"Replacement Theology" is a well known term describing those of the Christian faith whose purpose is to replace Judaism with their own 'superior religion'. it is shameful to use that term on Chabad.
I have heard the claim that "virtually all" Chabad chasidim believe this or that about the Rebbe, but if so, why do they not teach it openly? I have been to many Chabad shuls, even long term, and have never heard any of this taught. Instead they teach the things the Rebbe taught, many of which are not even related to moshiach
While I agree with many things the Rav says, it seems to me that while speaks about Chabad Chassidut he doesn't know much Chassidut and makes claims that aren't entirely factual.
almost impossible to know, because many chasidim do believe that, but took the Rebbe seriously when he said not to make that belief public.... @@allmertalex
The rebbe was all for making practical efforts to bring the geulah. I think your one conversation with the man in australia distorted your understanding of the rebbes authentic teachings
@@allmertalexyour wrong actually I'm a Lubavitcher and if someone considers themselves a Lubavitcher it's inconsistent for them to believe the Rebbe Is Not Moshiach. While many Lubavitchers don't believe the Rebbe is alive necessarily, they certainly believe the Rebbe is Moshiach!
What the Rabbi is discussing is the lack of knowledge and understanding of the teachings not only of the current Rebbe, but also all of those who preceded him. His viewpoint is only his personal, limited opinion and knowledge of both Jewish history in general and the history of Chassidut and the history of Chabad. One of the primary teachings of the Rebbe is that first and foremost the Torah is called the Torah of truth. It is always clearly connected to reality.
As a Chabadnik I was expecting to listen to this and disagree with everything the rabbi says. It turns out I agree with everything, except for his own personal conclusions. The facts as he lays them are this: Real Judaism was/is boring, uninspiring, broken, aimless (his words), and Chassidus infused meaning, excitement, purpose and pleasantness (his words again). Before Chassidus people who were disillusioned simply left the faith, assimilated or became secular zionists. Chassidus offered an alternative of hope, purpose and joy. So far I agree with it all. Where we disagree is (38:55) that he believes that the boring way is True Torah Judaism and that Chabad believes is mass hysteria, whereas I can tell you that Chabad is an intelligent, Torah and Mitzvot loyal, goal oriented return to the original Judaism based on Ahavat Yisrael, Ahavat Hashem, and Ivdu et Hashem Besimcha.
I agree with what you say here and I'm not a Chabadnik at all. The nice thing about Chasidus is that it took the positive aspects of Kabbala and made them practical and expunged most of Kabala's negativity (most though not all). I wish the Alter Rebbe had not put in the Tanya's first chapter that whole thing about Gentile souls, because it turns off a lot of people with the result that they miss out on all the good stuff--the discussions of the animal and divine souls, the higher and lower loves and fears, the directing of the will toward proper mitzva fulfillment, and the excellent meditation and prayer techniques. Just because of one small bit of rubbish at the start, all the treasures that follow are not found.
If you believe the Rebbe is Moshiach then you are not following authenetic Judaism at all. And actual real Chabad is not all fuzzy and tolerant neither is Breslov. In fact Rebbe Nachman was very intolerant towards many groups of Jews and wrote extensively on which people to avoid and when Kiruv on some people should be avoided. The issue is today you have a lot of people proclaiming to be Breslov and or Chabad who make a mockery of what their leaders actually wrote and said.
This shouldn't even be a topic, considering the huge global work and Jewish awakening the Rebbe and Chabad has accomplished. There'll always be those who go overboard with certain concepts. King Hizkiyahu was deemed Moshiach, as so many others. To view the term "Moshiach" through Christian eyes is a total distortion, and not something we should fall prey to.
Well who is the Moschiach then. Hezekiah? Cyrus? King Agrippa? The people? Seems like the sages knew the time had passed for Messiah and still not come. What happened? Was Daniel wrong? Or the sages who refused to recognize the Nazarene in their midst? So they had to make excuses for thier people had to know why Shiloh hadnt come and yet the temple lay in ruins before them? Surely Micah wasnt also wrong, was he? Messiah had to come to the Temple and now it lay in ruins and hasnt been seen since. A Mosque of all things is on Yahwehs temple site. What went wrong? Were the prophets wrong or the sages? Since the sages exonerated themselves, the prophets had to be wrong. So who is lying about Messiah? The prophets or the sages? The Tanakh or the Talmud?
No Jewish organization does the practical good things that Chabad does, so on that basis I am very happy with and supportive of Chabad. They are non-judgmental and welcoming to all. The orthodox world could take a few lessons from this; maybe a lot of lessons. If you make the mistake of trying to have a theological conversation with SOME Chabadniks, you may find yourself wondering which religion you are encountering. But not all Chabadniks believe that the rebbe was mashiach. So as much as I admire Rabbi Bar-Chaim, a great deal of this discussion is theoretical. Chabad does great work.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ROiLPWgnt2Y.html This is the headquarters of Chabad. At 5:47 there is a banner which shows "Teacher & Rebbe King Moshiach Forever & Ever" If this is their headquarters, of course all Chabad members are false messiah believers.
Konchog my experience is many Chabadniks quietly roll their eyes or shrug their shoulders over this subject. It is an issue going back to the mid 1980s at least. To me, the real problem is veneration of living humans. One thing begets the other.
The issue is, even alot of the lubavitchers that don't believe the rebbe of blessed memory he is the second "yeshu" that he died and will rise again as moshiach, there is still questionable things that alot of non chabadniks find questionable, example, they will still go to his grave and write prayers for the the rebbe to stand infront of God for them as a mediary. This is identical to Christianity but with an orthodox blanket. Alot of Tenani and sephardic jews dislike alot of the ashkenazi traditions such as prayer to the dead rebbes to mediate before God for them thinking it gives them a sense of "having the upper hand" . again. This is Christianity. You don't need a mediary to talk to God. Hashem wants a relationship with you and for you to pray to him, not have one do it for you. The Rebbe was a GIANT on Torah. I don't think he would be pleased regarding what the chabadniks are slowly growing into a messianic branch.
I live in the area with mostly assimilated Jews. Guess who is working hard to bring to Torah and mitzvot Jew after Jew? In my small and relatively new community- we celebrated tens of Jewish weddings, brits, we have educational programs for the kids and adults; families returning to full observance and becoming leaders. I see my own transformation- went to Israel to study in midlife age, learned how to read in ivrit (I was born and grew up in former ussr), now reading tehillim, praying for Israel. All the sparks are being ignited in entire world by Chabad, while being under scrutiny from their own people. Two points that Rabbi made- regarding Rebbe being seen as the Moshiach and low Aliah activity are true. But, this should not make all their achievements go unnoticed. Hashem created absolutely all of us for a particular role and imperfect. Don’t forget that.
You're misleaded . They transform uneducated Jews into ovdei avoda Zara since Chabad is a cult is avoda.zara .it has nothing with torah even as the rav shah said it's the closest religion to Judaism . At the end they bring good uneducated jews straight to their master . The satan
You don’t understand what chabad is ! as the ramchal explains in meilat yesharim about chassidut (the real one) it’s not about the actions it’s all about the result. It’s a destructions of neshamots and tickets to geinam to what you believe are good actions. It’s looks very good from the outside and for the ignoramus in Torah. The number of averots hamurots that each of these lost souls accomplish thanks to these idolaters missionaries is unlimited. It was better for them to stay in a state of non knowing and non observance than being turned into auxiliaries of avoda Zara! Chabad is the biggest spiritual holocaust for am Israel (and breslev follows and pretty much all the chassidut sheker). You need to learn lots of Torah to understand this question.
Wow. Loved the reasoning. I am Not Chabadnik by any means. But I see that things in Judaism do not fall into "right" and "wrong". When you said that they send people to all corners of the earth you see it as some sort of living happily in galus. Yet, they are there gathering forgotten Jews, reviving Judaism for people who don't know how to be Jewish "thanks to holocaust " for example . Also, why not let Chinese know who Jews are? They certainly learn about Jews from wrong people. There are so many antisemite who never met Jew in their life! Also, more than anybody Chabad unites Jews while other Haredi only work on division and contribute to greater disunity. Chabad therefore is positively contributing to Jewish way of life. Yet rabbi I totally get what you're saying and of course you are right too!
