Beautiful and very respectful. You are still one of the most underrated people in Hollywood (actress/writer/producer/director), a scientist (neurology/physiology/physics), and also as a feminist (supporting "Pink Caps", LGBT, and the struggle for equality women deserve). All of this, plus the fact your religion is involved so gracefully and filled with the allure that will help your family feel focused. This video was wonderful.
I have listened to this 3 times and.cried 3 times. Closing my eyes, I experienced a world I've never known. This is so we'll written and I got lost in the words. This is not a statement about religion but a statement about traditions and love of others. More importantly, it's a statement of love for oneself. Thanks for including me in your boundaries.
Tim Paszkiewicz This was beautiful and I respect her faith. However superstition and trinkets with "power" isn't what I choose or will ever choose for them.
It isn't about the trinket that he mentions but the boundaries we set and what we allow through our doorways. Our Faith is what powers the strength of the verse in our hearts and becomes embodied within our homes.
@@t.jackson2613 It isn't trinkets, it is about the WORDS inscribed on that parchment & it is about physically demonstrating your devotion to the principles expressed in those words. God is behind those words & He will always protect us w/ His word.
For anyone interested, the mezzuah is posted on any and all doors in the house that a person can walk through, except for bathrooms. Many people kiss the mezzuzah as they walk through the door, and it symbolizes that everything one does in the room should be watched over and protected.
mandyforever1989 because in the shower/toilet you’re naked and because of that it’s impossible to put a mezuzah in the door (sorry for my English, I’m from France)
I Loved the format of this video. You let us in while keeping your respectful distance. You always show us a glimpse while reminding us to also still respect your privacy. I appreciate the effort that was put into this and congrats.
Very moving and touching video. So nice to see traditions being used and passed in this day and age. I'm not Jewish...I am Catholic, but your videos about your faith move me to my core. Thank you for sharing ❤️
As a Catholic who knows nothing really about Jewish traditions, I found this very interesting and educational. Please share more in the future. Bless you and your family.
As a Muslim, I really like your tradition and the way you practice it and the way you presented it as a professional video.... Good job ! Salam from KSA 😙
You are so right, the meaning is the protection. Without faith it has no meaning. It's not a lucky charm, it is a symbol, a reminder of God's promises. I personally need to be reminded more often because I find living in this world very hard. So much pain and heartache in this world and all the bad things that happen, distracts me so easily and makes me feel like I'm alone. It's good to remind ourselves, it's necessary. Love your videos. It wakes me up again.
This is my favorite video of Ms. Bialik. Though I am not Jewish my faith and hers is the paths that lead to light. We share many traditions because of this truth. I embrace many of the Jewish traditions as a Christian.
Oh, Miss Mayim! This video truly brought warmth to my heart and makes me feel closer to you, spiritually. I am not Jewish, however, I find the Judaic faith beautiful and the people warm and inviting. I pray for you and your community during these troubling times, i.e.: Pittsburgh synagogue massacre. Stay strong and know you are in my prayers, sister. ❤❤❤❤
Mayim, my daughter looks up to you as a role model your strength of character as a single parent and as a human being in general is amazing I wish more people were like you in general.
I found this very interesting. I am an atheist but I still have an interest in ancient religions. I'll be talking to my friend and asking her questions about this. I did not know of this before.
Cathy Rasmussen I’m also an atheist after having made a study of religions. Still find much of the symbolism beautiful even if it doesn’t apply in my life.
I would love to take a few classes to learn more. I just find it very interesting. Maybe some day if the Middle East stabilizes I would want to visit Israel. .
Cathy Rasmussen as a dweller in Israel I can tell you how surprisingly safe it is, (if you are talking about the desire for stability for political, emotional or intellectual reasons I can’t help you there) media makes it seem like the Wild West and while residents like to joke that it’s the most third world first world county that’s more a reflection of thins like standard of service (not always good) etc. the ultimate truth is it’s one of the places I and many other feel most safe and statistically it’s really not all that bad or unsafe particularly when compared to pretty much any major metropolitan city in America, it just gets more acute media attention when bad things do happen.
I'm a Christian, but I don't believe there's anything - God or Jesus - that will protect you. I've seen and heard of too many good people in this world suffering loss, illness and brutality and with what's happening now in the world in our country I REALLY don't respect either doctrine or dogma. I'm glad people believe in their own individual faiths, whatever that is, but this demand that religious dogma run our country's political system has whole-heartedly destroyed the country they thought needed saving. It's sad because religion used to be a very personal choice, a way people defined their lives. Now it's become a cult-like tyrant to be avoided at all costs. At least Mayim is saying it's her personal choice and not something everyone else needs to adhere to.
I'm an Ashkenazic Jewess, 62, but I was raised secular. I don't keep to Jewish laws nor many Jewish traditions, but I do keep a Mezuza on my front door, if I had had children I would have named them with the first initial of my mother's name and my father's name (grandparents too), I don't drink milk while eating meats (although I do have cheeseburgers and lobster tails). I admire you Mayim and the way you respect, follow, practice, respect and love our religion. The thing that disturbs me most is that my mother and Bubby didn't teach me Yiddish. They only spoke it to keep secrets from me. So that part of my own heritage was stolen from me. I don't want to be a misery, I just want to say that I admire, respect and envy you your knowledge and respect for our mutual religion. Mayim, go to your parents and thank them for teaching you/bringing you to synagogue/and keeping your heritage within you. You are lucky and blessed.
Growing up in a two faith home, we had one at our front door. All I was ever told about it was that it was a symbol of protection. Thank you for this beautiful video and sharing the deeper meaning. Shalom.
