  • 00:30:22
    reincarnation but later Rabbi said no he
  • 00:30:25
    only said that because he was just not
  • 00:30:27
    exposed to it he wasn't exposed to
  • 00:30:29
    Jewish mysticism that was in the time
  • 00:30:31
    before the Zohar was published before
  • 00:30:33
    the arel so at that time all these
  • 00:30:36
    manuscripts were in were secret and
  • 00:30:38
    rafadon just wasn't exposed to it so he
  • 00:30:41
    didn't know about it if he would have
  • 00:30:42
    been exposed to it he couldn't have
  • 00:30:44
    denied it and and I agree with that
  • 00:30:46
    because again if you read a book
  • 00:30:48
    like there's no way you're going to deny
  • 00:30:50
    reincarnation because it's so obvious
  • 00:30:53
    that it's everywhere throughout the
  • 00:30:54
    Torah it explains everything so
  • 00:30:56
    beautifully that you can't really
  • 00:30:58
    understand any tanak figure without
  • 00:31:01
    factoring in reincarnation so it's super
  • 00:31:03
    important and so there's an interesting
  • 00:31:05
    hiic teaching it's kind of funny it's
  • 00:31:07
    ironic so there's aidic tradition that
  • 00:31:11
    sadya gon sinned by ref rejecting
  • 00:31:14
    reincarnation so what was his tikun what
  • 00:31:17
    was his rectification he was
  • 00:31:19
    reincarnated as the
  • 00:31:20
    balov all right cuz the Balto the
  • 00:31:23
    founder of kism was all about
  • 00:31:25
    reincarnation right and there's many
  • 00:31:27
    stories of the balov who went around and
  • 00:31:30
    would do certain rituals to free Sparks
  • 00:31:33
    that were trapped in various animals you
  • 00:31:35
    know I'm sure you've heard these stories
  • 00:31:36
    in a horse maybe in a river or whatever
  • 00:31:39
    he did various blessings and prayers and
  • 00:31:41
    and tiim to elevate Souls that had
  • 00:31:44
    sinful Souls that reincarnated in
  • 00:31:46
    animals and things like that so there's
  • 00:31:47
    aidic tradition that the balov was a
  • 00:31:50
    Reincarnation of sadya that was his tun
  • 00:31:53
    for in a past life rejecting the notion
  • 00:31:56
    of of reincarnation so that today
  • 00:31:58
    probably the two biggest religions that
  • 00:32:01
    hold by reincarnation is Hinduism and
  • 00:32:04
    Judaism at least the more cabalistic
  • 00:32:05
    aspects of Judaism reincarnation is big
  • 00:32:08
    in both other mystical texts the the
  • 00:32:10
    main body of mystical texts in Hinduism
  • 00:32:13
    they're called the upanishads you can
  • 00:32:15
    get a copy today translated into English
  • 00:32:18
    it's fascinating to read and I I'll
  • 00:32:21
    point I'll P pull out some of the verses
  • 00:32:24
    from the upanishads that I read that I
  • 00:32:26
    just as I was reading this I thought wow
  • 00:32:28
    this is like reading something from the
  • 00:32:30
    Torah something from the gamar so look
  • 00:32:32
    what it says the cath panad it says like
  • 00:32:35
    this there's three main duties of a
  • 00:32:37
    person the three main duties of a person
  • 00:32:39
    and this is what it says I quote it said
  • 00:32:41
    the cath panad says the three main
  • 00:32:43
    duties of a person I quote studying the
  • 00:32:46
    scriptures ritual worship and giving
  • 00:32:48
    alms to those in need all right what
  • 00:32:51
    does that sound like it sounds exactly
  • 00:32:54
    like pure kot right shimik
  • 00:32:58
    what
  • 00:33:01
    right soim taught in that the three most
  • 00:33:05
    important things in the world is Torah
  • 00:33:07
    Torah study aod which is divine service
  • 00:33:11
    worship and act of
  • 00:33:13
    kindness and the says the same thing
  • 00:33:16
    study the scriptures ritual worship give
  • 00:33:18
    alms to those in
  • 00:33:20
    need it's the same thing right amazing
  • 00:33:24
    the
  • 00:33:25
    chandad says describes om You Know M
  • 00:33:29
    they when they meditate they say om
  • 00:33:31
    right oh what is what what's the M all
  • 00:33:34
    about so om is called the primordial
  • 00:33:37
    sound it's the sound of creation that's
  • 00:33:39
    the Mantra of Brahman Brahman the
  • 00:33:42
    Oneness the one you know the a the the
  • 00:33:45
    syllable of the a of Brahman is om and
  • 00:33:49
    what does it say I quote with the word
  • 00:33:51
    om we say I agree and fulfill desires we
  • 00:33:54
    with M we recite we give direction we s
  • 00:33:56
    say aloud the honor of that word the key
  • 00:33:59
    to the three kinds of knowledge this
  • 00:34:02
    universe comes forth from Brahman exists
  • 00:34:04
    in Brahman and will return to Brahman
  • 00:34:07
    verily all is Brahman so that's what om
  • 00:34:10
    means like when you're meditating and
  • 00:34:11
    you're saying om it's all about
  • 00:34:13
    recognizing the Oneness that everything
  • 00:34:15
    is in that we're all part of one energy
  • 00:34:19
    it's all one it's like saying like you
  • 00:34:24
    know means past present future
  • 00:34:28
    everything God is everywhere and we're
  • 00:34:30
    all part of that Oneness and it says
  • 00:34:33
    that oh means also like I agree it's an
