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How Lakewood Sees a Farbrengen

Lakewood native Yehoshua Goldstein attends a chassidic farbrengen for the first time in his life. Watch his reaction. Video

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To be Selfish or not
November 5, 2015 11:51 pm

Is our Avodah for ourselves (retirement plan in shamiyim) or for HaShem? Does HaShem care or not is a huge question!

Brought in Chassidus
June 8, 2015 3:03 am

From Kabbalah (I think R’ Meir ibn Gabai) עבודה צורך גבוה. There is also a similar explanation on לא זז מחבבה עד שקראה אמי. R’ Manis speaks straight Chassidus, but is able to bring it across in its revolutionary-ness.

sources posted on 11213.org
June 7, 2015 11:36 pm

Daily . There are many but a couple of good references are accompanying each days video

Rebbe ZYA"A'S explanation
June 7, 2015 5:19 pm

When a parent feeds a child and says, “Take a spoonful for
Zadie,” then a spoonful for Totty,etc., who getting the nourish-
ment. Not Zadie, etc., but the child. Who is benefitting when
we do Mitzvos for Hashem? We are!

We need Hashem, Hashem doesn't need US!
June 7, 2015 4:47 pm

Rabbi Manis Friedman is not clear, and goes off tangent. I wish this man didn’t have to experience his first farbrengen with such words and come to conclude that not all farbrengens explain chassidus in that light.

brilliant
June 7, 2015 3:39 pm

This is a brilliant project / ‘documentary’!!!!! Its sad that some people r too boxed in to get it. Its amazinG. Cant wait to follow this

#4 You should know
June 7, 2015 2:13 pm

Sources are needed for novel concepts that require explanation. These are ideas on which the entire foundation of Chassidus is composed. We say things but we don’t thing about what they mean. We say every day “עבדו את ה’ בשמחה”. How can you serve Hashem if He doesn’t need it. And if He does need it (i.e. He chose to need it), then He must need it infinitely, more than we need air.

Yossi A
June 7, 2015 2:02 pm

TO #4

In you בר מצוה מאמר.

"Chachomim" Hizoharu bdivreichem.
June 7, 2015 12:48 pm

If you say something without explaining it right away then you are being machshil. Don’t be cutsie by thinking you are being “super clever” . You are not speaking to impress others with your cleverness but to poiel on someone else. If so much clarification and explanation is needed to make your words acceptable then either explain right away or don’t say it.

I agree with comment #4
June 7, 2015 12:40 pm

Rabbi Friedmans classes are amazing.

But as comment #4 wrote. I wish he would share sources for what he is saying, so that the person listening can further read up on the topic and get a better understanding of it from the sources.

Sources?
June 7, 2015 12:33 pm

I’ts called Dira B’tachtonim. Hashem set it up so that without our mitzvos, there can be no Dira B’tachtonim. So yes, Hashem “needs” our mitzvos!

Also, Hashem desires a relationship with us – and there can be no relationship is it were one sided. So yes, Hashem “needs” our acceptance of Him, our “Crowning” of Him on Rosh Hashana etc, in order for that relationship to be true! By desiring this relationship, Hashem chose to “need” us.

That’s for starters.

Mani's Friedman
June 7, 2015 12:04 pm

This is a brilliant series!!! I can’t wait to watch each one!!! Seeing our life and chassidus through someone else’s! Brilliant!!

sourses
June 7, 2015 11:28 am

Rabbi Simon Jacobson posts sources to everything he says. Rabbi Friedman.. Sources please

continued ... from # 1
June 7, 2015 11:27 am

if u dont emphasize that.. u get hagshomo like this fellow is talking… it dosnt seem he gets it.

one important thing missing Rabbi Friedman
June 7, 2015 11:24 am

Hashem is infinite im chotoso mataase lo. however hashem CHOSE to give infinite value to our actions

intelligent individual
June 7, 2015 11:15 am

Nice reaction, this is what a Frabrengen is all about
Waking up our own power tools

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