I've spent my entire life in chabad yeshivos and I can tell you from the inside that Rabbi Bar-Chaim is not educated in chabad Torah. The understanding of chabad chassidus that Rabbi Bar-Chaim presents is actually alarmingly twisted and completely not in line with chabad Torah that I have studied for my entire life. There is really a lot to talk about but for the sake of being concise I'll just get to the bottom line: Rabbi Bar-chaim ACCURATELY mentions that chabad chassidus is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE with exile and strives exceedingly to fulfill as much of the Torah as possible in order to bring the redemption AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This is a sentiment is certainly shared by anyone who has experienced the sorrow of illness, death, or other suffering. The yearning and striving to bring mashiach is present and justified by the Torah, Talmud, and later commentaries EXPRESSLY. The Rabbi INCORRECTLY relays a LOT MORE: The Rabbi says that Chabad's primary motivation for the study of Rambam is exclusively for the study of the sections that deal with mashiach while negating the importance of the study of the rest of the laws of the Torah. THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE! The Lubavitcher Rebbe CLEARLY AND REPEATEDLY stated that the institution of the daily study of Rambam is in order to Fulfill the biblical commandment of studying the entire Torah. Although the Torah is certainly much larger than the rambam alone, there is a valid perspective among the sages that to fulfill this commandment one must study the entirety of the laws of the Torah. The rambam's mishna Torah was the first work to comprehensively contain the entirety of the laws of the torah without any additional legend based discussion. Therefore, to study the Rambam would be the most Effective way to fulfill the commandment of studying the entire Torah. This is only SUPPLEMENTED by the fact that the Rambam is the primary halachic source of mashiach based law. Another fallacy: The belief that the Lubavitcher Rebbe is mashiach is BY NO MEANS COMPULSORY by no in the vision of chabad. Rabbi Bar-chaim says that all chabad profess that the rebbe is certainly mashiach. in truth there is actually a significant percentage that do not profess certainty. The statement that the rebbe is alive is premised on the teachings of the Torah that: a) the life of a Tzadik is primarily spiritual and is therefore liberated from it's physical limitations when they are NISTALEK. b) the term NISTALEK does not G-d forbid mean that the Tzadik has ascended on high but rather that the Tzadik IS STILL PRESENT IN THIS LOWLY WORLD, although in a more lofty state, where it is actually able to excersize MORE spiritual influence than during their previous limited state. (This fact was mentioned in the Rebbe's very first public teaching! This teaching is sources explicitly and literally from the teaching of the mystical dimensions of the Torah.) Anyway, I've said a lot and I don't know of anyone is going to read this, but if you do, please comment what you think or ask questions on what you don't understand, I'd love to share what I can.
I echo many commentator's admiration for the tone and the scholarly approach of Rabbi David Bar-Hayim, and I appreciate his many videos. The question is: If Judaism is broken (he seems to say), and Chabad has in response rewritten a new Judaism (but he seems to say they did a bad job rewriting it), then what does he suggest is the proper Jewish response to a broken Judaism? [I, myself, am not asserting that Judaism is broken, I am saying that I think the Rabbi was saying it is broken and there have been several responses to its brokenness - and he singles out Chabad as being a NOT good response. So what does he suggest is the best response to a broken Judaism?]
Comparing numbers has nothing to do with it, it was always only a remnant whom were considered God's people going all the way back to the exodus. Yeshua is the stone rejected by the builders but has become the capstone and the new covenant announced by Jeremiah was foretold to not be like the old covenant marriage -- but he was rejected and attacked by his own people as well. Hosea also prophesied that those who were not God's people would be, those who were would not be, etc, etc.
@Steve McQueen I used to firmly believe in Yeshua (better known by the "Christians" as Jesus...) and "gOd" of the Tanach, back in the 60s, as a teenager (my father, of blessed memories!!) was Pastor of the Waldensian Church, an he did a great job indeed!! I've been a good 'Christian' until 1970, when I discovered that the society has a secret language, the secret nonverbal communication, described by Shlomo HaMelech (King Solomon) in his Proverbs, Chapter 6, Verse 13, but this in the >>oldnew< KJV!) if I had the old one, I would have discovered the international, secret nonverbal communication, SEVEN YEARS EARLIER! Saving me 7 years of incredible stress, because I felt that society was hiding something vital from me! Since my dear father was of a very open mind, he told me I could choose whatever I wanted!! Now I regard myself as LAIC UR Rabbi, and Founder of the Ultra-Reform Judaism!! NOT Zebaoth, who politically belongs to the extreme right wing (and is on Mars right now, with his "dear" son Yeshua), created the universe, but our HEAVENLY MOTHER AND >>>COMRADE
@Steve McQueen I might be the reincarnation of King Solomon, since HE TOO didn't know the secret nonverbal communication of the sinners!! (I know only two signals out of that kind of language, making me way purer than most!!) Sabbatai Zevi? Jacob Frank? (I've heard about Sabbatai Zevi...) Names of people who have never broken the taboo described by Shlomo HaMelech! Did Yeshua (Jesus), Mohammed (of the Koran), the Buddha, and so on, break it? NOT ONE WORD ON IT! Why should I know about them? If COMMUNISM is literally from the Talmud and the Kabbalah, how's possible that the Jews follow that Zebaot, who, politically, belongs to the extreme right wing? The 1st Mitzvah is to do THE HOLY WILL OF OUR HEAVENLY MOTHER AND >>>COMRADE
@Steve McQueen Hmm, it looks to me that you didn't pay much attention to what I wrote! You named again a lot of names... none of those people ever mentioned the oldest and biggest taboo, ever! You're naming the Christ, again!! Good. But he's NOT the one that you think he is! I repeat: Jesus didn't even mentioned what King Solomon did, about 2000 years before him! The about 200 members of my party (if the fascistic P26 didn't stop the nonviolent global revolution and tabooed the nonviolent demonstration, they would have turned soon billions!!), obviously made the following reasoning: someone who doesn't know the sinners' language, is not a sinner!! Anyone not being a sinner, is a Saint!! A Saint who has received a REVELATION (as I did in 1977), is a Prophet!! A Prophet who has a plan for the salvation of the humanity, is the Christ himself!! (And I'm not saying they're wrong!!)
@@MashiachTheReal1 hun take your meds. Twisted thinking is a bitch. When you can part the Atlantic Ocean or cause a bush to sing or get a bottle of Boone's Farm wind from a bottle of Avian, we'll talk.
Funny, I doven at Chabad every Shabbat, and we say the Sh'ma and Amedah, read the Torah, do Musaf, and have a Kiddush. Just like every other Orthodox Shul I have ever been in!
Please excuse me for arguing with you. #1. The motive for learning Rambam is not that. The Rebbe said that it's the only posek that complied all halochos of the torah and this way one is mesayem the entire torah constantly. #2. The guy you met in Australia said his own dream or wish. He did not learn it in chabad thought. #3. Lubavitch the golus status as all the other observant Jews that did nothing physical about it. However, the Rebbe wanted that we shall do every possible act to merit the Geulah the same miraculous way all other torah observant Jews see it. #4. Regarding to who it will be. What's a difference? Let him first come and this question will also be answered. Don't put down anyone else in general, specifically when you don't know what you're talking about.
@@robertmitchell8630 only anti- semites rehash that old aniti-semitic trope that the Jews are the chosen people. That is a claim that was never made by the Jewish nation. Rather its the opposite. The Jewish nation chose to commit to the commandments and to inquire into the future their deeper meaning. If you picked up a book occasionally instead of watching nazi marches on youtube you might glean that when the Torah was given to the Jews, the pagan nations of humanity were essentially barbaric and the concept of what is moral today is markedly different to the situation 3500 years ago. So you can spare us all the lectures of what is right and wrong and perhaps start with perfecting yourself first and start with restraining from the language you use in proud capitals.
john doe your and his opinion just creates more negative issues for Jews. Even messianic Christian use this lie about the Rebbe to support their JC nonsense to convert Jews. Jealousy created many issues and disasters throughout our history. Chabad has done more to unite and bring Jews back to Torah than any group in history and they don't have to bad mouth other groups or movements to do so....... The Rambam books were burned initially...So are you the person who lights the match.? Ps : I am a Litvak
@@MitzvosGolem1I'm surprised to hear this coming from a Litvak but at the end of the day your correct. Without Lubavitch especially after the Holocaust Judaism for the most part would be dead!
This video is full of true objective wisdom and is a gold mine for those who are willing to leave their emotionality and biases behind. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and wisdom with the world much appreciated!