  • 00:34:35
    affirmation which is the same as amen
  • 00:34:37
    when we say Amen it's the same thing
  • 00:34:39
    somebody says a blessing prayer you say
  • 00:34:41
    Amen you're saying I agree it's an
  • 00:34:43
    affirmation so om and amen actually have
  • 00:34:46
    the same spiritual origin same as amuna
  • 00:34:50
    amuna is all about the faith seeing
  • 00:34:52
    everything is one the Oneness of reality
  • 00:34:55
    that's allun seen God in all things but
  • 00:34:58
    what's even more amazing than that m in
  • 00:35:01
    Judaism om is one of the names of
  • 00:35:05
    God uh you have you heard of the 72
  • 00:35:08
    names of God in cabala there's something
  • 00:35:11
    really important God has many names we
  • 00:35:13
    believe really the whole Torah is names
  • 00:35:15
    of God on the deepest kind of cabalistic
  • 00:35:17
    level the whole Torah is just a
  • 00:35:19
    meditation of different names of God
  • 00:35:21
    from beginning to end and so there's a
  • 00:35:23
    place in the Torah in shot in Exodus
  • 00:35:25
    where there's three vers vers
  • 00:35:27
    consecutive verses that all have 72
  • 00:35:31
    letters they all have exactly 72 letters
  • 00:35:34
    three in a row okay it's the verses that
  • 00:35:36
    talk at the splitting of the sea it
  • 00:35:43
    says that God lifted a cloud before them
  • 00:35:48
    and so on so what it's that verse
  • 00:35:50
    there's three verses and each of the
  • 00:35:52
    three verses has 72 letters and so
  • 00:35:54
    there's a cabalistic thing where a very
  • 00:35:57
    deep like mystical ancient secret that
  • 00:35:59
    you take the first letter of the first
  • 00:36:01
    verse the last letter of the second
  • 00:36:03
    verse and the first letter of the third
  • 00:36:05
    verse and that's one name of God it's a
  • 00:36:07
    three-letter name of God and then you
  • 00:36:10
    take the second letter and then the
  • 00:36:11
    second to last letter and the second
  • 00:36:13
    letter and you put them together that's
  • 00:36:14
    the next name of God then you take the
  • 00:36:16
    third one from the front the third one
  • 00:36:18
    from the back and the third one and you
  • 00:36:19
    put together and there's a chart of 72
  • 00:36:22
    names okay sometimes it's called like
  • 00:36:24
    the 216 letter name because it's 72 *
  • 00:36:27
    three letters each name of God has three
  • 00:36:29
    letters and one of those names of God is
  • 00:36:38
    om so it actually is one of the
  • 00:36:41
    cabalistic names of God so it's another
  • 00:36:43
    interesting parallel so if you were to
  • 00:36:45
    meditate on M there is actually a
  • 00:36:47
    cabalistic meditation where you would
  • 00:36:49
    meditate on each of the 72 names and
  • 00:36:52
    visualize it those three letters in your
  • 00:36:55
    mind and so one of them them inevitably
  • 00:36:57
    is om so it's another very clear overlap
  • 00:37:01
    between Hinduism and Judaism and by the
  • 00:37:04
    way in the list of the 72 names of God
  • 00:37:08
    which number do you think om
  • 00:37:10
    is it's number 30 and I only point that
  • 00:37:14
    out because how do you write M like the
  • 00:37:17
    Sanskrit symbol for M have you seen this
  • 00:37:20
    you know the symbol for Hinduism it
  • 00:37:22
    looks like a 30 right it's like it looks
  • 00:37:25
    like a 30 so I just thought that was
  • 00:37:27
    really cute that the Sanskrit way to
  • 00:37:30
    write m is like a 30 and it's the 30th
  • 00:37:34
    of the 72 names in the Hebrew version is
  • 00:37:37
    om and so that leads me to the next
  • 00:37:40
    thing that we have in common which is
  • 00:37:42
    gatria and numerology and numbers right
  • 00:37:45
    Hinduism has a lot of numerology Judaism
  • 00:37:47
    has a lot of numerology and gatria and
  • 00:37:50
    more than that Hindus invented our
  • 00:37:51
    number system the numbers that we use
  • 00:37:53
    today are Hindi numerals they are famous
  • 00:37:55
    for introducing ing the use of the of
  • 00:37:58
    the number zero which was a big deal and
  • 00:38:02
    using zero in mathematics so the Hindus
  • 00:38:05
    were way advanced in math 2,000 years
  • 00:38:07
    ago 1500 years ago a lot of the
  • 00:38:10
    foundational concepts of mathematics
  • 00:38:12
    came from the Hindus through the Arabs
  • 00:38:15
    the Arabs really bridged you know Europe
  • 00:38:17
    and India and it was actually a bunch of
  • 00:38:20
    rabbis that introduced it to Europe
  • 00:38:21
    because who were the people that knew
  • 00:38:23
    both Arabic and European languages and
  • 00:38:27
    Latin and Spanish and Greek the the
  • 00:38:29
    people who bridged the Two Worlds were a
  • 00:38:31
    bunch of spari Jews cuz the spari Jews
  • 00:38:33
    in Spain they spoke Arabic and they also
  • 00:38:35
    spoke Spanish so there's a number of
  • 00:38:37
    rabbis that are credited with
  • 00:38:39
    transferring Hindu mathematics to Europe
  • 00:38:42
    and creating a a boom in mathematical
  • 00:38:45
    knowledge in Europe in the 1100s 1200s
  • 00:38:48
