00:01 Choosing between family and religious beliefs regarding gay rights. 01:13 Choosing between loyalty to son and Torah 02:58 Rejecting someone for their sins is intolerant and wrong. 04:28 Supportive of LGBTQ rights and accepting towards his gay neighbour 05:26 Defining homosexuality and its origins 06:46 Sexual attraction to pleasure is normal. 08:20 Individual's Perspective on dietary Preferences and sexual orientation 09:57 Discussion on sexual pleasure and validity of points made.
@@ANewBeggining-so1wphe isn't lying. Anyone can choose to go either way. It is totally our choice. G-d set the rules and we can either choose to follow or not.
@@analysisonlight605 It wasnt about homosexuality it was about evil. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah were wicked and vile people so much so that when G-d gave them a chance by sending two angels who pretended being humans with Abraham they tried to rape and kill the angels. In the story Sodom and Gomorrah commited the sin of inhospitality and evil against their neighbors so much so that when G-d sent his angels to redeem them they tried to murder and hurt them instead of providing for them and treating them with kindness. So since the angels did not find 10 righteous people G-d told them to destroy the cities.
As a Reform Jew, we don't judge and condemn one of G-d's fellow creations; however, we read the Torah literally on this rule. A man shall not lay with another man, like he would with a woman. So being gay isn't a sin, but rather penetrating another man like you would a woman would be a sin.
The problem is male with male is forbidden and female with female, is not forbidden. The arguments are skewed because religions are lumping all same-sex relationships together when they are clearly two different issues.
Gay Man Here: I appreciate the compassion the rabbi takes on this subject. I know for a fact that people don’t choose their sexuality. After all, I’ve never met a straight person who could tell me what age they chose to be straight. My sense is that the restrictions on homosexuality in Abrahamic faiths is a desire to populate and grow the Nation as quickly as possible. It was written in a time when the Nation of Israel was small and they needed every hand on deck procreating. I suspect Hashem actually has a blessing in mind for people that have to live this life so torn. It would be VASTLY easier for me if I found women attractive. The challenge that I have is looking upon the words requiring people like me to be stoned to death and considering them holy. If the Torah is wrong about that and to me it so clearly is, where else is it wrong? Life is so much easier for straight people.
You need to understand that people are ashamed and hung up about sex so they will tell it different than it is. Even the ones who act tough. If they say they never chose for it chances are that they actually had some feelings of lust to the same sex at some point but are ashamed to talk about it. Same with your case, there could be a plethora of possible reasons for why you are the way you are. Maybe you are hung up as well. Maybe something got in to your thoughts at childhood which made you view yourself in a certain way. Maybe you are just less inclined to the opposite sex by nature. The truth is gender dysphoria and homosexuality is a complex topic which we haven't figured out yet. But i'm having a strong hunch that it's a psychological conundrum. As is much to do with sexuality. Peace to you.
@@dudefrombelgium everything has a psychological basis of that I am sure. Gender issues have no relation to my sexuality. I am very much male so the two communities though often joined in people’s minds aren’t the same. I am too old to have shame about sexuality. You’re right though many people do. I think the bottom line is that some people don’t fit the standard in this regard. We wouldn’t read a test that condemned Down syndrome people and condemned them for being stoned and given it very much thought about its validity. To me when I read that part of the Torah that is what it’s like.
@@michaeltoney2277 Everything Torah commanded needs to be viewed in the context of the story and the era it takes place in. And needs to be reviewed in a pragmatic context. We know that life was especially harsh and harsh measures were put in place. If you take a close look at how god in the Torah converses with people after Adam and Eve and Cain, it's as if he is saying "Ok, you wanted it the hard way? Let's do it the hard way then!". It's like any other story about the medieval ages, even the righteous people went by the sword and shield. Torah also has a restrospective element, meaning that some things in it are revealed only after a long time. Like today we can look back on it and say "That's how people used to be in the past, let's not be like that!". This element was not revealed lets say 1000 years ago. The same would go for me, because i was debauched and intoxicated, i lived a life oriented towards pleasure and women, so according to Torah i should be punished as well. But I don't see Jews today stoning gay people or debauchers, nor their disobedient children. Because it was never meant to be like that forever. Because we know it's harsh and we would rather live differently. It's more like how it is when everything goes bad, how do we rectify our mistakes then? In an easy way? I don't think so. We don't go scott free when the proverbial feces hit the fan. Also in war, it's really brutal, and i don't wish it to anyone. But it's existential, ultimately we are all victims of the human condition.
Maybe nobody is wrong here… maybe it’s a prophesy that was fulfilled at the stonewall riots. From here on out you should only know good things! No more suffering from cruel intolerance. Only kindness towards each other. As Modi calls it, Moshiach energy.
That's kinda the point, there is no possibility of creation, it becomes an act solely of pleasure. The world is pain, pleasure is fleeting. We've gotten so used to instaneous pleasure we can't do anything difficult.
The issue is not the personal choice. The issue is the fact that somehow, this personal choice, is being used to created a protected class, which are being privileged with more rights (privileges) than straight people. To make things worse, tax payer resources are being used to fund such privileges and to normalize and push this private choice into the many areas of society, independently of age.
The LGBT are now majority over hedrisexuals. They pudh their agenda so far, even tonour 5 yrs olds😢. They have everything they want and we pay taxes for most services. We don't ask them to change. They want us to go their way.😢
Being LGBT is not something someone chooses. People do choose how they live their lives. It may be helpful to also remember that for LGBT people it isn't just about sex, as it is not about sex for straight folk. People seek companionship, emotional and spiritual connection.
I’d love to hear how being gay has privilage. In a world where everything falls into the laps of straight people even down to the milestones of your life conforming to wider society. I think you have it backwards it’s a great privilege to live out a life typically in a social human society. Not conforming is a great curse, whether by your choice or not. We are social beings The reality is that there are a subset of people who hate us in some countries they throw us off rooftops. So society does need to have some rules to protect us from the violence of the past. Though admittedly things are getting out of hand with every feeling needing safe space these days. That is mostly a result of growing up in a generation that actually has never suffered.
@@rainisgreen7870 This little piggy SHOULD HAVE NOT GONE TO THE market,. This little piggy SHOULDA stayed home,. This little piggy SHOULDA had roast beef,. these turkish baths are for happy foxes.
1946themovie proves the Bible is not anti-gay. God is not a bigot. Leviticus is not anti-gay. Sodom and Gomorrah are not about gays. A eunuch is a modern gay. Daniel was a eunuch! Isaiah 56:3 says DO not let the eunuch say I'm just a dry branch. Whoever loves my Sabbath and obeys my commands I will give you a place in my house and a name better than sons and daughters. We DON'T CHOOSE to be gay. We choose to over pluck.
And now, more young people are accepting the truth of their bisexuality and they know that it is fear followed by conditioning that has left folks in the past so confused, fearful and suicidal
And you know this, how exactly? Because you took those values from a religion, from Judaism or it's offshoots. While ignoring what it's foundational text says. Hypocritical or just ignorant? Both?
@aviaronowitz4622 Yes yes I know all that, and much more. Judaism is Christianity's older brother. So many times throughout history, also the much wiser one... Best wishes to you, I hope the best thing in life happens to you and our God decides to bless your entire life!
I was born in a christian country, raised as an non-christian, I came out as feeling attracted to the same gender, never feeling comfortable with it. Now I have with 30 years my first girlfriend and I simply recognize me as bisexuel. What makes the words of this rabbi so unique to me is the feeling of tolerance towards sin. What is sin? Is it the deed? Or is it the more mental intent? Or none of it? I think as long as I dedicate all aspects of my life to God I'm not walking a false way. I'm willed to follow my possible pleasures, but not as a self purpose. It's more the questionnof letting another human beings needs flow and being okay with their outcomes. My girlfriend allows me sexual intercourse with other men. But I would never do it because I want it. What I want is small. What God wants is big. God wants me to love. Whatever God wants, if I love without following my own desires I'm allowed to do anything that'll have healing potential. I love. This is my truth. Thank you for that moment!
