Caption transcript for She Shall Be Called Woman: “Educators / Lois & Eunice” (6/8)

• 00:03 WITH DR. JEFFREY SEIF AND SANDRA LEVITT
• 00:08 SHE SHALL BE CALLED WOMAN.
• 00:12 I CAME FORTH FROM A MAN...
• 00:13 BUT I FOUND FAVOR WITH HIM...
• 00:15 AND TRUE SUCCESS IS NOT MEASURED IN WEALTH AND POWER BUT IN THE ESTATE IN ONE'S HEART...
• 00:21 I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER AND MORE FULFILLED...
• 00:24 I RAISED HIM UP STRICTLY IN THE FAITH AND THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS...
• 00:29 AND NOW I WANT TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK...
• 00:31 I BELIEVE ELOHIM MEANT IT TO BE THIS WAY...
• 00:33 SHE'S STILL A CORNERSTONE OF WISDOM TO THE FAMILY...
• 00:36 BUT YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY HEART...
• 00:55 I CAN NEVER SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT MY SON TIMOTHY.
• 00:59 THAT'S HIM AS A BOY WHEN I WAS TEACHING HIM THE ALPHABET.
• 01:02 OH, HE WAS THE BRIGHTEST AND THE MOST WELL BEHAVED CHILD A MOTHER COULD EVER HOPE FOR.
• 01:08 I RAISED HIM UP STRICTLY IN THE FAITH, THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS AS MY MOTHER LOIS HAD TAUGHT ME.
• 01:14 AND AS HE GREW UP TO BECOME A MAN HE NEVER DEPARTED FROM OUR TEACHINGS.
• 01:20 IT'S A MOTHER'S DREAM TO SEE HER CHILD BECOME SUCCESSFUL
• 01:23 AND TRUE SUCCESS IS NOT MEASURED IN WEALTH AND POWER BUT IN THE ESTATE OF ONE'S HEART.
• 01:30 MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME THAT.
• 01:33 SHE'S STILL A CORNERSTONE OF WISDOM TO THE FAMILY.
• 01:36 AND AS I SEE MY SON SHARING HIS TESTIMONY OF SALVATION THROUGH OUR MESSIAH, YESHUA,
• 01:43 WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS MY JOY AND GRATIFICATION.
• 01:49 A HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 01:50 JEFFREY SEIF WITH MY FRIEND SANDRA LEVITT.
• 01:52 SHALOM. WELCOME BACK.
• 01:53 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOMEN TODAY.
• 01:55 WE'VE JUST SEEN A DRAMA WITH LOIS AND EUNICE.
• 01:58 TWO GREAT WOMEN.
• 01:59 JUST GREAT.
• 02:01 THE SERIES, "SHE SHALL BE CALLED WOMAN",
• 02:03 THIS IS JUST A TERRIFIC NAME OF A SERIES -
• 02:05 "WOMAN" - I LOVE IT!
• 02:06 AND THERE'S A GREAT STORY HERE OF A WOMAN, OR A STORY OF WOMEN
• 02:10 THAT NURTURE THE NEXT GENERATION GOODNESS THEY DO IT SO WELL.
• 02:14 WHAT KIND OF A ROLE MODEL AM I FOR MY CHILD
• 02:16 WHO IN TURN BECOMES A ROLE MODEL FOR HIS CHILD?
• 02:19 AND IN THIS CASE, THE GRANDMOTHER, THE MOTHER
• 02:22 AND THEN THE PRAYING
• 02:23 AND THEN THE FAITH OF THE SON, I THINK IS WONDERFUL, TIMOTHY.
• 02:25 THEY EDUCATE, REAR UP THE NEXT GENERATION.
• 02:27 ABSOLUTELY
• 02:28 YOU WERE A TEACHER, WEREN'T YOU? EDUCATOR
• 02:30 I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR.
• 02:31 AND YOU ARE A TEACHER.
• 02:32 18 YEARS AS A PROFESSOR. 18 YEARS
• 02:34 THIS IS ANOTHER KIND OF EDUCATION, THOUGH.
• 02:36 ITS MORAL DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST INTELLECTUAL. CORRECT?
• 02:38 AND HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT NOW IN THESE DAYS?
• 02:40 JUST TERRIFIC
• 02:41 HERE'S JEFF IN ISRAEL.
• 02:42 SHE SHALL BE CALLED WOMAN.
• 02:45 IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT IT TAKES A MAN TO BUILD A HOUSE.
• 02:50 OF COURSE IT DOES.
• 02:52 THESE BRICKS ARE HEAVY.
• 02:54 THESE LOGS ARE HEAVY AS WELL AND IT TAKES A MAN TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
• 02:57 WHILE IT TAKES A MAN TO BUILD A HOUSE,
• 03:01 LIKEWISE, ITS BEEN SAID THAT IT TAKES A WOMAN TO BUILD A HOME.