With due respect, the Rav is mistaken about Chabad in several ways: 1. The Rebbe's campaign to learn Rambam on a daily basis was NOT just to learn about moshiach. It was to give everyone an opportunity to have an overview of the entire Torah , in addition to other Torah learning. 2. The Rebbe emphasized actively working to bring the geula, spiritually and practically. 3. The Rebbe spoke very strongly and repeatedly about the importance of settling Eretz Yisrael and not giving up land. He established various Chabad communities and institutions in Israel. In fact Chassidic settlements in Israel go back centuries. 4. Kabbalistic and Chassidic teachings are a much more fundamental and accepted part of Judaism than the Rav seems to admit. Further, it is especially disturbing to hear the Rav base some of his ideas about Chabad on what some random individual in Australia, who was apparently not a scholar or Chabad leader, at a Shabbos table! Many of these misunderstandings of Chassidism go back to the early opponents of Chassidism and have been proven to be inaccurate or exaggerated. This is not to say that Chabad is without flaws, especially as practiced by people without sufficient grounding in Torah and some fringe elements. Nevertheless I generally value these insightful, fascinating, well-expressed talks .
Further, the whole Moshiach fervor , with its emphasis on the identity of Moshiach, etc, is now confined to a minority group within Chabad. This is a big subject, but suffice it to say that the Moshiach campaign is not synonymous with Chabad.
Using the term "replacement theology" is a way of subtly implying a similarity between Chabad and a discredited and odious Christian doctrine. It does not indicate a desire to respectfully disagree or debate.
@@rabbipinchoskurinsky5767 Very interesting. Why then do the Red Heifer Offering now in 5784 Jew Era? But where is the real Ark of the Covenant? Where is the Tent of Gathering? There is, however, the Assembly of the Sanhedrin under the Western Wall plaza; but what about the conditions stipulated in The Numbers Chapter 19? Psalm 15 Ezekiel 33:3-9 Shalom
@@rabbipinchoskurinsky5767 if indeed it's such a minority, then it should be a simple matter to vacate the moshiach fervor from 770, and set up in its place a center for the majority.
25:07 Christians dont claim to replace judaism, or a special connection to god. As Moses took monotheism from egypts priest and made it public to his tribe, so christian took the concept from the tribe and made it universal. Muslims standing in the same tradition. When you refered to the zionists, who "declined judaism but wanted to stay jewish" i can not understand. Judaism is highly ethical, while zionism is focused in the profane.
Chabadniks have been arrested around the world for the most heinous crimes. Now we find they have tunnels under their temples. Will we have an independent inquiry into this activity?
Firstly,let me express my respect for Rabbi bar Chaim- he is clearly a man of learning and someone who has thought deeply about the challenges facing כלל ישראל.However,it must be stated unequivocally that the Rebbe was one of the greatest lovers of Eretz Yisroel in all of Jewish history.Anyone who attended the Rebbe’s פארברענגענישן and heard his numerous שיחות קודש,knows the passion with which he spoke about משיח gathering every single Jew in galus and bringing them-one by one-to ארץ ישראל.These weren’t just words,but they were said with the power of the Rebbe’s very נשמה.Anyone who was there can confirm this.The Rebbe built Naclas Har Habad,expanded Kfar Habad,built kiryot in Tzfas,Yerushalayim,and in other areas of Eretz Yisroel.He was far more complex than people give him credit.Much of what Rabbi bar-Chaim is referring to is based on a sicha called בית רבינו שבבבל.I do not have room here to explain this sicha but it is the source for some of the Lubavitcher ideas about golus and geulah that Rav bar Chaim mentions.The Rebbe was a complex leader and I think that he cannot be understood in a simplistic fashion.
It may be true that the words of the Rebbe spoke of a love of Israel. His actions though, DID NOT lead to all of those of his Hasidim to move there! Even if you argue that the Shiluchim need to be wherever they are, many, many of his followers stay in CH sitting there for no other reason then they mistakenly believe THAT is the place to be...
With all due respect, Rabbi Bar-Hayim is wrong about Chabad. The Rebbe instituted the daily study of Rambam for 2 reasons: 1) A comprehensive study of the whole Torah 2) To unify Am Yisrael. Regarding the Rebbe being Mashiach, there are rabble-rousers within every group. This is no different. I have met many rational-oriented Chabad Chasidim around the world. Most do not believe the Rebbe is Mashiach and are upset over the harm that this faction has caused the Chabad movement. At its core Chabad is one of the most intellectual groups in the Chasidic movement. Try learning Tanaya the insights into the human condition are tremendous. Additionally, no serious posek can ignore the Shulchan Aruch Harav.
While I can not agree with his conclusions completely, his presentation, at least the first part of it, was pretty balanced in my opinion. The main problem I have here is that the only option he leaves is the observance of a meaningless dead Judaism of waiting devoid of experience. This state is what produced the BESHT. As he notes, this meaningless form leads many Jews to leave Judaism, forego observance, or worse, to complete assimilation. While there are issues in my opinion with Chabad's messianic views of the Rebbe, Breslov and other Chassidic sects, and even many in Chabad, have developed true Torah based joy and emunah. This is inspiring many many Jews to return to our Traditions. While some Chassids go too far in one direction (such as virtual "Rebbe worship"), others go too far the other way. Rebbe Nachman of Breslov noted that the Mitnagdim, such as this honorable rabbi, say: Study Torah! The Chassids say: Pray! But I [Rebbe Nachman] say Study Torah, Pray, Study Torah, Pray. In other words, we need balance. We need to be solidly rooted in Torah and yet our spirits need to be elevated through emunah to devekut (i.e. through active faith/trust to personal attachment to HaShem). This is possible without abandoning Torah Judaism.
I wish Rabbi David and his family every blessing, but I disagree, not with his knowledge, but with his understanding of the heart of Judaism. Judaism is not solely an intellectual concept but a heartfelt all encompassing way to serve G-D.
God serving is mind stuff, one just needs to watch closely what's going on within. The mind is creating false reality(illusion). God is where the mind stops and undisturbed awareness is turned towards itself.
My father was a shaliah for habad since the 50's. He was also avowed Zionist. The whole family eventually made aliah. His work in France and Israel helped many hundreds, possibly thousands of lost Jews to return to their roots. Yes, he probably believed that Menahem Shneersohn was the mashiah but he never ever claimed so. And when the Rebbe died, even though this was very traumatic to him, he kept doing his best for ahavat Israel and showed this to be his guiding light until the day he himself passed. His tombstone has the words "Veahavta lereakha camokha" engraved on it, not " we want mashiah now". I am agnostic myself but I will always have a place in my heart for Habad, mashiah or no mashiah.
Thousands upon thousands of Jews around the globe have been saved from spiritual death and assimilation by Chabad. This is an incontestable fact. Who else has been able to create a global kiruv network? There are, as we see, alternative opinions regarding Chabad’s spiritual purity, it’s adherence to an ideal. These opinions are interesting and I’m very glad they exist. But in terms of ACTION no other Jewish denominations howsoever ideologically pure, can compete with Chabad.
If I take this shiur as the most demotivated hopeless perspective of Judaism… in 42 minutes all Jewish history was simple put in one word.. “we have no sense no hope “ wow thank you for helping our hopeless 😒
@@jabujolly9020The good Rabbi Bar Hayim Wrong, you say? This is indeed a controversy raised on a most public forum! Burden of proof is now upon the accuser, one may wish to brush up on ones knowledge of Sanhedrin law, I'm sure our Good Rabbi has it tethered to heart and crown.
@@אחיהשראחיה I agree with Rabbi Bar Chaim on most things, but on this he's wrong and yes, rabbis can be wrong as Rabbi Bar Chaim himself would tell you. Your worship of him is anti Torah and he would himself vehemently oppose it.
Strange.. I am a Turkish Naqshibandi Sufi Muslim (for real, and I am not a Jew) and I do follow Hahambashi's weekly Parashah and Sephardic public media (Shalom newspaper and interviews) weekly. Only seen in an interview that one guy in his 60s mentioned encountering a couple of elderly Sabbateans in his childhood. I guess they are laying low then. Reason I am here I found striking similarities between Chabad and Naqshibandis including some Naqshibandi sub-branches peculiar belief that their Sheikh is Mahdi.
Yes. We should be joyous and practice Torah and Mitzvos with enthusiasm vitality and joy. As king Davis says in Psalms עבדו את השם בשמחה בואו לפניו ברננה. This is a core of Judaism. At the same time, we are crushed, shattered and miserable that this Galut is taking so long. You want to live in your boring sad, dull version of Judaism? Enjoy your stay. Don't judge the Tzadik the Rebbe, and Chabad based on your misguided bias. I hope someone shows this rabbi some love, and cheers him up.