Samantha Campbell I was raised the same only my grandma told me it was a Jewish alarm system. She didn't explain much beyond teaching my sister and I to read Hebrew.
Wow!! Such a beautiful, inspiring and creative vision of our Jewish heritage!! Mayim, I have a very similar old mezuzah, given to me by my mother when my father passed away. I was very, very close to my TaTa and also very young to have lost him. He was truly an admirable man with abundance of love to all that needed it. When I had children, I placed it on the main door of our home. Thank you❣️🇨🇦
Wow… I’m not Jewish but I’m truly in love with your spirit. You give me hope & validate that I must keep boundaries & reintroduce myself to myself regularly
Your words are the most beautiful symphony that explains my beliefs and why I choose to Love God the way that I do. I'm not good with words, so I was never able to explain it. But now I can :) Thank you Mayim!! Te doy las gracias desde el fondo de mi corazón. Eres una bendición del Eterno.
Thank you. Thank you for the tears of faith (in what I do not know) that have fallen down my cheeks by the beauty of describing boundaries. Miss Mayim, thank you for holding true to who you are. You are a blessing to girls/ladies/women everywhere. I'm sure that you are a blessing to your children, your friends, your family. Thank you.
What I know of your faith, I have learned through mine. I've been a Christian for a long time and grew up in a Christian household. Thus I've been in old testament Bible studies since I was around 7 years old. This video was beautifully done. You are an inspiration to me in how I should pursue science and knowledge and family while keeping my faith and love of Christ at the center.
I loved this. I'm unfamiliar with the Jewish faith, the specifics, and I love learning from you. I find it fascinating and the little I understand speaks to me, as this presentation has. As always thanks for sharing and educating! Btw....was that a phrenology head? Or a "real" head properly showing the parts of the brain? It's beautiful either way. I'm a Biology Professor and have wanted something like that for a long time.
You made me cry. Truly beautiful video and clearly heartfelt. I went around and dusted all of the mezuzot in my home and thanked HaShem for the reminder of the things that were important to me and my family, for the memories of the choices made and why, and yes for boundaries and the blessings that come with it.
I love your videos explaining more of the Jewish faith. I’m a born again Christian and recognize some things you talk about from studying some of the Old Testament. But I love the day to day nuances as well as the larger celebrations. We worship the same God, just in a different way. I call myself a nerd because I love learning the “little things” just as much as the “bigger things”. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Boundaries are critical to have. I see Torah as full of boundaries separating the Holy and profane. I find learning about people far more interesting than watching TV shows. Who you are as a person Mayim is far more interesting than any roles you could play on TV or in movies. I think it is awesome that you stick to your Jewish roots, priceless.
Mayim, I love your determination... and I enjoy hearing about your faith because I love the way you love and respect God with thought and soul; I also do that. My respects to you!
The challenge we face to live a life of contentment is the ever changing boundaries we allow others to define, based on their set of values. As individuals we need to think what our values are - if we can accomplish that - the boundaries of freedom will be opened.
Please make more of these videos. I really love learning about Jewish traditions from someone that is Jewish. Sometimes I think my fellow Christians get some of the aspects of the Jewish faith all wrong. So it’s nice to get to know about your faith a little better. I love that you’re brave enough to share things about your religion. Maybe I’ll get brave enough to do the same thing too.
I'm a Christian and I love this Jewish video. I'm don't know much about Jewish traditions and stuff like that... But this is beautiful and so are your children... Ya love... I'm don't know what to say, but I'm blessing u
Shalom! From one Yiddisha heart to another, I am ”qvelling” with pride for your parents, that they have had the privilege of having and raising you as their daughter, a moral and sensitive human being. Their Jewish traditions and responsible parenting continue with you. You are an example of the child who was truly blessed with Hashem's wisdom. Mazel Tov/Happy Chanukah!
Oki a minute 30 and I'm tearing up... I know this is your written ledger but it's almost like poetry very sentimental and beautiful thank you so much for sharing your life and being a part of mine since I was a child watching you and blossom with Joey whoa 😅😢😂😊
Beautifully done! You're very down to earth. I don't think of my religion as something that separates me from others. Your depiction of how you celebrate your religion with your family, and how it protects you is well done!
Geez Mayim, you make it sound so beautiful. I've spent the last 3 days watching your videos & reading your Grok Nation stories & none of them touched me like this one. I wish I were Jewish😞 Thank you for letting me see inside your world & May God bless you in every way possible. You remind me of my daughter. I, actually, call her my Big Bang Theorist...but she's a Geologist.💜
Mayim this is amazing !!! I’m so proud of you for getting so personal . Thank you for showing an even bigger part of you . I am also Christian and I love how open you are , as all people of all religion should be . Thank you for teaching me about another Jewish tradition . Such a cool story . ❤️
I'm crying, and don't know why. I am a Christian, so I'm not familiar with this ritual... I am intrigued by your declaration of boundaries. I just recently had to set a few of my own, which was very hard to do. I admire your strength and conviction! I feel like I lost this ability...
You are in right path. Being parent , Dr actress, and so humble makes you unique in every positive word. I love that you put the name of god on your door steps, makes you and your family be aware of higher power who guide and protect you you daily and you depend on him in every aspect. May God bless you .
Beautiful as always, and don't listen to anyone who questions your faith or the way you observe. You have a right to believe, worship, and practice in any way you like.
This was so deep. I didn´t understand at the first time I saw it, but now I understood. Boundaries are being excluded from our ocidental culture, but they are so importante. Boundaries brings health to every part of our human being.
