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The Internet Trap-CAN JEWS USE KOSHER Technology

8 years ago

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1:08You need to advertise, you need to get customers, you need to do a lot of things on the internet. In reality today, if there's no internet, there's no business. It's not like the old days where people would drive around until they found a shop. People look at their phones, say, "I need a car shop," and quickly find one. "Oh, okay, over here, I'm going down the street, it's five minutes from me." People don't look at, you know, driving around to find a shop. Look at it in a way where they say, "Listen, I'm gonna look at my computer. What's the closest place to me?" After that, the internet has provided them enough information to say, "What's the closest place? What's the best place? There's this star rating and that rating, and so on and so forth." Meaning that the internet is no different than electricity. Just like you can't live without electricity, you can't live without the internet in most places, in most houses, and in most lives. But even this, when it's misused, can become dangerous. I had a friend who used to have a business involving this special technology to heat your floors. Special technology, this, I don't know.

2:26whatever special thing doesn't make a difference. Special technology to heat your floors, special technology to heat your blanket, special technology for your pillow, special technology to heat anything you want. Wonderful. Obviously, all of this depends on electricity, and if I have a chair using this technology and... And I want to get nice and cozy in the freezing cold weather in Florida for the first time since I've been here in three years. In the last couple of weeks, it's been freezing here. So I want a special warm feeling. I'm using this technology. Baruch Hashem, I don't feel freezing anymore, right? However, if there's a malfunction in the button and instead of, let's say, there being a hypothetical example of 50 watts going, there are 5,000 watts going. Ain ain ain ain ain ain ain ain

3:39Internet Internet Internet Internet Internet Internet Internet Internet כי אני חושב שאין, אין, אין, אין, אין, אין, אין, אין, אין, אין, אין, אין, אין, אין, אין, אין. If instead of going to spend two hours at some toy store or some clothing store, you can press the two buttons and it comes to your house, why not? So this can help. But, avotai, if it's misused, it's a weapon. If the credit card becomes like a slot machine, and she starts spending money like it's air, it becomes a weapon that creates shalom bayit problems.

5:03Even more so, even more dangerous than money, because money is paper at the end of the day. It's not even paper anymore; it's digital. If she decides to go on one of these social networks to become reconnected with her old school buddies, And all of a sudden, Steve from 1987 says, "Oh, hey Wilma, how are you? How have you been? How's everything? How's life treating you? How's everything going? What's new? Oh, you have two kids now. Oh, you're married? Wow, that's great." And all of a sudden, she goes, "Hey, husband David, how are you? I just ran into Steve from high school—it's been 20 years." David replies, "Oh, who's Steve again?" She responds, "You remember Steve?" They continue talking, and David, not realizing the potential implications, says, "Oh, yeah, you should reconnect. Maybe invite him over." elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam elebam

6:21me'vi'a eizeh ulai, mi ferent on facebook. nai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai ulai. Eizeh, eizeh, eizeh, eizeh, eizeh, eizeh, eizeh, eizeh, eizeh, eizeh. Divorce, chas v'shalom, who will reach divorce today? What will reach divorce? Divorce, maybe not reaching divorce. It was divorce when I was young. For divorce, it is divorce. What will reach divorce? Who will reach divorce? Maybe it will reach divorce and not reach divorce. Maybe it will reach divorce and not reach divorce. Who will reach divorce? Today, people reach divorce like they reach divorce. But it doesn't matter what will reach divorce.

7:47אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא ער אלא how you run your marriage, what kind of life you're going to have. Now, when people feel like it's okay to have these platonic relationships, they're opening themselves up for disaster. And right now, a few of the relationships that I'm trying to save are relationships that started not even on Facebook. You know, Facebook, you would think, You know, they see her picture, she sees his picture, whatever. They start talking, socializing, and after a few months, they become boyfriend and girlfriend, even though he's married and she's married. They have kids. They don't care; they'll break homes that way. People thought that Facebook was Satan himself. They don't realize that it's Satan's little brother. Satan's little brother, why? Because it's obvious.

9:09savivus isi eizeh picture, siya eizeh picture, avivun na'oz eizeh satan atzmo? text messaging, WhatsApp, regular text, why? eizeh groups eizeh groups eizeh groups eizeh groups 25 group, we spread Torah all day, but there's always an ochel (devious person). There's always some sleazebag in the group. There's always a sleazebag that goes into the group and looks at the directory of the group, looks at the numbers and starts texting different women because it says the name of the woman. Especially the women that don't realize how some guys think and they put their picture as a profile. So he sees a pretty picture, he sees a phone number... Oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy.

10:25There are people that pretend to be religious. They'll even tell you they're learning in yeshiva. They'll even tell you they're learning in kolel. They'll tell you, oh no, I'm divorced with two, three kids, but she really hurt me, and she this, and she that, but I'm really a nice guy. Okay, if you're a nice guy, why are you talking to a married woman? If you're so religious, why are you talking to a married woman? Why? ul'ay, ul'ay, ul'ay, ul'ay, ul'ay, ul'ay, ul'ay, ul'ay Rabbosai, hayom atah tzareech lil'chemet et ha'yeladim v'al ha'avodotecha yoter mizrach asher atah yeigea et kol ma she'atah nil'chemet. Lama? Ki ha'ma'atzeh shel yetzer ha'ra she'atah sham hi mamash g'dolah. Uv'chen amarti lecha, le'myuchad atem, le'fi ha'shiur,

11:37אין אין אין, אין איין איין, אין אין אין. Religious, are you fixing yourself on a daily basis? Because if not, you're missing out. There are plenty of so-called religious people who are making sins worse than any secular person might. Why? When you start sounding, the yetzer hara sometimes starts on the internet; they go through these different... Pornographic websites or the mixed gatherings for parties are a very significant challenge for individuals who strive to keep themselves pure and separate from inappropriate influences. Unfortunately, the access to such content and gatherings can lead one astray and present a stumbling block in the paths of many. It's crucial to discuss methods to guard oneself and protect one's values in our ever-changing world. We should ask ourselves, how can we create an environment at home that encourages adherence to our sacred traditions and standards?

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