Hashem doesn’t love reshayims ! This is a false statement and not what the Torah says ! Chabad is Christianity and not Torat Moshé ! Stay away from these apikorsims
@@MichaelAbJ If you are not CHABAD, are you Christian? Are your Men and your Women known as Emissaries? What is your equivalent to Emissaries? Who are you? Your RU-vid channel has nice Israeli music. But I still have questions about you.
Isaiah predicted that Judah would eventually be defeated because of their sin, but he also saw an ultimate redemption and restoration at the end of the story. Major themes of Isaiah: The judgment of God's people, followed by their ultimate salvation.
What is Rabbi David Bar-Hayim's interpretation of Prophet Haggai's promise (2:9) that the glory of the latter temple would be greater than the glory of the former temple?
God bless the Rabbi. I greatly respect him and greatly appreciate and study Judaism and Jewish works. I don't understand exactly what period was this golden age that we are trying to go back to? We literally had King Shaul, David, and Shlomo. Then a civil war split the Kingdom. Half the kingdom- Judah- had 2 or 3 good Kings over 350-400 years. We were then exiled and subsequently had a minor re-institution of the state that was a quasi-independent vassal state but also filled with strife. Then we faced Hellenism, the harsh hand of the Hasmonean dynasty- itself rife with partisan politics between Seleucids, Parthians, and Romans, and a giant civil war, culminating with Herod, quite a vicious dictator, and then total destruction and a 2000-year exile. So while I admire and greatly appreciate Jewish thought, I don't see the wisdom of trying to go back to the "authentic Judaism," which barely worked for 3 generations in the iron age. I am honestly and earnestly trying to understand, I am not trying to be coy, or, God forbid insult anyone.
I see and understand your point , I have observed the movement quite some time now and sadly for me it seems cultist in nature, especially when they say the Rebbe is the messiah, this is tragic ! Desperation makes people believe in just about anything .I must agree with everything you've said t, truth be told for best intentions is not enough to make the idea truth nor reality, for this is how cults are born, with this same mindset and zeal I found myself in a cult here in Abilene Texas called the house of Yahweh, who tried to kill me because I would not be willing to dye or kill for their leader named Israel Hawkins who passed away a week before my birthday this very year 2022 oct the tenth and birthday was the seventeenth , thank hashem for saving me from their two death attempts on my life, so you can see how dangerous things can get when people go off the established beaten path.
And why people quit religion altogether but I think we have to keep pressing for truth or slide backwards. Torah ended human sacrifice. That was a huge leap forward at that time. When you realize that's what John 3:16 is, it's another huge leap forward and what the world needs to see now.
I've spent my entire life in chabad yeshivos and I can tell you from the inside that Rabbi Bar-Chaim is not educated in chabad Torah. The understanding of chabad chassidus that Rabbi Bar-Chaim presents is actually alarmingly twisted and completely not in line with chabad Torah that I have studied for my entire life. There is really a lot to talk about but for the sake of being concise I'll just get to the bottom line: Rabbi Bar-chaim ACCURATELY mentions that chabad chassidus is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE with exile and strives exceedingly to fulfill as much of the Torah as possible in order to bring the redemption AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This is a sentiment is certainly shared by anyone who has experienced the sorrow of illness, death, or other suffering. The yearning and striving to bring mashiach is present and justified by the Torah, Talmud, and later commentaries EXPRESSLY. The Rabbi INCORRECTLY relays a LOT MORE: The Rabbi says that Chabad's primary motivation for the study of Rambam is exclusively for the study of the sections that deal with mashiach while negating the importance of the study of the rest of the laws of the Torah. THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE! The Lubavitcher Rebbe CLEARLY AND REPEATEDLY stated that the institution of the daily study of Rambam is in order to Fulfill the biblical commandment of studying the entire Torah. Although the Torah is certainly much larger than the rambam alone, there is a valid perspective among the sages that to fulfill this commandment one must study the entirety of the laws of the Torah. The rambam's mishna Torah was the first work to comprehensively contain the entirety of the laws of the torah without any additional legend based discussion. Therefore, to study the Rambam would be the most Effective way to fulfill the commandment of studying the entire Torah. This is only SUPPLEMENTED by the fact that the Rambam is the primary halachic source of mashiach based law. Another fallacy: The belief that the Lubavitcher Rebbe is mashiach is BY NO MEANS COMPULSORY by no in the vision of chabad. Rabbi Bar-chaim says that all chabad profess that the rebbe is certainly mashiach. in truth there is actually a significant percentage that do not profess certainty. The statement that the rebbe is alive is premised on the teachings of the Torah that: a) the life of a Tzadik is primarily spiritual and is therefore liberated from it's physical limitations when they are NISTALEK. b) the term NISTALEK does not G-d forbid mean that the Tzadik has ascended on high but rather that the Tzadik IS STILL PRESENT IN THIS LOWLY WORLD, although in a more lofty state, where it is actually able to excersize MORE spiritual influence than during their previous limited state. (This fact was mentioned in the Rebbe's very first public teaching! This teaching is sources explicitly and literally from the teaching of the mystical dimensions of the Torah.) Anyway, I've said a lot and I don't know of anyone is going to read this, but if you do, please comment what you think or ask questions on what you don't understand, I'd love to share what I can.
@@yitzyzelenko9261 Chabad has done more than any of the hassidic orthodox groups have done in terms of making there a place in most states within the U.S and around the world to have a chabad house or shul for a religious jew to pray and a baal tshuvah to learn. I agree with the stuff you were saying but some of the chabad yeshivahs such as yeshivah gedolah in Queens is clearly messianic holding messianic flags and plastering photos of the rebbe all over their yehsivah and every picture they are holding this giant portrait of him. Anyway if you could recommend some chabad yeshivahs for advanced talmudic study that 100% do not hold the notion that the rebbe is the moshiach that would be great 👍 thanks.
I remember when some of his followers started proclaiming his resurrection and how they used scriptures that they condemned Christians and Messianic Jews for using to justify Jesus as Messiah. Strange days. Don't know what percentage of Habad actually belied it but it can't be a very large number.
The issue is, even alot of the lubavitchers that don't believe the rebbe of blessed memory he is the second "yeshu" that he died and will rise again as moshiach, there is still questionable things that alot of non chabadniks find questionable, example, they will still go to his grave and write prayers for the the rebbe to stand infront of God for them as a mediary. This is identical to Christianity but with an orthodox blanket. Alot of Tenani and sephardic jews dislike alot of the ashkenazi traditions such as prayer to the dead rebbes to mediate before God for them thinking it gives them a sense of "having the upper hand" . again. This is Christianity. You don't need a mediary to talk to God. Hashem wants a relationship with you and for you to pray to him, not have one do it for you.
I'm sorry to say that the rabbi has not done enough reserch into the internal workings of Chabad. It seems to me that until recent times, all Jews agreed that the Redemption would come from Above to a passive Jewish people. It seems to me that most of the Tora world continues that view to this day. The Baal Shem Tov was different. He said the Redemption is near and encouraged his followers to come to Eretz Yisrael. Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, the leader Chasdim in Russia, lead in the year 1777 a group of about 300 who settled perminently in Tiberias. The Alter Rebbe of Chabad wanted to join the group, but Rabbi Menachem Mendel ordered him to remain in Russia to lead the Chasdim there. The Alter Rebbe of Chabad started the organization Kolel Chabad to collect money to support the Chasidic settlement in the Holy Land. Kolel Chabad still opperates today. At the outbreak of the First World War, Chabad was the single largest Jewish community in Hebron. Bet Ramano in Hebron (Yeshivat Shavé Hebron) Is Chabad property. The name of the Chabad Shaliach in Hebron is Rabbi Danny Cohen. Certainly you have heard of Kfar Chabad? I've seen a letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe saying that when someone makes Aliya, he should make a Farbrengen ( Hasidic gathering) to publicize it. Let's be honest, most Haredim would prefere to remain where they were born and not make Aliya. The Rebbe said they need not feel guilty for prefering life in America. The fact of the matter is, that Chasdim were settled in Eretz Yisrael decades before the Litvakers, and Chabad was a part it from the beginning. In the Haredi world, Chabad has always been at the forefront of settlement of the Holy Land. As for bringing Mashiach now, the Rebbe says to learn about Mashiach in general, to do ramdon acts of kindness, and to strengthen Mitzva observance among all Jews. At the Farbrengen on P' Pinchas 1984 (maybe 1985) the Rebbe specifically requested that the Chabad Chasidim stop all speculations in Chabad institutions as to whether the Rebbe is Mashiach. It was only after the Rebbe had a stroke in 1992 and stopped speaking, that the entire "Yechi" movement started. I hope the Rav will examine Chabad more carefully from RELIABLE sources and make a new video.
