In honor of Pesach Sheni, Brooklyn Jewish Xperience (BJX) Kiruv and Chizuk Center, presents a special seminar on “How to Keep Our Children on the Derech.” The BJX Center personifies the message of Pesach Sheni, which is about second chances, as BJX gives so many formerly frum people the opportunity to have a second chance with Yiddishkeit and gives secular young professionals their first Jewish experience.Presenters are:
Rav Yitzchok Fingerer, shlita, Morah D’Asrah and Rosh Kollel of BJX, and author of the acclaimed Hashkafah sefer Search Judaism. Rav Fingerer is a sought after lecturer and counsels many families and young adults.
Rav Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz, shlita, Senior Lecturer at Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem, former Rav in Silver Spring, MD and professor of Law at Loyola.
Rav Dr. Dovid Gottleib, shlita, Senior Lecturer at Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem, and former professor of philosophy at John Hopkins University. (Q & A only)
BJX is Brooklyn’s Kiruv and Chizuk Center, located at 2915 Avenue K. The community is welcome to attend Shacharis 7:30am Mon-Fri (Sun at 9am) and enjoy bagels, lox and coffee with special learning programs and chaburos by the Kollel. Every Friday night BJX hosts an extraordinary Carlebach Kabbalas Shabbos with renowned Chazzan Yussie Kessner. Shabbos morning davening is at 9am. Mispallelim are treated to a brief inspiring and motivating drasha from the Rav before Mussaf, and following Mussaf there is a kiddush. BJX offers a full of array of daily Kiruv class, reaching out to the more than 60% of Brooklyn Jews that are unaffiliated, as well as young Jewish adults that grew up frum but are no longer observant.
You can help BJX continue our critical work by donating here: To join our email list and receive the weekly Shabbos schedule: email: [email protected]. If you have Kiruv questions or would like to help sponsor a program please call the BJX helpline:646-397-1544
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We commonly ask how to keep our children “on the derech”, however this becomes how to keep my child on specific derech with no lee way.
This is the problem.
Yes we must raise our children as we see fit, but when Children begin to question our Hashkafa or our dress code parents must relent and give their children the freedom to explore any form of Halachic Judaism that speaks to them.
My family has a very wide variety from very charedi anti-Zionist types to very Dati Leumi State loving, Army serving types. Of my 36 first cousins and my cousins numerous children (34 are married) they are all Halachic Jews. Nearly 100 souls from my mothers side alone are all Halachic, but you find among them Sheitals, colorful Mitpachot, Black hates and Kippot Srugot.
We all get together for family simachot and all eat at each others houses without exception. Even within different families there is a wide mix of Torah ideology among the cousins. It is amazing and beautiful and no one judges. And that is the secrete to this success story. I had only had one cousin who briefly became secular and we did not judge her and loved her and now she is back and seriously dating a very serious guy who learned at Yeshivat HaGush.
Barcuh Hashem I am in such a family and that is the secrete.
As my great grand father wrote in his will: Keep the love of Hashem, Torah and Eretz Yisrael strong, sing lively at Shabbat meals and thsu guard the fututre generations. We have fulfilled my great grandfathers request and may we continue to do so for eternity.
Worthwhile to listen to.
I believe Rabbi Breitowitz, identifies some of the issues ( as he says in his own words “these are some contributing factors”) yet the listener is still left without solid answers and a road map to success. He identifies the shortcomings of the “Frum Jew on the outside”, as well as the schools that are defined as elitist – yet gives no practical solution to fix the problems other then personal introspection, and greater Torah commitment . There is no magical solution , but these speeches are helping to create awareness.
This was a great seminar. Very invaluable shiur. I always said that instead of blaming the Yeshivos for our woes, the most important thing we parents can do for our kids is having a peaceful and happy home. Thank you for sharing. I also found the shiurim here and on this link I was able to sign up to more shiurim: http://www.brooklynkiruv.com/free-audio-offer/
Found the video to be worthwhile.
# 1 – Kol hakavod to you and your family.
# 3 – I do believe that ideas were exchanged in the video, question is do we (you) have the courage to make these changes in schools, attitudes or behavior?
If you want to keep people on the derech, two things right away jump to mind, 1) stop calling people reshaim just because you disagree with them and 2) stop saying that because you disagree with certain views, those people are amalek and should take off their yarmulkas.