• 03:08 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 03:10 STICKS AND BRICKS, THIS IS ONE THING BUT BUILDING UP THE GENERATION IS ANOTHER THING.
• 03:17 AND WHILE THIS CAN BE DONE IN A MATTER OF DAYS OR WEEKS
• 03:21 THIS WORK HERE TAKES PLACE OVER A MATTER OF YEARS.
• 03:26 AND ITS MOTHER WHOSE PRINCIPALLY RESPONSIBLE.
• 03:30 SO MUCH OF WHAT THE CHILDREN BECOME THEY BECOME BECAUSE OF MOM.
• 03:36 MOTHER, LOOK!
• 03:40 "Alef", "Mem", "Tav"
• 03:44 THE HEBREW WORD "Emet", 'TRUTH".
• 03:48 THEY LEARNED THE TRUTH IN SO MANY WAYS.
• 03:50 ITS MOTHER WHO TEACHES, EDUCATES IN HOW TO WRITE, HOW TO THINK, HOW TO BEHAVE.
• 03:57 I BELIEVE ITS FOR THIS REASON THAT IN THE HEBREW BIBLE WISDOM, "Chacham", "SMARTS",
• 04:03 IS PERSONIFIED AS A FEMALE.
• 04:06 WISDOM SPEAKS, SHE SAYS THIS, SHE DOES THAT IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS.
• 04:13 "Sh'lomo", SOLOMON KNOWS A LOT ABOUT WISDOM.
• 04:16 IN FACT HIS BOOK STARTS OFF IN THE PROLOGUE,
• 04:26 HOLDING ON TO MOM'S INSTRUCTION IS A TAD BIT FIRMER.
• 04:30 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 04:32 AGAIN, BECAUSE OF SO MUCH OF WHAT THE CHILD BECOMES
• 04:35 THEY BECOME BECAUSE OF THE IMPRINT THAT MOM LEAVES UPON THEM.
• 04:39 IN THIS SERIES WE'RE LOOKING AT WOMEN IN GENERAL.
• 04:43 AND HERE WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE CONTRIBUTION IN THE EDUCATION OF THE YOUNG IN PARTICULAR.
• 04:50 FOR INSTANCE, XAVIER SAID,
• 04:52 "GIVE ME YOUR CHILDREN FOR THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS, ANYONE CAN HAVE THEM AFTERWARD."
• 04:58 ANOTHER WISE PERSON SAID ONCE THAT "THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE RULES THE WORLD."
• 05:04 IN A MOMENT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A FAMOUS RABBI, "Rav Shaul",
• 05:10 COMMONLY REFERRED TO IN SOME CIRCLES AS THE APOSTLE PAUL.
• 05:14 AND WE'LL ENTER INTO THE WORLD OF SOME CONVERSATION HE HAS WITH
• 05:18 HIS FAVORITE "Talmidim" [STUDENT],
• 05:21 A DISCIPLE NAMED TIMOTHY.
• 05:23 AND WE'LL HEAR PAUL REMIND TIMOTHY THAT WHAT HE WAS HE BECAME IN LARGE MEASURE
• 05:28 BECAUSE OF HIS MOTHER AND HIS GRANDMOTHER.
• 05:31 AND IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THAT STORY WE'LL CONSIDER WOMEN
• 05:35 AND HOW IT IS THEY MAKE SUCH A CONTRIBUTION IN THEIR CHILDREN AND IN THE WORLD AT LARGE.
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• 06:27 WHEN PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES HARD PRESSED AT THE RAGGED EDGE OF LIFE
• 06:33 THEY TEND TO ARTICULATE THINGS THAT HAVE GREAT VALUE TO THEM.
• 06:38 THEIR THOUGHTS RUN DEEP.
• 06:40 THEIR EMOTIONS RUN STRONG.
• 06:43 AND WITHIN THEIR CEREBRAL CORTEX THEY FRAME THOUGHTS
• 06:49 THAT SO MUCH GIVE DEFINITION TO WHAT THAT PERSON IS ALL ABOUT AND WHAT THEY THINK.
• 06:56 ITS FOR THAT REASON IN PART THAT WHEN IN FOXHOLES, WHEN FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
• 07:02 A SOLDIER IS MORE APT TO WRITE A LETTER TO HIS MOTHER THAN TO HIS FATHER.
• 07:08 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 07:09 DISCOMFORTED AS THE SOLDIER IS THE TENDENCY IS TO DRAW UPON MEMORIES AND EMOTIONS
• 07:17 OF THAT PERSON THAT CAME TO HIM IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.
• 07:21 NOW THERE'S AN OLD SONG, "WHEN I FIND MYSELF IN TIMES OF TROUBLE MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME."
