Traveling Rabbis 2002- on Maui- Israel & Mendel

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Rabbis Mendel & Israel were introduced by Popular local Chabad Rabbi Sholom Schusterman. We traveled to Iao Valley to the park to sit and share…

 
Summary & Transcript Below…

[00:16]
Introduction and Cultural Spirit

• The opening features a vibrant musical segment emphasizing the “Maui Style” lifestyle, which embodies island living, sunshine, love, and family unity.
• The music and lyrics encourage uplifting spirits, helping one another, and celebrating togetherness, reflecting the warm community spirit of Maui.

[03:18]
Guest Introduction and Context

• The host introduces two guests, Rabbis Israel and Mendal, referred to as “traveling rabbis,” visiting Maui as part of their broader mission.
• They represent the Chabad movement, known for sending students worldwide to connect with Jewish communities and individuals.
• The goal is to bring a Jewish infusion of Shalom (peace) and Aloha (love/greeting), merging Jewish and Hawaiian cultural values.
• Maui’s Jewish population is about 2,000 in a 100,000 population, with a history of cultural acceptance and integration.

[05:09]
Mission and Experience on Maui

• The rabbis have been on the Hawaiian islands for about three and a half weeks, originally from New York, where they study Torah, Talmud, and Kabbalah in yeshiva (Jewish university).
• Their mission is to locate Jewish people, provide spiritual connection, and educate them about Jewish identity and practices at their individual levels.
• They highlight the contrast between the fast-paced New York Jewish community and the warm, welcoming nature of Maui’s residents, both Jewish and non-Jewish.
• The rabbis have quickly bonded with the Maui community, attending local celebrations and making lifelong connections.

[07:53]
Community and Terminology

• The rabbis explain the concept of “Ohana” (Hawaiian for family) as analogous to their concept of “Mishpacha” (Hebrew for family).
• Their approach is informal and relational: visiting homes for conversation (“talk story”) to build bonds rather than formal proselytizing.
• They emphasize unity among Jews, rejecting division by religious denomination.

[08:52]
Jewish Denominations and Chabad Philosophy

• The rabbis clarify that the Chabad movement seeks to unite all Jews regardless of their level of observance or affiliation (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, etc.).
• They reject the notion of sectarianism, emphasizing that all Jews share a common soul and origin from Mount Sinai.
• Chabad is Orthodox in practice but inclusive, focusing on respect and bringing Jews closer to Judaism in their own way.

[11:39]
Challenges and Practices on Maui

• The rabbis note practical challenges, such as limited kosher food options on the island, requiring effort to maintain observance.
• Despite this, they maintain full Orthodox observance, including wearing tefillin and keeping kosher.
• Many people they meet only identify as Jewish culturally without deep knowledge of the religion, which the rabbis seek to address.

[12:10]
Interfaith Relations and Local Attitudes

• The rabbis observe that non-Jews in Maui are generally curious, kind, and open to learning about Judaism without prejudice.
• They recount positive interactions with people of diverse backgrounds, including Palestinians and Syrians, highlighting Maui’s unique atmosphere of acceptance and “good vibes.”
• Their outreach includes respectful conversations with non-Jews as well, emphasizing common humanity and shared divine origin.

[15:37]
Jewish Texts and Tradition

• The rabbis explain core Jewish texts:
  • The Torah: The five books of Moses, fundamental scripture.
  • The Tanakh: The Hebrew Bible, including the Torah and the Prophets (Old Testament).
  • The Talmud: The oral law and commentary elaborating the Torah’s laws and meanings.
• The Torah provides commandments but often requires interpretation, which the Talmud supplies as an “owner’s manual” for Jewish life.

[17:05]
Oral Torah and Kabbalah

• The Oral Torah was given alongside the written Torah to Moses, passed down through generations, explaining deeper meanings.
• Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, reveals spiritual, esoteric meanings behind the Torah’s literal words.
• The Zohar is the foundational Kabbalistic text, authored by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, exploring spiritual worlds, angels, reincarnation, and mystical insights.
• The rabbis highlight that many Jews are unaware of Kabbalah’s depth and its Jewish origins, often mistakenly associating reincarnation with Eastern religions.

[19:42]
Personal and Social Aspects of Judaism

• Marriage and family are central in Jewish life; rabbis must be married to serve as spiritual leaders.
• Judaism emphasizes creating family, building community, and making the world a better place through ethical living.
• The Sabbath (Shabbat) is a weekly 24-hour rest and family gathering, prohibiting business and focusing on spiritual renewal.

[22:15]
Mitzvot (Commandments) and Physical-Spiritual Connection

• Jewish commandments (mitzvot) connect physical actions with spiritual intention, e.g., wearing tefillin during prayer.
• The mezuzah, affixed to doorposts, contains scripture affirming God’s unity, symbolizing bringing holiness into daily life and the home.
• Judaism encourages active engagement with the world rather than retreat, stressing honesty, kindness, and bridging Heaven and Earth.

[23:50]
Jewish Education and Rediscovery

• Many Jewish youth lack deep knowledge due to limited education and parental knowledge gaps.
• The rabbis stress the importance of exploring Judaism deeply before seeking spiritual ideas elsewhere.
• They share examples of Israelis and others rediscovering Judaism through Jewish outreach worldwide, often finding richness in their heritage previously overlooked.

[26:11]
Vision for Maui and Broader Projects

• The rabbis envision creating retreats and self-sustained communities with Jewish spiritual elements on Maui and elsewhere (e.g., South America, Arizona).
• They emphasize the Jewish tradition of transforming deserts into oases, symbolizing renewal and peace.
• They view their work as part of a divine providence connecting people and moments with meaning, emphasizing no coincidences but purposeful encounters.

[29:22]
Anecdotes of Connection and Community

• Multiple stories illustrate small-world connections: meeting locals, finding Jewish people unexpectedly, and forming instant bonds.
• They highlight the warmth and friendliness of Maui residents, including Jewish and non-Jewish alike, sharing spiritual and cultural exchanges.
• The rabbis appreciate the openness and hospitality of the island’s people, often receiving help and kindness in their outreach.