Inspiring. Thanks for sharing this with us. Interesting how similar rituals cross belief boundaries. Being raised as a Roman Catholic, we use to have the priest come and bless a home we were moving into. Here in England from the mid-1500s to mid-1700s they would etch markings into window frames, hearths, door frames, anywhere evil could enter the house. You can still see these marks in old buildings that have not been modernized.
Mayim, the English language lacks the proper words to convey the impact of your mezuzah video. Less than 5 minutes before I received the RUclips alert about your latest upload, I had started looking for a mezuzah for my home. I wanted to spend time picking one which mirrored the values which I and my family also hold dear. As a Jew in a mixed religion household, I know this mezuzah is "just for me." However, I look forward to answering questions from friends and family about the mezuzah. Your video inspired me to think about its purpose and meaning in a different light. We adopted our 25-year-old son from Guatemala shortly before his 12th birthday. His prior world was filled with beautiful Mayan traditions as well as Central America Catholic traditions. Videos like this one help me explain parts of my heritage to my indifferent husband and disconnect son. I am proud of my Jewish heritage. As a result, I want to display the mezuzah with the additional goal -- to reassure all Jews who pass through this threshold marked by my mezuzah that they are safe, welcome, wanted and loved. This "boundary" is one of protection from the "outside world." Thank you, Mayim, for persistently posting about your faith and other important and/or interesting topics.
Benicia Livorsi have u walked in houses where u didn't feel loved or safe bc if your Jewish faith? I'm from a very small really rural farming community in the deep south and I can honestly say I have never heard in derogatory thing towards the Jewish people. Not in church or in Huddle's privately where gossip usually took place. Yes I have heard awful racist things growing up from biggots whom assume all white people think like them, but never about Jewish folk. Maybe bc we had none around. And no one had ever even met one as far as they knew. Sorry for the rambling.
Yes, I have had that experience...more when I was younger. I grew up in a area where I was the only Jew around until 9th grade. While I moved only a few miles away, the difference in the school districts alone was life changing for me. When I was younger, I heard all sorts of anti-semetic things. As an adult, I have other adults in a position of power over me and others say "I can't trust anyone who doesn't accept Jesus as his or her savior." I battle those views regularly in my professional life.
Benicia Livorsi I'm sorry Christians have said and done things to hurt you. I am a Christian and while I treasure my faith, I know that the very Jesus I serve was in fact Jewish. In my opinion that in itself should make our Jewish brothers and sisters even more previous to us. God Himself said in the Bible we are supposed to diligently study that the Jewish people are His chosen people. It also tells us to pray for, support, and bless Israel. Those who bless Israel will b blessed and those who curse her will be cursed. Now to me that is serious business. Not a game. And certainly not something I want to mess around with. God the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, the Most High, Jehovah, El Shaddai, does not say anything frivolously. He has purpose in every word He spoke. I think personally, Christians could learn a few things from our Jewish brothers and sisters. Many traditions were never meant to be ignored just because someone believed that Jesus was the Messiah. The faithfulness in keeping the traditions God commanded in the old testament should still continue today. I have never read anywhere that they had become obsolete. They still have meaning and purpose whether Jesus is in the picture or not. God is the same. I'm very passionate about this topic. There is to much division between people who serve the same God. I pray for Israel and for my Jewish brothers and sisters every morning. I pray for your safety, health, peace, freedom, and for you to be blessed beyond measure. I hope one day more Christans will wake up and live like we are told to in God's word. "Love one another." Sorry this is so long but I felt it was important.
So beautifully said.. I found your channel quite recently and have become your biggest fan a second time round. Glad to have found you here as big bang ended. Keep posting :)
THANK YOU sooooooo much for this video!! 💙 Its explains exactly how I feel & why I do what I do with my own children and grandchildren.👶🧒👦👧 Since I just ran across this today, I plan on sharing this video with my children & grandsons tonight before Sukkot as a beautiful way to start off the Holiday! ~~Thank you again for this blessing & Shalom from Ginger in Kentucky
Thank you for sharing your world, your treasures, your blessings... so much to learn from a soul like yours, Mayim. It must be a real pleasure to hang out with you, I am sure Jim Parsons is extremely fond of you. His body language shows it inequivocally. Your children and your mother are gems. You manifest so many beautiful things. God bless you.
Im not jewish so I dont know exactly what this is, but is so important to be a woman of boundaries, all women should be taught how to create and maintain boundaries. It is so important. Thank you Mayim.
I rented an apt that had one of these in the doorway. Never knew what it was. I always thought it was beautiful and used to touch it each time I entered the apartment - don't ask me why - my friend now rents that apartment. I'm sharing this video with him!
I think this is one of my favorite videos. I feel the same about the 10 Commandments that hang on my walls and the Crucifix that always hangs over my front door. Different religions and different beliefs yet both important to us and who we are as people. ❤️
I have learned so much from watching your videos, Mayim. I have been a fan since Blossom but now I see you as so much more than an actress. You are an incredible human being. We seem to come from totally different backgrounds. Yet, in some way your thoughts and ideas completely resonate with me. For example, I am unfamiliar with the Mezuzah but this video makes me want to hang one myself. I also realize that this is why I hang the cross. The term "boundaries" has popped up in my life more than ever this year. It's something I know God is calling me to explore. I do not know how or where to begin this journey but I know I must begin. Thank you for putting out such wonderful content.
I am not Jewish (my boundary is not to subscribe to any particular religion) and this was beautiful. The entire thing came from a place of love. It was a beautiful visual.