• 07:27 WELL, MOTHER MARY, MOTHER SALLY, WHATEVER, THE REASON WHY I MENTION THIS AT THIS JUNCTURE
• 07:32 IS BECAUSE WHEN THE APOSTLE PAUL IS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE GRAVE
• 07:38 WHEN HE WRITES II TIMOTHY
• 07:39 HE SAYS AS MUCH,
• 07:41 "I FOUGHT THE FIGHT,
• 07:42 I FINISHED THE RACE".
• 07:44 HE GIVES HIS VALEDICTORY SPEECH.
• 07:46 HE KNOWS HE'S AT THE RAGGED EDGE
• 07:48 AND HE FINISHES THE NOTE SIGNING OFF TO TIMOTHY AND SAYING, "THANK YOU VERY MUCH".
• 07:53 BUT HE BEGINS THE LETTER DRAWING UPON MEMORIES OF A TIME WHEN HE FIRST ENCOUNTERED TIMOTHY.
• 08:03 OH, HE'S THRILLED THAT TIMOTHY HAS BEEN SO VERY LOYAL, SO VERY FAITHFUL.
• 08:08 WHEN YOU'VE LIVED LIFE FOR AWHILE YOU TEND TO PLACE A PREMIUM ON CHARACTER OVER CHARISMA.
• 08:14 LOYALTY IS IN VERY HIGH DEMAND AND VERY SHORT SUPPLY.
• 08:19 WHEN NOTING HIS STERLING CHARACTER PAUL REMINDS TIMOTHY WHERE HE GOT IT FROM.
• 08:28 IN FACT HE REMINDS HIMSELF
• 08:30 IN CHAPTER 1, VERSE 5 HE SAYS,
• 08:34 ..." TO REMEMBRANCE,"TIMOTHY",
• 08:36 WHO HAD A JEWISH MOTHER BY THE WAY.
• 08:59 WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME PAUL HAS ENCOUNTERED MANY INSINCERE PEOPLE.
• 09:03 HE GOES ON TO SAY AS HE FINISHES HIS INTRODUCTION, IN VERSE 15 HE SAYS,
• 09:14 "BUT TIMOTHY YOU HAVE BEEN RESOLUTE."
• 09:17 TIMOTHY WAS RESOLUTE IN PART BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT WERE SOWN INTO HIM WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.
• 09:24 HENCE, HEREIN WE SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THE VALUE OF A WOMAN.
• 09:30 THAT IS TO SAY THAT PAUL CREDITS TIMOTHY BEING WHO HE IS
• 09:37 BECAUSE OF THE WOMEN IN HIS WORLD THAT GUIDED HIM.
• 09:42 DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY JUST SAT DOWN AND OPENED UP SCROLLS.
• 09:45 THERE'S SOME OF THAT BECAUSE THESE WOMEN OPENED UP THE SCRIPTURES.
• 09:49 ITS TRAGIC TODAY, PEOPLE THINK "WELL, I'LL JUST SEND THE CHILDREN OFF TO A RABBI"
• 09:53 "OR TO A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER IN A CHURCH"
• 09:56 "AND ITS INCUMBENT UPON THOSE PROFESSIONALS TO GIVE MY KID A MEASURED RELIGIOUS EDUCATION."
• 10:04 THAT THOUGHT REALLY DOESN'T EXIST IN THE JEWISH WORLD, NOT THIS WORLD.
• 10:07 ITS IMPERATIVE THAT THE FAMILY GIVE THE CHILD THE VIRTUE.
• 10:13 ITS IMPERATIVE THAT THE MOTHER INCULCATE THE RELIGIOUS SEEDS INTO THE NEXT GENERATION.
• 10:18 THESE WOMEN DID A GOOD JOB.
• 10:21 WHEN WE MOVE ON IN THE 3RD CHAPTER PAUL HERE IS ENCOURAGING TIMOTHY AND US BY ASSOCIATION
• 10:32 TO CONTINUE IN THE THINGS THAT ARE LEARNED.
• 10:35 WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME OWING TO PRESSING EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES,
• 10:42 THINGS CAN IMPINGE UPON US,
• 10:43 WE CAN EXPERIENCE PRESSURES AND DIFFICULTIES THAT WE DIDN'T COUNT UPON.
• 10:48 BUT ITS GOOD THAT WE DRAW UPON CORE VALUES IN ANSWERING THE TROUBLES OF THE DAY.
• 10:54 AND ITS MOTHER IN SO MANY WAYS WHO INSTILLS THOSE VALUES.
• 10:59 WELL, HERE PAUL SAYS,
• 11:09 CERTAINLY YOU HAVE A TACIT INFERENCE HERE TO REMEMBER YOUR MOTHER'S EXAMPLE.