He's simply wrong on this. It's easy to empirically test too. Go to a primitive tribe that has no concept of sex at all. There's several of those. Show their men picture or video of gay sex and straight sex. Record the reactions. You'll get about 80% straight, with strong disgust reaction to same sex sex, then some indifferent, and finally some with reverse interest (aversion to straight sex). That's it, there goes your theory of "all humans are bi" as well as claims it's all culturally programmed.
Hashem is not ok with it, we should not modify the Torah there are 36 cardinal sins that causes a person to be cut off. Why is the rabbi not quoting the scriptures, why is he giving us his opinions? I need sources. Dome people want to hear what their itching ears want to hear. This Rabbi is sending lots of people to hell with him!
If Torah followers do not tolerate homoseuality, the boys will get the message. If they choose to go ahead and sin in this area, then you don't just change your mind and decide it tolerant it.
The torah does say anything about "gay rights." Certainly, to refuse employment, housing, health care, food and lodging, etc. based on sexual orientation is not consistent with torah law. Admittedly, marriage is more complicated, but nobody is forcing Orthodox shuls to marry anybody or acknowledge the couplehood of anybody (non-Orthodox shuls generally are doing this). Also, there's no torah validity to deny Jews access to any of the mitzvot.
The evil inclination is the left sided serpent the left column of the kabbalah ,the nefesh habehemi is something else ,it's your survival instinct eat, sleep ect I would say it's represent two sephirot malkhut and yesod
I don't UNDERSTAND the rabbi's point on this! All i know is that the Torah is VERY CLEAR on this matter. Lev.20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be PUT to DEATH ; their blood shall be upon them. I do NOT wish this on anyone BUT that is what God commended to Israel!! I Love You❤️ God Bless You All🙏 Shalom✌️
notice how they always say they don't care what people do in their homes. when it comes to the alphabet people. When people make that statement it means they really condone it . Notice if an older guy got caught with teen female they don't make that statement. They are just ready to hate, bully, terrorize and prosecute to the fullest extent. So we know the only crime that people are truly against in their hearts
Absolutely there is no if and but in the Torah it is a 100 % an abomination i am shocked how the Rabbi is sugar coating this subject i listen to Rabbis who openly and publicly are condemning Rabbi Friedman but i refused to unfollow the Rabbi until now this is crazy
I presume the Rabbi means when he says the Torah, he means the five books of Moses. I wish rather than simply saying it is against the Torah or a sin, he would quote the Torah verses that say so.
I don't think all women feel that way. Over a decade ago I was brought to jail on hearsay charges and it took a long time to get out because I was poor. I have never felt less sexual in my entire life and everything women did to each other in terms of extra curricular activities I found extremely repulsive. I don't find anything that a lesbian couple does to be fun even if a man were to do it. And I was not the only one there to feel that way one third of women feel that way. So almost one fifth of the human race disagrees with what you are saying and I think 🤔 that is not an insignificant number. I don't hate gay people or bi people but I am not one and have no inclination whatsoever to ever yru
Interesting. I was expecting a big point at the end of Rabbi's statement, but there was just a "so be it." I'm straight, but as I don't date now, I wouldn't suddenly get randy in jail. Sex is just scratching an itch. If I'm not thirsty, I don't drink. I also feel rage, but I haven't hurt anyone from rage yet.
As a man I would estimate the percentage among men is well over 50%, more like 70-80% I'd estimate. I've always suspected women are more fuzzy about their sexual preferences. It makes sense too, evolution didn't have to be as strict in filtering out deviations with the sex that's not playing the active, initiating role -- it doesn't result in immediate end of the species. Those species that reversed the trend are already no longer with us.
@@vmasing1965 not me or one third of other women either. Statistically one third of women are not wired for anything but vanilla heterosexual activities and won't even like the activities lesbians do if performed by a man of their preference.
Good teaching somebody must tell the truth ... God condemms sexual pervertion and called it sin... Sin is not an option or life style sin is sin ! Shalom
I’d encourage you to abstain from sex for the rest of your life with anyone you find attractive and test whether that is optional for you lol. I think you might last a week if you’re dedicated. Eating pork is a sin yet people do it all the time and grow healthy and strong on that meat. My point is I think things in life aren’t as simple as you are presenting them. Nothing in life is that reptilian brained black and white. Every sentence in the Torah has six different opinions about what is said.
It's been empirically tested, countless times, in various cultures. The results are readily available. He's simply wrong here. Just another human being = makes mistakes. It's obvious he is bi himself thou. I for one, have no problem with that and will continue to follow him.
Avot 1:11, Avtalion used to say: Sages be careful with your words, lest you incur the penalty of exile, and be carried off to a place of evil waters, and the disciples who follow you drink and die, and thus the name of heaven becomes profaned.
So at 5:38 "What is gay?" "Beats me, I don't understand." EXACTLY. You don't understand, so knock it off with the holier than though judgementalism. Then Rabbi Friedman says "What makes you gay is the inability to be intimate with the opposite sex." "Every human being is bisexual." No, but you might be and that's fine. Animal sexual orientation is based on the physical properties of the brain and only the brain. There is nothing else to it. It cannot be changed. It's how we are created.
“Every human being is bi.” WRONG! Leviticus 20:13: “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.” (A serial killer also finds pleasure killing. Not all pleasure is good)
What makes a man "gay" is enmeshment with a mother, when loving another woman feels like cheating on a mom. And a mother is so possessive, she will not tolerate another woman in her son's life.
It's about early influences on young people when they discover the pleasure that their bodies demand of them ... It's important that habits don't become obsession with personal gratification ... Everyone is happy when they get want even if they are impatient for gratification ... Where do our bodies come from ? where are they going to after
It's about early influences on young people when they discover the pleasure that their bodies demand of them ... It's important that habits don't become obsession with personal gratification ... Everyone is happy when they get want even if they are impatient for gratification ... Where do our bodies come from ? where are they going to after
We come into this life with lessons karma and if we are incarnated into a female body our soul most likely is here to experience and learn about being a female and what that means and if we are born into a male body we most likely are here to learn lessons related to being a man. I personally believe this it makes sense as well and if a soul was in a most recent life a female and incarnates in this lifetime as a male maybe their soul still feels comfortable as a female so they yearn to be female again it's comfortable however it may not be their soul lesson. This is one way of understanding this on a soul level.
Inablity to ber intimate with the opposite sex doesn't necessarily mean you're gay! There are some people (a very small minority, but they exists) who are asexual. There are also those so emotionally scarred that they are not capable of intimacy.
Two sources are contradicting his claim -- scientific test results, conducted in several different cultures all around the world and the holy written word his own Torah. He's fallen deep with this one. Sounds good but unfortunately is wrong, on so many levels...
@@dudefrombelgiumexactly wrong. You see if a person is right these days the same as you would in any other day. If what he says is not consistent with Torah then he is wrong. If he teaches something your fathers never knew then he is wrong.
Are you going to obey God or not! God made men and women to fit each other, to compliment each other, to make children. Children to have mothers and fathers. The devil tries to make us go against our Creator. God gave us choice. Are you going to make the right choice?