    1300s so the Eben Ezra is one Abraham
  • 00:38:51
    iben Ezra who was one of the sari Chief
  • 00:38:53
    rabbis and wrote a famous commentary on
  • 00:38:55
    the Torah and the Ian Ezra introduced
  • 00:38:58
    was one of the people that introduced
  • 00:38:59
    Hindi numerals and Hindi mathematics to
  • 00:39:02
    Europe there's a crater on the moon
  • 00:39:04
    named after him because of that there's
  • 00:39:06
    an abenezer crater on the moon so one
  • 00:39:08
    day when we all live on the moon you
  • 00:39:10
    might want to buy a house in the Abeer
  • 00:39:13
    crater on the E ezzar quarter of the
  • 00:39:16
    Moon another person was we mentioned him
  • 00:39:19
    a few months ago Abraham Baria another
  • 00:39:22
    very famous FY Rabbi Abraham Baria who
  • 00:39:25
    was the first to introduce the first
  • 00:39:26
    time we see the quadratic formula in
  • 00:39:28
    Europe was introduced by ra Baria and
  • 00:39:32
    also the quadratic formula we first
  • 00:39:34
    finded the most ancient the earliest we
  • 00:39:36
    see it is in India and the earliest that
  • 00:39:39
    we see it in Europe in the west is from
  • 00:39:42
    uh trus by Abraham Baria so if you do
  • 00:39:46
    like me grade 12 chemistry you're going
  • 00:39:48
    to do a lot of quadratic formulas I
  • 00:39:50
    don't know if you remember this from
  • 00:39:51
    high school um maybe you deliberately
  • 00:39:53
    erased it from your brain because that
  • 00:39:56
    long formula but yeah so the quadratic
  • 00:39:59
    formula was first we see it first in
  • 00:40:01
    India in the East and in the west we see
  • 00:40:04
    it first among rabbis sari rabbis it's
  • 00:40:06
    very interesting so there is that
  • 00:40:09
    numbers numerology the number zero which
  • 00:40:12
    again our rabbis spoke about zero and
  • 00:40:15
    what do you think they called the zero g
  • 00:40:17
    they called it the galal right like a
  • 00:40:19
    circle today in modern Hebrew it's
  • 00:40:21
    called fs and do you know where that
  • 00:40:23
    comes from in modern Hebrew the word for
  • 00:40:25
    zero is F right in in rinic text it's
  • 00:40:28
    called the galal the circle in modern
  • 00:40:32
    Hebrew it's called epes you know where
  • 00:40:33
    that comes from nothing yeah from where
  • 00:40:36
    it has it has a source in the
  • 00:40:38
    Torah so it comes from when ysf was in
  • 00:40:41
    Egypt and he gathered all the grain
  • 00:40:44
    remember Joseph gathered all the Grain
  • 00:40:45
    and then the famine started and people
  • 00:40:47
    had no food so then they came to YF for
  • 00:40:50
    food and this is what they said it says
  • 00:40:54
    in that the Egyptians had no money
  • 00:40:57
    left and the Canaanites had no money
  • 00:41:01
    left and all the Egyptians came to
  • 00:41:04
    Joseph and they
  • 00:41:07
    said give us bread give us
  • 00:41:11
    food why should we die we have nothing
  • 00:41:14
    left and this is what they
  • 00:41:19
    said kasf we have zero money when the
  • 00:41:23
    Egyptians and Canaanites saw their bank
  • 00:41:25
    statement and it's set a zero big fat
  • 00:41:28
    zero on it so they said they told y FF
  • 00:41:32
    we have no money left so it's zero so we
  • 00:41:36
    you see a an ancient source for zero
  • 00:41:39
    again in in the Torah and an ancient
  • 00:41:42
    Hindu uh texts okay the last one this is
  • 00:41:44
    the big one and then we'll conclude the
  • 00:41:48
    big one in especially if you like yoga
  • 00:41:51
    what's a big thing uh in yoga when it
  • 00:41:54
    comes to like centering yourself and
  • 00:41:55
    meditating on the various things in your
  • 00:41:59
    body the breath and what do we associate
  • 00:42:02
    all these things with there's this whole
  • 00:42:03
    notion of chakras right of having
  • 00:42:06
    various chakras depending on who you ask
  • 00:42:08
    there might be five or six or seven
  • 00:42:09
    chakras not more than seven from what
  • 00:42:11
    I've seen a chakra is literally means a
  • 00:42:13
    wheel and it's supposed to represent a
  • 00:42:16
    certain energy in your body a channel
  • 00:42:18
    you know a place a concentration of of
  • 00:42:20
    energy of force it's something to
  • 00:42:22
    meditate on and in short the parallel to
  • 00:42:25
    that in Judaism what is
  • 00:42:27
    always yeah which is the SP right we
  • 00:42:31
    have in cabala all of Jewish mysticism
  • 00:42:33
    cabala is based on the idea of of 10
  • 00:42:38
    Divine energies three higher ones and
  • 00:42:40
    seven lower ones the three higher ones
  • 00:42:42
    are called the M the intellectual ones
  • 00:42:45
    and the Seven lower ones the midot and
  • 00:42:47
    so you have 10 Divine energies that God
  • 00:42:49
    blew into this universe that the whole
  • 00:42:51
    universe is permeated with and it's a
  • 00:42:54
    way for us to basically understand
  • 00:42:55
    everything right they are within us they
  • 00:42:57
    are within the cosmos around us they
  • 00:43:00
    contain the whole universe um like the
  • 00:43:02
    kind of the edges of the physical
  • 00:43:04