• 11:15 THE REASON WHY I SAY TACIT IS BECAUSE WHAT'S EXPLICIT,
• 11:19 WHAT'S NOTED THEN IS FROM WHOM YOU LEARN WHAT.
• 11:22 HE SAYS IN VERSE 15,
• 11:33 WE KNOW THAT MOTHER GUIDED THE FELLOW.
• 11:38 IN THE PROCESS OF SO DOING THERE'S THINGS THAT HE LEARNED.
• 11:41 HE'S GOING TO ENCOUNTER PAUL.
• 11:44 HE'S GOING TO ENCOUNTER JESUS.
• 11:47 THIS IS A FELLOW RAISED BY A JEWISH MOTHER AND A NON-JEWISH FATHER
• 11:51 WHO'S GOING TO COME FAITH IN THE JEWISH MESSIAH JESUS.
• 11:56 BEFORE JESUS EVER GETS A HOLD OF HIM HIS MOTHER DID.
• 11:59 AND HE WAS A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING.
• 12:02 LIFE CAN GRIND AWAY AT PEOPLE.
• 12:04 IT CAN GRIND US INTO POWDER.
• 12:06 ITS GOOD TO HAVE A BIBLICAL FOUNDATION
• 12:08 AND ITS GOOD TO APPRECIATE A WOMAN WHO HELPS GUIDE THE BOYS AND GIRLS
• 12:14 TO BE THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT GOD WOULD HAVE THEM TO BE.
• 12:20 I LOVE THE TEACHING IN ISRAEL.
• 12:22 I LOVE HEARING ABOUT LOIS AND EUNICE.
• 12:24 I LOVE PERSONALLY FOR ME HOW IT IS TO TEACH A CHILD HOW TO WALK WITH THE LORD.
• 12:29 THERE'S NOTHING GREATER FOR ME IN THIS WHOLE WORLD.
• 12:32 WELL NOW SANDRA THAT'S NOT THE SPIRIT OF THIS AGE (Sandra laughing) NO ITS NOT.
• 12:35 THAT SAYS THAT WOMEN EDUCATING CHILDREN, RAISING THEM UP,
• 12:38 IS MARGINAL WHILE THERE'S MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO ATTEND TO.
• 12:41 ITS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT.
• 12:42 ITS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT AND YET REALLY FOR ME NOTHING...
• 12:45 IF SOMEBODY SAID TO YOU OR TO ME, "WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR YOUR CHILD?"
• 12:51 IT IS THAT HE KNOWS THE LORD, IT TRULY IS.
• 12:53 WHAT SPIRIT DRIVES THE CULTURE
• 12:55 TO DISCONNECT A WOMAN FROM HER CHILDREN?
• 12:59 WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN RAISING UP THE NEXT GENERATION?
• 13:03 RIGHT, TEACHING THEM TO PRAY, TEACHING THEM TO WITNESS, TEACHING THEM TO HAVE FAITH.
• 13:08 WHAT COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT?
• 13:09 WE HAVE EDUCATION TODAY THAT'S MORALLY BANKRUPT,
• 13:12 THAT THE PURPOSE IS READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC.
• 13:15 BUT IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY
• 13:16 THERE'S MORE THAN JUST LEARNING ABOUT READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC.
• 13:19 RIGHT, THERE IS SO MUCH MORE. THIS IS REALLY IT.
• 13:22 SCIENCES ARE IMPORTANT,
• 13:24 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT.
• 13:25 RIGHT, YES
• 13:26 BUT WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO AT ONE LEVEL
• 13:28 IF ONE IS TRAINED UP PROFESSIONALLY
• 13:30 AND IS SUCCESSFUL FINANCIALLY BUT IS ABYSMAL MORALLY.
• 13:32 AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT TODAY.
• 13:34 RIGHT, MAN CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS.
• 13:36 YOU CAN ONLY SERVE ONE MASTER.
• 13:38 AND THIS IS THE MASTER THAT I WANT TO SERVE.
• 13:39 YES AND THERE'S A GRANDMOTHER AND A MOTHER
• 13:41 THAT ARE INTRODUCING A YOUNG MAN TO THAT MASTER.
• 13:43 GENERATION AFTER GENERATION AFTER GENERATION,
• 13:47 TEACH A CHILD THE WAY HE IS TO GO AND HE'LL GO.
• 13:49 AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT EUNICE AND LOIS, NOT JUST THE MOTHER, BUT THE GRANDMOTHER.
• 13:54 ITS HARD TO OVERSTATE THE VALUE THAT A WOMAN PLAYS IN RAISING UP THE NEXT GENERATION.
• 14:01 I KNOW, I AGREE.
• 14:03 THE MORAL DEVELOPMENT, THE ETHICS, THE SUBSTANCE, THE CHARACTER,
• 14:05 SO MUCH COMES FROM MOM.
