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

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