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Can the Rav describe in what ways the Jews are better than the so-called ‘Honest Amish’?

A:

In what way are the Jews better than the Amish, lehavdil? In a million ways. It’s only from a distance that you think they’re so good.

You know, an Amish can haul off and punch another Amish in the teeth when they’re angry. Among Jews, when does it happen that a Jew violently attacks another Jew? We’re talking about frum Jews. Very rarely. An Amish can kill his fellowman.

Now an Amish wouldn’t wear, let’s say, certain kinds of clothing that are indecent, but he doesn’t have the motivation that we have to follow laws. Does an Amish sit down and study his laws? If you don’t study your laws, your laws can’t make an effect on you. The Jewish nation studies their laws. Everywhere, they’re studying their laws. Jews come together and study their laws. When you study the laws, the laws are before your eyes always. Do Amish come together and study their laws? Absolutely not. Do they study Torah? No.

The Jew comes together and studies Bava Kamma; even little children. And you learn that you’re responsible for any damage you do to your fellowman’s property. Do the Amish study it? They know it by inspiration? Nobody knows anything by inspiration today. How do they know these things? They heard it once. Maybe every Sunday they hear it in their churches. But the Jewish people, lehavdil, are constantly soaking in their Torah.

Do Amish children go to a Hebrew School or to a religious school where all day long they learn Torah? Which nation teaches Torah to its children all day long? How can you compare Amish to us? Lehavdil elef havdalos!

Here Jewish boys go and Jewish girls go to Jewish schools; they are brought up in schools where all day long they’re being taught how to be Jews. And after that they go to high schools – boy’s high schools and girl’s high schools. All day long, they’re being taught how to be Jews. All day long! And at home, they make homework on these laws that they’re taught in the daytime.

How can you compare it, lehavdil, even to the best goyim? The best way to answer the question is to settle among the Amish for a little while. Then you’ll discover the difference.

October 1988

Rav Avigdor Miller on Comparing the Amish to the Jews

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Q:

Can the Rav describe in what ways the Jews are better than the so-called ‘Honest Amish’?

A:

In what way are the Jews better than the Amish, lehavdil? In a million ways. It’s only from a distance that you think they’re so good.

You know, an Amish can haul off and punch another Amish in the teeth when they’re angry. Among Jews, when does it happen that a Jew violently attacks another Jew? We’re talking about frum Jews. Very rarely. An Amish can kill his fellowman.

Now an Amish wouldn’t wear, let’s say, certain kinds of clothing that are indecent, but he doesn’t have the motivation that we have to follow laws. Does an Amish sit down and study his laws? If you don’t study your laws, your laws can’t make an effect on you. The Jewish nation studies their laws. Everywhere, they’re studying their laws. Jews come together and study their laws. When you study the laws, the laws are before your eyes always. Do Amish come together and study their laws? Absolutely not. Do they study Torah? No.

The Jew comes together and studies Bava Kamma; even little children. And you learn that you’re responsible for any damage you do to your fellowman’s property. Do the Amish study it? They know it by inspiration? Nobody knows anything by inspiration today. How do they know these things? They heard it once. Maybe every Sunday they hear it in their churches. But the Jewish people, lehavdil, are constantly soaking in their Torah.

Do Amish children go to a Hebrew School or to a religious school where all day long they learn Torah? Which nation teaches Torah to its children all day long? How can you compare Amish to us? Lehavdil elef havdalos!

Here Jewish boys go and Jewish girls go to Jewish schools; they are brought up in schools where all day long they’re being taught how to be Jews. And after that they go to high schools – boy’s high schools and girl’s high schools. All day long, they’re being taught how to be Jews. All day long! And at home, they make homework on these laws that they’re taught in the daytime.

How can you compare it, lehavdil, even to the best goyim? The best way to answer the question is to settle among the Amish for a little while. Then you’ll discover the difference.

October 1988

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Q:

Can the Rav describe in what ways the Jews are better than the so-called ‘Honest Amish’?

A:

In what way are the Jews better than the Amish, lehavdil? In a million ways. It’s only from a distance that you think they’re so good.

You know, an Amish can haul off and punch another Amish in the teeth when they’re angry. Among Jews, when does it happen that a Jew violently attacks another Jew? We’re talking about frum Jews. Very rarely. An Amish can kill his fellowman.

Now an Amish wouldn’t wear, let’s say, certain kinds of clothing that are indecent, but he doesn’t have the motivation that we have to follow laws. Does an Amish sit down and study his laws? If you don’t study your laws, your laws can’t make an effect on you. The Jewish nation studies their laws. Everywhere, they’re studying their laws. Jews come together and study their laws. When you study the laws, the laws are before your eyes always. Do Amish come together and study their laws? Absolutely not. Do they study Torah? No.

The Jew comes together and studies Bava Kamma; even little children. And you learn that you’re responsible for any damage you do to your fellowman’s property. Do the Amish study it? They know it by inspiration? Nobody knows anything by inspiration today. How do they know these things? They heard it once. Maybe every Sunday they hear it in their churches. But the Jewish people, lehavdil, are constantly soaking in their Torah.

Do Amish children go to a Hebrew School or to a religious school where all day long they learn Torah? Which nation teaches Torah to its children all day long? How can you compare Amish to us? Lehavdil elef havdalos!

Here Jewish boys go and Jewish girls go to Jewish schools; they are brought up in schools where all day long they’re being taught how to be Jews. And after that they go to high schools – boy’s high schools and girl’s high schools. All day long, they’re being taught how to be Jews. All day long! And at home, they make homework on these laws that they’re taught in the daytime.

How can you compare it, lehavdil, even to the best goyim? The best way to answer the question is to settle among the Amish for a little while. Then you’ll discover the difference.

October 1988

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Q:

Can the Rav describe in what ways the Jews are better than the so-called ‘Honest Amish’?

A:

In what way are the Jews better than the Amish, lehavdil? In a million ways. It’s only from a distance that you think they’re so good.

You know, an Amish can haul off and punch another Amish in the teeth when they’re angry. Among Jews, when does it happen that a Jew violently attacks another Jew? We’re talking about frum Jews. Very rarely. An Amish can kill his fellowman.

Now an Amish wouldn’t wear, let’s say, certain kinds of clothing that are indecent, but he doesn’t have the motivation that we have to follow laws. Does an Amish sit down and study his laws? If you don’t study your laws, your laws can’t make an effect on you. The Jewish nation studies their laws. Everywhere, they’re studying their laws. Jews come together and study their laws. When you study the laws, the laws are before your eyes always. Do Amish come together and study their laws? Absolutely not. Do they study Torah? No.

The Jew comes together and studies Bava Kamma; even little children. And you learn that you’re responsible for any damage you do to your fellowman’s property. Do the Amish study it? They know it by inspiration? Nobody knows anything by inspiration today. How do they know these things? They heard it once. Maybe every Sunday they hear it in their churches. But the Jewish people, lehavdil, are constantly soaking in their Torah.

Do Amish children go to a Hebrew School or to a religious school where all day long they learn Torah? Which nation teaches Torah to its children all day long? How can you compare Amish to us? Lehavdil elef havdalos!

Here Jewish boys go and Jewish girls go to Jewish schools; they are brought up in schools where all day long they’re being taught how to be Jews. And after that they go to high schools – boy’s high schools and girl’s high schools. All day long, they’re being taught how to be Jews. All day long! And at home, they make homework on these laws that they’re taught in the daytime.

How can you compare it, lehavdil, even to the best goyim? The best way to answer the question is to settle among the Amish for a little while. Then you’ll discover the difference.

October 1988

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