    Universe are held by the spot which are
  • 00:43:07
    kind of like or arranged in concentric
  • 00:43:10
    Rings or spheres around the whole Cosmos
  • 00:43:12
    in fact the English word sphere which
  • 00:43:15
    comes from the Greek sphera is thought
  • 00:43:17
    to have a shared atmology with the
  • 00:43:20
    Hebrew so SP and sphere actually have
  • 00:43:23
    some ancient connection because it was
  • 00:43:25
    all about concentric spheres of energy
  • 00:43:29
    around the cosmos and chakra is similar
  • 00:43:32
    because it means a wheel and if you
  • 00:43:34
    actually look at them there's so much in
  • 00:43:35
    common the first chakra at the very top
  • 00:43:38
    is called the crown chakra and the first
  • 00:43:41
    of the SP is called ker ker literally
  • 00:43:44
    means a crown right so it's the same and
  • 00:43:47
    the crown chakra is associated with the
  • 00:43:48
    skull and ker is associated with the
  • 00:43:51
    skull right and then within the skull is
  • 00:43:54
    the brain which for us is
  • 00:43:58
    and those are called those are the four
  • 00:44:01
    aspects of the higher SP you
  • 00:44:05
    have
  • 00:44:08
    and and that's by the way inin you know
  • 00:44:11
    thein it has four parchments the head
  • 00:44:13
    Fillin has four compartments the armed
  • 00:44:16
    Fillin has one compartment and the head
  • 00:44:18
    Fillin has four compartments so if you
  • 00:44:20
    look at what the Aral says he says that
  • 00:44:22
    the head fill and has four compartments
  • 00:44:24
    to correspond to the
  • 00:44:26
    right to the four aspects of the the
  • 00:44:28
    higher SPH and so in Hinduism you have
  • 00:44:31
    the first chakra is the crown chakra and
  • 00:44:35
    then the second one after that is called
  • 00:44:37
    the third eye chakra because you know
  • 00:44:39
    there's the third eye thing you know
  • 00:44:41
    Hindus put the Little Red Dot and the
  • 00:44:43
    Red Dot is it's also ornamental but it's
  • 00:44:46
    supposed to also be like a channel into
  • 00:44:48
    the brain into the inner third eye
  • 00:44:51
    because we all have an inner spiritual
  • 00:44:53
    third eye in addition to our two
  • 00:44:55
    physical eyes so the whole idea of the
  • 00:44:57
    third eye is really big in Hinduism and
  • 00:44:59
    believe it or not it's actually also
  • 00:45:01
    important in Jewish mysticism and that's
  • 00:45:03
    actually the Fillin on a cabalistic
  • 00:45:06
    level filin is supposed to channel that
  • 00:45:08
    third eye the spiritual eye and that's
  • 00:45:10
    why the Tora says to put it between your
  • 00:45:12
    eyes even though it's not we don't put
  • 00:45:14
    it literally between our eyes but it's
  • 00:45:16
    supposed to channel your inner third eye
  • 00:45:20
    now this all sounds very like mystical
  • 00:45:22
    but do we actually physically have such
  • 00:45:24
    a structure is there in your brain a
  • 00:45:27
    third
  • 00:45:31
    eye exactly the pineal gland so there is
  • 00:45:33
    a part in your brain deep in your brain
  • 00:45:36
    there's a little organ called the pineal
  • 00:45:38
    gland and what's amazing is that it has
  • 00:45:40
    photo receptors the pineal gland has the
  • 00:45:44
    same cells that are in your eyes that
  • 00:45:46
    absorb light photo receptors your pineal
  • 00:45:49
    gland has photo receptors which is
  • 00:45:52
    bizarre right it's deep in your brain
  • 00:45:55
    and yet it has receptors light receptors
  • 00:45:59
    like your eyes do and in Birds the
  • 00:46:01
    pineal gland is really up high right at
  • 00:46:04
    the B like right under the the skull and
  • 00:46:07
    so it actually does pick up sunlight and
  • 00:46:09
    it helps them
  • 00:46:10
    navigate so in birds and reptiles the
  • 00:46:13
    pineal glands up top for us it's deep
  • 00:46:15
    inside so we don't use it to pick up
  • 00:46:17
    light but it still has photo receptors
  • 00:46:19
    in it so it literally is like a third
  • 00:46:22
    eye and what's amazing is the pineal
  • 00:46:24
    gland its main job in your body is to
  • 00:46:27
    put you to sleep it's releases melatonin
  • 00:46:30
    melatonin is the sleep hormone so the
  • 00:46:33
    pineal gland is what actually regulates
  • 00:46:35
    your circadian rhythm that's what
  • 00:46:37
    regulates your that's how your body nods
  • 00:46:39
    it has a 24-hour cycle even if you
  • 00:46:42
    didn't look at your clock your body has
  • 00:46:43
    a natural circadian rhythm and the
  • 00:46:46
    pineal gland is the main organ that
  • 00:46:48
    keeps your body's clock going and it
  • 00:46:51
    releases melatonin in the evening it
  • 00:46:52
    gets you tired puts you to sleep and
  • 00:46:55
    then you wake wake up when the Melatonin
  • 00:46:56
    levels drop so that's the pineal gland I
  • 00:47:00
    actually first learned about this from
  • 00:47:03
    one of the world's experts actually at
  • 00:47:04
    York University there's a fourth year
  • 00:47:07
    course about biological timekeeping
  • 00:47:09
    circadian rhythms and there's a
  • 00:47:10
    professor there calling steel who is
