- Rabbi Daniel Fridman
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- Duration: 55 min
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Author: Muni Schweig
good thought to change this term - but "rimonim" seems unnecessary: while jew(ish) is parochial as a reference to Yehudah, Yisrael is a name we borrow from a higher spiritual/metaphysical status - - an aspirational name at times - but we don't lose that status even as "poshim", haraya Yaakov's children are still "bnei Yisrael" when he is dying and even refusing to bless all of them due to disapproving of some of their behavior -- so here we see even when not living up to ideals we are still bnei Yisrael.... maybe we should just emphasize this name over Yehudim, make the distinction more publicly, as well as the fact that hilonim are still included in the name as our universal identity as an inherently spiritual people