That’s the black and white, inhuman way of thinking about it. No one makes a choice about who they are. I’m gender nonconforming and also gay which is very layered. It’s not a choice or something I could just drop. And if I did lie to myself and dressed in a costume, I would be doing something wrong by lying to a woman and living a fake and inauthentic life. I don’t think someone else deserves to suffer as well. Authenticity is more important
Short simplified story. I've seen gays ( I just know they're gays) attend the same church I attend. This church every now and then preaches about the sins and evils about homosexuality. These gays don't seem offended at all with what they're hearing. Yet, they still continue to attend worship services in a happy manner. I'm thinking, this must be the power of the Holy Spirit, anything is possible without needed explanation.
Logically and necessarily when a book of God is sent with a messenger of God to announce a religion of God one should find explicitly and clearly the mention of the name of this religion in the book in question as well as the name of the messenger carrying the message and if he is the last messenger one should find explicitly this mention also the fact that the messenger in question is the last.
*Nope, all people are not bi.* Some are some aren't. Majority of men's reaction to even thought about a sexual act with a man is violent disgust. _That really doesn't qualify as bi..._ That's not a social construct, either. I was born in a fiercely, deeply atheist country, in an atheist family. I never heard about any sex in my childhood, not to speak gay sex. Still, without knowing anything about the whole topic, when I first saw a picture of gay sex, my instinctive reaction was intense disgust. While with a picture of a naked woman, it was the opposite. It's a genetically programmed reaction, and that programming varies person to person. That's it, whole story. When one man, Rabbi Manis Friedman, is bi it doesn't follow that therefore all men are bi. It's a faulty conclusion, it still only means that he is. Which is OK by me, I'm not judging him, or think anything less on his other opinions where he happens to be correct. He's a very smart, talented man so I appreciate him for that, regardless.
It is actually mentioned, in the passages in Genesis about Sodom; they're subtle and polite about it; but they do stress that these guys in that city wanted to "know" the strange young men visitors, and the message is clear that they meant to "know" them in the *marital* sense; so it is clearly there- and *disgusting* it is. And also, passages by Paul in his letters backs that assessment up ironically; about other groups, groups that were afflicted by the same sort of violent "software error", or worse still: willing immorality of one of the most profound and illicit methods imaginable!
I can understand why men as well as women look at men in that way.. just be better if they stopped lying to women about it, that's the problem I have... All men should come with a warning sign in capital letters... At least Mr Friedman is honest.
Says a woman! God, this is truly funny! No, all men are not born bi, most men are born with genetically programmed aversion to any, even slightly sexual thought about the same sex. And then there's some deviations, bi and gay. It has nothing to do with man's body without sexual context. Man's body can be very beautiful just like all animals, from both sexes, just like all Creation. Those are two completely different issues hopelessly mixed up here.
Thank you! It's true....... The pleasures 'of the flesh' are very powerful...... HOWEVER, when YOU CHOOSE to yield to the 'flesh' rather than obey God, it's sin plain and simple. Sin blinds you to a full understanding and revelation of the one God. Sin kills you! Whatever desires you have that cause you to disobey God must be suppressed, ignored, and destroyed. Sin is a cancer of the flesh (and the spirit) that cannot be stopped by YOU! Only God can fix it completely! Resist sin! Resist evil! Then both will lose their control over you....... just say'n.
I myself have been around gay people because of my profession, I love women and never really understood what makes a man gay. So I have asked around, to sum it up most gays claimed that they did try with the opposite sex but did not like it therefore they knew early on that they were different. I believe that for most of them it isn't a choice. I do not believe that we are all bisexual
@@sofiayudelzon4830 exactly one of the mitzvot which explicitly said which type of desire is a sin. The other desires are never explicitly called out, only the act upon them.
I can't possibly believe that anyone is born gay, to me it's a very long, slow, and conscious pathological process of choosing it and reinforcing it as pleasurable from a very young age without any guidance. You decide to be gay when you're younger without even having the full responsibility of knowing what you're doing. If you replace the word gay with aggressive or violent it would be the same idea, it's always a choice of how we react to external things and experiences. Every different sin is a different level of challenge for every individual.
Well, I am a lesbian and I can tell you I didn't choose this. Since I can remember, as a child, I saw women not in a sexual way of course but as a maternal figure. Growing up, i realised that i wasnt interested in boys like all other girls. I even tried to force myself with men, it was traumatic and i am phisically and mentally repulsed by the penis. I just cannot do it, and i never chose this. In fact, i wished i was hetero because that would have been an easier life. You think that being gay is fun, thats why people do it? Guess what, it's a very lonely, painful life. So yes, i wish i could be hetero, marry and be a mother. I tried even, and sirprise surprise I just cannot because to me intimacy with penis is abuse towards myself
And then some. Let's be honest, he's simply wrong. Majority of men have a biologically (not socially) programmed intense disgust reaction to the same sex in any even slightly sexual context. That's just a fact. If Manis Friedman doesn't, it says nothing about all men.
@@watcherwlc53 He is saying a lot more than that. He is saying Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Joseph and Moses were also bisexual. Assuming that is true, they obeyed Hashem and did not act on their inclinations and the same applies to her son. Obey Hashem regardless of what you feel like doing.
God created everyone with a unique orientation. As unique as your god-given fingerprints. No two are the same. One of the letters is for you. You're included. No exceptions zero excuses.
@solmaster69 I'm just here to discuss the literature with you. I'm not a religious person, so maybe you'll appreciate my unbiased opinion. It sounds like you've eaten from the Tree of knowledge. You travail like a woman in labor and have a desire to be ruled over because that's the consequence of having God's knowledge. Repent of God's knowledge. It's like the lord of the rings. You're not the right one to wield it. If you had seen Indiana Jones you would know not to mess with the Jewish scriptures. As Indiana Jones said in the movie ''don't even look at it.''
Man, I can hear divine laughing watching it. This is where living jewish wisdom went astray with going by "the book" ( very very old book mind you.. ) rather than being able to live by the Heart in the Present. Who cares?! "Sinner?" For wanting who you want sexually?? All this started when we erased Ashtoret from divine leadership in Canaan. Yahweh lost his wife and we lost sanity.
This is such a difficult and controversial topic. I believe marriage as written is between a man and a woman. However i do not judge anyones choices. We must make our own decisions and accept not everything in life is a rose garden. Bless all who have difficulty on their path in life.
1 Corinthians 6 9-11 Such were some of you. Ephesians 1 1I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
what if a person was born with desire to kill people, so he always feels like killing someone? Is it ok and he shouldn't be executed after acting according to his desire?????? So, how you not abandoning G-d and when condoning murderer?! It's not a question
Finally, a religious leader, who has a more well-defined stance on this, instead of all that other wishy-washy nonsense! It is a very sensitive issue, and therefore, should be approached with love, compassion, and understanding. HaShem has made it pretty clear, in Vayikra 18 and 20, what He thinks of male homosexual acts. Keep in mind, not agreeing with someone’s actions is NOT the equivalence of hating them on an individual basis. At the same time, no one should be discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation, as HaShem commanded us to love them, through our actions, as He has loved us, regardless of our imperfections. One may not be able to choose the kinds of sexual attractions they have, but they DO have self-control, over what they do with those attractions, and how they act, especially in a religious communal setting.
I am shocked at this Rabbi. He chooses to go against Torah using his own theology. So what if all left his congregation, but one? This is not a "laughing matter," as he suggests with his adultery comment. Shameful.
Rabbi and would be bffs cause I use this same argument 😂😂 the I’m bisexual “oh how original” gave me a good belly laugh thank you for your wisdom Rabbi ❤
My daughter came to me crying saying she was gay. I said ok, and she just looked at me. I left her alone so as to not make her prove it to me somehow. Of course I didn't like it but I left her alone. A couple years later she fell for a very nice young man and suddenly she wasn't gay. Being gay now a days is a trend. Best thing to do is let the kid grow out of it. Easier said than done but pray a lot and eventually the miracle will happen.