• 14:07 ITS ANOTHER ATTRIBUTE OF WOMEN.
• 14:09 ITS ANOTHER WONDERFUL ASPECT OF WOMEN THAT I THINK I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT.
• 14:14 DO YOU THINK THAT WAS MARGINALIZED TOO MUCH IN A PREVIOUS GENERATION?
• 14:19 THAT IS THAT WOMEN SHOULDN'T BE AS CONCERNED FOR HOME AND HEARTH?
• 14:23 SOMETIMES I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE LIKE YOU SAID IN YOUR TEACHING,
• 14:27 SENT THEM OFF TO ANOTHER SCHOOL, SENT THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO BE TAUGHT,
• 14:31 "THAT WASN'T MY JOB. I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE DO THAT."
• 14:34 AND I THINK NOW WE'RE COMING AROUND TO SEEING MUCH MORE HANDS ON IN THE HOME, I REALLY DO.
• 14:39 ARE YOU FINDING A LOT OF CHRISTIAN WOMEN INVOLVED IN EDUCATION TOO,
• 14:43 NOT ONLY LOVING THEIR OWN CHILDREN BUT OTHERS AS WELL?
• 14:45 THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THE WOMAN THAT I INTERVIEWED, BETH FURST, IN ISRAEL,
• 14:49 WONDERFUL EDUCATOR, BUT HERE'S THE TRICK...NOT TRICK...
• 14:53 BUT HERE'S THE REALLY SPECIAL THING, SHE'S AT A MESSIANIC SCHOOL IN ISRAEL.
• 14:59 THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
• 15:02 LOVES THE LORD, LOVES TEACHING, LOVES GIVING THE KIDS THE GROUND WORK.
• 15:05 I ASKED HER, I ASKED ABOUT HOW LONG AND WHY, WHY DID YOU MOVE TO ISRAEL?
• 15:10 HERE'S WHAT BETH HAD TO SAY.
• 15:13 MY HUSBAND HAD LIVED IN ISRAEL ON A KIBBUTZ
• 15:17 AND HE HAD ALWAYS MEANT TO RETURN.
• 15:19 AND I HAD ALWAYS FELT
• 15:21 THAT I WAS GOING TO COME.
• 15:23 SO WE WERE IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES
• 15:25 DOING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS
• 15:27 IN THE MESSIANIC LIFESTYLE.
• 15:29 BUT GOD PUT US TOGETHER.
• 15:31 AND I THINK FOR FOUR YEARS
• 15:33 WHICH IT TOOK US FOUR YEARS TO ACTUALLY MARRY.
• 15:35 WE DISCUSSED COMING TO ISRAEL AND LIVING HERE
• 15:38 AND IN OUR HEARTS WE REALLY BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN.
• 15:41 IT DIDN'T HAPPEN SO QUICKLY.
• 15:43 IN THAT INTERIM WE ADOPTED A LITTLE GIRL FROM PARAGUAY.
• 15:47 AND THEN WHEN WE FINALLY WERE GETTING CLOSE TO OUR 50s,
• 15:51 THINKING IT WAS HE JUBILEE YEAR COMING UP. RIGHT, THAT'S CORRECT.
• 15:55 THAT WE KIND OF... WE WERE COMING DOWN TO A PLACE OF SAYING,
• 15:58 "IF WE DON'T DO IT NOW,
• 15:59 WE WON'T DO IT." WHEN ARE WE GONNA DO IT?
• 16:01 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT,
• 16:03 WE'VE GOT A DAUGHTER, WE'VE GOT A FAMILY.
• 16:05 WE'VE COMPLETED WHAT WE FELT LIKE SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
• 16:10 AND IF WE DIDN'T TAKE THE STEP WE THOUGHT THE DOOR WOULD BE CLOSED.
• 16:13 SO WE CAME AND IN THE BEGINNING
• 16:16 IT WAS THE TOUGH STORY THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS
• 16:19 STARTING AT THE BOTTOM, STARTING OVER,
• 16:21 GOING FROM BEING A SOMEBODY TO A NOBODY.
• 16:25 GOING FROM BEING KNOWN AND HAVING MANY FRIENDS
• 16:28 TO BEING NO ONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE
• 16:31 AND YOU'RE AN ANT ON THE WALL.
• 16:33 START OVER.
• 16:35 BUT GOD HAD A PLAN
• 16:36 AND I HAD 30 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE FOR PRE-SCHOOL BEHIND ME
• 16:41 AND AN ART BACKGROUND. YES
• 16:43 AND I WAS NOW GETTING A LITTLE OLD TO BE THAT PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER,
• 16:47 ALTHOUGH I BROUGHT ALL MY THINGS WITH ME THINKING I WOULD BE STARTING AGAIN.
• 16:50 INSTEAD I GAVE THEM AWAY.