This is a beautiful video in religious prmotoion, and also just for boundaries! I'm not even religious, but I love it, it's simply beautifully written and directed
as a muslim i can say we have much more common traits that bond us rather than separate us. we too as muslims keep the word of god at our doorstep to protect those who live in our homes and ward off negative energy. sending you much love and positive energy your way.
Thank you Mayim for sharing your story and your beliefs... I don't know if my ancestors were Jewish or not... but I really have a deep desire to learn more about these Jewish roots and Faith. Shalom!
Mayim, this new video by you, is absolutely beautiful and extremely touching. It is something that all of us should think about, even if you are religious or not. You have put the need for religion back in my life, and I want to "Thank You", for this. I will always keep up the faith, and I know you, your ex-husband and your sons will be right there with me. Say hello to your Mom for me, and wish her good health.
Thank you for this simcha, Mayim. When my sons' father chose to leave us after 11 years for his bleach-blonde secretary and her fake bosoms I ended up having to sell our beautiful home, go back to work as a Nurse to support my sons, and live in a second floor rental.I have never hung a mezuzah since. I have felt too much grief, shame, sorrow, and anger. It is 30 years later and he is in the grave this past 8 years, dead of Cancer. I light yartzeit for him every year, something I know that other woman wouldn't know to do since she is a gentile and such a low-life that she once tried to force my little grandsons to eat bacon. After watching this I think maybe it is time I get over blaming her, accept that my ex-husband was a real mamzer, make teshuva, and hang mezuzim again.
wow! Thank you Mayim for this amazing video. I am not Jewish, but this gave me a lot to think about for my own faith tradition. Thank you for providing enlightenment and teaching me about something I didn't know about. Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! :D
Wow, Mayim! That's a powerful video. I know very little about religion, but I'm struggling to find my faith. In the universe, in God, in love... So thank you for these kind of videos.
Wow I didn’t know that is what’s hanging on the doors of Jewish people, because I see them a lot. Very nice. Thank you for this video. Very beautifully done ☺️
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Keep up your awesome work, stop worrying about offending. Love your work, life, and that you are part of this world and making it a better place.
Thank you for posting videos like this. I'm Lutheran myself, but have always been quite fascinated with learning about other faiths & denominations, both within Christianity and outside of it. Keep posting more like this! I love learning!
This is the first time to react on a video ever. English is not my native tong. But I was so touched and moved by this video. I keep boundaries to choose what to remind me what to keep out, but also what to keep in. Thank you, Mayim, for these words. I needed them today.
This was absolutely beautiful! I'm not Jewish (yet anyway lol) but I have such a deep interest and passion for Judaism. This was a really nice video about the mezuzah. Thanks for sharing in your videos!
Julie Harrington .... But, sadly , they can also separate & truly divide us. From a very young age our various religious doctrines are ever so subtly embedded into our psyches as being the 'best ' creed to follow . They are given this 'glossy veneer ' of lovely tradition & ritual , but it is unquestionably a subtle, insidious form of brainwashing that underpins war, conflict, snobbish hierarchies and social divide .
Boundaries and the protection there of have an important role and significance in my life. Both artificial and natural boundaries hold metaphysical, social, psychological relevence. Having died multiple times in my life I have found whether through superstition or some other unseen reason just the concept alone of " YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!" holds real sway over my life. I say its because of my belief that I'm one of the"half dead" a Shaydim if you would but I think it really is more the power of FAITH. Didn't mean to sound weird or "SPOOOKY" just wanted to share. and to give small background I was one of the few to have survived relatively unscathed being born in the late 70s with enough drugs in my system for adults to have overdose problems. even being 2 months premature the doctors to their great credit managed to revive than detox me and I'm writing to you now. and thank you so much for you sharing with me and of course us all something so personal..
Beautiful and very respectful. You are still one of the most underrated people in Hollywood (actress/writer/producer/director), a scientist (neurology/physiology/physics), and also as a feminist (supporting "Pink Caps", LGBT, and the struggle for equality women deserve). All of this, plus the fact your religion is involved so gracefully and filled with the allure that will help your family feel focused. This video was wonderful.
I have listened to this 3 times and.cried 3 times. Closing my eyes, I experienced a world I've never known. This is so we'll written and I got lost in the words. This is not a statement about religion but a statement about traditions and love of others. More importantly, it's a statement of love for oneself. Thanks for including me in your boundaries.
I'm not Jewish. And I don't know the traditions. But what you said should be taught in any religion.
Tim Paszkiewicz This was beautiful and I respect her faith. However superstition and trinkets with "power" isn't what I choose or will ever choose for them.
Jess Hammond, it's not trinkets. It's called faith.
It isn't about the trinket that he mentions but the boundaries we set and what we allow through our doorways. Our Faith is what powers the strength of the verse in our hearts and becomes embodied within our homes.
Tim Paszkiewicz I agree.
@@t.jackson2613 It isn't trinkets, it is about the WORDS inscribed on that parchment & it is about physically demonstrating your devotion to the principles expressed in those words. God is behind those words & He will always protect us w/ His word.
For anyone interested, the mezzuah is posted on any and all doors in the house that a person can walk through, except for bathrooms. Many people kiss the mezzuzah as they walk through the door, and it symbolizes that everything one does in the room should be watched over and protected.
Miri Fried That's a beautiful tradition to have.