You did the right thing. You shouldn't feed your children's doubts and fears. That's what machismo does to people. It feeds doubts in to our heads. That's why we sacrificed the bull before the tabernacle! To defeat the primal instincts of men and women.
Thank you . Sounds like we cannot punish our kids rejecting them , because LJBt issue, and it seemed make sense. Yes I am sinner, and attracting things , but cannot accept the gender issue even more because The God created only 2 genger.
Hmmm, men who've been in prison for too long start getting attracted to same sex. Yet, they don't seem crazy cause they're still talking and behaving normal as always. -------- Too weird for my understanding cause I'm super duper ultimately real straight.
Same sex attraction in a non sexual manner is perfectly normal, esp in children b4 puberty. As children, we are attracted to what we want to become. A boy will often be attracted to a man, to the ideal male form, both physically & mentally, cuz that's what he wishes to become. That attraction can easily become hijacked & corrupted due to the traumas of emotional abuse, molestation, lack of positive male role models, harmful social conditioning, & hormonal imbalances brought on by genetic abnormalities or dangerous chemicals in food, water, & environment. As humans, we have a high sex drive & we are increasingly living in societies that teaches lack of discipline & shame of that drive. Does it feel good? Of course, but so does certain fatal recreational drugs, which often have the same euphoric effects as sexual release. Doesn't that call for discipline & shame when we don't control our lustful desires or are we advocating for the fiendish addiction to pleasure? Healthy homoeroticism has it's place, we see it all the time in athleticism, but when it's encouraged to be unrestricted, undisciplined, & unabashed just for the hedonistic pleasure that appeases an unhealthy ego is when all hell breaks loose. We need to teach men how to be disciplined men who are not afraid to balance their masculine ego with respect for the nurturing nature of the feminine ego, both from within & without. I understand that not all boys will grow up to be the most masculine of men as not all girls will be the most feminine of women, & thats perfectly ok, too, they can find balance within the right pairing, if so desired. The key here, regardless of the level of masculinity/femininity, is the balance within one's own self that is rooted in discipline, shame, & respect that comes from the repentance of sins & the sincere reverence of God, above all else. If we can get that right, everything else that is good, that needs to be good in society, will fall into place, I promise. 💐💛⚔️
Invalidating your son’s personal way of happy living(based on imperfect dogma) does damage to your relationship with your son. Learn Psychology not only Theology. Trauma flourishes when you have hardship and no compassionate presence. That’s a recipe for post traumatic stress disorder and religious trauma. Nothing should stay in the way of you supporting your son’s wishes, unless you truly believe something Is damaging to his happiness (or someone else’s of course). If you Say you love your son uncondifionally but you don’t accept his fight for his own happiness… that’s not true love, it’s heartbreak. You damage your son and his safe relationship with you. Dogma Is not worth it.
Human and animal are not the same. We cannot and should not let our flesh to direct our actions. That is why we are to keep G-D’s commandants and submit our minds to His authority. With all the respect to Rabbi, men need to stand and leave all fear behind and stand in a gap for your families and children. Time is short! Maybe G-d will have mercy. Shalom.
My belief and my opinion god is pure love and pure acceptance come on it 2024 i have a adult child i support all the choose and i still love god and all i dont sepreate the two
In the spanish 10 comandments my father use to say that honor children is normaly a HS gift given to us without beeing a comandment Laila tov dear Rabby Manish Freedman.
00:01 Choosing between family and religious beliefs regarding gay rights.
01:13 Choosing between loyalty to son and Torah
02:58 Rejecting someone for their sins is intolerant and wrong.
04:28 Supportive of LGBTQ rights and accepting towards his gay neighbour
05:26 Defining homosexuality and its origins
06:46 Sexual attraction to pleasure is normal.
08:20 Individual's Perspective on dietary Preferences and sexual orientation
09:57 Discussion on sexual pleasure and validity of points made.
I love this way of thinking, everything you said is so true, and yet so non-judgmental. I would love to hear you speak more on this matter
Your wisdom is so Amazing Rabbi. I thank God for having you enlightening Our understanding with your wisdom
Check what people pushed for LGBT agenda.
In the US and around the World.
@@Phoenix-pl6ys the ones that rebel against the will of God
@@shipsanckor EWS
@@ANewBeggining-so1wp I afree% shameful this rabbi is taking this position on this matter
@@ANewBeggining-so1wphe isn't lying. Anyone can choose to go either way. It is totally our choice. G-d set the rules and we can either choose to follow or not.
I would love to hear MORE from rabbi Friedman about this topic
Sodom & gomora were destroyed - it’s willful sin - yes we are sinners but willful disobedience is not acceptable to the Lord
Not according to the Jews. That wasn't the reason.
@@robertsilver8924 what was it?
We Jews do not interpret the story of Sodom and Gomorrah as having anything to do with homosexuality.
@@analysisonlight605 It wasnt about homosexuality it was about evil. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah were wicked and vile people so much so that when G-d gave them a chance by sending two angels who pretended being humans with Abraham they tried to rape and kill the angels. In the story Sodom and Gomorrah commited the sin of inhospitality and evil against their neighbors so much so that when G-d sent his angels to redeem them they tried to murder and hurt them instead of providing for them and treating them with kindness. So since the angels did not find 10 righteous people G-d told them to destroy the cities.
@@robertsilver8924 tell us what the reason is.
As a Reform Jew, we don't judge and condemn one of G-d's fellow creations; however, we read the Torah literally on this rule. A man shall not lay with another man, like he would with a woman. So being gay isn't a sin, but rather penetrating another man like you would a woman would be a sin.
The problem is male with male is forbidden and female with female, is not forbidden. The arguments are skewed because religions are lumping all same-sex relationships together when they are clearly two different issues.
Gay Man Here:
I appreciate the compassion the rabbi takes on this subject.
I know for a fact that people don’t choose their sexuality. After all, I’ve never met a straight person who could tell me what age they chose to be straight.
My sense is that the restrictions on homosexuality in Abrahamic faiths is a desire to populate and grow the Nation as quickly as possible.
It was written in a time when the Nation of Israel was small and they needed every hand on deck procreating.
I suspect Hashem actually has a blessing in mind for people that have to live this life so torn. It would be VASTLY easier for me if I found women attractive.
The challenge that I have is looking upon the words requiring people like me to be stoned to death and considering them holy.
If the Torah is wrong about that and to me it so clearly is, where else is it wrong?
Life is so much easier for straight people.
You need to understand that people are ashamed and hung up about sex so they will tell it different than it is. Even the ones who act tough.
If they say they never chose for it chances are that they actually had some feelings of lust to the same sex at some point but are ashamed to talk about it.
Same with your case, there could be a plethora of possible reasons for why you are the way you are. Maybe you are hung up as well. Maybe something got in to your thoughts at childhood which made you view yourself in a certain way. Maybe you are just less inclined to the opposite sex by nature. The truth is gender dysphoria and homosexuality is a complex topic which we haven't figured out yet. But i'm having a strong hunch that it's a psychological conundrum. As is much to do with sexuality. Peace to you.
@@dudefrombelgium everything has a psychological basis of that I am sure.
Gender issues have no relation to my sexuality. I am very much male so the two communities though often joined in people’s minds aren’t the same.
I am too old to have shame about sexuality.
You’re right though many people do.
I think the bottom line is that some people don’t fit the standard in this regard.
We wouldn’t read a test that condemned Down syndrome people and condemned them for being stoned and given it very much thought about its validity.
To me when I read that part of the Torah that is what it’s like.
