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YouTuber Asks Lubavitchers: What Do You Do for a Living

Internet personality Ted Zhar visited the Rebbe's Ohel in Queens, New York, and asked visitors what they do for a living and what is the best part of their job. Here are some of the answers. Video

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Baseball player? Basketball player?
July 25, 2023 9:31 pm

Why is that their lingo? What’s up with our schools and our environment? What’s being spoken by our Shabbos tables? Where are our children spending their afternoons and with who are they communicating? What are the subjects of their discussions between the Gemoro and the Chummesh and who is paying attention? Believe me, I have no issues with kids having fun and spending time playing etc. but did anyone notice how intense are the stuff in their life that are not Torah and Mitzvos? Did anyone notice that camps give trophies 🏆 for wining a ball game?! Just think about… Read more »

Totally Agree
Reply to  Baseball player? Basketball player?
July 25, 2023 10:33 pm

Giving Out trophies in camp is completely ridiculous, and is a major source of the problem.

Baseball
Reply to  Baseball player? Basketball player?
July 26, 2023 12:40 am

Give these kids a break!

A parent
Reply to  Baseball player? Basketball player?
July 26, 2023 8:43 am

Or maybe these boys just came from recess and played sports so that’s what’s (naturally) on their minds.

Exactly!!!!
Reply to  A parent
July 26, 2023 9:46 pm

They are young boys! What do you think their rabbi would’ve said at that age? He would have said the same exact thing! Why do you have to find an issue with everything?!

🙄 CHILL OUT!
Reply to  Baseball player? Basketball player?
July 26, 2023 9:50 pm

Why are you looking for a problem?! Every kid is like this! Then, they grow up and become more mature, and, trust me, none of them will become baseball players.

Basketball player
July 25, 2023 11:18 pm

I don’t think it’s a really a big deal for an 8 year old to say he wants to be a baseball player or something similar. I’ve seen kids saying they want to be a youtuber for years. Its not different from saying a millionaire or what not. Its at their maturity level.

There is something VERY wrong with this
Reply to  Basketball player
July 26, 2023 7:22 am

Who are their role models?
What and who inspires them?

I was hoping perhaps someone would say a shliach…

If not, at least a businessman so he can give tzedaka, a doctor so he can heal people.

Is idealism gone? Have we raised self-absorbed kids who are part of and aspire to the secular culture?

I am not blaming the schools. What chinuch are kids getting at home?

They are kids!!!!!!
Reply to  There is something VERY wrong with this
July 26, 2023 9:42 pm

Of course they are saying this! It doesn’t mean they don’t want to be a rabbi or Shaliach, this is just what they are interested in now. It doesn’t mean they are not interested in learning but this is their fun and their idea of a job is something exciting or fun. Also, learning is associated with school and for most kids school is something they dislike.

there are schools that bring the learning to the
Reply to  They are kids!!!!!!
July 28, 2023 2:24 am

Learning can be made relevant to the lives of the kids. This is what inspired generations. The fact that “frum” “culture” is drowning in garbage that makes them chase things that bring no real simchas hachaim and are usually unattainable is a shame. Where is the parents’ koch – Trump-Biden and the NY Nicks or in a Chasidisher Story, a Gemara, a Halacha, a Hiddur, a lesson from Siddur – all that a kid can understand. And schools can teach to inspire or they can bog down with sheroshim and homework and much homework, killing any cheishik. There used to… Read more »

But
Reply to  Basketball player
July 26, 2023 9:21 am

If being a Rebi, a Sofer, a Talmid Chochom, etc looked so cool to them, then wouldn’t they answer that as well?

Totally agree.
Reply to  Basketball player
July 26, 2023 5:43 pm

When I was younger I wanted to be an architect, a beatboxer in Maccabeats, and a singer. Now I just wanna be alone.

Not true
Reply to  Basketball player
July 26, 2023 10:36 pm

Kids that grow up in a chasidishe house don’t think that way.
I really think that we have to think do we want our kids to think that sports is the main thing or is learning and davening the main thing

Good job Yavitch
July 25, 2023 11:19 pm

“Drive a school bus”
🤣

Go Dovid Taub!
July 26, 2023 2:56 am

One of the most creative people in Pittsburgh!

Thankful
July 26, 2023 1:54 pm

Rabbis Reinetz and Feldman are incredible teachers. Thank you for your devotion to our boys!

You are too critical
July 27, 2023 4:08 am

Boys will be boys. It’s ok for frum boys to like sports & play sports & coach sports.Relax! Honestly he may be a shaliach who inspires those who are involved in sports to Yiddishkeit. He may create sports in a frum CHASSIDISHER environment for special needs children or those who thrive on sports? Why so judgmental? Cute kids dedicated rebbis.

Chinuch
Reply to  You are too critical
July 28, 2023 5:30 am

This goes way against the Rebbe’s approach to chinuch. Children’s entire focus should be ruchnius. Why do they even know what basketball players are? I grew up on shlichus, but completely despised sports players who live the goyishe life, completely opposite all the values I was brought up with. Of course, my dream was to become a shliach. Something is VERY wrong with these children’s chinuch (not necessarily the teachers. Maybe the parents, maybe the internet). This is a true chilul Hashem and chilul Lubavitch. The concealment of this darkest golus is beginning to overcome us. Hashem, if You want… Read more »

Imagine the kids reading these comments…
Reply to  Chinuch
July 29, 2023 10:38 pm

Stop judging. And start being kind and considerate.

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