So nobody watches over you in the bathroom? What if you slip and fall in the shower?
mandyforever1989 because in the shower/toilet you’re naked and because of that it’s impossible to put a mezuzah in the door (sorry for my English, I’m from France)
@George Dunn Interesting. My whole community does that :)
I Loved the format of this video. You let us in while keeping your respectful distance. You always show us a glimpse while reminding us to also still respect your privacy. I appreciate the effort that was put into this and congrats.
ditto that
Very moving and touching video. So nice to see traditions being used and passed in this day and age. I'm not Jewish...I am Catholic, but your videos about your faith move me to my core. Thank you for sharing ❤️
As a Catholic who knows nothing really about Jewish traditions, I found this very interesting and educational. Please share more in the future. Bless you and your family.
As a Muslim, I really like your tradition and the way you practice it and the way you presented it as a professional video.... Good job !
Salam from KSA 😙
As Jewish I am so happy you've seen and enjoyed our traditions! I wish you peace and health for all days, Shalom, Salam!
Awesome to see a scientific mind with faith.
You are so right, the meaning is the protection. Without faith it has no meaning. It's not a lucky charm, it is a symbol, a reminder of God's promises. I personally need to be reminded more often because I find living in this world very hard. So much pain and heartache in this world and all the bad things that happen, distracts me so easily and makes me feel like I'm alone. It's good to remind ourselves, it's necessary.
Love your videos. It wakes me up again.
This was beautiful. Beautifully written and beautifully presented!
This is my favorite video of Ms. Bialik. Though I am not Jewish my faith and hers is the paths that lead to light. We share many traditions because of this truth. I embrace many of the Jewish traditions as a Christian.
Christianity is completely done different than judaism
I'm not Jewish and this made me cry. This was so powerful thank you for sharing!
Oh, Miss Mayim! This video truly brought warmth to my heart and makes me feel closer to you, spiritually. I am not Jewish, however, I find the Judaic faith beautiful and the people warm and inviting. I pray for you and your community during these troubling times, i.e.: Pittsburgh synagogue massacre. Stay strong and know you are in my prayers, sister. ❤❤❤❤
Mayim, my daughter looks up to you as a role model your strength of character as a single parent and as a human being in general is amazing I wish more people were like you in general.
I found this very interesting. I am an atheist but I still have an interest in ancient religions. I'll be talking to my friend and asking her questions about this. I did not know of this before.
Cathy Rasmussen I’m also an atheist after having made a study of religions. Still find much of the symbolism beautiful even if it doesn’t apply in my life.
I would love to take a few classes to learn more. I just find it very interesting. Maybe some day if the Middle East stabilizes I would want to visit Israel.
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Cathy Rasmussen as a dweller in Israel I can tell you how surprisingly safe it is, (if you are talking about the desire for stability for political, emotional or intellectual reasons I can’t help you there) media makes it seem like the Wild West and while residents like to joke that it’s the most third world first world county that’s more a reflection of thins like standard of service (not always good) etc. the ultimate truth is it’s one of the places I and many other feel most safe and statistically it’s really not all that bad or unsafe particularly when compared to pretty much any major metropolitan city in America, it just gets more acute media attention when bad things do happen.
I'm a Christian, but I don't believe there's anything - God or Jesus - that will protect you. I've seen and heard of too many good people in this world suffering loss, illness and brutality and with what's happening now in the world in our country I REALLY don't respect either doctrine or dogma. I'm glad people believe in their own individual faiths, whatever that is, but this demand that religious dogma run our country's political system has whole-heartedly destroyed the country they thought needed saving. It's sad because religion used to be a very personal choice, a way people defined their lives. Now it's become a cult-like tyrant to be avoided at all costs. At least Mayim is saying it's her personal choice and not something everyone else needs to adhere to.
@@cassiebanks Jesus is God
I'm an Ashkenazic Jewess, 62, but I was raised secular. I don't keep to Jewish laws nor many Jewish traditions, but I do keep a Mezuza on my front door, if I had had children I would have named them with the first initial of my mother's name and my father's name (grandparents too), I don't drink milk while eating meats (although I do have cheeseburgers and lobster tails). I admire you Mayim and the way you respect, follow, practice, respect and love our religion. The thing that disturbs me most is that my mother and Bubby didn't teach me Yiddish. They only spoke it to keep secrets from me. So that part of my own heritage was stolen from me. I don't want to be a misery, I just want to say that I admire, respect and envy you your knowledge and respect for our mutual religion. Mayim, go to your parents and thank them for teaching you/bringing you to synagogue/and keeping your heritage within you. You are lucky and blessed.
Growing up in a two faith home, we had one at our front door. All I was ever told about it was that it was a symbol of protection. Thank you for this beautiful video and sharing the deeper meaning. Shalom.
Samantha Campbell I was raised the same only my grandma told me it was a Jewish alarm system. She didn't explain much beyond teaching my sister and I to read Hebrew.
Wow!! Such a beautiful, inspiring and creative vision of our Jewish heritage!! Mayim, I have a very similar old mezuzah, given to me by my mother when my father passed away. I was very, very close to my TaTa and also very young to have lost him. He was truly an admirable man with abundance of love to all that needed it. When I had children, I placed it on the main door of our home. Thank you❣️🇨🇦
Wow… I’m not Jewish but I’m truly in love with your spirit. You give me hope & validate that I must keep boundaries & reintroduce myself to myself regularly
Your words are the most beautiful symphony that explains my beliefs and why I choose to Love God the way that I do. I'm not good with words, so I was never able to explain it. But now I can :) Thank you Mayim!! Te doy las gracias desde el fondo de mi corazón. Eres una bendición del Eterno.
You put tears in my eyes. You put love in our hearts. You brought hope. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you for the tears of faith (in what I do not know) that have fallen down my cheeks by the beauty of describing boundaries. Miss Mayim, thank you for holding true to who you are. You are a blessing to girls/ladies/women everywhere. I'm sure that you are a blessing to your children, your friends, your family. Thank you.