@@michaeltoney2277 Everything Torah commanded needs to be viewed in the context of the story and the era it takes place in. And needs to be reviewed in a pragmatic context. We know that life was especially harsh and harsh measures were put in place. If you take a close look at how god in the Torah converses with people after Adam and Eve and Cain, it's as if he is saying "Ok, you wanted it the hard way? Let's do it the hard way then!". It's like any other story about the medieval ages, even the righteous people went by the sword and shield. Torah also has a restrospective element, meaning that some things in it are revealed only after a long time. Like today we can look back on it and say "That's how people used to be in the past, let's not be like that!". This element was not revealed lets say 1000 years ago.
The same would go for me, because i was debauched and intoxicated, i lived a life oriented towards pleasure and women, so according to Torah i should be punished as well. But I don't see Jews today stoning gay people or debauchers, nor their disobedient children. Because it was never meant to be like that forever. Because we know it's harsh and we would rather live differently. It's more like how it is when everything goes bad, how do we rectify our mistakes then? In an easy way? I don't think so. We don't go scott free when the proverbial feces hit the fan. Also in war, it's really brutal, and i don't wish it to anyone. But it's existential, ultimately we are all victims of the human condition.
Maybe nobody is wrong here… maybe it’s a prophesy that was fulfilled at the stonewall riots. From here on out you should only know good things! No more suffering from cruel intolerance. Only kindness towards each other. As Modi calls it, Moshiach energy.
That's kinda the point, there is no possibility of creation, it becomes an act solely of pleasure. The world is pain, pleasure is fleeting. We've gotten so used to instaneous pleasure we can't do anything difficult.
Everyone is NOT Bisexual! This is bonkers
Only chicks who were told to be and Sagittarius dudes!
I think he meant it conceptually, not existentially
What a load of rubbish. I can’t believe what I was hearing
The issue is not the personal choice. The issue is the fact that somehow, this personal choice, is being used to created a protected class, which are being privileged with more rights (privileges) than straight people. To make things worse, tax payer resources are being used to fund such privileges and to normalize and push this private choice into the many areas of society, independently of age.
Well said 💯
Plus the campaign of pushing it into daycares & primary schools.
The LGBT are now majority over hedrisexuals.
They pudh their agenda so far, even tonour 5 yrs olds😢. They have everything they want and we pay taxes for most services. We don't ask them to change.
They want us to go their way.😢
Being LGBT is not something someone chooses. People do choose how they live their lives. It may be helpful to also remember that for LGBT people it isn't just about sex, as it is not about sex for straight folk. People seek companionship, emotional and spiritual connection.
I’d love to hear how being gay has privilage.
In a world where everything falls into the laps of straight people even down to the milestones of your life conforming to wider society.
I think you have it backwards it’s a great privilege to live out a life typically in a social human society.
Not conforming is a great curse, whether by your choice or not.
We are social beings
The reality is that there are a subset of people who hate us in some countries they throw us off rooftops.
So society does need to have some rules to protect us from the violence of the past.
Though admittedly things are getting out of hand with every feeling needing safe space these days.
That is mostly a result of growing up in a generation that actually has never suffered.
Wait, so gay people are the communists and upper class or the straight people?
WOW! That was a very powerful discussion about reality, and very informative. Thank you Rabbi! ❤🕊
Pigs eat anything. Cows don't.
yes, exactly.
you are right, So pig is symbol of devil spirit. Pig creates liar horny uncomfortable,
well... It does not affect you, especially if you feed the pig vegetables.
The piglet was shaking violently before it was taken to the slaughter. You think it's just a nice spa day, but it isn't
@@rainisgreen7870 This little piggy SHOULD HAVE NOT GONE TO THE market,. This little piggy SHOULDA stayed home,. This little piggy SHOULDA had roast beef,. these turkish baths are for happy foxes.
Intolerants is a problem that is true. Thank You Rabbi Friedman
intolerance of the chronic self h a r mers and icels. We aren't alpha males
1946themovie proves the Bible is not anti-gay. God is not a bigot. Leviticus is not anti-gay. Sodom and Gomorrah are not about gays. A eunuch is a modern gay. Daniel was a eunuch! Isaiah 56:3 says DO not let the eunuch say I'm just a dry branch. Whoever loves my Sabbath and obeys my commands I will give you a place in my house and a name better than sons and daughters. We DON'T CHOOSE to be gay. We choose to over pluck.
Confusion is of our Age. Discernment is of Holy Mind. Love is Most of High.
Everyone wants what they can get ...whether it is wholesome and long lasting or just the yearning for immediate gratification.
And now, more young people are accepting the truth of their bisexuality and they know that it is fear followed by conditioning that has left folks in the past so confused, fearful and suicidal
we are not here to judge that' s Gods job, we are here to love each other, worry about people killing each other, love to all
Yes but we aren't here either to approve and support sinful behavior.
And you know this, how exactly? Because you took those values from a religion, from Judaism or it's offshoots. While ignoring what it's foundational text says.
Hypocritical or just ignorant? Both?
@aviaronowitz4622 Yes yes I know all that, and much more. Judaism is Christianity's older brother. So many times throughout history, also the much wiser one...
Best wishes to you, I hope the best thing in life happens to you and our God decides to bless your entire life!
I didn't understand what was said at 4:38. There a gay man in Rafi Pinsky's building and he [what?]?
I was born in a christian country, raised as an non-christian, I came out as feeling attracted to the same gender, never feeling comfortable with it. Now I have with 30 years my first girlfriend and I simply recognize me as bisexuel. What makes the words of this rabbi so unique to me is the feeling of tolerance towards sin. What is sin? Is it the deed? Or is it the more mental intent? Or none of it? I think as long as I dedicate all aspects of my life to God I'm not walking a false way. I'm willed to follow my possible pleasures, but not as a self purpose. It's more the questionnof letting another human beings needs flow and being okay with their outcomes. My girlfriend allows me sexual intercourse with other men. But I would never do it because I want it. What I want is small. What God wants is big. God wants me to love. Whatever God wants, if I love without following my own desires I'm allowed to do anything that'll have healing potential. I love. This is my truth. Thank you for that moment!
Moses was not ok with it, do you know more than him
christian?
@@rainisgreen7870 Will it change what Moses knew if he was?
He's simply wrong on this.
It's easy to empirically test too. Go to a primitive tribe that has no concept of sex at all. There's several of those. Show their men picture or video of gay sex and straight sex. Record the reactions. You'll get about 80% straight, with strong disgust reaction to same sex sex, then some indifferent, and finally some with reverse interest (aversion to straight sex).
That's it, there goes your theory of "all humans are bi" as well as claims it's all culturally programmed.
Hashem is not ok with it, we should not modify the Torah there are 36 cardinal sins that causes a person to be cut off. Why is the rabbi not quoting the scriptures, why is he giving us his opinions? I need sources. Dome people want to hear what their itching ears want to hear. This Rabbi is sending lots of people to hell with him!
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So, how would you have prevented the sexual abuse of boys by male adults at the yeshivah in Melbourne? Or how would you prevent that in the future?
If Torah followers do not tolerate homoseuality, the boys will get the message. If they choose to go ahead and sin in this area, then you don't just change your mind and decide it tolerant it.
The torah does say anything about "gay rights." Certainly, to refuse employment, housing, health care, food and lodging, etc. based on sexual orientation is not consistent with torah law. Admittedly, marriage is more complicated, but nobody is forcing Orthodox shuls to marry anybody or acknowledge the couplehood of anybody (non-Orthodox shuls generally are doing this).
Also, there's no torah validity to deny Jews access to any of the mitzvot.
They are born with an inclination and society is encouraging it.
the evil inclination is the yetzer hara or the nefesh habahamas (animal soul)?
The evil inclination is the left sided serpent the left column of the kabbalah ,the nefesh habehemi is something else ,it's your survival instinct eat, sleep ect I would say it's represent two sephirot malkhut and yesod
I don't UNDERSTAND the rabbi's point on this! All i know is that the Torah is VERY CLEAR on this matter.