• 16:53 AND MEKOR HATIKVA, THE MESSIANIC SCHOOL IN JERUSALEM
• 16:56 NEEDED AN ART TEACHER AND ASKED IF I WOULD LIKE TO TRY.
• 17:01 SO I WAS NOT AN ART TEACHER BUT I TRIED
• 17:04 AND ITS 2 AND A HALF YEARS LATER NOW AND I'VE BEEN LIKE OTHER PEOPLE WHO COME TO ISRAEL,
• 17:11 LEARNING AS I GO AND TEACHING AS I GO WHAT I'M LEARNING.
• 17:16 AND ITS BEEN A GREAT THING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS WHERE GOD ULTIMATELY WAS CALLING ME TO BE.
• 17:25 THERE IS SOMETHING IN ECCLESIASTES THAT SAYS,
• 17:28 "WHATEVER YOUR HAND FINDS TO DO, DO IT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT."
• 17:31 RIGHT
• 17:32 AND I ALWAYS FIND THINGS TO DO..
• 17:33 IF ITS NOT ONE THING, ITS ANOTHER THING.
• 17:35 IF I'M NOT GETTING PAID, FINE, I'LL BE A VOLUNTEER.
• 17:37 IF YOU NEED SOMETHING DONE I'LL HELP, I CAN DO IT.
• 17:41 AND THAT'S BEEN SORT OF MY SCRIPTURE TO LIVE BY.
• 17:44 SO I THINK FALLING INTO A NEED HERE THAT HAD TO DO WITH ART
• 17:50 WAS JUST FINDING SOMETHING TO DO AND I FOUND WAYS TO TEACH THIS WITH ALL MY MIGHT.
• 17:57 AND THE KIDS ARE GRABBING HOLD OF IT WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT.
• 18:00 AND ITS BEEN A GREAT COMING TOGETHER AND DOING A LOT FOR THEM ALSO IN THE LAND.
• 18:06 OH, IT'S WONDERFUL.
• 18:08 WE'RE SITTING I THINK HERE IN YOUR CLASSROOM
• 18:10 AND I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE PICTURES,
• 18:12 THERE'RE JUST WONDERFUL THINGS IN HERE.
• 18:13 HOW WONDERFUL IT IS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO EXPRESS ART.
• 18:17 ITS NOT ONLY JUST THAT,
• 18:20 AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT,
• 18:22 BUT THE ART IN THIS CLASS IS A PLACE
• 18:26 THAT THE KIDS CAN COME TOGETHER
• 18:28 AND THEY CAN ALL SUCCEED.
• 18:30 AND ISRAEL IS A STRUGGLE
• 18:32 AND THE KIDS THAT COME HERE,
• 18:33 THEY'RE COMING IN FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
• 18:35 WITH DIFFERENT LANGUAGES,
• 18:37 DIFFERENT STRENGTHS OR WEAKNESSES IN THE LANGUAGE OF HEBREW.
• 18:40 AND THEY COME INTO THIS PLACE
• 18:42 AND ITS NOT A LANGUAGE OF WORDS,
• 18:45 IT'S A LANGUAGE OF EXPRESSION.
• 18:48 AND THERE'S NO RIGHT AND THERE'S NO WRONG AND THEY CAN ALL DO IT.
• 18:51 THAT'S RIGHT
• 18:52 AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE MYSELF.
• 18:55 AND I KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO HAVE A PLACE THAT YOU CAN SUCCEED.
• 19:01 IF YOU CAN'T DO IT IN OTHER WAYS AND OTHER PLACES THAT ARE IMPORTANT,
• 19:04 AT LEAST YOU CAN DO IT HERE AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT AND YOU'RE ACHIEVING SOMETHING.
• 19:08 WELL, AND WHAT A BLESSING
• 19:09 THAT THEY CAN FEEL LIKE THEY ACHIEVE,
• 19:11 THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO LEARN SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING
• 19:14 THAT THIS IS THEIRS.
• 19:16 RIGHT
• 19:17 ITS THEIR EXPRESSION AND ITS GREAT TO LET THAT GO.
• 19:21 BESIDES THAT TOO ITS ABOUT GIVING THEM A WAY TO SEE THE BEAUTY OF WHAT IS AROUND THEM
• 19:27 BECAUSE ISRAEL CAN BE A HARD AND HARSH PLACE.
• 19:30 BUT ITS ALSO A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
• 19:32 AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TRY TO TEACH THE KIDS IS TO OPEN UP YOUR EYES AND ACTUALLY SEE,
• 19:37 AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH NATURE, NOT ALWAYS,
• 19:40 BUT AT LEAST THIS YEAR WE'VE DONE A LOT WITH NATURE AND LANDSCAPING.
• 19:44 BUT ITS TO SEE WHAT GOD HAS MADE.