What I know of your faith, I have learned through mine. I've been a Christian for a long time and grew up in a Christian household. Thus I've been in old testament Bible studies since I was around 7 years old. This video was beautifully done. You are an inspiration to me in how I should pursue science and knowledge and family while keeping my faith and love of Christ at the center.
I loved this. I'm unfamiliar with the Jewish faith, the specifics, and I love learning from you. I find it fascinating and the little I understand speaks to me, as this presentation has. As always thanks for sharing and educating! Btw....was that a phrenology head? Or a "real" head properly showing the parts of the brain? It's beautiful either way. I'm a Biology Professor and have wanted something like that for a long time.
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You made me cry. Truly beautiful video and clearly heartfelt. I went around and dusted all of the mezuzot in my home and thanked HaShem for the reminder of the things that were important to me and my family, for the memories of the choices made and why, and yes for boundaries and the blessings that come with it.
I love your videos explaining more of the Jewish faith. I’m a born again Christian and recognize some things you talk about from studying some of the Old Testament. But I love the day to day nuances as well as the larger celebrations. We worship the same God, just in a different way. I call myself a nerd because I love learning the “little things” just as much as the “bigger things”. Thanks for sharing them with us.
You give me great peace knowing that a woman of science is also open to her faith. Thank you for sharing.
Boundaries are critical to have. I see Torah as full of boundaries separating the Holy and profane. I find learning about people far more interesting than watching TV shows. Who you are as a person Mayim is far more interesting than any roles you could play on TV or in movies. I think it is awesome that you stick to your Jewish roots, priceless.
Mayim, I love your determination... and I enjoy hearing about your faith because I love the way you love and respect God with thought and soul; I also do that. My respects to you!
The challenge we face to live a life of contentment is the ever changing boundaries we allow others to define, based on their set of values. As individuals we need to think what our values are - if we can accomplish that - the boundaries of freedom will be opened.
This video is a heart-stirring, contemplative poem that has profoundly moved this gentile.
Please make more of these videos. I really love learning about Jewish traditions from someone that is Jewish. Sometimes I think my fellow Christians get some of the aspects of the Jewish faith all wrong. So it’s nice to get to know about your faith a little better. I love that you’re brave enough to share things about your religion. Maybe I’ll get brave enough to do the same thing too.
I'm a Christian and I love this Jewish video. I'm don't know much about Jewish traditions and stuff like that... But this is beautiful and so are your children... Ya love... I'm don't know what to say, but I'm blessing u
Shalom!
From one Yiddisha heart to another, I am ”qvelling” with pride for your parents, that they have had the privilege of having and raising you as their daughter, a moral and sensitive human being. Their Jewish traditions and responsible parenting continue with you.
You are an example of the child who was truly blessed with Hashem's wisdom.
Mazel Tov/Happy Chanukah!
Oki a minute 30 and I'm tearing up... I know this is your written ledger but it's almost like poetry very sentimental and beautiful thank you so much for sharing your life and being a part of mine since I was a child watching you and blossom with Joey whoa 😅😢😂😊
Cried like a baby! So beautiful! So necessary. So needed!
Beautifully done! You're very down to earth. I don't think of my religion as something that separates me from others. Your depiction of how you celebrate your religion with your family, and how it protects you is well done!
Geez Mayim, you make it sound so beautiful. I've spent the last 3 days watching your videos & reading your Grok Nation stories & none of them touched me like this one. I wish I were Jewish😞
Thank you for letting me see inside your world & May God bless you in every way possible. You remind me of my daughter. I, actually, call her my Big Bang Theorist...but she's a Geologist.💜
Thanks for sharing this. As a Christian, I feel like you gave me insight into a world that I do not understand much about. Good stuff.
Mayim this is amazing !!! I’m so proud of you for getting so personal . Thank you for showing an even bigger part of you . I am also Christian and I love how open you are , as all people of all religion should be . Thank you for teaching me about another Jewish tradition . Such a cool story . ❤️
I'm crying, and don't know why. I am a Christian, so I'm not familiar with this ritual... I am intrigued by your declaration of boundaries. I just recently had to set a few of my own, which was very hard to do. I admire your strength and conviction! I feel like I lost this ability...
You are in right path. Being parent , Dr actress, and so humble makes you unique in every positive word. I love that you put the name of god on your door steps, makes you and your family be aware of higher power who guide and protect you you daily and you depend on him in every aspect. May God bless you .
Beautiful as always, and don't listen to anyone who questions your faith or the way you observe. You have a right to believe, worship, and practice in any way you like.
Just Beautiful. We moved a year ago and I have yet to hang our Mezuzah. You have inspired me!
This was so deep. I didn´t understand at the first time I saw it, but now I understood. Boundaries are being excluded from our ocidental culture, but they are so importante. Boundaries brings health to every part of our human being.
Inspiring. Thanks for sharing this with us. Interesting how similar rituals cross belief boundaries. Being raised as a Roman Catholic, we use to have the priest come and bless a home we were moving into. Here in England from the mid-1500s to mid-1700s they would etch markings into window frames, hearths, door frames, anywhere evil could enter the house. You can still see these marks in old buildings that have not been modernized.
I woke up Saturday morning and watched this, so inspirational thank you For sharing Mayim!