Lev.20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be PUT to DEATH ; their blood shall be upon them.
I do NOT wish this on anyone BUT that is what God commended to Israel!!
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notice how they always say they don't care what people do in their homes. when it comes to the alphabet people. When people make that statement it means they really condone it . Notice if an older guy got caught with teen female they don't make that statement. They are just ready to hate, bully, terrorize and prosecute to the fullest extent. So we know the only crime that people are truly against in their hearts
Absolutely there is no if and but in the Torah it is a 100 % an abomination i am shocked how the Rabbi is sugar coating this subject i listen to Rabbis who openly and publicly are condemning Rabbi Friedman but i refused to unfollow the Rabbi until now this is crazy
Amen!!
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I totally agree that is being of the world and we all know that so it is not biblical teaching
Most truthful and straightforward explanation.
Rabbi this is not my issue. Your open hearted way of explaining Orthodox Judaism has begun to bring me back.
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@@rainisgreen7870 I don't think this person was criticizing i think you misunderstood
I presume the Rabbi means when he says the Torah, he means the five books of Moses. I wish rather than simply saying it is against the Torah or a sin, he would quote the Torah verses that say so.
Wow, thank you ❣️
I don't think all women feel that way. Over a decade ago I was brought to jail on hearsay charges and it took a long time to get out because I was poor. I have never felt less sexual in my entire life and everything women did to each other in terms of extra curricular activities I found extremely repulsive. I don't find anything that a lesbian couple does to be fun even if a man were to do it. And I was not the only one there to feel that way one third of women feel that way. So almost one fifth of the human race disagrees with what you are saying and I think 🤔 that is not an insignificant number. I don't hate gay people or bi people but I am not one and have no inclination whatsoever to ever yru
Interesting. I was expecting a big point at the end of Rabbi's statement, but there was just a "so be it." I'm straight, but as I don't date now, I wouldn't suddenly get randy in jail. Sex is just scratching an itch. If I'm not thirsty, I don't drink. I also feel rage, but I haven't hurt anyone from rage yet.
@@aestroai8012 low testosterone. Maybe intersex, a woman, or an omega male
As a man I would estimate the percentage among men is well over 50%, more like 70-80% I'd estimate. I've always suspected women are more fuzzy about their sexual preferences. It makes sense too, evolution didn't have to be as strict in filtering out deviations with the sex that's not playing the active, initiating role -- it doesn't result in immediate end of the species.
Those species that reversed the trend are already no longer with us.
@@vmasing1965 not me or one third of other women either. Statistically one third of women are not wired for anything but vanilla heterosexual activities and won't even like the activities lesbians do if performed by a man of their preference.
Good teaching somebody must tell the truth ... God condemms sexual pervertion and called it sin... Sin is not an option or life style sin is sin ! Shalom
I’d encourage you to abstain from sex for the rest of your life with anyone you find attractive and test whether that is optional for you lol.
I think you might last a week if you’re dedicated.
Eating pork is a sin yet people do it all the time and grow healthy and strong on that meat.
My point is I think things in life aren’t as simple as you are presenting them. Nothing in life is that reptilian brained black and white.
Every sentence in the Torah has six different opinions about what is said.
aw man. So sad we're such an immoral people >:c
As if he is sinless lol
@@michaeltoney2277 no one is sinless allah akhbar
@@michaeltoney2277 He never said that ...
First time I have been disappointed in you Rabbi. Not every human is bisexual.
I am amazed by the statement, everyone is born to like pleasure - but I don’t think everyone is born bi.
It's been empirically tested, countless times, in various cultures. The results are readily available.
He's simply wrong here. Just another human being = makes mistakes.
It's obvious he is bi himself thou. I for one, have no problem with that and will continue to follow him.
But what's going on in prison I think he's making a good point
God literally hands down the death penalty for a man lying with another man. It doesn’t seem like he’s giving us much of a choice.
Avot 1:11, Avtalion used to say: Sages be careful with your words, lest you incur the penalty of exile, and be carried off to a place of evil waters, and the disciples who follow you drink and die, and thus the name of heaven becomes profaned.
is this a threat? >:o
@@rainisgreen7870 From God, yes. You have understood it correctly my son.
Thank you Rabbi Friedman!!💪✡️🙏❤️🔥🎶
So at 5:38 "What is gay?" "Beats me, I don't understand." EXACTLY. You don't understand, so knock it off with the holier than though judgementalism. Then Rabbi Friedman says "What makes you gay is the inability to be intimate with the opposite sex." "Every human being is bisexual." No, but you might be and that's fine. Animal sexual orientation is based on the physical properties of the brain and only the brain. There is nothing else to it. It cannot be changed. It's how we are created.
“Every human being is bi.” WRONG!
Leviticus 20:13: “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.”
(A serial killer also finds pleasure killing. Not all pleasure is good)
Im 100% hetero and i could proof that with last drop of my blood
In philosophy i was taught the same thing that we are born bisexual ,now i understand when a rabbi makes that statement it might raise many eyebrows
What makes a man "gay" is enmeshment with a mother, when loving another woman feels like cheating on a mom. And a mother is so possessive, she will not tolerate another woman in her son's life.
It's about early influences on young people when they discover the pleasure that their bodies demand of them ...
It's important that habits don't become obsession with personal gratification ...
Everyone is happy when they get want even if they are impatient for gratification ...
Where do our bodies come from ? where are they going to after
It's about early influences on young people when they discover the pleasure that their bodies demand of them ...
It's important that habits don't become obsession with personal gratification ...
Everyone is happy when they get want even if they are impatient for gratification ...
Where do our bodies come from ? where are they going to after
If you throw out people on those terms, there will be no more families.
there haven't been. Our parents are forcing us to stay at the table on Shabbos or we get a potch
I put 2 verses of the torah in the comments and it was removed. They don't want you to know what G-d says.
We come into this life with lessons karma and if we are incarnated into a female body our soul most likely is here to experience and learn about being a female and what that means and if we are born into a male body we most likely are here to learn lessons related to being a man. I personally believe this it makes sense as well and if a soul was in a most recent life a female and incarnates in this lifetime as a male maybe their soul still feels comfortable as a female so they yearn to be female again it's comfortable however it may not be their soul lesson. This is one way of understanding this on a soul level.
Thanks rabbi 😊
Inablity to ber intimate with the opposite sex doesn't necessarily mean you're gay! There are some people (a very small minority, but they exists) who are asexual. There are also those so emotionally scarred that they are not capable of intimacy.
Thank you rabbi
If you are telling me that everyone commits adultery, there is something wrong with this
That's between them and God after you tell them.
Love this explanation
[Who among you can cast the first stone.]
You're on the wrong server bud.
not really still applies @@israelgrace5070
The discussion isn't about stones.
@@israelgrace5070 LMAO
Religious views are so awkwardly backward.
Rabbi thank you so much. I get so tired of people using the Today and the words of H'shem to justify hate. Keep educating us.
🤯 Deeper concepts that only the few sages like yourself can understand and help others see, our devotion is a choice! Powerful understanding Rabbi! 🔥
One of the most intelligent and wise men alive today, those that close their ears to him are missing something.
We are missing nothing. We don’t need this rabbi to “explain” what is CLEARLY an abomination in the Torah!
Two sources are contradicting his claim -- scientific test results, conducted in several different cultures all around the world and the holy written word his own Torah.
He's fallen deep with this one. Sounds good but unfortunately is wrong, on so many levels...
It's amazing because both the very conservative and the very progressive are against him. Usually that means he's right.
He's hated by both the very traditional and the very modern, that's how you can see if a person is right these days.
