I was literally in that car with you feeling your anxiety and stress. I'm so happy it all worked out. I was worried with all of the cars zooming by you would get in an accident. Wow!
The closest I've cut Shabbat was when my 7 a.m. Friday flight was 3 hours late. I'd reserved a car service from the airport to a cemetery to visit a loved one's grave...airport construction delayed that. At the cemetery, the driver went off the main road and had a hard time pulling back out. We were on the way to the hotel at 4:30 p.m. in crazy New York Friday traffic...and checking into the hotel took time. Sometimes things happen even when you've carefully planned everything!
Hi Dani and Raizel, I’ve been watching your channel for a while and find it very interesting. Your passion for your faith and helping others learn about it, is beautiful. I’m a passionate Catholic who is involved in evangelization in my own tradition. I’ve been taking Catholic groups to the Holy Land for many years now and have fallen in love with that sacred place. Since my first trip to Israel, I have been so interested to learn more about Jewish culture, religion and spirituality, which is so different from my own, but in some ways, also very similar. So this video left me with some questions. Please excuse my ignorance of this matter, no disrespect whatsoever is intended. Just a sincere desire to learn and understand. I understand the rules of Shabbat and the fact that you can’t be driving a car and need to be somewhere where you can light the candles and begin your Shabbat observance. But what happens if something completely unforeseen happens, and you are prevented from observing the way you are required to? For example, if you suddenly hit massive traffic while in that tunnel, got stuck there and had no where to go and could not just abandon the car in the tunnel, and Shabbat started? Are you allowed to continue driving the car until the first opportunity to safely abandon it? Or would you literally have to abandon the car in the tunnel and walk out of the tunnel (which could potentially lead to massive traffic problems, not to mention dangerous conditions of walking through the tunnel)? Is there some kind of “exemption” in those circumstances which would allow you to continue driving until the first opportunity to stop? Or some way to be forgiven/cleansed/purified for that transgression? I guess the wider question is this? You are required to follow 613 laws (right?), so what happens if/when you don’t follow one/some of them the way it is prescribed? I sincerely hope you don’t take any offense to the question because truly none is intended. With all the garbage available on the internet, it wonderful too see positive, inspirational content like yours making its presence known! May your channel continue to grow and inform.
the notion of there needing to be ritually pure is the cornerstone of Judaism...the transgression would need not an exemption but would mean to them they were irresponsible in their level of respect for one of God's "voiced" commandments..in making every possible attempt to not fall into that category of ' willingly' disobeying...or to have maybe by not planning in a proper way would maybe denote a vulnerability to further sin's...it is in this way that one need to know that in sin..which was a term used in archery to state that the arrow had in fact missed the bullseye...was called a "sin"... when one sins they are missing the 'mark'...in missing one must be aware of it so that in the next opportunity to hit it right..or 'get' it right means being hyper-vigillant in that task so as in further endeavors the nature of evil have no path to one's home...this is a very beautiful jesture...a time honored and valiant people indeed...
Hey thank you for this really good question! If you are in danger or endangering others then you can so called “break Shabbat” so stopping in the tunnel would definitely be endangering people. Shabbat is sacred and we love keeping it by hook or by crook. So that’s why this experience was so intense 😄
Lol by hook and by crook. I am a psychiatric medical practitioner. At times I take call, but otherwise I take call fir Christian holidays. It seems it does not go the other way., but BH. Perhaps I am saving a life from someone who is suicidal. I pray Hashem understands!!
@Barbara Kirsch Pikuach nefesh! Everything we need is built into the religion! So of course you can take call for a medical emergency, physical or otherwise!
Wow! I discovered you today, and then binge-watched your videos all afternoon! Didn't get much work done today! I've lit candles 17 minutes past candle lighting; while still dripping wet from my shower. But I can not imagine being in a car, in a foreign city no less, with a baby, at Shkiah!! As I watched this video I felt my heart pounding in my chest! I wish you success with these fun, educational videos! They're wonderful! But please don't give me palpitations like that again! And by the way, I think lighting your candles under the toilet is hysterical, but it should be noted that one can NOT make a bracha in the bathroom! :)
Sweet Challah! As a little girl, our neighbor who owned a bakery on Miami Beach, would always share his bread with my family because we were poor with eight children. Anyway, long story short, God sees the heart, he wants a circumcised heart for all his neighbors both near and far. Wow, Dubai, mbs couldn't even tie up his shoe laces at the pitcher's mound in lil ole Bartlett, 10
@@beagledog2001My God is not so legalistic but this would be a violation of their conscience in serving him, which is serious for anyone who believes in Him.
Very interesting. Am not Jewish am Hispanic. And i always find ur culture interesting. I work with Jewish people its always interesting learning new culture facts. Every time watching this i was run run
I have a question: those shabbat candles you lit in the toilet in this random hotel - you are not allowed to blow them out, right? So you left the toilet and left them burning there? I am just trying to image what the next person that used the toilet thought, when using the toilet and finding some burning candles there. Maybe she told some staff. They probably have never seen anything like that before ...
hey, guys, i must say that i never viewed a video that ever left me feeling panicked and tense. i may have missed something but why did you cut Shabbos so close? well, it seems to have had a happy (?) ending. hope you never have another friday like that again. cheers!
