Transcript
Auto-generated transcript. Not time-synced to the video.
This video is for you. Dear mother whose
son is a teenager and you're losing your
mind, you look at him and say, "So what
will become of this child?" You know
that during adolescence, there's a stage
called a moratorium. It's a stage where
they put everything aside. They're
simply taking a break from the world.
They are now, so to [music] speak,
preparing themselves for the life to
come. And you look and say, "But he
doesn't go to school. He doesn't get up.
He's not doing anything with his life.
What will become of this child? What
will become of him? what you gave
[music] him. Every child speaks his
mother's language and all the [music]
good that you gave him is going to come
out of him in a little while. I did a
very interesting experiment with a group
of mothers who were very dejected
[music] about their children wondering
what would become of them. I asked
everyone to lower their heads for then
there were women who were born religious
and women who were returnees to the
faith. And for the returnees it was very
[music] important to hide that they were
they were dressed exactly like the nebra
women who were in the room with them. No
one ever heard from them that [music]
they were returnees to the faith.
Everyone lowered their heads. And then I
gave them a concept from the life I came
from, the Haridi life. [music] Something
kind of schmaltzy from a Shabbat morning
after the kdush.
And it was a [music] kind of special
taste of something we used to eat back
then. And then all the women who came
from homes like mine raised their heads
and said, "Wow, it's been so long since
[music] we've eaten that." That's their
mother's language. Lower your heads
again. And then [music] I said one word.
And for those who don't know, that's the
opening theme of a TV show from days
gone [music] by. Those who were
returnees to the faith raised their
heads and started to hum.
That's the rest of the [music] tune from
the show's opening. Be quiet, I told
them. Lower your heads so no one would
know your returnees to the faith.
Suddenly, they didn't care anymore.
That's their mother's language. When we
want to know what will happen with our
children, it's what we gave them.
[music] That's the mother's language
they will speak when they reset, get
through adolescence, and begin their
real lives.