@@dudefrombelgiumexactly wrong. You see if a person is right these days the same as you would in any other day. If what he says is not consistent with Torah then he is wrong. If he teaches something your fathers never knew then he is wrong.
Are you going to obey God or not! God made men and women to fit each other, to compliment each other, to make children. Children to have mothers and fathers. The devil tries to make us go against our Creator. God gave us choice. Are you going to make the right choice?
Thank you for your thumbs up. I do believe we should love our children no matter what and pray heavily for their safety.
Talmud teaches of at least six genders and how they are to couple.
@@TheLifescasualty I suppose the Ten Commandments mean nothing.
@@TheLifescasualtythey are not genders by modern terms. Merely abnormalities within the parameters of male and female.
That’s the black and white, inhuman way of thinking about it. No one makes a choice about who they are. I’m gender nonconforming and also gay which is very layered. It’s not a choice or something I could just drop. And if I did lie to myself and dressed in a costume, I would be doing something wrong by lying to a woman and living a fake and inauthentic life. I don’t think someone else deserves to suffer as well. Authenticity is more important
Short simplified story. I've seen gays ( I just know they're gays) attend the same church I attend. This church every now and then preaches about the sins and evils about homosexuality. These gays don't seem offended at all with what they're hearing. Yet, they still continue to attend worship services in a happy manner. I'm thinking, this must be the power of the Holy Spirit, anything is possible without needed explanation.
So, if Eve was taken out of Adam, does that mean Adam was Bi, or maybe what we term intersex? Thanks for posting
We can keep praying for change. It is possible to change to the truth of God.
If you tolerate everything you stand for nothing.
If you tolerate everything then you want peace
@@krisztianm5069 if you want peace prepare for war
@@krisztianm5069 Whoever prefers shame for the sake of peace receives shame and war
Pro consent dawg....
@@krisztianm5069 if you want peace prepare for war
Logically and necessarily when a book of God is sent with a messenger of God to announce a religion of God one should find explicitly and clearly the mention of the name of this religion in the book in question as well as the name of the messenger carrying the message and if he is the last messenger one should find explicitly this mention also the fact that the messenger in question is the last.
*Nope, all people are not bi.*
Some are some aren't. Majority of men's reaction to even thought about a sexual act with a man is violent disgust. _That really doesn't qualify as bi..._
That's not a social construct, either. I was born in a fiercely, deeply atheist country, in an atheist family. I never heard about any sex in my childhood, not to speak gay sex. Still, without knowing anything about the whole topic, when I first saw a picture of gay sex, my instinctive reaction was intense disgust. While with a picture of a naked woman, it was the opposite. It's a genetically programmed reaction, and that programming varies person to person. That's it, whole story.
When one man, Rabbi Manis Friedman, is bi it doesn't follow that therefore all men are bi. It's a faulty conclusion, it still only means that he is. Which is OK by me, I'm not judging him, or think anything less on his other opinions where he happens to be correct. He's a very smart, talented man so I appreciate him for that, regardless.
According to the bell curve of statistics, only a small group are truly bi.
The soul resides in our mind !
I love your views on lifes challenges, you make a lot of since to be( I am gay, and you don't make me feel hated)
thank you...
God bless you 🙏😃
It is actually mentioned, in the passages in Genesis about Sodom; they're subtle and polite about it; but they do stress that these guys in that city wanted to "know" the strange young men visitors, and the message is clear that they meant to "know" them in the *marital* sense; so it is clearly there- and *disgusting* it is.
And also, passages by Paul in his letters backs that assessment up ironically; about other groups, groups that were afflicted by the same sort of violent "software error", or worse still: willing immorality of one of the most profound and illicit methods imaginable!
How can he find the thought of another man sexually repulsive, men are wonderfully made! 😊 Beautiful..
I can understand why men as well as women look at men in that way.. just be better if they stopped lying to women about it, that's the problem I have... All men should come with a warning sign in capital letters... At least Mr Friedman is honest.
@@mariebarrett7177 if you have a problem with G-d's handiwork, you have a problem with G-d. Take it up with the Creator, not the creations
@@mrcarr9890 absolutely no problem with god's handiwork!
Says a woman! God, this is truly funny!
No, all men are not born bi, most men are born with genetically programmed aversion to any, even slightly sexual thought about the same sex. And then there's some deviations, bi and gay. It has nothing to do with man's body without sexual context. Man's body can be very beautiful just like all animals, from both sexes, just like all Creation. Those are two completely different issues hopelessly mixed up here.
thank you
Thank you! It's true....... The pleasures 'of the flesh' are very powerful...... HOWEVER, when YOU CHOOSE to yield to the 'flesh' rather than obey God, it's sin plain and simple. Sin blinds you to a full understanding and revelation of the one God. Sin kills you! Whatever desires you have that cause you to disobey God must be suppressed, ignored, and destroyed. Sin is a cancer of the flesh (and the spirit) that cannot be stopped by YOU! Only God can fix it completely! Resist sin! Resist evil! Then both will lose their control over you....... just say'n.
I myself have been around gay people because of my profession, I love women and never really understood what makes a man gay. So I have asked around, to sum it up most gays claimed that they did try with the opposite sex but did not like it therefore they knew early on that they were different. I believe that for most of them it isn't a choice. I do not believe that we are all bisexual
Well said. What then should we do, when there is conflict between Torah and ourselves- do we swallow the camel or do we swallow the gnat?
It is forbiden, like is forbiden to desire married woman, or adultery.
@@sofiayudelzon4830 exactly one of the mitzvot which explicitly said which type of desire is a sin. The other desires are never explicitly called out, only the act upon them.
I can't possibly believe that anyone is born gay, to me it's a very long, slow, and conscious pathological process of choosing it and reinforcing it as pleasurable from a very young age without any guidance. You decide to be gay when you're younger without even having the full responsibility of knowing what you're doing. If you replace the word gay with aggressive or violent it would be the same idea, it's always a choice of how we react to external things and experiences. Every different sin is a different level of challenge for every individual.
It happens from a hormonal imbalance in the womb, and it impacts the brain development.
Well, I am a lesbian and I can tell you I didn't choose this. Since I can remember, as a child, I saw women not in a sexual way of course but as a maternal figure. Growing up, i realised that i wasnt interested in boys like all other girls. I even tried to force myself with men, it was traumatic and i am phisically and mentally repulsed by the penis. I just cannot do it, and i never chose this. In fact, i wished i was hetero because that would have been an easier life. You think that being gay is fun, thats why people do it? Guess what, it's a very lonely, painful life. So yes, i wish i could be hetero, marry and be a mother. I tried even, and sirprise surprise I just cannot because to me intimacy with penis is abuse towards myself
@@keinoirhetero woman here finds penises and balls hideous (I don’t even like to look at dog balls), but I love my husbands because I love him.
Yeah! We got turned gay when our parents molested us!!!!
@@keinoir yeah, penis is evil and it hurts. try mating with a transfem with a micropenis. It will be easier
I love ypu honesty and you view point
This got so many things clear for me
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I agree with a lot of things you say rabbi! Here I think you're out on a very thin limb!
And then some. Let's be honest, he's simply wrong. Majority of men have a biologically (not socially) programmed intense disgust reaction to the same sex in any even slightly sexual context. That's just a fact. If Manis Friedman doesn't, it says nothing about all men.
he's just saying she doesn't have to reject her son
@@watcherwlc53 He is saying a lot more than that. He is saying Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Joseph and Moses were also bisexual. Assuming that is true, they obeyed Hashem and did not act on their inclinations and the same applies to her son. Obey Hashem regardless of what you feel like doing.
What if your child was a drug addict and thief … you let them light up a crack pipe at the dinner table ?
God created everyone with a unique orientation. As unique as your god-given fingerprints. No two are the same. One of the letters is for you. You're included. No exceptions zero excuses.