  • 00:47:12
    actually does research in on the pineal
  • 00:47:15
    gland and on circadian rhythms and I
  • 00:47:17
    tried to work in his lab but he didn't
  • 00:47:19
    take me so but the class was fascinating
  • 00:47:23
    nonetheless so the pineal gland releases
  • 00:47:26
    melatonin puts you to sleep very
  • 00:47:27
    important really small and it has photo
  • 00:47:29
    receptors like an eye but what's even
  • 00:47:31
    more interesting for Spiritual things is
  • 00:47:33
    that it also has something called DMT
  • 00:47:36
    dimethyl tryptamine which is God
  • 00:47:39
    molecule some call it the god molecule
  • 00:47:41
    or The Spirit Molecule some people take
  • 00:47:43
    it as a drug uh in Native American
  • 00:47:46
    Shaman rituals they do Brew iasa tea
  • 00:47:49
    maybe you've heard of iasa it has DMT
  • 00:47:51
    and it's supposed to open up your mind
  • 00:47:53
    and it's very psychedelic and make makes
  • 00:47:56
    people uh hallucinate and and some
  • 00:47:58
    people say they see God or they hear
  • 00:48:00
    messages they receive prophecy and so
  • 00:48:03
    various cultures around the world
  • 00:48:04
    actually use DMT some people say that
  • 00:48:06
    also in Hinduism Hindu ancient texts
  • 00:48:09
    talk about something called s which is
  • 00:48:11
    like you know the drink of the gods or
  • 00:48:13
    something like that and some people say
  • 00:48:15
    that some people think that Som we don't
  • 00:48:17
    know what it is but some people think
  • 00:48:19
    that s had DMT uh in fact I know one
  • 00:48:22
    Rabbi who has a tradition and he's done
  • 00:48:24
    a lot of research into this I'm not
  • 00:48:26
    going to say his name cuz I don't think
  • 00:48:27
    he wants people to know who he is but
  • 00:48:29
    he's done a lot of research in Judaism
  • 00:48:30
    on DMT and he has a tradition going back
  • 00:48:33
    to the Villa own that look looks into
  • 00:48:36
    DMT from a Jewish perspective and
  • 00:48:39
    perhaps what the tree that was used in
  • 00:48:42
    the
  • 00:48:43
    mishan Apparently those trees have a
  • 00:48:46
    high amount of DMT as well so perhaps
  • 00:48:48
    there was a DMT Connection in the tanak
  • 00:48:51
    in our tradition as well and the the
  • 00:48:54
    pineal gland has DM
  • 00:48:56
    so your brain naturally produces some of
  • 00:48:58
    it and it's believed that that's what
  • 00:48:59
    helps you dream that's what makes you
  • 00:49:01
    dream that's what gives you your dream
  • 00:49:03
    visions and that's why dreams can be so
  • 00:49:05
    powerful and can be prophetic so it's
  • 00:49:07
    the same DMT so you don't really need
  • 00:49:09
    the drugs you know and both Hinduism and
  • 00:49:11
    Judaism agree that you shouldn't take
  • 00:49:13
    drugs to get to that level of Prophecy
  • 00:49:15
    because you do have it in your brain and
  • 00:49:17
    you can upregulate you can your you can
  • 00:49:19
    actually train your brain to release
  • 00:49:22
    more DMT and help you see more spirit
  • 00:49:25
    viral things very interesting Side Story
  • 00:49:28
    there was only one researcher in the US
  • 00:49:32
    that was given permission by the
  • 00:49:33
    government to research DMT and
  • 00:49:35
    experiment on people give them DMT and
  • 00:49:38
    see what happens his name is Rick
  • 00:49:39
    strasman he is like the world's number
  • 00:49:41
    one most famous DMT researcher and Rick
  • 00:49:44
    strasman was born Jewish became a
  • 00:49:47
    Buddhist was like a Buddhist monk for
  • 00:49:49
    like 20 years and he wrote a book called
  • 00:49:53
    The Spirit Molecule he's a scientist and
  • 00:49:55
    he wrote All About he did this research
  • 00:49:57
    on hundreds of people with DMT and he
  • 00:50:00
    believes that it is The Spirit Molecule
  • 00:50:02
    that it has something to do with
  • 00:50:03
    prophecy and what's interesting in
  • 00:50:05
    recent years Rick strasman who was a
  • 00:50:07
    Buddhist for 20 years became a BAL
  • 00:50:10
    Chua and now he wrote a book called DMT
  • 00:50:13
    and the soul of Prophecy and he argues
  • 00:50:16
    that the Hebrew prophets the prophets of
  • 00:50:18
    the
  • 00:50:19
    Tanakh had DMT like Visions based on his
  • 00:50:24
    uh studies on DMT so very interesting
  • 00:50:27
    figure somebody who realized after 20
  • 00:50:29
    years as a Buddhist that that's not the
  • 00:50:30
    right path and that he came back to
  • 00:50:32
    Judaism uh so that's the thing with with
  • 00:50:34
    DMT interesting story and DMT is in the
  • 00:50:37
    pineal gland the third eye chakra the
  • 00:50:39
    pineal gland in your brain the Fillin is
  • 00:50:41
    supposed to channel the same thing
  • 00:50:43
    cabalistic texts say that this is the
  • 00:50:45
    mystery of the Torah saying that belam
  • 00:50:48
    remember belam that he wasum that he had
  • 00:50:51
    a closed eye that cabalistic texts say
  • 00:50:54
    the closed eye was his inner eye was his
  • 00:50:56
    third eye you know in in the brain and
  • 00:50:59
    the arel says that Fillin is supposed to