Well actually from 1991 on The Rebbe Encouraged Yechi as can be seen in many videos on youtube and this was bwfore his stroke. Next the Rebbe never excplicitly said the words I am Melech Hamoshiach however, he did encourage this beilief and its a perfectly Jewish non hertical thing to belive. Schinah mdaberet mgrona shel Moshe, The Schinah Speaks Through the throat of the Rebbe whatever he says is God's will on Earth as such he is the moshiach deal with it. Please look into this topic further before making statments that the rebbe was against it untill he had a stroke simply not true. Theirs a video of the Rebbe accepting a bix filled with pettions of chabad shluchus accepting him as Melech Ha Moshiach and he gave them a blessing to have continued hatzlacha in this endevor. Ie confirming himself as moshiach.
The Rav is also a posek...he is not quick to speak. Chabad has both changed and evolved since it began. It is important to remember however, that when a Jew moves to Israel he should be careful to forget the Torah of Galuth and readopt the Torah of his ancestors who lived in Israel.
@@Zevviews8 I was living in Crown Hights from 1986 to 1996. I am writing about Yechi from what I personally witnessed. I was also at the Levaya on Gimmel Tammuz. Nobody sang Yechi before the stroke. Before the stroke nobody imagined that such a situation would ever arise. If you watch the video of the Rebbe encouraging singing Yechi, you will notice it's one short clip being played in an endless loop.
@@ישעיהובן-תורה In the time of the Talmud, they had a unbroken Tora tradition going back to the Sanhedrin. At that time, it would have been worth while for some Rabbis to relearn Tora in the Land of Israel. Today's Tora in the Land of Israel is ALL coming from some place else in exile. Rabbi Ovadya Yosef A.H. devised a way in Halacha that he said followed Rabbi Yosef Caro, and was the actual Tora of the Land of Israel. How many people accept Rabbi Ovadya Yosef's path?
The beginning of this video can be summarized by saying, "it's hard to remember your goal is to drain the swamp when you're up to your keister in alligators." The destiny of the Jew is to "drain ( illuminate )the swamp", but he's currently tangled up 24/7 with various "alligators", some of them in front, some of them in back, some of them walking alongside.
"Every diaspora Jew should feel deep pain and remorse that he is living in exile away from his Homeland" (likutei sichos vol30 p 234) How many "Lubavitchers" adhere to this directive from the Lubavitcher Rebbe? A word to the wise is sufficient.
Rabbi, you are a tremendous Talmid Hacham. However, your suggestion that Daily Rambam was instituted with the intention of “getting to Hilchoth Melachim is preposterous! The Lubavitch Rebbe could have instituted learning hilchoth Melachim weekly and his Hasidim would do that. Anyone with a half brain, going through all of Rambam once a year, will pick up on the Rambam's approach to Judaism. I thought that your only agenda was Torah. After hearing this specious argument I must think otherwise.
If they don't follow the Alter Rebbe's own Shulkhan Arukh, but idolize his Tanya, and have divergent practices in miqven and sh'khitah, it strongly confirms their picky-choosy game with RMBM.
Only Yeshua can provide Ultimate Redemption. The wages of sin is death and those of the house of Jacob (Israel) shall not see our Father in Heaven until you confess, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. "29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." - Matthew 23: 29-39
The Alter Rebbe never intended for his Shulchan Aruch to be the final authority for the Chabad community. His intent was to clarify the original Shulchan Aruch and to make decisions concerning the various opinions of its commentaries. The Alter Rebbe wrote another Sefer called Piskei Siddur that contains his decisions for his followers. Chabadniks follow that.
Yknow I can't see anything negative towards Chabad in this video. The version of replacement theology he ascribes to it it's actually positive and well, HOLY!
Isn’t Torah based ‘of God’ and all else ‘of something sinister’? Isn’t God the most important one? He made His Torah and related Natural Law very clear and quite simple.
I thought that the TORAH was given to bring GLORY to THE MOST HIGH, not for the purpose of elevating Israel to a preeminate position amoung the nations, this would only happen when the promise of the blessings are realized when THE HIGH MOST IS GLORIFIED in earth, by the example of spiritual obedience by HIS Nation, and their example of FAITH as Avraheim displayed by trusting THE MOST HIGH
I totally agree with what you have to say. However I don’t think everyone can adapt to living in Israel. it’s not the safest place to live. And Many people barely make a living. I think Chabad need to be more honest. (Eg Zohar was mainly written from the 13th century on. Although it quoted earlier sources.) However having the Jews all in one place, Eretz Yisrael. Al Pi teva. Is not a good idea. And because we need to influence the world. And the ten lost tribes. ‘Mache da Eretz Yisrael.’ As the Rebbe said is a good advice. And they- Chabad were one of the first to make a settlement in the Holy land. Thanks for the reality check! Shalom.
I've spent my entire life in chabad yeshivos and I can tell you from the inside that Rabbi Bar-Chaim is not educated in chabad Torah. The understanding of chabad chassidus that Rabbi Bar-Chaim presents is actually alarmingly twisted and completely not in line with chabad Torah that I have studied for my entire life. There is really a lot to talk about but for the sake of being concise I'll just get to the bottom line: Rabbi Bar-chaim ACCURATELY mentions that chabad chassidus is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE with exile and strives exceedingly to fulfill as much of the Torah as possible in order to bring the redemption AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This is a sentiment is certainly shared by anyone who has experienced the sorrow of illness, death, or other suffering. The yearning and striving to bring mashiach is present and justified by the Torah, Talmud, and later commentaries EXPRESSLY. The Rabbi INCORRECTLY relays a LOT MORE: The Rabbi says that Chabad's primary motivation for the study of Rambam is exclusively for the study of the sections that deal with mashiach while negating the importance of the study of the rest of the laws of the Torah. THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE! The Lubavitcher Rebbe CLEARLY AND REPEATEDLY stated that the institution of the daily study of Rambam is in order to Fulfill the biblical commandment of studying the entire Torah. Although the Torah is certainly much larger than the rambam alone, there is a valid perspective among the sages that to fulfill this commandment one must study the entirety of the laws of the Torah. The rambam's mishna Torah was the first work to comprehensively contain the entirety of the laws of the torah without any additional legend based discussion. Therefore, to study the Rambam would be the most Effective way to fulfill the commandment of studying the entire Torah. This is only SUPPLEMENTED by the fact that the Rambam is the primary halachic source of mashiach based law. Another fallacy: The belief that the Lubavitcher Rebbe is mashiach is BY NO MEANS COMPULSORY by no in the vision of chabad. Rabbi Bar-chaim says that all chabad profess that the rebbe is certainly mashiach. in truth there is actually a significant percentage that do not profess certainty. The statement that the rebbe is alive is premised on the teachings of the Torah that: a) the life of a Tzadik is primarily spiritual and is therefore liberated from it's physical limitations when they are NISTALEK. b) the term NISTALEK does not G-d forbid mean that the Tzadik has ascended on high but rather that the Tzadik IS STILL PRESENT IN THIS LOWLY WORLD, although in a more lofty state, where it is actually able to excersize MORE spiritual influence than during their previous limited state. (This fact was mentioned in the Rebbe's very first public teaching! This teaching is sources explicitly and literally from the teaching of the mystical dimensions of the Torah.) Anyway, I've said a lot and I don't know of anyone is going to read this, but if you do, please comment what you think or ask questions on what you don't understand, I'd love to share what I can.
I was composing a tweet on twitter, and due to a limitation on the number of characters, I was looking for another term (preferably a single word) that means the same thing as "a Jewish sacrificial offering that is burned completely on an altar." Does anyone have any suggestions?
@@element2138 Yes, I did... years ago. The word I was looking for was Holocaust, which means; "a sacrificial offering that is burned completely on an altar." Goal = find out the true meaning of words that are commonly used, but rarely actually understood. (there are a lot of those words out there)
The concept of messiah is misconcieved by many jews. The rambam makes it clear that he is a man of the davidic dynasty, who will bring the jews to return to torah. When the time comes, he will reveal himself, and usher in a new era, of world stability, and fullfilment. In all the holy teachings, it is clear that when such a man comes, we must listen to him, and obey his every command. If this sounds like something not jewish, then please educate yourself.
