I have to admit, when I saw the title of this, I thought it would be some pseudo-scientific talk on how the absence or presence of archeological clues changes nothing about our beliefs in the validity of the account of Exodus.
"Moses did lots of different stuff." Is that really such a profound thought that it requires such a fancy video? A lot of work goes into these 3-D videos.
Well, sometimes if an idea is presented in a very colorful form with a lot of attention and details, the kids learn it better. It's not like explaining the idea of a limit to a college student.
If you look at the alef-beis books, a whole page is usually devoted to a single letter.
I agree that the videos could've been more informative. I would prefer my future children not watch the stuff from chabad.org
sheesh. Aleph-beis books teach aleph-beis. This teaches that Moses did lots of stuff. BIG FLIPPING DEAL!! If the kid knows his bible stories, this is not big news to him. If the kid doesn't know bible stories, he won't understand anything.
Perhaps the video is more for parents than for the kids. The parents are torn between kids' desire to watch cartoons and their community's opinion that it's not chassidish (or something of that sort). So, their solution is to show their kids cartoons of inferior quality, but about Torah.
It's like me buying crappy crumbling cookies in local Shaws' kosher section (do you have Shaw's in NY?), as long as they are pas Yisroel.
Didn't it use to be that everything Jews made was better? Or, perhaps, it was not religious Jews but fried out Jews withing one to three generation of their frum ancestors.
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a whole fancy 3-d video for one line of toichen.
Sometimes the form is more important the the content.
Oh really? So what is the point of this video?
What is its purpose or what is the message it is trying to convey?
both!
Purpose: to entertain kids while discussing Moshe Rabbeinu.
Point: I believe that Moshe Rabbeinu had a lot of shoes to fill. (Isn't it large shoes to fill, though?)
This video actually reminded me of this shiur by my rabbi about Moshiach.
"Moses did lots of different stuff." Is that really such a profound thought that it requires such a fancy video? A lot of work goes into these 3-D videos.
(Which is also the model of my response to the question "What do you think about the idea that the Rebbe is Moshiach?")
Well, sometimes if an idea is presented in a very colorful form with a lot of attention and details, the kids learn it better. It's not like explaining the idea of a limit to a college student.
If you look at the alef-beis books, a whole page is usually devoted to a single letter.
I agree that the videos could've been more informative. I would prefer my future children not watch the stuff from chabad.org
sheesh. Aleph-beis books teach aleph-beis. This teaches that Moses did lots of stuff. BIG FLIPPING DEAL!! If the kid knows his bible stories, this is not big news to him. If the kid doesn't know bible stories, he won't understand anything.
I wonder kids actually watch this stuff.
The point of the video for kids is not to instruct but to entertain. Entertain by presenting information from Chumash in a colorful form.
ah, but such a pitiful amount of information! and how entertaining is it really?
Perhaps the video is more for parents than for the kids. The parents are torn between kids' desire to watch cartoons and their community's opinion that it's not chassidish (or something of that sort). So, their solution is to show their kids cartoons of inferior quality, but about Torah.
It's like me buying crappy crumbling cookies in local Shaws' kosher section (do you have Shaw's in NY?), as long as they are pas Yisroel.
Didn't it use to be that everything Jews made was better? Or, perhaps, it was not religious Jews but fried out Jews withing one to three generation of their frum ancestors.
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i don't think those conflicted parents are their target audience. Point is, this video sucks. Don't you agree? Can you stop playing devil's advocate?
Fine. The video sucks. I only posted it to draw attention to the contrast of my initial expectation of the video's content and the reality.
Perhaps you'll like this scene from Russian Treasure Island cartoon more.
I cannot say I liked that video, but it probably engaged children's imagination more than that chabad.org thing.
What about One Man Orchestra one?
don't want to wake up the roommates by playing a video at this hour.
Headphones? (That's how I listen to anything either at work or at home -- my computer is across the wall from my landlady's bedroom.)
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