• 19:47 AND THEN HOW DO YOU REACT TO THAT?
• 19:49 AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT REACT POSITIVELY.
• 19:52 I'M NOT AN ART MEDIA TEACHER WHO SAYS,
• 19:56 "IF YOU FEEL ANGRY AND DISGUSTING, USE BLACK AND RED AND SHOW IT."
• 20:02 WHO NEEDS THAT?
• 20:04 ITS GREAT THAT YOU'RE TEACHING
• 20:05 BUT THAT YOUR TEACHING YOUNG MINDS
• 20:06 BECAUSE THAT REALLY DOES PREPARE THEM FOR THE FUTURE.
• 20:09 THAT'S RIGHT
• 20:11 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US. YOU'RE WELCOME.
• 20:14 THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A WOMAN
• 20:15 WHO CARES AND SHARES
• 20:16 AND LOVES AND NURTURES THE NEXT GENERATION.
• 20:19 I FIND IT FASCINATING PERSONALLY WHEN I LOOK IN THE BIBLE
• 20:22 I SEE A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FEMININE GENDER AND WISDOM.
• 20:27 THERE'S A CLASSIFICATION OF OLD TESTAMENT LITERATURE CALLED SAPIENTIA LITERATURE
• 20:31 OR WISDOM LITERATURE AND THERE WISDOM IS PERSONIFIED AS A FEMALE.
• 20:37 I THINK ITS FASCINATING PERSONALLY BECAUSE WOMEN HAVE SO MUCH TO DO WITH WIRING THE NEXT GENERATION
• 20:43 AND THIS IS EVIDENCED IN SO MANY WAYS ISN'T IT?
• 20:45 IT REALLY IS.
• 20:46 ITS REALLY DEAR TO MY HEART
• 20:47 BECAUSE THE NEXT GENERATION AS IT GOES,
• 20:49 THEY'RE THE ONES TAKING CARE OF US.
• 20:51 AND IF THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF US
• 20:53 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN EITHER.
• 20:54 AND THAT'S REAL IMPORTANT FOR ME.
• 20:56 YES, AND A MOTHER'S HAND IN GUIDING, DEVELOPING,
• 20:59 HOW DO YOU OVERSTATE THAT?
• 21:01 WELL, WHAT IS THE SAYING?
• 21:02 "SHE WHO ROCKS THE CRADLE RULES THE WORLD"?
• 21:05 "SHE THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE RULES THE WORLD."
• 21:06 RULES THE WORLD.
• 21:07 SO HOW WE RAISE OUR CHILDREN
• 21:09 IS HOW THE WORLD IS GOING TO GO.
• 21:11 AND YOU'RE SEEING...
• 21:12 I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE,
• 21:13 YOU SEE IN SOME OF THE ARAB NATIONS
• 21:15 THE WAY THEY'RE RAISING THEIR CHILDREN
• 21:17 IS NOT ONE OF LOVING TOWARD THEIR NEIGHBORS,
• 21:20 ITS ONE OF DESTRUCTION.
• 21:21 AND THAT'S THE PATH I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN.
• 21:23 ITS INTERESTING THAT THOSE WITH JUDEO-CHRISTIAN ETHICS RIGHT
• 21:27 WOMEN GRAVITATE TOWARD HELPING PROFESSIONS
• 21:30 THAT'S RIGHT
• 21:31 IN NURSING, EDUCATION, VARIOUS SORTS OF MEDICAL FIELDS.
• 21:34 THERE'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE A LITTLE GOD IN YOUR HEART AND MIND
• 21:38 AND IT LEADS US TO HELP LIFE AND GUIDE.
• 21:44 BUT THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE.
• 21:46 THIS IS THE WAY GOD MADE WOMEN,
• 21:48 THIS IS THE WAY GOD MADE MEN.
• 21:49 ITS NOT THAT WE ARE ANY BETTER THAN EACH OTHER,
• 21:51 ITS THAT THIS IS WHAT GOD HAS PUT IN OUR HEARTS.
• 21:54 YEAH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND MYSELF TO BE A GOOD NURTURER.
• 21:56 I'M MORE OF A WARRIOR KIND I THINK.
• 21:59 THANK GOD FOR MY WIFE PATTY.
• 22:00 BUT THAT'S YOUR JOB.
• 22:01 THAT'S YOUR JOB TO BE THE WARRIOR.
• 22:03 WE'RE TO BE THE NURTURERS.
• 22:04 SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
• 22:06 WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THIS.
• 22:10 IT HAS BEEN A GOOD SEASON.
• 22:12 PLENTIFUL RAIN, AND NOW THE DAYS ARE FILLED WITH THE WARMTH OF THE SUN.
• 22:17 SOON WE WILL SEE A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST.
• 22:22 I AM JOSHUA AND THIS IS MY LAND.
