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The RDL Podcast with Rabbi Daniel Lapin

Ep 31 | Join Susan Lapin & Me Over Breakfast As We Make Our Way Through Today's Big Issues

The RDL Podcast with Rabbi Daniel Lapin

Blaze Podcast Network

Religion, Philosophy, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.8842 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Rabbi Daniel and Susan Lapin converse over breakfast about the General Patton Principle. This explains why the most effective person to solve a particular problem may not be the most gentle, refined and polite person.  General Patton and his 3rd Army beat back the Germans at the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945, but his tirades were often vulgar and profane. Yet, not only did the men under his command love him but so did their mothers because they knew that he really cared about their sons.  The very best doctor to perform a dangerous surgery might possibly be a serial adulterer but no normal person, no matter how religious, would spurn this doctor in favor of a less competent surgeon because of his marital ethics. Obviously, we were responding to two angry letters attacking us for our enthusiastic support for President Trump’s re-election.  We emphasize how this Patton Principle applies in many areas equally applicable to the lives of listeners in Africa or South America who might care nothing about American elections.  We also spoke about our children and child rearing in general with special emphasis on consistency and both father and mother singing from the same music.  We looked into why New Yorkers have looted during their power outages since 1977 but did not during blackouts earlier than that. What changed during the 1960s?  We inquired whether knowing that some things are just plain wrong helps stop us from doing those things and we explored the role of moral will power. Why is that kind of self-discipline, capable of helping us resist the urges of our appetites and impulses, acquired mostly through religion and the military? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The more the world changes, the more we find comfort in the things that never change.

0:06.8

This is Rabbi Daniel Lapin on demand on the Blaze Radio Network.

0:15.0

Welcome everybody to the Rabbi Daniel Lapin show, where your rabbi reveals how the world really works.

0:29.9

And I will remind you later on during the show that if any of you are interested in a whole lot of people

0:41.1

have signed up. This is quite amazing. A whole bunch of listeners have already joined. I'm very excited

0:46.2

about that because I'm talking about the cruise next March, April that we're doing with

0:52.6

Glenn Beck. And Susan and I are really looking forward

0:56.4

to the leisure time on board the ship to catch up and talk and explore and get her know you,

1:03.3

and all of that is available. So more information on it, you just go to Come Sail Away.com, come sailaway.com, come sailaway.com.

1:13.2

But I don't know how many Lapin cabins are still left. Those come with a discount.

1:20.7

And by the way, if you happen to have booked before I started announcing the discount,

1:26.4

you should still have got it as an early bird.

1:31.4

So just make sure that you did get a $400 discount.

1:35.4

If you're already booked, if not, you just be in touch with the organizers or with me will straighten you out.

1:40.5

And if you're thinking about it now, you can either go to come sail away to get more

1:45.1

info or at our website and also at our Facebook page on social media, there is a link for directly

1:55.7

for the Rabbi Daniel Lapin cabins. Okay. As some of you know, this may be the first time in more than 30 years.

2:11.4

This may be the first time that we are going to be on a boat, that I am not commanding, captaining, driving.

2:20.8

This is extremely unusual for me, and I ordinarily turn it down, but this looked like a very

2:29.0

fun opportunity.

2:30.5

So Susan and I will be on the ship as a passenger, not as a crew member, which is going to feel extremely bizarre to me, I have to tell you.

2:40.9

But I am looking forward to it anyway.

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