[35:06]
Aloha and Spiritual Parallels

• The rabbis note linguistic and cultural parallels between Hebrew and Hawaiian:
  • “Aloha” means love and also God in Hebrew.
  • “E” in Hebrew means island, coincidentally matching Hawaiian place names.
  • “Kahuna” means priest in Hawaiian, similar to the Hebrew “Kohen” (priest).
• They speculate on possible lost tribal connections or shared spiritual heritage, emphasizing respect and mutual admiration.

[38:56]
Call for Peace and Unity

• The rabbis express hope that Maui’s spirit of openness, acceptance, and unity could be a model for wider peace, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• They affirm their experience studying in Israel and interacting with diverse people there, noting the complexity and humanity often missing in media portrayals.

[40:04]
Personal Experiences in Israel and Egypt

• They recount positive, respectful experiences in Egypt and Israel, emphasizing the kindness of people despite political tensions.
• They encourage support for Israel and the Jewish nation, alongside support for peace and democracy in the region.

[44:01]
Message of the Messianic Era

• The rabbis discuss Jewish belief in a future Messianic era: a time of universal peace, harmony, and end of suffering.
• They emphasize the role of individuals in preparing for this era by increasing goodness, kindness, and mitzvot.
• They acknowledge differing beliefs about the Messiah’s arrival but focus on shared values of peace and moral improvement.

[46:12]
Contact Information and Local Chabad Presence

• The rabbis provide contact details for their Chabad organization based in Brooklyn, NY, and local Chabad houses in Hawaii (Oahu).
• They highlight local rabbis Rabbi Michel and Mrs. Pearl Kranski, leaders in Hawaiian Jewish community work.
• Contact numbers and emails are shared for further outreach and connection.

[48:00]
Stories of Blessing and Charity

• They share stories about the late Rebbe, a revered Chabad leader who distributed charity weekly and gave blessings to people in need.
• A notable story involves a couple struggling with infertility who received a blessing connected to lighting Shabbat candles, resulting in the birth of a child.
• The rabbis emphasize charity, kindness, and mitzvot as pathways to blessing and spiritual connection.

[49:31]
Core Message to the World

• The Rebbe’s enduring message is that the Messiah is ready to come, and people must add goodness and kindness to hasten this arrival.
• Everyone is encouraged to perform acts of kindness and mitzvot appropriate to their ability and level of observance.
• The goal is universal peace, love, and spiritual unity.

[52:57]
Demonstration of Tefillin

• The rabbis demonstrate the ritual of putting on tefillin, a daily Orthodox Jewish practice for men over 13 (Bar Mitzvah age).
• The tefillin contain parchments with Torah verses, worn on the arm and head during prayer, symbolizing devotion of heart and mind to God.
• The wrapping rituals symbolize connection to God’s name and the seven spiritual attributes of a person.
• The practice is described as a spiritual “DSL connection,” linking the physical act with divine prayer.

[56:02]
Closing Prayer and Blessing

• The rabbis recite the Shema Yisrael, a central Jewish declaration of faith: “The Lord is our God, the Lord is One.”
• They encourage viewers to take a moment to pray, perform mitzvot, and make the world a better place wherever they are.
• The closing returns to the uplifting music and spirit of Maui, reinforcing the themes of togetherness, love, and community.

1. 1. 1. Key Highlights

Topic	Details	Significance
Jewish Outreach Mission	Traveling rabbis from Chabad connecting Jews worldwide, including Maui	Promotes unity and Jewish identity
Chabad Philosophy	Inclusive Orthodox Judaism, uniting all Jews regardless of observance level	Bridges denominational divides
Core Jewish Texts	Torah, Talmud, Tanakh, Oral Torah, Kabbalah	Foundation of Jewish law and spirituality
Maui Community Spirit	Warm, curious, open-hearted, non-prejudiced community	Unique environment for interfaith harmony
Jewish Rituals	Tefillin, mezuzah, Shabbat, mitzvot	Physical-spiritual connection in practice
Messianic Era Belief	Future peace era initiated by individual acts of kindness and mitzvot	Hope and motivation for ethical living
Intercultural Parallels	Linguistic and cultural similarities between Hawaiian and Hebrew traditions	Symbolic possibility of shared spiritual roots
Stories of Connection	Personal anecdotes illustrating divine providence and community bonds	Emphasizes meaningful human connections

Summary

This interview and cultural exchange with Rabbis Israel and Mendal, visiting Maui as part of the Chabad outreach, highlights the mission of connecting Jewish people worldwide and fostering unity beyond denominational boundaries. The rabbis share deep insights into Jewish texts, traditions, and mystical teachings, emphasizing the inclusive and practical nature of Judaism. Maui’s welcoming and diverse community provides an ideal setting for their work, reflecting a spirit of aloha and shalom. They discuss the significance of mitzvot as bridges between physical and spiritual worlds and the hopeful anticipation of a Messianic era marked by peace and kindness. Through personal stories and cultural reflections, the rabbis illustrate the universal values of compassion, learning, and divine providence. Their message encourages all people to embrace goodness, deepen spirituality, and build bonds of family and community wherever they are.

Aloha welcome to another Mama presents the Maui Arts and Music Association promoting art art and music and culture and energy and environment and all good things uh has a distinct pleasure I am sitting right between two gentlemen these gentlemen are both rabbis Israel and mendal have come to us

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here in Maui they’re a wonderful gift I call them the traveling rabbis we were going to start a group to traveling will berries but we thought this was one step better first of all Israel mle Welcome to our show Shalom thank you how you shaloha as you say shaloha a boning nism Bon I like to give credit to Bonnie Newman who took Shalom and Aloha and married them up shalom means peace peace peace peace what an appropriate word for always but surely today you know and when you’re traveling

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around get a lot of commentary from all kinds of people sure trying to bring the Aloha and especially our job is to bring the Jewish infusion Shalom and Aloha the shaloha to bring a little of the Shalom you know a bit of a Jewish refusion to the people that’s what we’re all about you know we have a very interesting Island here I think we probably have a couple of thousand Jews in a 100,000 population but our last mayor uh Linda lingle who’s in fact running for governor is also a Jewish woman so

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that’s pretty interesting and uh I think people here I sure hope people here are colorblind and culturally blind and that there’s no friction in fact I know a gentleman here who’s Palestinian who runs a pizza place who uh I mean has Jews working for him it’s very different thank God and I hope that that that’s what we bring you know sure that’s what it’s all about so how long have you been traveling we’ve been on the islands for now for about uh three and a half weeks