• 22:26 IT IS RICH AND FERTILE, BLESSED BY HASHEM.
• 22:29 MANY YEARS AGO ABRAHAM JOURNEYED ACROSS THE ROADS THAT ENCOMPASSED THESE VERY FIELDS.
• 22:35 AND GOD PROMISED HIM THAT ONE DAY HIS SEED WOULD INHERIT THIS VERY LAND.
• 22:43 COME SEE FOR YOURSELF THIS MIRACLE OF LIFE.
• 22:48 WALK THE LAND OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB.
• 22:51 WITNESS WITH ME THIS MAGNIFICENT LAND OF PROMISE.
• 23:03 FOR YOUR FREE BROCHURE ON OUR NEXT TOUR TO ISRAEL CALL
• 23:17 ♪(Zola playing recorder)♪
• 24:22 JEWS PLACE QUITE A PREMIUM ON EDUCATION.
• 24:26 THAT'S PARTLY BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND OURSELVES TO BE THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK.
• 24:31 THE BELIEF IS THAT GOD GAVE US INFORMATION AT SINAI
• 24:34 AND ITS INCUMBENT UPON US TO TRANSMIT THAT TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.
• 24:38 HENCE, EDUCATION FACTORS INTO THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE.
• 24:43 WONDER IF THAT'S WHY IN ISRAEL TODAY THERE'S SO MANY SCHOOLS,
• 24:46 ALL KINDS OF UNIVERSITIES AND ALL THE REST?
• 24:48 MORE MUSEUMS PER CAPITA
• 24:49 THAN ANY WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD,
• 24:51 10% OF THE WORK FORCE HAS EITHER
• 24:53 A BACHELORS DEGREE OR A MASTERS DEGREE,
• 24:56 ONE OUT OF FOUR IS IN THE SCIENCE FIELD.
• 25:00 THE EDUCATION IS SO IMPORTANT TO JEWS, TO ISRAEL,
• 25:05 AND EVEN TO THE CHRISTIANS.
• 25:07 AND THAT TRANSLATES INTO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL.
• 25:09 THE CELL PHONES THAT WE TURN OFF IN THIS STUDIO SHOOT,
• 25:12 A LOT OF THAT TECHNOLOGY WAS DEVELOPED IN ISRAEL. THAT'S RIGHT
• 25:15 THERE'S A CULTURE THAT PLACES A PREMIUM ON LEARNING
• 25:18 AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING, YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LIFE, KNOWLEDGE QUEST,
• 25:22 IT'S A COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE. THAT'S RIGHT
• 25:24 AND BY CONTRAST HERE, JUST SO YOU KNOW I'M NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING TOO MANY FRIENDS,
• 25:29 WE HAVE NEIGHBORS IN ISRAEL, THEIR NOT AS COMMITTED TO EDUCATION.
• 25:33 THEIR WOMEN ARE SILENCED, EDUCATION IS STIFLED,
• 25:37 WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATION,
• 25:39 A LOT OF INFORMATION,
• 25:40 A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT,
• 25:41 BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONTROL.
• 25:43 WELL, I'M TAKING ABOUT ISLAM JUST IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING.
• 25:45 I KNEW A STORY OF A WOMAN THAT WENT TO THE ULPAN TO LEARN HEBREW.
• 25:50 NOT ONLY DID SHE NOT UNDERSTAND HEBREW, OF COURSE IS WHY YOU GO TO ULPAN,
• 25:55 SHE COULDN'T HOLD A PENCIL.
• 25:57 SHE HAD NOT EVEN BEEN TAUGHT AND SHE WAS FROM ONE OF THE ARAB COUNTRIES,
• 26:00 DID NOT EVEN KNOW HOW TO HOLD A PENCIL.
• 26:03 THAT'S HOW UNEDUCATED HER COUNTRY WAS.
• 26:07 KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.
• 26:08 I'M GOING BACK TO THE STORY HERE.
• 26:10 HERE'S LOIS, EUNICE THAT'S RIGHT
• 26:13 WOMEN IN A CULTURE 1500 YEARS BEFORE THE PRINTING PRESS.
• 26:16 AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
• 26:17 THEY'RE TEACHING.
• 26:19 AND THEY'RE PASSING IT ON.
• 26:20 AND THEY PASS IT ON.
• 26:21 THE GRANDMOTHER TO THE MOTHER, THE MOTHER TO THE SON.
• 26:23 AND THAT'S TERRIFIC.
• 26:25 NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WIDOWS.
• 26:26 AND THAT WAS A VERY HARD PROGRAM FOR ME.
• 26:29 BUT I HOPE YOU JOIN US BECAUSE ITS REALLY GOING TO BE A GOOD PROGRAM.
• 26:32 BUT AS YOU GO, "SHA' ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM"
• 26:35 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.