  • 00:51:01
    channel that same energy the inner light
  • 00:51:04
    in your brain and the AR says that's why
  • 00:51:07
    Fillin has to be made of leather because
  • 00:51:09
    how do you say leather in
  • 00:51:11
    Hebrew right or with an and he says
  • 00:51:14
    that's really like or with an Al means
  • 00:51:16
    light so it's supposed to remind you
  • 00:51:18
    that it's actually about the inner light
  • 00:51:20
    in your brain in the M the deep in your
  • 00:51:24
    brain so so even the the Fillin is on a
  • 00:51:27
    very deeper mystical level supposed to
  • 00:51:29
    channel the third eye and King Solomon
  • 00:51:31
    also alluded to this King Solomon said
  • 00:51:33
    in he
  • 00:51:36
    said the wise man his eyes are in his
  • 00:51:39
    head so the zor says what do you mean
  • 00:51:41
    the his eyes are in his head the zor
  • 00:51:43
    actually says there's like it's the the
  • 00:51:44
    eye in your head your inner third eye
  • 00:51:47
    that's what King Solomon was saying that
  • 00:51:49
    the wise man has his eyes in his
  • 00:51:52
    head so it's all alluded to secretly
  • 00:51:56
    in the in the Torah so that's the third
  • 00:51:59
    eye chakra and then you have the throat
  • 00:52:01
    chakra the throat chakra is what we
  • 00:52:03
    would in in the Z in the tree of life in
  • 00:52:06
    the that would
  • 00:52:08
    be is about the breath and that's where
  • 00:52:10
    air flows through and that's at the
  • 00:52:12
    center of all the other SP and then you
  • 00:52:14
    have the heart chakra which is like
  • 00:52:16
    which is all about love and compassion
  • 00:52:18
    and all that and then you have the solar
  • 00:52:19
    chakra which is about fear so it's the
  • 00:52:21
    gur it's the pad it's the de it's the
  • 00:52:24
    opposite so it's very very similar to
  • 00:52:26
    the way that we look at is this
  • 00:52:28
    description of chakras and they have the
  • 00:52:30
    sacal chakra which is Y which is
  • 00:52:32
    everything with reproduction and then
  • 00:52:34
    the root chakra at the very bottom which
  • 00:52:36
    is like Mal and that's associated with
  • 00:52:38
    the mouth just like in we say Mal Mal
  • 00:52:42
    associated with the mouth so the chakras
  • 00:52:45
    and the have a lot in common there's so
  • 00:52:48
    much similar between Judaism and
  • 00:52:49
    Hinduism in some ways even more than
  • 00:52:51
    with Christianity and Islam which are
  • 00:52:53
    really our our closer cousins but
  • 00:52:56
    there's a lot in common between Judaism
  • 00:52:57
    and Hinduism so how do we put it all
  • 00:52:59
    together a yehudi a Jew is a yehudi and
  • 00:53:03
    the Hindu is a hodi right it's spelled
  • 00:53:05
    the same way but with one letter
  • 00:53:08
    difference right the yehudi has a UD in
  • 00:53:10
    front the hodi is like the yehudi
  • 00:53:12
    without the ud so if you take the the
  • 00:53:15
    god part if you take AEM theud out of
  • 00:53:19
    Judaism then you have the Hinduism right
  • 00:53:21
    you have once you take it out and you
  • 00:53:23
    make it polytheistic you have the
  • 00:53:25
    right the the Jew is like the hodi with
  • 00:53:28
    god with the one God Even in our names
  • 00:53:30
    there's a connection between the hodi
  • 00:53:32
    and the yehudi and in fact we were
  • 00:53:35
    connected throughout history it seems
  • 00:53:36
    like we were so separated but actually
  • 00:53:39
    our history is intertwin and the talmud
  • 00:53:41
    even has this interesting the first time
  • 00:53:43
    I saw this I was blown away but in it
  • 00:53:46
    says that there was a rabbi his name was
  • 00:53:49
    is what it says rabuda Hindu rabuda the
  • 00:53:52
    Hindu there was a rabbi 2,000 years ago
  • 00:53:55
    bit less 1500 years ago who was called
  • 00:53:57
    RAB Yehuda the Hindu and the tal says
  • 00:54:02
    Hindu he was a g he was a convert there
  • 00:54:05
    was a Hindu man who converted to Judaism
  • 00:54:08
    and he didn't just convert he became a
  • 00:54:09
    rabbi he was a big enough Rabbi to be
  • 00:54:12
    mentioned in the talud and the talud
  • 00:54:14
    brings him to say that because he
  • 00:54:16
    converted and he had no family so he had
  • 00:54:18
    no Yin he had no inheritors so the talud
  • 00:54:23
    brings his case to to explore what
  • 00:54:25
    happens when a convert passes away what
  • 00:54:28
    happens to all of their stuff cuz if
  • 00:54:30
    they don't have family and they're no
  • 00:54:31
    longer connected to their Gentile family
  • 00:54:34
    what do you do with their things so it's
  • 00:54:36
    an interesting case so there was even
  • 00:54:37
    back then 1500 years ago a Hindu Jewish
  • 00:54:41
    rabbi mentioned in the
  • 00:54:42
    tud and there are of course lost tribes
  • 00:54:45
    in in India maybe you've heard of some
  • 00:54:47
    of the Lost tribes are thought to be in
  • 00:54:49
    India there's a community called B
  • 00:54:51
    manasha the B manasha community in India
  • 00:54:54
    believes themselves to be descendants of
  • 00:54:56
    the Lost tribe of men that they were
