How an 2000 year old archaeological discovery confirmed ancient Jewish Traditions

fun fact in the 1960s a famous Israeli archaeologist made an amazing discovery that showed that the Judaism that we're practicing today is the same Judaism they practiced 2,000 years ago so friends this is the KRA gers with Israel and 5 where we give you everything Israel in five minutes please like And subscribe and if you have a question or want to keep the conversation going please do so below in the comments in the 1960s leading Israeli archaeologist yel yadin made an incredible incredible Discovery he found a pair of tfillin something that is used by Jewish men every single day in their morning prayers and often translated in English as filteries this is an example here is um one of two uh to fill in that we Jewish men put on every single day it has a box over here as you can see and then these straps uh in this case we wrap it around their arms the head the the other one goes on the head sits on the head so there's a box on the arm across from the heart and there's one that sits right on the head and inside inside this box which is made from animal hide as are the straps are Scrolls Scrolls that have on on them written parts of the Torah that talk about the unity of God and talk about the Commandment of putting on these to filling now in the 1960s yeladim was Excavating in the Judean desert and he found a small pair of tan and he brought it to a lab to have it analyzed to have it looked at to have it dated and it was it was an amazing Discovery I'll tell you why in just a second but let me tell you a great story that is connected to this incredible find y Yin was on a train and he was bringing the Stan to the lab to have them tested looked at checked analyzed and while he's sitting on the train there's actually a very religious man who's going through the train and sometimes you see things like this in Israel the Jewish State and he's asking people do you want to put on theill in do you want to put on theill in right he's helping people to do the the Mitzvah the Commandment of putting on toil and one person after the next is saying no no ignoring him not interested but he doesn't lose Faith he keeps going with a smile from one person to the next asking would you like to put on the and then he gets up toim now you need to know something about y Yim he was an amazing military General in the IDF he was one of Israel's most important um archaeologist like I mentioned before he was also very very secular he was he was raised on a very secular key buts and was very proud to be Jewish loved Israel did like everything he could for Israel but he wasn't into religion that wasn't his thing right so then this guy comes up to him and he asks would you like to put on to filling of putting on to and doing this commandment not his thing he's uninterested but he heard this man had a very specific accent and he said where's your accent from and he said a certain place in Russia he's like wow he's like I know it wasn't so easy for for Jews to be Jewish in in in Russia will you ever arrested he said yes and he said where did you go and he said you know wherever somewhere in in Siberia he said wow how long are you there for he said for 10 years and he said tell me when you were in Siberia for 10 years did you put on the filling and the man looked at him right in the eye he said every single day and sometimes they would beat me for doing so that really had an impact on Yim and he said to this man he's like look if you can put on thein in Siberia I can put on thein here in the state of Israel and right there on the train you puts on thein unbelievable moment the man moves on with his theill asking other people would you like to put on thein now there's a woman sitting right across from Yin and she said I'm sorry for interrupting but I have to say something I know who you are most of the people on the train know who you are this man I can tell didn't know who you were who asked you to put on the filling what you just did was an amazing thing and really really moved me and said why and she went out to explain and said look my husband um he fought in the 1956 war and he was the only religious Jew in his unit back then there weren't Many religious Israelis in the Army today the Israeli Army is filled with religious soldiers but back then he was the only religious soldier in his unit and basically um there was war there was a battle it wasn't going well was shot and he was dying and one of his fellow soldiers a secular soldier who never quite understood why he put on to filling every day why he was religious why he believed all this stuff he was there with him in his dying moments and he said what can I do for you what can I do for you to to keep your name going and literally the last thing this woman says her husband said was please teach your children about the Commandment of putting a toil and for me and with those words on his lips he died and she told y in the story n y was very moved and he said well you know what I have something for you uh a surprise you're going to be the the first person in the Israeli public to see this and he opens up his briefcase and he takes out these 2,000 year old uh to fill him and he explains to her what they are where he found them that he's on this on his way right now to a lab to have them analyzed there this amazing moment on a train in in Israel and he had them analyzed and they were tested they were 2,000 years old and I want to end with this that when they opened them up and looked at the Scrolls they found something amazing inside now there's different opinions in in in in the Jewish tradition which way you should put the Scrolls there's four different Scrolls in each of the boxes four different passages written from the Torah and there's a there's a disagreement which which order should they be in now we have a way of of of of doing it today in which order we follow when they opened it up and they saw that theill in the Scrolls inside the Toil and they found 2,000 years ago they had the same exact order as well right the theil were made the same way looked the same way and inside the Scrolls were put in the same exact order when that was released to the Israel public especially the religious community it was an unbelievable Testament that what we're doing today is exactly what the Jewish people were doing 2,000 years ago an unbroken and beautiful chain of tradition [Music]