To Be A Priceless Jewish Woman Has A Price? (5 minutes)

1:19Five minutes, she connects to Hashem; within five minutes, she can start crying. She connects to Hashem, she reads Tehillim, she understands the words. Within two minutes, if, for example, the child didn't get into kindergarten, she'll start crying. If the food didn't come out okay, she starts crying. If her husband didn't show up on time, she starts crying. She connects with her emotions like that. A guy, on the other hand, can pray for 20 years and never cry even once. Whether it's Tisha B'Av, the Shoah, or Yom HaZikaron, he doesn't know how to cry. Woman is much, much more emotional, and those emotions, as a part of your spirituality, make you special. A guy, in order for him to become emotional and in order for him to become spiritual, needs the Torah. He needs to learn it every day, because that is the only way he can get there. So, we need our women. As a matter of fact, the only reason why Hashem saved us from Egypt was because the men were idol worshipers. They're all idol worshippers. The only reason He saved us from Egypt is because of women. They weren't idol worshippers, they were still modest, and they still believed in Hashem. The only reason why Hashem is going to send us the Mashiach and save us is because of the merits of the women. The men are here to fulfill a certain purpose as well, obviously, but the position of women in Judaism couldn't get any bigger.

2:45It's huge. But when people don't know the Torah, they think that the Torah is the opposite. They think the Torah is, like, sexist. They think it's like, you know, feminism goes against it. No, see, it gives women half the value. Because there's a part of the Torah that says if a woman is a virgin when she's married, she's worth a certain amount. And if she's not a virgin, she's worth less. So the whole feminist movement makes a big deal out of this. And they say, oh, see, it's feminist. Well, it's not her fault. Maybe she liked him. Maybe he was a nice guy. I don't know. They make up all types of crazy things. And the reality of it is that even in today's world, it's that way. Even in today's world, we apply those same rules, even if you're not religious. If a man is about to marry a woman and his wife-to-be is a virgin, Public perception is significant in this matter, especially if she wasn't previously known. It's a fact of life. Even more so, if—this might be a bit blunt, but to make the point clear—if he's going to marry her and he brings in a woman who used to work in Las Vegas, his parents will likely object to the marriage due to concerns about her past.

4:08We don't want this to come into our holy house, so we apply those rules anyway. However, when it says it in the Torah, we don't like it. When it's in our minds, we like it. That's something people need to understand. Women have an enormous, enormous, enormous purpose in the Torah, and they have a certain position. Men also have a position in the Torah. Men are responsible for learning the Torah in the house. They're responsible for, you know, generating the income. They're responsible for being the scholar in the house. Women, on the other hand, are responsible for teaching the children, keeping the house holy, and everything related to the house. If they want their husband to be a Talmid Chacham, then they would be responsible for bringing in the money. But that's only if they agree, not if the husband makes them agree. So, this is... a way of how to build a kosher or holy house.