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we came from New York we’re both Yeshiva students studying in New York Yeshiva is a word for University yes pical College college we’re studying over there Torah studies talud cabala all different studies studying to become rabbis and in the summertime the organization which we belong to the kabad organization sends out all the students all different parts of the world you got the good pick we’re fortun this assignment you know not everybody gets to come to Hawaii we have friends in Greece we have

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friends in the Philippines friends friends of ours went down to Russia Siberia all different places around the globe with one idea go out there find every person every Jewish person which we’re primarily focused on finding every Jewish person give them a little infusion everyone on their level teach them one more step what a Jew means what it means to be connected to God and that’s where we’re going around it’s been a great trip so far now on Mari we’ve been already two weeks met

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hundreds of Jewish people and it’s unbelievable I know you know we’re coming from New York we go always into people’s offices in Manhattan nobody has time people AR rushing make another dollar you come into a person’s home over here please come inside sit down Jew and non-jew alike they’re happy they’re nice and it’s been a pleasure and it’s really great people on the island oh well see I think that’s what happens so we come here and we stay that’s I that’s what happened to me I

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came here to kind of rest and relax and said you know I want to see what I can do and add into this beautiful place cuz I I love this place and there’s such a warm Spirit you guys have made friends yeah last night we were at a a friend’s birthday party javana happy birthday also I should Lono happy birthday we’re not telling you what day this is he keeps it secret um you know Lona who does the opening song and my friend musician and uh you guys were a hit like everyone has known you

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forever you’re absolutely totally bonded in this community and welcome always welcome I’m sure you know beautiful how that’s just in the last couple of weeks huh you know we we’re we’re family from way back we go back thousands of years with some of these people so it’s kind of in the gene you know we just Bond right there like when we met you and it’s unbelievable thing it’s just family mishak as we say inl mishak means family family we call family here we call it

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Ohana Ohana Ohana is family because it really is very interesting you know we we call different people and we say can we come over to your house we like to Shmo a little bit speak a little maybe say some together what do we call that here I need you to call in witho just conversate conversate a little talk story we call it around here right okay and people ask like you know what’s your objective I don’t know you do I know you I don’t think we know you what do you what’s your agenda what’s

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your angle what’s your hit and we always tell them you know as Jewish people one family back from creation back from in the time of Mount sa when we all standing there and God gave us the Ten Commandments gave us the Torah so we’re really won it’s like I’m I’m coming to meet along lost cousin if you can say and just to connect a little bit and they oh wow please come inside let’s sit down a little bit it’s a really funny thing you know what as I’m sitting and listening I’m thinking you know I’m from

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New York you guys are I want to say the Moder day kabat kabad is a I want to say a sect I think there in the Christians they might say they have Protestants and episcopalians and you know some talk about Orthodox conservative and reformed Jews based on how much of the practices you actually embrace into your daily life I that right know yeah some people tend to label people is it done by the Jews I mean like I remember going to a conservative congregation versus is an orthodox congregation I’ll

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tell you kabad actually revolutionized this whole concept that there is there is no reform conservative or Orthodox we’re all one nation and especially times like today is it’s not like you know there just not you just don’t have enough involvement to make people you know different you know just you know diverse and separate we need to bring people together unite them and everybody can come to one sh one synagogue it’s like and whatever you practice in your own life that really isn’t that’s

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irrelevant you just come and you do what you can have you traveled with this or do you have uh conversations when you get home like I was in Columbus Ohio and there were distinct an orthodox congregation a distinct conservative Congregation Reform they didn’t even talk about in these groups reformed I’ll tell those are Christians I’ll tell you um Jewish in the Jewish Community there’s all these deers the Orthodox they reformed they conservative there is all these groups meaning one practi is more

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Judaism one practice is a little bit less the vision of the rabbi laabi the leader of kabad movement and leader World jury um said let’s look at it a bit different instead of making these differences of how much one practices or how much one how much more one practices or how much how little one practices let’s look at what we have all have inside of us we all have a Jew inside of us we all have a soul we’re all one of one nation so yes true we are Orthodox Abad Movement we are Orthodox and we

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keep the Torah to every little thing you know here on the island it’s pretty hard for us to eat we don’t have any kosher delies we got to look at the stores to find those kosher labels and we walk with the keep on the Titus and we’ll keep every single L to the most we are Orthodox but with that we go in and we say let’s respect every Jew for what they are every person on their level whatever they practice let’s respect them for that and try to bring them one step closer to Judaism you know we meet

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so many people which just about the only thing they know is that they are Jewish more than that what does a Jew mean I don’t know they know I’m Jewish we call them up you Jewish I’m Jewish I mean are you involved oh I don’t even know what that means that’s what we’re going after trying to explain them trying to teach them one more step bring them closer do you find you you speak to uh quote non-jews in a different way I mean um I just saw your sharing for example with uh Lolita right not the one from the

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book and uh you know I mean she’s a non-jewish it seems don’t you feel that incredible love and Aloha it I always look you were talking about how Jews and uh the rebi the rebi is the rabbi right from yeah who uh said let’s not look at our differences let’s look at what we have that’s alike well that’s sort of exactly how I went into politics I’m not interested in combat I’m interested in cooperation and see what is it about us that bonds us and brings us together when you go outside

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of the Jewish for people that are not Jewish now do you sense a difference I I have not really seen here on the island really any level of prejudice if anything more I think people are curious and would like to know and share more about what Judaism is by all means people on the island are extremely kind to us extremely receptive everybody that meets us oh you’re Jewish what does that mean you know we never really actually met a practicing Jew you know we don’t really see them they’re not so they’re

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not a Target like you guys are wherever you are you know people can see us you know we’re Jewish walking out the yamaka we got the Garb so you know it’s it’s people are unbelievably receptive and unbelievably curious and nice and kind and we really I mean it’s all over in Hawaii it’s special I mean it’s definitely um a special energy A vibe which people have the island spirit and they really connect well and on all levels and we connect with anybody just the other day I was actually standing in down to earth

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and there was a Syrian guy I met and he know how’s it and how’s everything and oh yeah you’re from New York you know I have to usually explain I’m not from Israel I’m not from Jerusalem I’m a New York boy born in Brooklyn and you know and so we just connected very well and then I see the guy that the next day up in P so it’s like a real small island wherever you go and it’s like a boomerang wherever you know the way you treat people that’s the way it’s going to come back at you so you got to