@solmaster69 I'm just here to discuss the literature with you. I'm not a religious person, so maybe you'll appreciate my unbiased opinion. It sounds like you've eaten from the Tree of knowledge. You travail like a woman in labor and have a desire to be ruled over because that's the consequence of having God's knowledge. Repent of God's knowledge. It's like the lord of the rings. You're not the right one to wield it. If you had seen Indiana Jones you would know not to mess with the Jewish scriptures. As Indiana Jones said in the movie ''don't even look at it.''
My son Hunter smokes crack in the white house.
@@Rochester92G YO SAME
@rainisgreen7870 Hunter's the smartest guy I know.
Sometimes it's the LGBT person who is intolerant. They reject their parents who still love them but can't celebrate everything they do.
You speak truth my brother. Shalom. 🙏👌🖖🔥🌈
Man, I can hear divine laughing watching it. This is where living jewish wisdom went astray with going by "the book" ( very very old book mind you.. ) rather than being able to live by the Heart in the Present. Who cares?! "Sinner?" For wanting who you want sexually?? All this started when we erased Ashtoret from divine leadership in Canaan. Yahweh lost his wife and we lost sanity.
5 35 min mark... you know Rabbi! Both jeans in each human.
Some have more than others...causes them to serve or be served.
Exactly Rabbi. Bisexuality.
1 Corinthians 6 9-11 Such were some of you. But you were washed sanctified in the Blood of the Lamb!
This is most shocking discourse of rabbi
he's just saying not to reject her son
We all sin. Love one another.
Wild ideas.. this needs some processing.
But the Torah is actual Is real come from Hashem and Is the truth
Hashem explain whats is approved and whats not, we need to overcome our tikun
This is such a difficult and controversial topic. I believe marriage as written is between a man and a woman. However i do not judge anyones choices. We must make our own decisions and accept not everything in life is a rose garden. Bless all who have difficulty on their path in life.
1 Corinthians 6 9-11 Such were some of you.
Ephesians 1
1I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
what if a person was born with desire to kill people, so he always feels like killing someone? Is it ok and he shouldn't be executed after acting according to his desire?????? So, how you not abandoning G-d and when condoning murderer?! It's not a question
Finally, a religious leader, who has a more well-defined stance on this, instead of all that other wishy-washy nonsense! It is a very sensitive issue, and therefore, should be approached with love, compassion, and understanding. HaShem has made it pretty clear, in Vayikra 18 and 20, what He thinks of male homosexual acts. Keep in mind, not agreeing with someone’s actions is NOT the equivalence of hating them on an individual basis. At the same time, no one should be discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation, as HaShem commanded us to love them, through our actions, as He has loved us, regardless of our imperfections. One may not be able to choose the kinds of sexual attractions they have, but they DO have self-control, over what they do with those attractions, and how they act, especially in a religious communal setting.
I am shocked at this Rabbi. He chooses to go against Torah using his own theology. So what if all left his congregation, but one? This is not a "laughing matter," as he suggests with his adultery comment. Shameful.
Rabbi and would be bffs cause I use this same argument 😂😂 the I’m bisexual “oh how original” gave me a good belly laugh thank you for your wisdom Rabbi ❤
Men want space and women time, but its in all of us to want both !
My daughter came to me crying saying she was gay. I said ok, and she just looked at me. I left her alone so as to not make her prove it to me somehow. Of course I didn't like it but I left her alone. A couple years later she fell for a very nice young man and suddenly she wasn't gay. Being gay now a days is a trend. Best thing to do is let the kid grow out of it. Easier said than done but pray a lot and eventually the miracle will happen.
You did the right thing. You shouldn't feed your children's doubts and fears. That's what machismo does to people. It feeds doubts in to our heads. That's why we sacrificed the bull before the tabernacle! To defeat the primal instincts of men and women.
Thank you . Sounds like we cannot punish our kids rejecting them , because LJBt issue, and it seemed make sense. Yes I am sinner, and attracting things , but cannot accept the gender issue even more because The God created only 2 genger.
Hmmm, men who've been in prison for too long start getting attracted to same sex. Yet, they don't seem crazy cause they're still talking and behaving normal as always. -------- Too weird for my understanding cause I'm super duper ultimately real straight.
Same sex attraction in a non sexual manner is perfectly normal, esp in children b4 puberty. As children, we are attracted to what we want to become. A boy will often be attracted to a man, to the ideal male form, both physically & mentally, cuz that's what he wishes to become. That attraction can easily become hijacked & corrupted due to the traumas of emotional abuse, molestation, lack of positive male role models, harmful social conditioning, & hormonal imbalances brought on by genetic abnormalities or dangerous chemicals in food, water, & environment. As humans, we have a high sex drive & we are increasingly living in societies that teaches lack of discipline & shame of that drive. Does it feel good? Of course, but so does certain fatal recreational drugs, which often have the same euphoric effects as sexual release. Doesn't that call for discipline & shame when we don't control our lustful desires or are we advocating for the fiendish addiction to pleasure? Healthy homoeroticism has it's place, we see it all the time in athleticism, but when it's encouraged to be unrestricted, undisciplined, & unabashed just for the hedonistic pleasure that appeases an unhealthy ego is when all hell breaks loose. We need to teach men how to be disciplined men who are not afraid to balance their masculine ego with respect for the nurturing nature of the feminine ego, both from within & without. I understand that not all boys will grow up to be the most masculine of men as not all girls will be the most feminine of women, & thats perfectly ok, too, they can find balance within the right pairing, if so desired. The key here, regardless of the level of masculinity/femininity, is the balance within one's own self that is rooted in discipline, shame, & respect that comes from the repentance of sins & the sincere reverence of God, above all else. If we can get that right, everything else that is good, that needs to be good in society, will fall into place, I promise. 💐💛⚔️
Are the punishments for gay and adulterous behavior mentioned in the bible not god's words then?
Invalidating your son’s personal way of happy living(based on imperfect dogma) does damage to your relationship with your son. Learn Psychology not only Theology. Trauma flourishes when you have hardship and no compassionate presence. That’s a recipe for post traumatic stress disorder and religious trauma. Nothing should stay in the way of you supporting your son’s wishes, unless you truly believe something Is damaging to his happiness (or someone else’s of course). If you Say you love your son uncondifionally but you don’t accept his fight for his own happiness… that’s not true love, it’s heartbreak. You damage your son and his safe relationship with you. Dogma Is not worth it.
Human and animal are not the same. We cannot and should not let our flesh to direct our actions. That is why we are to keep G-D’s commandants and submit our minds to His authority. With all the respect to Rabbi, men need to stand and leave all fear behind and stand in a gap for your families and children. Time is short! Maybe G-d will have mercy. Shalom.
Right on point !
Bacon is so good. It takes strong will to not eat bacon. I'm a Catholic and I will be eating bacon for lunch.
Are you equating annul with bacon? Interesting point!
you are the realest person in this comment section. So real. Upvote. Gold Award
@@HAChrist yea, like, I would *never* eat bacon but anul is too delicious to resist!!
Exactly why bacon is prohibited, it builds character to abstain from it.
@@dudefrombelgium exactly. Secret of Jewish success.
WoW - .. sometimes we people are so blind to oversee the obvious ))) - Tolerance is key . Thank you 😀
My belief and my opinion god is pure love and pure acceptance come on it 2024 i have a adult child i support all the choose and i still love god and all i dont sepreate the two
What makes any one anything is a choice, free will is a personal endevour, "who is not attracted to what feels good" perfect example
But is it right? That is a mind eff
In the spanish 10 comandments my father use to say that honor children is normaly a HS gift given to us without beeing a comandment Laila tov dear Rabby Manish Freedman.