Mayim, the English language lacks the proper words to convey the impact of your mezuzah video. Less than 5 minutes before I received the RUclips alert about your latest upload, I had started looking for a mezuzah for my home. I wanted to spend time picking one which mirrored the values which I and my family also hold dear. As a Jew in a mixed religion household, I know this mezuzah is "just for me." However, I look forward to answering questions from friends and family about the mezuzah. Your video inspired me to think about its purpose and meaning in a different light. We adopted our 25-year-old son from Guatemala shortly before his 12th birthday. His prior world was filled with beautiful Mayan traditions as well as Central America Catholic traditions.
Videos like this one help me explain parts of my heritage to my indifferent husband and disconnect son.
I am proud of my Jewish heritage. As a result, I want to display the mezuzah with the additional goal -- to reassure all Jews who pass through this threshold marked by my mezuzah that they are safe, welcome, wanted and loved. This "boundary" is one of protection from the "outside world." Thank you, Mayim, for persistently posting about your faith and other important and/or interesting topics.
Benicia Livorsi have u walked in houses where u didn't feel loved or safe bc if your Jewish faith? I'm from a very small really rural farming community in the deep south and I can honestly say I have never heard in derogatory thing towards the Jewish people. Not in church or in Huddle's privately where gossip usually took place. Yes I have heard awful racist things growing up from biggots whom assume all white people think like them, but never about Jewish folk. Maybe bc we had none around. And no one had ever even met one as far as they knew. Sorry for the rambling.
I'm so glad you found the video meaningful!!
Yes, I have had that experience...more when I was younger. I grew up in a area where I was the only Jew around until 9th grade. While I moved only a few miles away, the difference in the school districts alone was life changing for me. When I was younger, I heard all sorts of anti-semetic things. As an adult, I have other adults in a position of power over me and others say "I can't trust anyone who doesn't accept Jesus as his or her savior." I battle those views regularly in my professional life.
Benicia Livorsi I'm sorry Christians have said and done things to hurt you. I am a Christian and while I treasure my faith, I know that the very Jesus I serve was in fact Jewish. In my opinion that in itself should make our Jewish brothers and sisters even more previous to us. God Himself said in the Bible we are supposed to diligently study that the Jewish people are His chosen people. It also tells us to pray for, support, and bless Israel. Those who bless Israel will b blessed and those who curse her will be cursed. Now to me that is serious business. Not a game. And certainly not something I want to mess around with. God the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, the Most High, Jehovah, El Shaddai, does not say anything frivolously. He has purpose in every word He spoke. I think personally, Christians could learn a few things from our Jewish brothers and sisters. Many traditions were never meant to be ignored just because someone believed that Jesus was the Messiah. The faithfulness in keeping the traditions God commanded in the old testament should still continue today. I have never read anywhere that they had become obsolete. They still have meaning and purpose whether Jesus is in the picture or not. God is the same. I'm very passionate about this topic. There is to much division between people who serve the same God. I pray for Israel and for my Jewish brothers and sisters every morning. I pray for your safety, health, peace, freedom, and for you to be blessed beyond measure. I hope one day more Christans will wake up and live like we are told to in God's word. "Love one another." Sorry this is so long but I felt it was important.
I’m in the process of converting, and I felt so grateful and proud when my rabbi told me that I could hang them in my home.
That was so special. There is Such beauty in handing down tradition to children
So beautifully said.. I found your channel quite recently and have become your biggest fan a second time round. Glad to have found you here as big bang ended. Keep posting :)
Not being Jewish but being aware of portions of the traditions this added to my store house of knowledge thank you.
THANK YOU sooooooo much for this video!! 💙 Its explains exactly how I feel & why I do what I do with my own children and grandchildren.👶🧒👦👧 Since I just ran across this today, I plan on sharing this video with my children & grandsons tonight before Sukkot as a beautiful way to start off the Holiday! ~~Thank you again for this blessing & Shalom from Ginger in Kentucky
Thank you for sharing your world, your treasures, your blessings... so much to learn from a soul like yours, Mayim. It must be a real pleasure to hang out with you, I am sure Jim Parsons is extremely fond of you. His body language shows it inequivocally. Your children and your mother are gems. You manifest so many beautiful things. God bless you.
Simply beautiful I wish there was more people living with faith and tradition. You a very respectable woman! Love you!!
Im not jewish so I dont know exactly what this is, but is so important to be a woman of boundaries, all women should be taught how to create and maintain boundaries. It is so important. Thank you Mayim.
I rented an apt that had one of these in the doorway. Never knew what it was. I always thought it was beautiful and used to touch it each time I entered the apartment - don't ask me why - my friend now rents that apartment. I'm sharing this video with him!
I think this is one of my favorite videos. I feel the same about the 10 Commandments that hang on my walls and the Crucifix that always hangs over my front door. Different religions and different beliefs yet both important to us and who we are as people. ❤️
You just my time, thanks for sharing hope and positivity
I have learned so much from watching your videos, Mayim. I have been a fan since Blossom but now I see you as so much more than an actress. You are an incredible human being. We seem to come from totally different backgrounds. Yet, in some way your thoughts and ideas completely resonate with me. For example, I am unfamiliar with the Mezuzah but this video makes me want to hang one myself. I also realize that this is why I hang the cross. The term "boundaries" has popped up in my life more than ever this year. It's something I know God is calling me to explore. I do not know how or where to begin this journey but I know I must begin. Thank you for putting out such wonderful content.
Your soul is truly filled with poetry and reason. Please make more videos like this 🔯💙
I am not Jewish (my boundary is not to subscribe to any particular religion) and this was beautiful. The entire thing came from a place of love. It was a beautiful visual.