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always put out you know Good Vibes and and that will really bring positive energy and for the most part on a religious perspective actually the re’s vision was that we have to you know in Judaism we not actually we don’t really convert we’re not into prizing and we have a hard enough time actually maintaining our old accounts Jason like the insurance business why get new business we have lots of old business we can’t really create new ones so you know we we we studied that for a

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long time to try to maintain your old accounts and don’t worry about creating new ones cuz we have enough old accounts because ultimately every person Jew and non-jew alike was created in God’s image as we always say we’re all God’s children every person has their job the Jewish person has their job and the non-jew has their job making this world a better place that’s for everyone in life so every person we speak to and I called the other night day a phone number wasn’t Mr Baker and I thought he was a

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Jewish person I had his name start speaking we here students coming to visit Jewish people he says well I’m not Jewish and he was like expecting me oh sorry but on I said no so how you doing you know we’re all God’s children ended up having conversation with him for over 45 minutes about just different religions and different cult CH and it was really really really beautiful respecting one religion to another one is one of the bases of the Jewish religion yeah I mean the Jewish belief

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the T you know everybody hears about that to the well let’s we’re going to get idea there’s the Torah which is the five books of Moses Five Books of Moses and the books of the prophets okay right the five books of Moses and the books of the prophets which together is the Old Testament the tanak yeah the tanak and old on that we have the commentary of the tomwood which actually elaborates which was also given Tom is what tomwood is it’s the Jewish law and it’s actually it elaborates on

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the five books in the five books you find a lot of it’s like sort of like codes you read things over there it says should tie them on your hand as a sign on your hand and put them between your eyes what when where how you know you have no clue so what you do is you open the T and the Tama tells you you know this is what Moses G this is what he passed on traditionally that we l sort of like an owner’s manual for a Jew exactly you got you know you got little the short script and then you open the

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town and you get the owner’s manual and you know when the Jews get together to put an owner’s manual it’s not that simple it’s a lifetime to get to read that thing you should see the board meetings at our Temple here good because together with this that God gave us the Torah which was written by Moses and God told him what to write which was the old which is the Old Testament the Torah together with that there’s also what we call in Hebrew the Torah shab the oral Torah which means while God gave the

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Torah to Moses told them what to write down he also gave with that the explanation that he didn’t write down that Moses passed on to his students and they passed it on to the next Generations explaining what the Torah means cabala cabala also yeah cabal is that different yes yes in what way I I just went to Columbus Ohio and had an experience about cabala cabala is different than Torah what is it let me explain a little what the cabala is and especially in today’s world everyone’s into cabala madon everybody’s studying

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everyone studying cabala let us understand a little what is cabala the five books of Moses the Torah was given by God on Mount sin okay every word of the Torah has its literal explanation like it says God took us out of Egypt it means God took us out of Egypt with Miracles but yet since every word in the Torah is God’s words obviously there’s a deeper meaning behind everything and that is what the cabala does the cabala and primarily the first book The Zohar written by RAB shimai the Great Sage

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cabalistic Mystic Sage he started going into the depth of Torah explaining what everything means on a spiritual level together with the fact that everything is literally talking in this world on a regular physical sense there’s also as we believe there’s Angels Above there’s more mystical or spiritual worlds and the cabala takes and teaches us what every word of the Torah means in a deeper level on a Mystic level now I don’t think we have time here for this discussion but I know that for example I

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found it fascinating that in the cabala there’s a words about and talk about again anything I’m seeing written was written because it was all cabala was oral but what was written talks about astrology reincarnation things that I don’t think most Jews have any idea at all yeah I mean a lot of Jews they they imagine oh reincarnation that’s from the East you know actually I one time I had a college student walk up to me and say Rabbi Rabbi listen this Jewish stuff it’s very Western it’s a western

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religion I’m more inclined to the east you know so I actually I thought about it for a moment and I and I said you know if you really get into Judaism Judaism has the west and the East and it really brings them both together you know or to put it more exact they were both like sort of grew off you know branched off Judaism in the in the Jewish religion there’s the T there’s the money law I mean that’s that’s where the cup you know the the business comes in and we’re really

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into down to earth you got to live got to family you know we have to get married you know I’m I’m actually looking if anybody’s out there um he’s he’s actually more desperate no but um we have to get married we’ll send some phone numbers up here and we will in fact but yeah but is that right yes in Jewish tradition a rabbi has to be married the high priest who was like in the time of the temple he had to be married at Old Times in order to serve the nation I mean basically you have to have a family I

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see you know cuz the point and purpose of a person in this world is actually to have children to develop to actually make the world a better place and have family and family security you know not Social Security Family Security so like this you you know you know make money have a family so that’s one part of Judaism it’s like the shabas you know we Saturday we get together the grandparents come in the parents all the children we have a meal 24-hour rest period no business is allowed so that’s one part of the

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religion the other part of the religion is the mystical part we have meditation reincarnation is is all over the books the Zohar I mean it’s on every page of the zoh you could probably read about reincarnation and the Heavenly spheres and and the higher realm the world and what and what it says about all this you know all the spiritual hype that we’re hearing all over is actually sourced and based and all out in the open in the cabala and it’s just been hidden for how many of you have known

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that I bet we’re going to have a run on cabala books at Borders or who is our book sellers I don’t want to slide any of guys Walen books Barnes & Nobles you don’t have we don’t have Barnes & Nobles oh my God we got to get a Barnes and Nobles I think it’s we’re going to put a request in the New York for Barns and Noel ultimately to add what Israel is saying ultimately that is what all the Mitzvah are Mitzvah which are in the Torah the Commandments which we do every day the Mitzvah is

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connecting the spiritual and the physical like for example the Mitzvah we spoke about before putting on theill when one prays some have the custom to go pray they’ll go into the forest they’ll go somewhere and meditate Himalayas away from the world in Jewish religion we believe that no go out there pray and every morning we pray we put on the TM we pray in the morning we pray in the afternoon we pray in the evening every time before we’ll eat something we’ll say a pray we’re busy praying all

