Moshe Chaim Shinohara: My Transformation from Japanese Samurai to Judaism

Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer

Living Lchaim

Judaism, Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 992 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Meet Moshe Chaim Shinohara. He hails from a Japanese family of Samurai (Yes, you read that right) and he has chosen to become an Orthodox Jew. There's actually a lot more in common with Samurai's than you realize. He explains it all.

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0:00.0	Many people in Japan know about Jewish people only through the protocols of
0:07.1	Elders of Zaya, which is sort of like a foundation of what we know as anti-Semitism today. But I didn't know who the Jewish people were,
0:20.0	really. So it took me about three years since this Russia's on dinner.
0:28.0	Why would a Japanese man from a family of samurai leave everything behind and become an Orthodox Jew.
0:34.6	Meet a man who Neago is by the name of Mosha.
0:37.1	His search for purpose in life will blow you away.
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0:59.8	David, Ben Yach of Schlema as well as the Miriamssar bass Yaku Mosha, here we go.
1:05.0	I'm Yakov Langer and you're listening to Inspiration for the nation.
1:12.0	Okay, Mosha Chkaiyam.
1:13.6	Thank you so much for coming.
1:15.3	We're gonna talk about how you got to Judaism,
1:19.3	but before then, where are you from and what was your childhood like?
1:23.0	Sure.
1:24.0	I am from a very traditional Japanese household.
1:30.0	My grandfather, who was born, I believe he was born in 1926.
1:37.0	As a young man, he served the country as a pilot for the Japanese army. He was one of the he was one of a last generation
1:50.4	of Japanese boys to be raised as samurai. Do you know who samurai is? I know the guy with like a long sword and something to do with honor.
2:02.0	Whatever you think of a samurai, whatever you think you know about samurai, is not it.
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