Very interesting. Why then do the Red Heifer Offering now in 5784 Jew Era? But where is the real Ark of the Covenant? Where is the Tent of Gathering? There is, however, the Assembly of the Sanhedrin under the Western Wall plaza; but what about the conditions stipulated in The Numbers Chapter 19? Psalm 15 Ezekiel 33:3-9 Shalom ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A-TB9bV1h2s.htmlsi=HfHe0guH536DOy96
I was a little disappointed at the end. Although you described Chabadism as being different from Judaism's goal there was no explanation of the goal of Judaism. My goal is to discover how I can be of service to G-d. Any knowledge that can help me to discover what G-d needs from me I consider Messianic. I've been lost in a world of religion that has kept me in the dark. The Chabad Jews have awakened a spark within me to realize I am also important in G-d's plan. I appreciate all that you have shared, and I hope I will gain more understanding.
@@sysuiu4533 I've spent my entire life in chabad yeshivos and I can tell you from the inside that Rabbi Bar-Chaim is not educated in chabad Torah. The understanding of chabad chassidus that Rabbi Bar-Chaim presents is actually alarmingly twisted and completely not in line with chabad Torah that I have studied for my entire life. There is really a lot to talk about but for the sake of being concise I'll just get to the bottom line: Rabbi Bar-chaim ACCURATELY mentions that chabad chassidus is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE with exile and strives exceedingly to fulfill as much of the Torah as possible in order to bring the redemption AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This is a sentiment is certainly shared by anyone who has experienced the sorrow of illness, death, or other suffering. The yearning and striving to bring mashiach is present and justified by the Torah, Talmud, and later commentaries EXPRESSLY. The Rabbi INCORRECTLY relays a LOT MORE: The Rabbi says that Chabad's primary motivation for the study of Rambam is exclusively for the study of the sections that deal with mashiach while negating the importance of the study of the rest of the laws of the Torah. THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE! The Lubavitcher Rebbe CLEARLY AND REPEATEDLY stated that the institution of the daily study of Rambam is in order to Fulfill the biblical commandment of studying the entire Torah. Although the Torah is certainly much larger than the rambam alone, there is a valid perspective among the sages that to fulfill this commandment one must study the entirety of the laws of the Torah. The rambam's mishna Torah was the first work to comprehensively contain the entirety of the laws of the torah without any additional legend based discussion. Therefore, to study the Rambam would be the most Effective way to fulfill the commandment of studying the entire Torah. This is only SUPPLEMENTED by the fact that the Rambam is the primary halachic source of mashiach based law. Another fallacy: The belief that the Lubavitcher Rebbe is mashiach is BY NO MEANS COMPULSORY by no in the vision of chabad. Rabbi Bar-chaim says that all chabad profess that the rebbe is certainly mashiach. in truth there is actually a significant percentage that do not profess certainty. The statement that the rebbe is alive is premised on the teachings of the Torah that: a) the life of a Tzadik is primarily spiritual and is therefore liberated from it's physical limitations when they are NISTALEK. b) the term NISTALEK does not G-d forbid mean that the Tzadik has ascended on high but rather that the Tzadik IS STILL PRESENT IN THIS LOWLY WORLD, although in a more lofty state, where it is actually able to excersize MORE spiritual influence than during their previous limited state. (This fact was mentioned in the Rebbe's very first public teaching! This teaching is sources explicitly and literally from the teaching of the mystical dimensions of the Torah.) Anyway, I've said a lot and I don't know of anyone is going to read this, but if you do, please comment what you think or ask questions on what you don't understand, I'd love to share what I can.
This was an interesting video. But from what I can gather about Chabad: none of them claim their rebbi to be an angel or the son of HaShem like the notzrim eventually did, nor do they denounce the Talmud like the followers of Sabbatai Zevi or Jacob Frank. So even tho their minhagim differs from even other hassidic groups, they're still within the confines of mainstream judaism no? It doesn't seem to me that they're replacing anything, they're just adding/complimenting their own interpretation to what's already there.
It's interesting that this roav speaks about 'sect' as I've been to a Chabad (chanukah) celebration in the Netherlands once and I was flabbergasted by the fact that there were so many evangelical and messianic Christians in the stalls, presenting their Judaic goods. I've learned by now that Christianity can definitely be termed as sectarian, as they are a branch of an original faith system, they have one dogmatic leader (Paul) and they blindly follow what their leader writes. (Which is more than half of the NT, not to mention his obvious corruptions in the gospels.) So I guess sects actually attract each other ...
This Rabbi's historical analysis is just plain wrong. And his characterisation of Chabad theology is plain wrong. He also forgets about Hashem,leaves His Divine Providence out of his warped view.
Theology is what it is "Theology" NOT FACT, says The Holy GOD of Israel!!! Replacement Theology is NOT supported by The Holy GOD of Israel, says The Holy GOD of Israel!!
The greatest flowering of torah study took place in golus bavel. The works of the rishonim - the baalei tosfos , and the rambam - were created against the backdrop of extreme persecution . The Acheronim of Europe were also producing their classic works in a Jew hating golus environment. So what the rabbi is referring to as the golus Atzlut ( laziness ) is beyond my understanding. Spiritual vibrancy of the Jewish people continued even though they were outside the land .
It seems from all the comments that this is one video where your audience does not agree with you. I am happy to see there can be an intelligent dialogue about this. The Rebbe told Netanyahu under no circumstances is he to give away any land or put the Jewish people in danger. The Rebbe ztzl was a great proponent for life in Eretz Yisroel. I see now this was 6 years ago. I have a funny suspicion Rabbi Bar-Hayim would tell a different tale now. Only positive speech. Only Achdus and Ahavas Yisroel and Peace. beH
A claim that the lubavitch approach is replacement is a fundamental misunderstanding of either Judaism or chassidus chabad study the books of Chassidus Chabad And Jewish books You will see that this is a sheer nonsense
Maybe rebbe had the potential to become mishloach but it didn't happen. If anyone believes we had mashiach already that is not a Jewish idea. I do not see chabad spreading that idea. Spreading actual Torah around the world is a very honorable.
Heller is best known as the author of the commentary on the Mishnah titled Tosafot Yom Tov (1614-1617). He wrote this text as a member of the Prague Society for the Study of Mishnah, which had been established by Maharal. Tosafot Yom Tov summarizes medieval Talmudic interpretations of the plain meaning of the Mishnah, and has remained a staple of traditional study to the present day. Like Maharal, Heller was a proponent of an expanded curriculum of Torah study. In addition to the traditional study of Talmud and halakhah, he favored instruction in Bible and Hebrew grammar, Mishnah, agadah, and the Jerusalem Talmud. Medieval Jewish philosophy, geometry, natural science, and astronomy would also be included in the Torah curriculum. In Tosafot Yom Tov Heller quotes Euclid and refers obliquely to Aristotle. Heller was aware of the new astronomy of Tycho Brahe and endorsed aspects of it. He expressed opposition to the popularization of Kabbalah but later moderated that view. Heller’s second major work was Ma‘adane Yom Tov (1619, 1628), a commentary to sections of the fourteenth-century Talmudic commentary of Asher ben Yeḥi’el, mainly on the laws of kashrut and prayer. The text reflects Heller’s adherence to the school of Maharal, Shelomoh Luria, and Yo’el Sirkes in opposing the authority of the Shulḥan ‘arukh. His introduction to Ma‘adane Yom Tov includes a powerful affirmation of fidelity to the plain sense of the Talmud as the fundamental source of Jewish law. The work contributed to the development of local halakhic traditions in Prague. In Poland during the 1640s, however, Heller seems to have changed his views concerning the Shulḥan ‘arukh.
Very interesting. Why then do the Red Heifer Offering now in 5784 Jew Era? But where is the real Ark of the Covenant? Where is the Tent of Gathering? There is, however, the Assembly of the Sanhedrin under the Western Wall plaza; but what about the conditions stipulated in The Numbers Chapter 19? Psalm 15 Ezekiel 33:3-9 Shalom
The problem with the today’s Chabad: More focus on a man then on HaShem. Praying to a man, not on his merits as it’s allowed, singing songs to and about this man in an adoration form, having pictures of this man on their walls, etc… This idolatry. Clearly against real Torah.
Rabino Yonatan d Galed lo Mejor de mi pueblo judío y para todas las personas estos conocimientos para un mundo MEJOR para TODOS el WAZE para vivir la MEJOR VIDA CON LA TORA LA ÚNICA VERDAD es el taller en you TUBE en el jardín de la fe del Rab Yonatan d Galed!!Shalom en todo el mundo y Saludos para todos desde bs AS ARGENTINA y MASHIAJ YA EL VERDADERO y por primera vez porque aún no llegó nadie!!