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the time but what God says I want you to take a physical object of this world and use that to make that Holy like we’ll soon see with a Fillin we take something physical and we make we pray with that when we pray actually we are supposed to pray for our physical needs not just going away on a spiritual level we are connecting the spiritual levels with the physical the mza I know every Jewish mza you see the things at the door yeah it’s a little it’s a little scanner in every Jewish Home your

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bank account little scanner this is a little mza usually you find this when you enter in the in a synagogue or in a Jewish Home on the door what is the idea I mean in here we have the shama hero Israel the Lord is our Lord the Lord is one and it’s written by a scribe on parchment with special ink with a feather every word every letter is has to be carefully written and then we put it on the door post what is the idea the idea is to bring spirituality bring God into our day-to-day life in our home a

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home where we live when we do our day-to-day life bring godliness bring Holiness into that and that’s what Judaism teaches us don’t run away in theas don’t run away to a far away place the world don’t sit in the forest be out there in the world do business but don’t cheat don’t lie be an honest person be a good person bridge the gap from Heaven and Earth and bring it together I can’t agree I can’t agree more no I I am just I guess I’m so fascinated because as a Jew growing up I

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really never knew so much about Judaism it was taught to me in such a fixed and limited way way that I really never got to explore Judaism before you know that’s very true a lot of most of the Jewish Youth and a lot of the Jews Jewish youth in Israel or in America actually they never really have a chance to explore you know the parents only know a limited amount they haven’t they weren’t really educated they weren’t really they didn’t have a chance to study so much and therefore

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there’s a big lack of knowledge and it’s important that before people go seek um knowledge in other places you have to know that it’s all in your backyard and it’s it’s and there’s a big big treasure there there’s a lot there I tell you I have a friend a rabbi in KATU wow these guys get around they got a whole network he’s a rabbi he lives there he’s not just tring there he actually lives there and he says he has over there hundreds and thousands of Israelis coming by every day and very

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interesting many Israelis were not brought up religious in any way have never seen a synagogue they were Bar Mitzvah but they were forced to go to the rabbi they did the bill and 10 minutes after that they were added there and they’re going out there you know after the Army many of them they’re searching they’re searching there’s so many different religions and they’re checking into this and checking into that and over there while they’re searching out there in the Far East

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looking for different cultures of the world that’s where they find the Judaism and they start thinking wow my religion my culture my Heritage has so much in it I got to go back to Israel and study it now sometimes in your home when it’s right there you don’t find it when you go out further away you find it and the same thing we’re finding over here in Maui so many people somewhere else wouldn’t be interested at all in religion or anything spiritual over here when we come over to they’re so open and

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they’re please teach me and explain me and it’s really beautiful everyone finds it in their place but ultimately it’s in there every Jew every person has the burning fire connection to God in there we just have to reveal it a little bit see and we have Maui so the secret is we’ll have this kind of thing here we’ll do retreats to Mali you think we can orchestrate that sounds good sounds good we’ll do that through us some healing yeah you know there’s a gentleman who’s

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right now back in New York in fact though tell you about it who is looking to have the Third Temple of Solomon oh yeah here on Maui on Maui thought you were going to say in the Temple mount in fact dream Maui which is my website you know we don’t really explore it there because it’s a future project but trying to create an self- sustained ideal Community is place in South America gavota self-sustained Community 1974 they was celebrated as an incredible self-sustain community and the world has

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done nothing with it and we’re looking to see about taking Gaviotas and Aros Santi development in Arizona and here you know and put them all together into a Maui project but the Jews they were able to take this piece of desert you know it’s it’s the Jews and others as well I must honor them taken desert and turn it into Oasis Oasis here we have such a great potential and a place of Peace shaloha we have an oasis over here and we just got to try to bring at least for the you know for the Jewish crowd a bit of a

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Jewish twist yeah you know we believe a Jewish crowd we’re all a Jewish Crow you believe how many of you are like Bagels we got to check you believe everything in this world is Divine Providence you know we were speaking the other day the idea of coincidence isn’t that a great one there’s no such thing as coincidence when a person goes somewhere and person meets we’re meeting here it’s Divine Providence God’s orchestrating everything that happens people seeing this show you know sure that’s all coin

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inance things meet in a very precise way what a gift King David was once turning to God and said I don’t understand why you’ve created everything he didn’t understand what was the need of the spider and he was trying to understand what’s the need of a spider a few years later he was running away from King Saul King Saul was chasing after King David and he was looking for somewhere to hide he jumped into a cave while he was in the cave a spider made a whole spider web and blocked the opening of

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the cave while the soldiers of sa King Saul were running by they figured King David can be in this cave if he would have jumped in there the the spider web the web would have been broken and King David came out he turned to God and said now I understand why there’s nothing in this world that you created for nothing and that’s with talking about people that’s talking about animals talking about plants and everything and out here in M we learned a lot about all the beautiful things of God’s nature and

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different plants and it really is a been big learning experi experience all different things that have here but you get to realize how yes every single plant everything that was created was created by God is orchestrated by God and has a reason so same thing over here if we’re sitting together here in Maui looking for Jewish people or just trying to be good for their Island ultimately it’s all God’s purpose and we’ll see how God and we will take it from what way I think we should tell another story about

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coincidence CU it was so fun when I met these gentlemen the other day we sat and we were talking and he said he do you know any other Jewish guys we can meet any people and I said let’s see who am I going to pick here I know a guy and uh I said nikil Ananda nikil Ananda many of you know uh my friend and cohort from the green party and just a wonderful guy and uh we sent you on your way we were gone and tell them what happened I think that was a great story tell that story actually we were sitting in Starbucks um that morning and

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after we finish a meeting as we we always try to do we try to shake shake the people out not for shekels not for some dollars we shake them out yeah we shake we try to shake them out for some names so we can continue our lead and continue our wonderful day and see where it brings us so as we were shaking Jason down he dropped a couple of names and one of them was nikil Ananda Niland and we didn’t have actually the faintest clue where we can find him we just had a name and a number on a little Starbucks

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pie tissue actually Starbucks napkin and um we we take that number you know I put it in my pocket and I’m actually off on my way to find U Mr Steve LaVine who’s actually running the American Lung Association he’s actually doing a wonderful job as you say bring putting a little breath into Breath of Life into the lungs aloh Aloha exactly and you know he’s really letting people breathe easier these days and he’s you know we went to meet him and he wasn’t in so I knocked on the next door office and

