June 10, 2024

Shavuos Reflections: Faith in the Digital Age

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Season 7

What if you could transform your ordinary digital habits into profound spiritual insights? This episode is a journey into the fascinating parallels between our everyday acceptance of digital terms and conditions and the Jewish people's monumental acceptance of the Torah. Much like how we click "yes" on website cookies without a second thought, the Jewish people declared "Nasev V'nishma" (we will do and we will hear) at Mount Sinai, accepting Hashem's divine gift with unwavering trust and faith.

Join us as we reflect on Shavuos, celebrating this historic and transformative decision that turned a nation into the chosen people. We draw thought-provoking analogies between the trust in a reliable brand and the ultimate faith in Hashem's gracious offer. From mundane clicks to spiritual heights, this episode promises an inspiring look at how a single act of faith can elevate us to greatness. Don't miss this engaging conversation that bridges simple daily actions with profound eternal truths.

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It's one of the great lies of the world.

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The checkmark, the clicking yes on the button that says I have read and agree to the terms and conditions.

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You know that little box that they ask you to check off when you're checking out at a website.

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It seems everyone just clicks yes.

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They won't even let you go forward and purchase the product unless you have submitted that you have read and agree to the terms and conditions.

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Who can really say that they have read the terms and conditions?

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What about those cookies on the internet that one accepts when they go to the webpage?

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You go to look up the news, you go to safaricom to find the source you're looking for and you accept cookies.

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Whatever these cookies are, we're very quick to just get that pop up out of the way.

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Click yes, I accept cookies, block cookies, who knows?

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But we don't know what they are.

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But, quickly, we're willing to accept the cookies and accept the terms and conditions in order to proceed with that which we want.

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And why?

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And the answer is obvious because when you know something is safe, you trust the brand that you are purchasing from and you inherently believe that there is something good, that you want this product and it will make your life better.

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Well then, you care very little about whatever terms and conditions there are.

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When the Avishter, he came down and gave us the Torah and chose us and made us the Amanevchar, the Amsegula, a kingdom of priests, a kingdom of uplifted individuals, we said Nasev Anishma, we agree, we want it, we accept the cookies, we accept the terms and conditions.

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Don't you want to read all the terms and conditions?

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It's the boy Re'oila, it's the master of the world giving us the opportunity of a lifetime.

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We don't need the terms and conditions.

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And while that Sadducee called Reva part of the Amalpaziza, the impetuous nation just jumping into things, it's because he didn't understand that when something is so basically and obviously, it's plain as day.

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It's Barakah Chama, inherently good and phenomenal.

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You'll deal with all the paperwork later.

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That's Nasa Venishma.

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You don't ask for the paperwork.

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When your father wants to give you a million bucks, you trust daddy.

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You don't ask for the cookies, the terms and conditions.

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When your Rebetzin makes you a delicious cheesecake, you definitely don't ask for the terms and conditions.

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When your Rebetzin makes you a delicious cheesecake, you definitely don't ask for the terms and conditions or even think for an extra second if you should be offered to learn Chavrusa with the Chavetz Chaim.

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When something is so obviously incredible, you don't have to wait and see all the different details.

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That's Nasev and Ishmael.

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And we were chosen and we got the opportunity of a lifetime and we capitalized on it.

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And now we get to eat the cheesecake.

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We get to party because we're no longer like every Joe Shmoe in the Shuk, but we're like Yosef, not a Joe, we're elevated to a Yosef because of this day of Shavuos that we commemorate and recall the time that we accepted the terms and conditions and made the greatest decision in history to accept the Torah from Hashem.