This is a beautiful video in religious prmotoion, and also just for boundaries! I'm not even religious, but I love it, it's simply beautifully written and directed
I love how you model, so elegantly, that a person can live with science, and intellect and faith, and blend them all so beautifully. Thank you.
hi mayim u touched my jewish heart/ hugs from israel
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Hugs from Wisconsin, U.S.A.! ❤
as a muslim i can say we have much more common traits that bond us rather than separate us. we too as muslims keep the word of god at our doorstep to protect those who live in our homes and ward off negative energy. sending you much love and positive energy your way.
I love learning about your beliefs. Please keep posting videos like these. Love you beautiful woman!! ❤️
Thank you Mayim for sharing your story and your beliefs... I don't know if my ancestors were Jewish or not... but I really have a deep desire to learn more about these Jewish roots and Faith. Shalom!
Mayim, this new video by you, is absolutely beautiful and extremely touching. It is something that all of us should think about, even if you are religious or not. You have put the need for religion back in my life, and I want to "Thank You", for this. I will always keep up the faith, and I know you, your ex-husband and your sons will be right there with me. Say hello to your Mom for me, and wish her good health.
This was beautiful! Please keep sharing your faith and traditions with us.
Thank you for this simcha, Mayim. When my sons' father chose to leave us after 11 years for his bleach-blonde secretary and her fake bosoms I ended up having to sell our beautiful home, go back to work as a Nurse to support my sons, and live in a second floor rental.I have never hung a mezuzah since. I have felt too much grief, shame, sorrow, and anger. It is 30 years later and he is in the grave this past 8 years, dead of Cancer. I light yartzeit for him every year, something I know that other woman wouldn't know to do since she is a gentile and such a low-life that she once tried to force my little grandsons to eat bacon. After watching this I think maybe it is time I get over blaming her, accept that my ex-husband was a real mamzer, make teshuva, and hang mezuzim again.
You hold grudge for 30 years ,omg I am so happy that I am Orthodox Christian
wow! Thank you Mayim for this amazing video. I am not Jewish, but this gave me a lot to think about for my own faith tradition. Thank you for providing enlightenment and teaching me about something I didn't know about. Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! :D
Such a beautiful video. Such beautiful words. Such beautiful meaning. Such beautiful boundaries. Thank you for sharing this in such a beautiful way.
Wow, Mayim! That's a powerful video. I know very little about religion, but I'm struggling to find my faith. In the universe, in God, in love... So thank you for these kind of videos.
Wow I didn’t know that is what’s hanging on the doors of Jewish people, because I see them a lot. Very nice. Thank you for this video. Very beautifully done ☺️
THAT was incredibly beautiful.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Keep up your awesome work, stop worrying about offending. Love your work, life, and that you are part of this world and making it a better place.
A Mitzvah video reminding and teaching all of us what matters in our core
WOW - lyrical, poetic and gorgeous
I live in Israel and now I see your video Well done you really excited me I'm so proud Thank you very much
Kissing Hugs
Thank you for posting videos like this. I'm Lutheran myself, but have always been quite fascinated with learning about other faiths & denominations, both within Christianity and outside of it. Keep posting more like this! I love learning!
This is the first time to react on a video ever. English is not my native tong. But I was so touched and moved by this video. I keep boundaries to choose what to remind me what to keep out, but also what to keep in. Thank you, Mayim, for these words. I needed them today.
All religions are so fascinating. Thanks for sharing. Love the production.
Beautiful short film. Engaging and inspiring. Stunning Cinematography.
Did you notice MANFRIEND at 2:20?
Thank you for existing.
This was absolutely beautiful! I'm not Jewish (yet anyway lol) but I have such a deep interest and passion for Judaism. This was a really nice video about the mezuzah. Thanks for sharing in your videos!
Profound indeed, flawlessly presented,thanks.
This is really beautiful. I especially love the introduction. Thank you for sharing your faith and rituals with us!
I love this, and I love you for being proud of who you are and where you came from.
So beautiful. your commitment to your faith is awe-inspiring. Thank you for sharing it with us.
So beautiful! Boundaries do protect us.
Julie Harrington .... But, sadly , they can also separate & truly divide us. From a very young age our various religious doctrines are ever so subtly embedded into our psyches as being the 'best ' creed to follow . They are given this 'glossy veneer ' of lovely tradition & ritual , but it is unquestionably a subtle, insidious form of brainwashing that underpins war, conflict, snobbish hierarchies and social divide .
beautiful. i really appreciate how genuine and candid she always is.
Rituals are such precious things. Thanks for sharing the ritual and your vision
Thank you for sharing these pieces of your beautifully self aware spirit. I am a fan.
You are incredible Mayim. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.
Boundaries and the protection there of have an important role and significance in my life. Both artificial and natural boundaries hold metaphysical, social, psychological relevence. Having died multiple times in my life I have found whether through superstition or some other unseen reason just the concept alone of " YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!" holds real sway over my life. I say its because of my belief that I'm one of the"half dead" a Shaydim if you would but I think it really is more the power of FAITH.
Didn't mean to sound weird or "SPOOOKY" just wanted to share. and to give small background I was one of the few to have survived relatively unscathed being born in the late 70s with enough drugs in my system for adults to have overdose problems. even being 2 months premature the doctors to their great credit managed to revive than detox me and I'm writing to you now. and thank you so much for you sharing with me and of course us all something so personal..
Beautifully Done !
Shalom ! 💖
I know I am late to the party but I thank you wholeheartedly. I really really needed this. 💖
Phenomenal! I'm a photographer and this looked, visually, amazing! Beyond that, every single word was gold! Loved it! Thank you and love from Israel 😊
I dont know why but this video made me emotional. I love you.