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I asked you know where can I find person who’s heading the American Lung Association he said um he’s not in but if you want I can give you his number like people are always real nice around here they’re always giving us people people’s numbers if they would only know what we but um they gave us his number and um we walked out we walked outside and I I’m actually calling the number you know trying to leave a messages machine and mendal brings it to my attention it’s like where’s that tissue

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where’s that tissue that you have with Nik niiki and I see a truck with green bumper stickers on it with a license plate and I give him the thing he’s like wow this guy this guy must be in the area maybe he has an office here it’s like um I I have no idea let’s go back into that office and ask we walk into the office they look us what are you guys doing here again we understand one visit a day is more than enough we’re like um we’re looking for a gentleman miik aanda like and I see the guy

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sitting at the front desk almost fall off off his chair cuz that was him and he’s like what what are I owe you guys money or something what are we doing what you know lawsuits or anything no but we’ll arrange a bill yeah we’re actually looking special for you we’re actually looking to do a circumcision we told him so we fainted again but um you know it was it was unbelievable we met him a real nice gentleman we spoke for a while we fanged we schmoozed you know it was is another for is like a little yeah

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it’s like a little gathering we say you know we say a toast with a little um you knowe or absolute and you know we bless each other and that’s a little old cidic with a little Russian twist tradition and um little twist yeah we understand twists okay so you know that’s what we do we FBR a bit that we connected and was and he was actually fascinated he told us he’s only in on Mondays at that at that location so he’s actually never now that was the the minute the day the second and right after we met you

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coincidence coincidence it doesn’t get better than that and that’s one of our many stories many as I say we could just be walking and I’ll see a person Hey what how you doing do you know this and this oh yeah that happens to be my cousin who’s a rabbi in California and everybody you know it’s like it’s a real small world we live in real small world today it’s a one world one pass you know globalization I’ll add you another story on that same note we’re standing hanging

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around in P next to the mon foodsa food is a good place the health foods a lot is a place where you can find a lot of our kosher products oh that’s right they don’t have any meat you know meat has to be kosher and everything has to be kosher so over there it’s pretty much easier to find with the kosher symbol and the prices are really good let me get that we got to give it to them you know the prices are really we understand it cost them a lot of I’m sorry it cost them a lot of money

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to ship in the food we will send you a bill for this yes by all means anyway that’s good so we’re standing appreciate Mana Foods very much and down to earth good ones yeah down to earth good ones we’re standing outside over there we see this guy sitting in a car convertible long hair he drinking a beer he’s having a good time drinking a beer not in the car that’s sorry that ignition wasn’t on okay okay and uh we were just walking by minding our own business and he’s like

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Shalom so we’re like Shalom and we keep going many people tell us Shalom they see us with the yamaka and the beard they they know we’re Jewish they say shalom we we answer Shalom we go away this as we’re walking fur this guy tells him yes I am I am well like turn around you are you are what he says I’m Jewish why let’s speak a little I haven’t seen rabbis 30 years and he says 30 years I’m on this island I haven’t seen a rabbi wow we go over to we start smoing we speak a little bit

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and he we tell him that we’re here we want to visit Jewish people maybe we’ll come up to to your home he says nah it’s my home you’re not coming I live way up on the Hanah High we said no no no just give us your mile marker tell us how to get there and we’ll see you he says okay he gives us his phone number he gives us that mile Mark of directions fine Sunday this this past Sunday we drove up that beautiful drive down through the rainforest beautiful I mean it was unbelievable but ultimately we reached

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his home he was shocked to see us and we actually sat in his home for a while he was brought up back in New York I think New York New York he knew all about religion but over the years Mari lost it and he was so happy to get as we say a breath of life know aloha we over here we hear all about Aloha in Hebrew the word aloha means god so many people don’t even know that aloha means god so we’re bringing a breath of Aloha a breath of God to these people I know when you say God so many people don’t

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even know what what does God mean you I just remember a little joke I remember hearing in one of the sermons maybe it was Yom Kor sermon it was the teacher the teacher that came into class one day it was a Grade Three class and says I want everyone to make a picture of what they most relate to God okay one child makes a Muggin David a star of David one another one makes a Nora another one makes a prayer book another one made a picture of the clouds and this other child makes a picture of a scale a

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bathroom scale fine the teacher going through calls up every child explain how do you explain your connection with this picture of God one with the monora explains the one with the clouds gods in the heaven they finally reached the child that made a picture of the scale and what is the connection of a scale to God child says I really don’t know anything about God the only thing I do know is when my mom gets on the scale to weigh herself she screams oh my God you know people don’t have understanding that’s what we go out to

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try to explain them a little bit what does God mean the technical answer what does God mean God is something the creator of everything God is close to everyone God is someone you could pray for your needs God is someone we can we could connect to around here generator of divinity yeah yeah that I mean yeah that’s more a cabalistic term oh is it I would say so and as we say in in in Hawaiian Aloha God isn’t that a great thing you know they they’ve said and it has been said that the Hawaiians are actually the Lost

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tribe you know they have a lot of similarities the Hawaiian first of all I like to point out that the word e in Hebrew actually means Island e an i how do E I never how do you spell I would say maybe e i okay the word e in Hebrew actually means Island so Hawai e Malik Lai kwaii you know and so on and so Maui and Maui sorry sorry Mau they say we know the lingo I mean so basically it’s you know you guys are in we try to get around the hotels we say we’re training learning we always got to get a

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deal but um that’s funny yeah so we got you know e is Island and actually you know you hear a lot about you know what you hear a lot about here is the you know the Big Kahuna Kahuna means Kahuna means priest in Hebrew the koha means priest in Hebrew the Coen the kohen is the high priest that’s the Big Kahuna so and then they have the Cities of Refuge over here in Hawaii so there’s really a lot of similarities I’d say there’s a lot of Jewish influence whether they’re from

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the Lost tribes or not I love them to I’d love for them to be because they’re really good people you know you know we can use a bit of Hawaii also you know when we talk about that I I have never really uh felt uh Prejudice in my life and I’ve always sort of been color blind and religion blind Maui is just an openhearted place it’s almost as when you’re sitting in Maui all religions and all people have the opportunity to come together melting pop the world is what we think it is the

