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You know, I think I told you once, when I was, just came out from yeshiva, you know,
when I was, while I was in yeshiva, I was absolutely not in this world.
Means it had nothing to do with the world, you know.
I was learning in Lakert for six years,
and you know, like, for me to come to New York was like to go from paradise to hell, you know.
You know, I would be up all night before to give myself strength.
I would come in in the morning, do my thing and come back the same night and be up all night and night later
to make up for the time.
And I was mummish, you know, like, OK.
Then, so I had, my father had a heart attack, he had to be in New York.
So I thought this is my chance.
I want to see what the world is doing.
And I did something stupid, you know, but I did it.
I got myself a paper from Rabbi R.,. you know, that I'm like, have a good head. And I went to Columbia and the woman there who was, by the way, she was the head of the, of the League for the Arab Refugees. You know, she's the biggest antisemite in the world. But you know, every antisemite likes one Jew, you know. Have you ever noticed that? Anyway, I was her Jew, you know, to make your point. She liked me and she, she put me right into graduate school, you know. Yes, I did, anyway, stupid. OK, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm in another world. It's unbelievable, you know, I was, anyway. It was a summer session, you know, summer session much more closer to people than in the winter. I learned a lot. Anyway, one day I'm walking into, to the Jewish, what's the student society, what's it called there? Al-Kol. Manorah, Hilal or something. No, no, no, not, Columbia University is not Hilal. Manorah or something. This is the first time I walked in there and the first time I meet those kind of kids, you know, so-called intellectuals. We don't know exactly what a Jew is all about, but, and this Reform Rabbi gives the biggest speech ever since the creation of the world. He says, I'm just coming back from Cincinnati. And you have to realize today I'm like, a little bit, not, I wouldn't say more open, but OK, I'm not putting my syrup on this Rabbi. That time I came out from the yeshiva and I was burning up. I knew what a Jew is supposed to be, right? And this Reform Rabbi, he says, I'm coming back from a convention and I've seen what's God. I mean, blow your mind, right? He says there were 923 rabbis. And OK, and now listen to this. He mentioned Nietzsche, he mentioned Kant, he mentioned Hegel, [D] he mentioned the Reader's Digest. And he also mentioned psychology today, let's say, and also Playboy. The last page, don't take me wrong. And, how's the show? I mean, he's a rabbi, right? And what else? And, what else? That's it. And they discuss the mature concept of God. That we Jews have such an immature concept of God, meaning the religious Jews have an immature concept of God. And the Reform Rabbis got together and they want to get a real mature concept. I'm burning up. Am I supposed to jump at his throat? Am I supposed to knock him off? Am I supposed to take some cold water and pour it over his head? I didn't know what to do, but in the meantime I didn't do anything. This Rabbi there, Rabbi Hoffman, saw me for the first time. And everybody was talking and talking and I just, I was afraid to open my mouth because I think I'll open my mouth after knocking him off. Didn't say anything. But he must have sensed. Later on we became good friends. He was like a super Reform Rabbi, but he was a sweet little man. Anyway, he says, I see for the first time a young Rabbi here. He says, aren't you starting to be a Rabbi? He says, yeah, I'm [Bb] a student in Lakewood, in the East. He was starting to be a Rabbi. He says, would be very interesting. He says, you know, it would be very exciting. A Reform Rabbi and a future Orthodox Rabbi, you know. I said, then listen brother, I'm afraid it will be more exciting than you would like it to be. I said, you know, ask the Reformer, what's your name? Rabbi Cohen. Let's say Rabbi Cohen. I says, before I begin even to talk, you have to promise me that you forgive me for whatever I say. And I mean it. It's okay, forgive me. He says, my friend, would you be very, very angry if I called you Mr. Cohen and not Rabbi? Because you're not a Rabbi. You're not a teacher. Maybe you're a good man, but you can talk about God to us Jews and not say one great Jew who thought about God. Only Hegel, Nietzsche, Kant. It's so happened that [G] I know the Jewish kind on my own. But imagine I'm a student and I'm coming in to hear something about Judaism [Bb] and all you have to give me Nietzsche. If I want to hear