  • 00:54:59
    exiled you know 2 and a half thousand
  • 00:55:01
    years ago to the far east as well and
  • 00:55:04
    it's believed that many of the Lost
  • 00:55:05
    tribes went there to that region to
  • 00:55:07
    Afghanistan for sure there's lost tribes
  • 00:55:09
    you know a lot of bukharians say that
  • 00:55:11
    were're lost tribes like Afghanistan
  • 00:55:13
    usbekistan all that whole region and
  • 00:55:14
    further east in in India so the Ben
  • 00:55:18
    manasha believe that they are
  • 00:55:19
    descendants of mines and there are today
  • 00:55:21
    many Indians who are not necessarily
  • 00:55:23
    related to B Min but believe themselves
  • 00:55:25
    to be Jewish you know descendants of
  • 00:55:28
    Jews and have various interesting
  • 00:55:30
    traditions and rituals that they think
  • 00:55:33
    comes from their ancient Jewish
  • 00:55:35
    ancestors and even our recent history
  • 00:55:37
    overlaps this is another striking
  • 00:55:39
    parallel because when was the state of
  • 00:55:42
    Israel
  • 00:55:43
    formed 1948 and the partition plan was
  • 00:55:46
    just a few months earlier in November
  • 00:55:49
    1947 and in August 1947 just a few
  • 00:55:52
    months before that was when India got
  • 00:55:54
    independence right so India got
  • 00:55:56
    independence they celebrate their
  • 00:55:58
    independence day on August 15 1947
  • 00:56:01
    that's when India got independence from
  • 00:56:03
    the British and then just a few months
  • 00:56:05
    later the British also gave up up Israel
  • 00:56:07
    handed it over to the UN and the UN
  • 00:56:09
    partitioned it so within a year of each
  • 00:56:11
    other in less than a year India and
  • 00:56:13
    Israel got independence really from the
  • 00:56:16
    British or the British Empire so that's
  • 00:56:18
    another thing that links us together and
  • 00:56:20
    since then we've both had issues with
  • 00:56:22
    our Muslim neighbors so there's also
  • 00:56:25
    that whole problem and so really that
  • 00:56:27
    makes Israel and India natural allies I
  • 00:56:29
    mean we should be natural allies so yeah
  • 00:56:31
    Israel and India have been actually
  • 00:56:33
    growing even closer and this is the most
  • 00:56:35
    interesting which and then I'll finish
  • 00:56:37
    because this is just fascinating in the
  • 00:56:39
    last century two of among the biggest
  • 00:56:42
    and most famous Hindu
  • 00:56:44
    yogis were
  • 00:56:46
    Jews in India Yogi yeah one was called
  • 00:56:50
    Swami vianda world famous people from
  • 00:56:53
    all over the world come
  • 00:56:55
    to get you know blessings from him but
  • 00:56:58
    he's actually a Jew and a holocaust
  • 00:57:00
    Survivor and his you won't believe his
  • 00:57:02
    real name
  • 00:57:05
    Abraham it's funny but Abraham became
  • 00:57:09
    Swami
  • 00:57:10
    vianda he you you know now he's tanned
  • 00:57:12
    with a big beard but you know he he
  • 00:57:15
    could be aidic rebi so he was he was
  • 00:57:17
    born to aidic family he survived the
  • 00:57:19
    Holocaust after the Holocaust he was on
  • 00:57:22
    a ship to Israel and somebody told him
  • 00:57:24
    why you going to Israel you just came
  • 00:57:26
    from war over there there's more war go
  • 00:57:28
    to India it's peaceful there you should
  • 00:57:30
    go to India so he said all right I'll
  • 00:57:32
    try it so he went to India and ended up
  • 00:57:33
    becoming a yogi and now became like
  • 00:57:35
    world famous one of the top Hindu yogis
  • 00:57:38
    in the world and he's actually Abraham
  • 00:57:40
    is from aidic family but he's Swami
  • 00:57:42
    vianda to many millions of Hindus and
  • 00:57:47
    similar to him is a a woman a Jewish
  • 00:57:49
    woman named mea alasa anybody ever hear
  • 00:57:52
    of mea alasa so mea alasa was a Sparty
  • 00:57:55
    woman a French Sparty she had Turkish
  • 00:57:58
    Egyptian uh parents and her father was
  • 00:58:01
    like all sparties you know big into
  • 00:58:02
    cabala and whatever so she grew up
  • 00:58:05
    reading his cabala library and then she
  • 00:58:07
    became a Mystic she joined a cabalistic
  • 00:58:10
    circle hidic cabalistic circle in Poland
  • 00:58:13
    and eventually wanted to explore all
  • 00:58:14
    this mysticism further moved to India
  • 00:58:17
    when she was young in India she met a
  • 00:58:20
    Hindu very famous Yogi named srio rindo
  • 00:58:24
    Maybe of Shor Rob bindo and he told her
  • 00:58:28
    that he recognized within her the Great
  • 00:58:30
    Divine mother the cosmic mother like
  • 00:58:33
    something like a Hindu Virgin Mary or
  • 00:58:35
    something I don't know I used to use a
  • 00:58:37
    pick a myself yeah exactly yeah it works
  • 00:58:41
    so but then he created this whole cult
  • 00:58:43
    around her and when she when he died in
  • 00:58:45
    1950 she took she took over the movement
  • 00:58:48
    and it became a massive movement and she
  • 00:58:50
    even built a city which is called
  • 00:58:52
    Oroville and uh it became like it was
  • 00:58:54
    supposed to be like a model community