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world is how we treat each other if Israel and Palestine and all that problem could take a snapshot of the kind of life that we live here all of us together right be a different place may we bring our love and Aloha to the people of the world and Israel and Palestine amen amen let me add no my friend Israel and myself we studied in Israel for 2 and A2 years Jerusalem T Aviv up in we’ve been around yeshivas over there over for around 2 and 1/2 years we studied there and the people of Israel the Jews of Israel you know sometimes

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from far and when all you know about Israel is from what you see on television you got a you have a total different view of what it actually is over there I mean from being over there studying in Israel people in Israel Jewish people in Israel and same the Arab people in Israel very very nice people good people you’ll find anyone will do a favor to another people be will will help each other no problem you know with the whole situation going on over there things are very tough but just a few years ago when

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my friend Israel and myself we we were in Israel we took a trip down to Egypt yeah we trip took a trip down to Egypt we went with our keepa with our tius the Jewish symbols out no we weren’t hiding anything we spent a day over there we went horseback riding we went the motorcycle Doom bugging Doom bugging it’s real cheap over there you knowling you go in a lot it’s probably like a 100 bucks just to do the Doom buggies while you go there you spend the day in Egypt scuba diving and doom bugging and

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horseback riding whatever you want just for $100 was a really cool trip and actually when I was younger I was here for a week and a half here we do that in Vegas we got the fake pyramid okay but um you know you know I remember when I came back from one of the activities I so mle sitting there with a whole bunch of you know other Egyptian young people and schmoozing and fanging with them actually you know amazing it was amazing I was for bra for yeah and I was speaking all about Judaism and Israel

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and how it’s God’s present to the Jewish people and they were just listening with open mouth they don’t they didn’t even know all the things I was telling them with full respect and if people would only have a little more study a little more a little more understanding of what’s going on in Israel they would look at it totally different Israeli people they put up they put up the state years ago trying to be as kind as they can to the neighboring countries all the wars before the Israel was trying

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shouldn’t be War trying to do everything in a peaceful way and even till today when they go out with their Armed Force trying to be as careful as they can not to kill any women and children not any civilians what can you do you have what’s very important you got to keep yourself safy and that’s what we support Israel tell anyone that could please go to Israel send money to Israel support the Jewish nation support the Jewish nation support the Arab nation support the world over there and make it a

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peaceful Place basically support a democracy you know uh a real class class made democracy say that sorry about it’s God speaking wind soon as we talk about Israel we get the wind the the world’s shaking already but um yeah we’ll be good so it’s actually you know it’s it’s this there’s something that we have to really look into and that Israel is trying to bring some clarity and Sanity to the region you know I don’t want like Mendo saying it’s it’s not jalalabad I

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guarantee you you know Tel Aviv is is not Afghanistan it’s Western as anything beautiful people are nice you feel like you’re in America and living over there you feel safe you know the Fright is all from here when you live in Israel you feel when you watch CNN that’s in your blood pressure that’s going up but when you’re there I’ll tell you a story he spoke about friendly I one time I was 15 years old my parents sent me to study in Israel and I was hitchhiking from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv at the time and I

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was here everybody was hitchhiking I think it was even safer than riding a bus so you know I’m hitchhiking one one evening and this gentleman picks me up he’s like where you going oh you studying you studying and this gentleman was totally secular not not religious at all weo and BR the bit along the way he says by the way you know word yeah we got to get it in so um you know he says by the way if are you hungry I’m like I’m not particularly hungry says you know I’m hungry I’m going to go have a meal I

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want you to join me I’m like what are you crazy or what are you it’s like yeah come go out to this restaurant to Tel Aviv person takes me out for a full meal like listen you’re a student I have to take care of you you need pocket money let me give you some some guilt you know some some cash and you know that that’s just one of the many stories how people are over there that sounds like me here I hear you well I uh I think that’s a whole separate subject I think the the best part of what we do is we are I hope

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living breathing example of people and people knowing that we’re Jewish only should be a blessing and that we lead by example by the quality of life and the way we treat each other and hopefully that is something that we can all share and carry to the world and um if I can add ultimately we believe as all religions believes especially the Jewish religion believes that there will be a time of Peace one of the basic foundations of the Jewish religion and from the Torah is that ultimately there’s going to be a time which is

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called the Messianic era mashia Messiah is going to come and bring peace and Tranquility to the world there’ll be no more hunger no more no more jealousy no more killing and as all our sages in the last Generations have told us this time is coming all the signs that we have in the world from positive signs and negative signs are all leading to this point that we are reaching the Messianic era theab has has pointed out many many different things happening in the world which are leading to this idea of peace

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and Tranquility the Messianic era and that is ultimately our job to prepare oursel to bring mhia to prepare oursel to make ourselves ready to greet mashiah and to do something to hasten his coming and when we say do something what does that mean we say adding goodness adding kindness doing another Mitzvah making the world a better place it should be a place ready for the messiah’s coming now we’re not going to spend time talking about those that believe the Messiah the Messiah has already come that’s for

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another day but uh you know I’ve had a really good time talking with you guys and I know that people out here would love to share with you more I think we’re going to do the tfillin in a minute but what I’d like to do is get your names and numbers up on screen so why don’t we share with them how they can get in touch with you Israel and mendal do you have one number or two numbers um just for starters we have we are from the kabad organization which run out of Brooklyn New York that’s laich kabad

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laich World Headquarters um we also have a Lo we also have a local kabad house in Hawaii we also have a Lo we also have a local kabad house in Hawaii that is won by very great people the rabbi and the rabbitson which is the rabbi’s wife Rabbi ichel and Mrs Pearl kranski they rabbis in aahu doing great work you know before we come out here we stop by them and they give us everything we need to be able to come out over here so they are theab of the islands so we’re going to see their phone number and uh address

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and website I think huh yeah and how about you guys I’ll can contact you know at we have a Cell It’s 8087 85335 8087 85335 and a email I bet email email the best way of connecting today is email I have my email address that’s mendal s my last name is Silverstein like every Jewish that has a Ste gold m e n d e l s s s standing for Silverstein at hotmail.com Hotmail or Rabbi Israel at Hotmail or Rabbi Israel at hotmail.com great you know I we’re going to get to this other part and the rains are coming