Nietzsche, I go to philosophy class. Oh, I forgot one thing. He mentioned Rabbi Kleber and he laughed. I says, listen brother, [D] you are laughing at Rabbi Kleber? Are you out of your head? [Bb] I'm sure you can't even read Hebrew properly. You can't read one page in the Talmud. I mean, who are you? You see, you're laughing. [D] He says, get out of here. I says, I'll tell you something. You better go home and pour out your heart before God. God shouldn't like you, what God is all about. I says, do you think I'm oppressed because 923 rabbis, rabies, whatever you call themselves, talking about God? You should be afraid to take what God has in your [Bb] dirty mouth. I says, I'll tell you something. I have very good advice for you. You better go to Meshon. You go to Israel. And the first little boy with long hairs may not be your type of a Jewish boy, but he looks like our forefathers. He looks like a real Jew. He looks like a Jew of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And he's three years old. He has no PhD. Never went to Columbia University. And you'll ask him, what is God? And this little boy will close his eyes. He will put his hand over his eyes. And he will yell from one corner of the world to the other, Sh'ma Yisrael Hashem, L'kein Hashem, Meched, God is one. And I swear to you, that this little boy knows more about God than you and all the 923 rabbis. It so happened, that it was my first public speech after the conversion. [D] I want you to know, first of all, I had a standing ovation. [Bb] Do you know something? Listen to this. After my speech was over, I walked up to the rabbi and I kissed him. You know, he broke down crying. He started yelling on top of his lungs, Sh'ma Yisrael Hashem, L'kein Hashem, Meched. You know, I really touched him. [N] He says, Shlomo, I want you to know, all the talk I gave is not for real. Inside I'm burning up. It's almost [D] unbelievable. [Bb] But you see, this is Moishe Rabbeinu, kind of a Jew, right? Billam is talking about God, right? But he will not break down when someone says, Sh'ma Yisrael
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_ _ _ _ _ _ You know, I think I told you once, when I was, _ just came out from yeshiva, you know,
when I was, while I was in yeshiva, _ I was absolutely not in this world. _
Means it had nothing to do with the world, you know.
I was learning in Lakert for six years,
and you know, like, for me to come to New York was like to go from paradise to hell, you know. _ _
You know, I would be up all night before to give myself strength.
_ _ I would come in in the morning, do my thing and come back the same night and be up all night and night later
to make up for the time.
_ And I was mummish, you know, like, _ _ _ _ _ OK.
Then, so I had, my father had a heart attack, he had to be in New York.
So I thought this is my chance.
I want to see what the world is doing. _
And I did something stupid, you know, but I did it.
I got myself a paper from Rabbi R.,. you know, that I'm like, have a good head. And I went to Columbia and the woman there who was, by the way, she was the head of the, of the League for the Arab Refugees. You know, she's the biggest antisemite in the world. _ But you know, every antisemite likes one Jew, you know. Have you ever noticed that? _ _ Anyway, I was her Jew, you know, to make your point. _ She liked me and she, she put me right into graduate school, you know. Yes, I did, anyway, stupid. _ _ _ OK, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm in another world. _ _ _ _ It's unbelievable, you know, I was, _ anyway. It was a summer session, you know, summer session much more closer to people than in the winter. I learned a lot. _ Anyway, one day I'm walking into, to the Jewish, what's the student society, what's it called there? Al-Kol. Manorah, Hilal or something. No, no, no, not, Columbia University is not Hilal. Manorah or something. _ This is the first time I walked in there _ and the first time I meet those kind of kids, you know, so-called intellectuals. We don't know exactly what a Jew is all about, but, _ _ and this Reform Rabbi gives the biggest speech ever since the creation of the world. _ _ _ He says, I'm just coming back from Cincinnati. And you have to realize today I'm like, a little bit, not, I wouldn't say more open, but OK, I'm not putting my syrup on this Rabbi. That time I came out from the yeshiva and I was burning up. I knew what a Jew is supposed to be, right? And this Reform Rabbi, _ he says, I'm coming back from a convention and I've seen what's God. _ _ I mean, blow your mind, right? He says there were 923 rabbis. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And OK, and now listen to this. He mentioned Nietzsche, he mentioned Kant, he mentioned Hegel, _ [D] he mentioned the Reader's Digest. _ _ And he also mentioned psychology today, let's say, and also Playboy. _ The last page, don't take me wrong. And, _ _ how's the show? I mean, he's a rabbi, right? And what else? And, _ what _ else? That's it. _ _ And they discuss the mature concept of God. That we Jews have such an immature concept of God, _ meaning the religious Jews have an immature concept of God. And the Reform Rabbis got together and they want to get a real mature concept. _ _ _ I'm burning up. _ _ _ _ Am I supposed to jump at his throat? Am I supposed to knock him off? Am I supposed to take some cold water and pour it over his head? I didn't know what to do, but in the meantime I didn't do anything. _ _ _ This Rabbi there, Rabbi Hoffman, saw me for the first time. _ And everybody was talking and talking and I just, I was afraid to open my mouth because I think I'll open my mouth after knocking him off. Didn't say anything. _ But he must have sensed. Later on we became good friends. He was like a super Reform Rabbi, but he was a sweet little man. _ Anyway, he says, I see for the first time a young Rabbi here. He says, aren't you starting to be a Rabbi? He says, yeah, I'm [Bb] a _ student in Lakewood, in the East. He was starting to be a Rabbi. He says, would be very interesting. He says, you know, it would be very exciting. A Reform Rabbi and a future Orthodox Rabbi, you know. I _ said, then listen brother, I'm afraid it will be more exciting than you would like it to be. _ _ _ _ I said, you know, _ _ _ _ _ ask the Reformer, what's your name? _ _ Rabbi Cohen. Let's say Rabbi Cohen. _ I says, before I begin even to talk, you have to promise me that you forgive me for whatever I say. And I mean it. It's okay, forgive me. _ _ He says, my friend, would you be very, very angry if I called you Mr. Cohen and not Rabbi? _ Because you're not a Rabbi. _ _ _ You're not a teacher. _ _ _ _ Maybe you're a good man, _ but you can talk about God to us Jews and not say one great Jew who thought about God. Only Hegel, Nietzsche, Kant. _ _ It's so happened that [G] I know the Jewish kind on my own. But imagine I'm a student and I'm coming in to hear something about Judaism [Bb] and all you have to give me Nietzsche. If I want to hear Nietzsche, I go to philosophy class. _ Oh, I forgot one thing. He mentioned Rabbi Kleber and he laughed. _ _ I says, listen brother, [D] you are laughing at Rabbi Kleber? Are you out of your head? [Bb] _ _ I'm sure you can't even read Hebrew properly. You can't read one page in the Talmud. _ I mean, who are you? You see, you're laughing. _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ He says, get out of here. _ _ _ I says, I'll tell you something. You better go home and pour out your heart before God. God shouldn't like you, what God is all about. _ I says, do you think I'm oppressed because 923 rabbis, _ rabies, whatever you call themselves, _ talking about God? _ You should be afraid to take what God has in your [Bb] dirty mouth. _ _ _ _ _ I says, I'll tell you something. I have very good advice for you. _ _ _ You better go to Meshon. You go to Israel. _ _ And the first little boy with long hairs may not be your type of a Jewish boy, but he looks like our forefathers. _ He looks like a real Jew. _ He looks like a Jew of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And he's three years old. He has no PhD. _ Never went to Columbia University. _ And you'll ask him, what is God? _ _ _ And this little boy will close his eyes. _ He will put his hand over his eyes. _ And he will yell from one corner of the world to the other, _ Sh'ma Yisrael Hashem, L'kein Hashem, Meched, God is one. And I swear to you, that this little boy knows more about God than you and all the 923 rabbis. _ _ _ _ _ It so happened, that it was my first public speech after the conversion. _ _ _ [D] I want you to know, first of all, I had a standing ovation. _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Do you know something? Listen to this. _ After my speech was over, I walked up to the rabbi and I kissed him. _ _ _ _ You know, he broke down crying. _ _ _ He started yelling on top of his lungs, Sh'ma Yisrael Hashem, L'kein Hashem, Meched. _ You know, I really touched him. _ [N] He says, Shlomo, I want you to know, _ _ _ all the talk I gave is not for real. _ _ _ Inside I'm burning up. _ _ _ It's almost _ [D] unbelievable. _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ But you see, this is Moishe Rabbeinu, kind of a Jew, right? _ _ _ Billam is talking about God, right? _ But he will not break down when someone says, Sh'ma Yisrael

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