The Rabbis and judges who authorized the writing down of the Oral Torah into the Mishna could also be accused of replacement theology - replacing the original version of Oral Torah with a new version which was written down because the old way wasn't working. As a Chabad Rabbi preparing a class on moshiach and false mashiachs i was really excited to watch this - a professional lecture which will help me look at my biases and consider another view point. After watching this whole video, I'm disappointed that Rabbi Bar Chaim didn't actually bring any sources for his points of contention. Relying on heresay and anonymous-testimony (especially given that I don't neccesarily agree with the chabad people he so aptly quoted) . It seems that he has never actually taken the time to learn the Rebbe's material or engage in some kind of intentional investigation of this topic. It does seem though, from my research, this rabbi is correct, that Chabad texts do indeed preach the value of replacing. Not replacing G-d. Not replacing Torah. Not replacing Jews. Rather, replacing human melancholy and selfishness with a fire of devotion. And to accomplish this replacement, the Rabbeim revealed (NOT replaced) in a whole new way the notions of Yechida and Etzem. Perhaps a simple answer to the question of "The rabbis approach toward chabad movement" could be "I don't know, I haven't gotten to the bottom of their core texts to have an educated opinion.. but it doesn't seem kosher to me so i stay away"
Why use a loaded xtian terms , replacement theology to criticize fellow Jewish people? Many have family members who have suffered because of antisemitic re placement theology. I don't think this is the best way to constructively criticize ones fellow.
I now understand the Rambam study, and I value it so much thank you rabbi! I've heard from several chabadnics that The Rebbe may not necessarily BE moshiach, even so he is still their Rebbe and I value that a great deal.
The purpose of the study of Rambam is from the Arizal that a Jew must learn all of the 613 Mitzvot and their pertinent Halachot in order to correct the level of Ruach. Without this learning there is no Tikkun! The only Sefer that has the 613 Mitzvot and their Halachot is the Sefer Mishneh Torah of the Rambam! How unlearned is this impostor?
Complete ignorance. The Rebbe explained himself MANY times why he instituted Rambam. It was: 1) To help Jews master the entire Torah. 2) To help Jews unite by studying together. But this "rabbi", in his desire to find more reasons to hate other Jews, is forced to give his own reasons. Shame.
We need to believe that the future will be bright, and yet still do everything in our power to make it happen. This is the worldview that I understand from studying many Chabad teachings.
You make it sound like most of Chabadniks are Meshichist, which is not true. You also make it sound as if their avodah is somehow deficient because of this belief, which is also not true. Say what you mean, that Meshchistism is dangerous, DO NOT PUT DOWN THE WHOLE LUBAVITCH MOVEMENT.
The shlita, navi, and masochist flag is prominent in 770 and crown heights. I recently saw my local chabad shul get outraged when a non chabad guest said "when the rebbe died." Nobody questions that David, Moshe, and Abraham died but in response to why they don't say he died they said "a tzadik never dies." We sing David melech yisroel chai chai vikayam, but not a soul thinks he didn't die.
This is a misrepresentation of Chabad, though the historical account during the first 2/3 of the video is quite compelling and relevant. I was learning Mishneh Torah today in an excellent Chabad publication and encountered in it some Torah from Rav Kapach coincidentally
Chabad is complicated but I do not mean that as bad. Their presence in the world has raised the consciousness of Jew and Gentile both. To quote a keeper from the Christian side of the book: All things work together for good to them who love G-d. Romans 8:28. The rest of that verse isn't needed although in 1982 it was.
Sorry you don't know what you're talking about. Very poor decision to speak your mind on a subject deserving actual research and analysis but instead of research you base your analysis on what you claim you heard from a singular person at a shabat dinner. In fact your suggestion that Chabad provides a comfortable place to exist where nothing more needs to be done is the farthest from the truth. I suggest you actually familiarize yourself with the rebbe's teachings which are vast and complex. It behooves you as a so called scholar. A good starting point is the short maamer "vayishlach yehoshua". Whether you agree with it or not is not important but if you will talk on the subject you should better inform yourself. In fact the rebbe teaches us to perfect ourselves for geulah. And that perfection is geulah. Geulah is not just a physical land conquered from 7 nations. Geulah is when we conquer our 7 middos. If we do that and we make our selves into an eretz hakodesh that is geulah. I think that's actually quite more difficult and sophisticatd than your geulah!
Rabbi bar hayim you have to speak to a chabad rabbi or read through some chabad sefarim this is the worst of all of your videos (I'm sorry to use harsh terms) which are great and of which I learnt a lot from but what chabad is are the 7 chabad Rebbe's and the maggid and the besht
If you really believe that the Messiah is coming any minute now right now that you know what you should quit your job sell your house and just wait if you really think he's coming any minute obviously nobody does that so it's just words
A comparison table re appearances, practices and fundamentals of philosophy would be helpful. How it started and what it has practically become would also be illuminating. Walk past Orthodox on streets of Denver, rare do they even bother to reply to a simple hello despite there being no other humans for 25 yards. Reform Temple Emanuel nearby changed their services with major key tunes, singing and lots of Hebrew alongside English on large illuminated screens thus making attendance vastly more positive than what was common 70s through 2000s. If that was a response to happy, outgoing Chabad, gotta say they have accomplished practical results despite what appear to be embarrassing beginnings and hard-to-embrace Messiah values.
I usually love Rabbi Bar Haim's lectures and find he makes perfect sense. And when I started listening to this one I was sure it would make me more critical of Chabad. Instead the exact opposite happened. I became much more pro Chabad and much more critical of the Lata'i approach and of Religious Zionism. If indeed Chabad is replacement theology then it is so because as the Rabbi himself admits the old theology wasn't working. It needed to be replaced. And not by a Christian Jesus based theology that has brought massive wars and shed oceans of blood but by a kind gentle theology. That's what Chabad has done. They have generated a renewal of Judaism worldwide and taught us to think optimistically. Far from making Judaism effortless as the Rabbi wrongfully suggests they have made mitzvos more available and encourage people to put in more effort. And if they don't encourage Aliyah big whoop! Their idea of Eretz Yisrael spreading all over the world is meaningful and it makes a hell of a lot more sense than cramming all the worlds Jews into a tiny sliver of a country, covering that country with asphalt and totally ignoring the social, environmental and quality of life issues it leads to not to mention increased crowding pollution and etc. the whole pro Aliyah movement is stupid. And if they believe their Rebbe is Mashiach big whoop! I don't believe in Mashiach myself but if there is one it might as well be him. Far better it be him than it be Jesus who ushered in centuries of inquisitions, heresy hunting, religious wars, huge scale massacres, and genocides. Chabad has brought excitement to Judaism that the Rabbi himself admits is lacking elsewhere. They have made it possible to live as a Jew anywhere you want. My only problem with Chabad is that they don't encourage conversions to Judaism but hopefully Torah Judaism International will become a worldwide movement too and remedy that.
jewishhistory.org for accurate Jewish history from Rabbi Wein. Ps he doesn't have to bad mouth other frum Yidden that davens two HaShenm three times a day...
Thank you for this clear and concise description of Chabad, their beliefs and aims. One thing i do admire them for and see it as something we could learn is the way their missionaries are so active and will go anywhere to round up the unaffiliated and to draw them in by what ever means.
I've spent my entire life in chabad yeshivos and I can tell you from the inside that Rabbi Bar-Chaim is not educated in chabad Torah. The understanding of chabad chassidus that Rabbi Bar-Chaim presents is actually alarmingly twisted and completely not in line with chabad Torah that I have studied for my entire life. There is really a lot to talk about but for the sake of being concise I'll just get to the bottom line: Rabbi Bar-chaim ACCURATELY mentions that chabad chassidus is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE with exile and strives exceedingly to fulfill as much of the Torah as possible in order to bring the redemption AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This is a sentiment is certainly shared by anyone who has experienced the sorrow of illness, death, or other suffering. The yearning and striving to bring mashiach is present and justified by the Torah, Talmud, and later commentaries EXPRESSLY. The Rabbi INCORRECTLY relays a LOT MORE: The Rabbi says that Chabad's primary motivation for the study of Rambam is exclusively for the study of the sections that deal with mashiach while negating the importance of the study of the rest of the laws of the Torah. THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE! The Lubavitcher Rebbe CLEARLY AND REPEATEDLY stated that the institution of the daily study of Rambam is in order to Fulfill the biblical commandment of studying the entire Torah. Although the Torah is certainly much larger than the rambam alone, there is a valid perspective among the sages that to fulfill this commandment one must study the entirety of the laws of the Torah. The rambam's mishna Torah was the first work to comprehensively contain the entirety of the laws of the torah without any additional legend based discussion. Therefore, to study the Rambam would be the most Effective way to fulfill the commandment of studying the entire Torah. This is only SUPPLEMENTED by the fact that the Rambam is the primary halachic source of mashiach based law. Another fallacy: The belief that the Lubavitcher Rebbe is mashiach is BY NO MEANS COMPULSORY by no in the vision of chabad. Rabbi Bar-chaim says that all chabad profess that the rebbe is certainly mashiach. in truth there is actually a significant percentage that do not profess certainty. The statement that the rebbe is alive is premised on the teachings of the Torah that: a) the life of a Tzadik is primarily spiritual and is therefore liberated from it's physical limitations when they are NISTALEK. b) the term NISTALEK does not G-d forbid mean that the Tzadik has ascended on high but rather that the Tzadik IS STILL PRESENT IN THIS LOWLY WORLD, although in a more lofty state, where it is actually able to excersize MORE spiritual influence than during their previous limited state. (This fact was mentioned in the Rebbe's very first public teaching! This teaching is sources explicitly and literally from the teaching of the mystical dimensions of the Torah.) Anyway, I've said a lot and I don't know of anyone is going to read this, but if you do, please comment what you think or ask questions on what you don't understand, I'd love to share what I can.