  • 00:58:56
    and to this day people go there to
  • 00:58:58
    pilgrimage there and she once had a
  • 00:59:00
    vision of like a golden dome and she
  • 00:59:03
    actually they built a golden temple it's
  • 00:59:05
    actually look pictures on the internet
  • 00:59:07
    but they built a a big Golden Temple uh
  • 00:59:10
    it's called the matri mandir you know
  • 00:59:12
    it's the Mother Temple and uh there's
  • 00:59:15
    it's a whole community and you can go
  • 00:59:16
    and live there so people pilgrimage
  • 00:59:18
    there they spend six months a year to
  • 00:59:20
    live in nature without electronics
  • 00:59:23
    nothing and it has its own Farm schools
  • 00:59:26
    restaurants it's like a self- sustaining
  • 00:59:28
    community and there is also an Israeli
  • 00:59:31
    Cafe so if you ever go there and and
  • 00:59:33
    it's closed on Shabbat so uh it's I
  • 00:59:36
    don't know if it's koser but it's I
  • 00:59:37
    think the whole place is vegan so is she
  • 00:59:40
    still po theistic no she's she's passed
  • 00:59:42
    away but it's still very Hindu yeah it's
  • 00:59:44
    all it's like it's all it's like a yoga
  • 00:59:46
    retreat basically people go there for
  • 00:59:48
    that kind of thing yoga healing natural
  • 00:59:50
    living all that since the 60s people
  • 00:59:52
    would go there for the whole hippie
  • 00:59:54
    experience you know like Israeli like
  • 00:59:56
    IDF soldiers after the army or like
  • 00:59:58
    Americans like the Vietnam years and all
  • 01:00:00
    that like leave the west and go and have
  • 01:00:03
    that whole hippie experience in the East
  • 01:00:05
    and like get rid of all your belongings
  • 01:00:06
    and just like sleep on the floor no
  • 01:00:09
    electronics and no worries and no money
  • 01:00:11
    that brings me to my last point which is
  • 01:00:14
    that in the last you know 50 60 70 years
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    even more really there has been a trend
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    of Jews going to the east Jews looking
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    for meaning and spirituality in e
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    Eastern philosophies and Buddhism and
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    Hinduism and other things and um just
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    like Mir alasa just like Rick strasman
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    and Rick strasman is a good example
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    because we should remember that we don't
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    need to go there we actually have all of
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    this mysticism and spirituality and
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    depth in our in our Torah in our Judah
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    and we really kind of had it first it
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    all dates back to Abraham you know to
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    who's the forefather of of all of us and
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    we've carried on this direct tradition
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    monotheistic as it should be without any
  • 01:00:54
    Idol Tre you know for 4,000 years
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    whereas in the East these ideas that may
  • 01:00:59
    have come from Abraham but they mixed in
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    with local polytheism local idolatries
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    and over time they just got jumbled
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    together and so there is truth there and
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    it is attractive to people but it's also
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    mixed with a with idolatry and there's
  • 01:01:12
    no need to go there when we have the the
  • 01:01:15
    pure unadulterated version right here we
  • 01:01:17
    just have to understand it properly
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    study our own faith and our own Heritage
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    and our own holy text because they have
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    all of this the mysticism The
  • 01:01:26
    Reincarnation the numerology the third
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    eye and the DMT and whatever you want uh
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    it's all part of the Hebrew tradition as
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    well so you just have to look in the
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    right places and you'll find it we don't
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    have to look East we just have to look
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    Inward and the true path is is right
  • 01:01:41
    here so we'll end with that
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