Just out of curiosity… what would happen if you were still driving? Would you have to stop the car in the middle of the road? Are there exceptions until you can get to a safe place? No hate just general curiosity?
If you’re life is in potential danger, you can drive home or you can drive until you are in a safe place. Parking your car in the middle of the busy street or on an interstate isn’t safe, so it is your responsibility to get yourself to a safe place if at all possible.
@@sarahvandekendelaere8761 People generally plan better, but yes, things happen. The thing is, we all have a story like this, but it only has to happen ONCE! After that, people are much more careful!
Just my opinion, but rather than drive like crazy and put yourselves in danger of an accident, I would have chosen a safer option. Our good Lord would have understood
Great idea for channel merchandise; "That Jewish Family Car Phone Charger!" Dead phone batteries are a real thing no matter what your faith, and chargers seem to be in short supply when you need them most.
So I grew up in Crown Heights Brooklyn..yrs ago, ..Im African American btw, was walking to the train station one night and this Jewish couple asked me to open their car door for them, said they forgot something in their car...,I immediately became suspicious,,.like what yall trying to get my fingerprints for or somethin 🤣😳....they kept trying to explain it was the Sabbath and couldn't,,, ..they were really nice and didn't seem cra cra,,, but I still had my black girl radar on...so I put my hand in my shirt and opened the car door, they didn't get my fingerprints,..🤣..and I thought it was the weirdest thing.....this video explained it....Awesome content!!
They don't have to be practical for you, but for them it's as much a part of their lives as breathing. Patience, love and tolerance 💯 Btw.. I'm NOT Jewish, but I respect it ✡️
This is a clear example of when religion becomes fanatism and that's when people stops using their brain. You don't freak out and drive like crazy putting yourselves and others in danger. You don't light candles in a bathroom stall and live them unattended. And you don't ask a random stranger to push your child's stroller, when you are two grown up, healthy, abled body people. You accept that you have made mistake, by not planning well the route back the hotel considering that you're in a city that you don't know well, that you're not used to the traffic there, etc, by not charging your phones... and when you arrive at your hotel safely, whatever that time it is, then you start the shabbat celebrations and try to learn from the experience. You can live your life religiously and think at the same time. Moreover, you would think no god would want their people not to do so.
I respect and find different religions' views interesting but that is why I am not a religious person. I believe in god but I don’t want religion to make my life full of stress and worries and I don't think God had that in mind, too. Please have that personal opinion solely.
Also, hate to correct you, driving in Dubai is one of the safest in the world, it is not true that people drive crazy. Also, you being welling to stop and leave the car in the middle of nowhere !!! are you guys serious ?
The Sabbath is one of the most holliest days of the week. Especially for orthodox jews. According to Jewish Law once sunset hits Friday Night to Saturday Night, you cannot do anything that creates work. Such as building, writing, building a fire and yes driving a car. For Jewish people they take this commandment/mitzvah very seriously that the only time you can break the sabbath is if an emergency of life threatening prepositions is occurring then one may do whatever is necessary to save a life or stop the threat. Here there is no emergency so according to Jewish Law one must do whatever to uphold the sabbath, henceforth the stress. Next time before opening your fat mouth maybe do some research and try understanding other cultures before you interject your opinion. You might be better off and look less like a prick. Hope this was helpful!
Great question! We love Shabbat and our heritage and it is super important to the both of us that we keep it to the fullest, from the very first minute. Imagine if someone was severely allergic to bread and someone came along and tried giving them just a crumb or two, to that person even a crumb they won't take even though it looks so small and so insignificant. Kind of like that, but in a positive spin :) So yes, we would've just left our car in the middle of no where and just figured it out after. On the driving in Dubai, I guess everyones experience is different!
@@ThatJewishFamily thank you and appreciate the response. It is just you were both acting as if someone’s life was depending on getting there on time. And driving in Dubai is safe, you just need to get used to it and try to memorize all the roads and exists :) safe travels and peace 🙏
It's a little disrespectful to come on someone's post that's teaching about THEIR specific religion and tell them what YOU feel is right or wrong. I love how poised and humble their response was and that takes a great sense of humility on their part. That truly shows that the big deal is THE BIG DEAL...Hashem and it doesn't get any bigger than HIM... If you don't understand, ask in a more polite and respectful way. It goes a lot further
Maybe this was supposed to be a skit. What kind of god would put you under such pressure for an on-time Shabbat candle? Seems like you were placing yourself and your child in danger by freaking out. I understand this is important, but sometimes unavoidable things happen. What kind of religion wants you to have a stroke?
Seriously. You can’t cope? That should be the worst of what you can’t cope with. I’ve seen orthodox people get in accidents rushing to make Shabbat on time, and once I was the lucky recipient of a smash up. Stay off the roads.
@@saraschneider6781 Exactly. I am very glad that Yeshua haMaschiach said, 'Shabbath was made for man, not man for Shabbath'... It's about rest and trust, not intended to cause stress and havoc.