@@lawrencetendler7747 Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, the Baba Sali, the Karliner rebbe, rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri, Maran Ovadiah Yosef, and many more gedolim supported the rebbe and I think they were a little more educated than you, rabbi bar chaim, and myself.
I am not a Chabadnik, but they were a step toward greater observance during my college years in the 1970s. Ultimately we split over a number of things, and I went on to become a Breslover. I agree that Chabad has become more culty since their Rebbe died, but I disagree with your idea that Hasidism is nothing but escapism. Judging from the version of history you gave in the first half of the video, it seems that you are not just anti-Chabad, but anti-Hasidic in general. I was attracted to Hasidus not out of misery, suffering and despair, but from the joy of finding a form of Judaism that is connected to the outdoors and God's creation. In spite of all the beautiful nature imagery in the tehillim I read every day, the Jewish community is so out of touch with nature and the environment. My experience of Judaism growing up was not spiritual, and at times seemed to worship the state of Israel more than God. Nobody had pets, gardens, went camping, hiking, or showed any other sign that they knew God lived anywhere but in a book. Hasidism reconnected me to HaShem in a very real, heartfelt way.
Here is a much better video for those who want to see who the Rebbe really was, linked here, bellow, this man instead of speaking positively about the Lubavitcher Rebbe, chose to smear him this video I post below is truly a better more balanced presentation of the holy Rebbe and the Chabad movement, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rjc9eS1oPGs.htmlsi=exMp9BO1a91QKSF2
Hi, I’m an admirer of both Chabad and R Bar-Hayim. Was by the Rebbe a few dozen times, and also attended Rav BH shiurim back in the 90’s (when oddly enough I was in a small Chabad yeshiva in G’vat Shaul). At the time his lectures centered around a return to “Original-ism”. i.e. Tehilas (derived from the cuttlefish) and wearing Teffilin all day. So it would follow suit that he views Chabad even at it's best, as a kind of “Replacement Theology”. I appreciate the level of discourse here in this comments section, and would like to posit this: Isn’t all of “Torah Judaism” since the end of the Sacrificial era including the concept of Moshiach, Replacement Theology??
Although there hasn't been a sacrificial system and it seems logical it was replaced by a sacrificed man, Tenak doesn't support that logic contrary to the accepted belief it was.
@@debrapaulino918They are supposed to ignore the Messiah to cover their shame. But maybe the persecutions they have suffered are evidence they need to repent. Even Isaiah, the Jewish rabbis changed much of the language and theological understanding, because they were Jews, they claimed a monopoly on biblical truth. This paradigm shattered when Dead Sea scrolls proved Jewish rabbinical leaders deliberately lied and deceived their own people when they blamed the goyim for “changing the script”. The Dead Sea scrolls, 200 years before Christ, proved the “lying pens of the scribes” as Jeremiah himself prophesied. They believe their messiah is a box of bones been there since 1994, and their pride lies to them. Messiah came 2000 years, and the sins of Jewish leaders, have cursed the Jewish people. Now they play in the dark kabbalahistic arts, sorcery, necromancy, all the forbidden sins. And they lie about Zevi, who deceived half European jewry to follow his path of “redemption through sin”, engaging in sexual deviancy and idol worship as a means to redemption. These fools. They watched him convert to Islam like the deceptive weasel he always was. And Khazar, most Jews like to ignore that kingdom ever existed, because mixing bloodlines with Slavs isn’t exactly helpful when claiming historical right to a far away land. Wake up Jews. The truth is obvious to anyone who has ever read the entirety of the scriptures. The Jews have brought about their own sufferings by way of sin, rebellion, and pride. The Good Lord said “How many times o Israel? Would I have gathered you under my wings, but you were not willing.”. So how many more times O Israel? Or will you need to have your knees continually crushed before you are willing to praise the true Messiah? If it were my mercy to give, I would struggle to forgive your betrayal. But it is not mine to give, it is His, and ISRAEL is his people. The gentiles have been grafted in, but the good Lord has not abandoned you and His covenants promises, it is ISRAEL that has abandoned him. Read Malachi, then Mark. See the continuity? Isaiah? Jeremiah? Has the Lord not declared the end from the beginning? Barasheet. Have you forgotten your mother tongue? Or have you remade paleo-Hebrew, like you remade the Torah and rabbinical wisdom of your forefathers? For what? Your shame will not be covered unless it is exposed and dealt with.
Excellent video. I used it to refute the teachings of Christian missionaries and the Messianic Movement, which is using misguided Chabad material to justify their belief that Jesus was the messiah.
I've spent my entire life in chabad yeshivos and I can tell you from the inside that Rabbi Bar-Chaim is not educated in chabad Torah. The understanding of chabad chassidus that Rabbi Bar-Chaim presents is actually alarmingly twisted and completely not in line with chabad Torah that I have studied for my entire life. There is really a lot to talk about but for the sake of being concise I'll just get to the bottom line: Rabbi Bar-chaim ACCURATELY mentions that chabad chassidus is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE with exile and strives exceedingly to fulfill as much of the Torah as possible in order to bring the redemption AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This is a sentiment is certainly shared by anyone who has experienced the sorrow of illness, death, or other suffering. The yearning and striving to bring mashiach is present and justified by the Torah, Talmud, and later commentaries EXPRESSLY. The Rabbi INCORRECTLY relays a LOT MORE: The Rabbi says that Chabad's primary motivation for the study of Rambam is exclusively for the study of the sections that deal with mashiach while negating the importance of the study of the rest of the laws of the Torah. THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE! The Lubavitcher Rebbe CLEARLY AND REPEATEDLY stated that the institution of the daily study of Rambam is in order to Fulfill the biblical commandment of studying the entire Torah. Although the Torah is certainly much larger than the rambam alone, there is a valid perspective among the sages that to fulfill this commandment one must study the entirety of the laws of the Torah. The rambam's mishna Torah was the first work to comprehensively contain the entirety of the laws of the torah without any additional legend based discussion. Therefore, to study the Rambam would be the most Effective way to fulfill the commandment of studying the entire Torah. This is only SUPPLEMENTED by the fact that the Rambam is the primary halachic source of mashiach based law. Another fallacy: The belief that the Lubavitcher Rebbe is mashiach is BY NO MEANS COMPULSORY by no in the vision of chabad. Rabbi Bar-chaim says that all chabad profess that the rebbe is certainly mashiach. in truth there is actually a significant percentage that do not profess certainty. The statement that the rebbe is alive is premised on the teachings of the Torah that: a) the life of a Tzadik is primarily spiritual and is therefore liberated from it's physical limitations when they are NISTALEK. b) the term NISTALEK does not G-d forbid mean that the Tzadik has ascended on high but rather that the Tzadik IS STILL PRESENT IN THIS LOWLY WORLD, although in a more lofty state, where it is actually able to excersize MORE spiritual influence than during their previous limited state. (This fact was mentioned in the Rebbe's very first public teaching! This teaching is sources explicitly and literally from the teaching of the mystical dimensions of the Torah.) Anyway, I've said a lot and I don't know of anyone is going to read this, but if you do, please comment what you think or ask questions on what you don't understand, I'd love to share what I can.
Yes they are misguided and Wrong the only way they gain power is by belittling weak spirited people and coercion if it weren’t for these points Christians would Still be Jews and Muslims would still be desert dwelling tribes; The only way they gained power was by Copying the Torah Teachings and Laws.
