The Rabbis understand that without cohesiveness judaism would end, this is the reason for all the ridiculous rituals and laws they have such as kosher food. Over the centuries it helped make them so different from others as not to blend. It's very difficult for any other people or group to attain the same level of cohesiveness.
Kosher food is because in ancient times before germ theory, modern explanations for allergies, and sanitation they noticed that people would come down with physical ailments, sickness and death more often after eating certain things.
Maybe it had some truth in it in ancient times, I am not going to get into details, but many rules are outright ludicrous and I am not just talking kosher.
A lot of Rabbis themselves state that these laws and traditions are what sets them apart. This was the "wisdom" in increasing them overtime. So that a jew becomes a slave to his Rabbi, for doing anything, he needs to consult his Rabbi first to see if it is permitted or not. This resulted in giving the Rabbi overarching authorities and helped solidify their group. An average jew had no option either to fully submit to the Rabbis and their law or completely leave the religion and all the community he belonged to.
They work in a cohesive unit. I wish conspiracy theorists did that.
Absolutely, this is where their strength comes from, their IQ claim is overrated : https://thuletide.wordpress.com/2020/12/20/ashkenazi-iq-as-high-as-they-claim/
There is also a high frequency of Psychopathy: https://vimeo.com/52525412
The Rabbis understand that without cohesiveness judaism would end, this is the reason for all the ridiculous rituals and laws they have such as kosher food. Over the centuries it helped make them so different from others as not to blend. It's very difficult for any other people or group to attain the same level of cohesiveness.
15 minutes in. I'm still listening. They also make use of their schizos really well.
Kosher food is because in ancient times before germ theory, modern explanations for allergies, and sanitation they noticed that people would come down with physical ailments, sickness and death more often after eating certain things.
Maybe it had some truth in it in ancient times, I am not going to get into details, but many rules are outright ludicrous and I am not just talking kosher.
A lot of Rabbis themselves state that these laws and traditions are what sets them apart. This was the "wisdom" in increasing them overtime. So that a jew becomes a slave to his Rabbi, for doing anything, he needs to consult his Rabbi first to see if it is permitted or not. This resulted in giving the Rabbi overarching authorities and helped solidify their group. An average jew had no option either to fully submit to the Rabbis and their law or completely leave the religion and all the community he belonged to.