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we talk about isra rain is blessing from God God is sending us some blessings this has been a blessing for me I hope that whenever you’re in the islands you’ll come back share with us on the show and personally you’ll come over oh sure I’ll cook and just just just for a finishing note a CNN reporter once came by the babure rebbi babure rebbi would distribute every Sunday afternoon dollars thousands of people would stand over there and seek the re’s blessing from the most respected people

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presidents Prime Ministers great thinkers to the most simple person four people would come the re would give out a dollar bill trying to show an example of giving charity sharing to others and everyone would have a chance to be able to ask him their blessing and miraculous stories of the rebi people just lately I heard a story of someone came by the re asked said that I’m married for 17 years and I haven’t had children can you give me a blessing and the re said the blessing is there all you have to do is

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make a vest to receive it and the RAB told them the woman to start lighting Shabbat candles which that is something all Jewish women do when right before Friday at sundown right before sun the sun goes down we light a candle it’s a special time for the woman to be able to pray to God for herself for the family it’s a special time so the rebi said by you doing this special Mitzvah commanding of lighting the Shabbat candles and by your husband starting to Dawn the toil which we will soon see in a moment that will make a

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vessel to be able to receive God’s blessing right away they told the rabie sure will be happy to do that and a year later they were they were blessed with a with a son beautiful son yeah it’s a great and miraculous stories of of people that would come and seek the Reb’s blessing and the Reb would give them God’s blessing so a CNN reporter came by with a camera to the rabbi and asked the rebbi rabbi what is your message to the world the rebi answered to the camera and then it was played played over time and time

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again the rebbi said like this my message to the world is that mashia the Messiah is ready to come now all we have to do is add in goodness and kindness finishing with that note of every person doing their what they can add in kindness in goodness helping a fellow friend helping one another and for Jewish people adding a little mitzvah for women lighting the Shabbat bath candles or putting a muuza on the door men Dawning theil or just anyone in their way a little prayer a little connection to God a little everyone One

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Step higher that is ultimately go hasten and make us ready to receive this great time which we are all awaiting the coming of mashia now and we here like to think that we can lead by example if we’re setting an environment some believe the Messiah has come some are waiting for the Messiah let us all live with the goodness and kindness in our hearts and bond together in peace so that everyone can experience the blessing you know for sure I mean that’s the most the most important thing actually is that we’re

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know that every person should just do a a physical material favor to another person not only a spiritual favor but also material favor which that everybody can agree that giving a hungry person a piece of bread is good there’s no there’s no you know difference an opinion on that so the main thing is that we do good to one another and those that have to do it with the with the yish GU with a bit of Judaism they have to do their part and you know that will bring as you know M’s talking about

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Messiah this Messianic era which actually the the um truth about it and the whole is basically it’s going to be a world of peace and just goodness and like you say it’s going to be good you know good energy people are going to feel good not going to be any or illness no death you know just as one of the prophets say call upon him that God will wipe away the tear from every face and we definitely need it today in America and in Israel and all over the world that you know this just the that it’s genuine

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I know good I wish this show could go on we’re running low on time so why don’t we do our closing and then I want to show The Filling okay gentlemen thank you thank you very much Jason you’re a real mench and I want to see this on CNN of it I’ll give a copy that you can share with all the world okay it’s my blessing to you thank you very much we really appreciate that you had us on we were able to meet had us on and just thank you sh we the people of Maui we thank you as well thank you thank you

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very much God bless you God bless shaloha shaloha we know Jason your time is precious and we appreciate every second of it every second of it I’m going to jump up and we’ll do the next one yeah we’ll be doing now is we’ll be putting on the tfillin I’ll explain what’s going on as a go on over here I’m taking out the Fillin the part that we put on on the hand is a mitzvah for Commandments misah meaning commandment for every Jewish man May from the age of bar mitzvah from the age

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of 13 and on and this is actually the way we get Bar Mitzvah many people don’t know what bar mitzvah is Bar Mitzvah we have the party of the bar mitzvah but actually putting on the thein is the celebration of becoming Bar Mitzvah which is when a child the boy becomes 13 by a girl when she’s 12 years old she becomes B Mitzvah the Mitzvah is to put on every single day in the morning that’s to fill in in this box which is made out of leather there’s four compartments in there there is

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parchments written on them by a scribe with a feather special ink different parts of the Torah starting from the part of is which means hero Israel the Lord is our Lord the Lord is the Lord is one put inside over here and as I will show you we put it on our arm facing the heart the idea showing that we are connecting subjugating devoting our heart to God right before we put it on we say a little prayer what I have done over here is over here I wrapped it three times making a Shin Shin representing the name of God sh sh

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over here we wrap it seven time showing that we are connected in our seven attributes a person has love fear might and so on WE connecting every level we have within us to God also we put it on the on the head showing and representing that we are connecting our mind our brain which is in our mind connecting to God so we have over here our heart and mind connected to God and with that we make our prayer we also wrap it around the middle finger making the special bond the wedding bond with God you know praying is something a

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person could do any time any place the best place always to pray is obviously in the synagogue and it’s a time to mention the great synagogue we have over here and the great Rabbi Rabbi David right over here in K but a person could pray anywhere what better place is there to pray right over here right next to God’s nature wearing the to fill in it’s as we say in today’s Times maybe a cell phone a little d SL connection that makes the prayers go straight up to God let me take this moment of saying the

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special prayer which Jews said throughout the history of all times in the better times or in the worse times they always turned to God and said here o Israel the Lord is our Lord the Lord is one with that great belief in God knowing the Oneness of God Jews always pray to him and people always pray to him knowing that God will take care of all our needs whatever it may be in any time and they closing this is something all of you can take the time put on the theill in say a little prayer or do a good thing make

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this world a better place no matter where you go no matter what you do take that Maui Style with you cuz if you Ain Maui stying you just living on an island sty let me down sty let me down sty down down there is in your heart it’s been with you from the star lift your head look to the heavens then you will feel again don’t me nowy Downy let me Downy me down sty don’t let me down reach out your hand and help each other your mother your father your sister and brother there is love in this

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family pick up and get on your don’t me now sty don’t let me down Mau stying don’t let me down don’t let me Downy me [Music] Downy up country sty sty sty [Music] hyy [Music] sty sty sty let me Downy me [Music] Downy St St [Applause] e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e