Matisyahu - Smash Lies - 4/25/09

[folcarelli2007]

I will say this right NOW!!!!! Matisyahu is the greatest solo artist America has seen. I Know every one of his songs by heart, music with a meaning, no vulgarity, Matis if you read this, be proud of yourself, and i will be rocking with you November 22, 2009 at the Pallidium in Worcester in my second appearance with. Keep up the beautiful music.

-Folcarelli

[RickyD862]

I went to that show.. It was amazing.. This song with Nosson Zand was awsome live

[TraceTraceblingo]

i was there in the front!

[hyllusband]

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[sostav]

a feeling like a rat rushed by. Jews are like rats.

[wardc03]

You are such an idiot. Please delete your youtube account.

[PainKiller508]

This has to be some of his freshest shit ive seen. this guy can drop a beat and he keeps his shit runnin.

[chemtrailpilot]

what skn clown

[love2playguitar]

HE IS REALLLLLLLLLLLL...n his beats b hard

[zuber284]

...a jewish man is obligated, by jewish law, to treat his wife like a queen, she has NO obligations toward him except from sleeping with other men. jewish law today forbids a jewish man from having more than one wife, which just a tiny example of how this religion "from the dark ages" evolves with modern society - keep in mind this law was passed thousands of years ago. the talmud says the worst punishment is for a man who makes his wife cry. need i go on? this is a jewish male writing this.

[Yojimbowlfull]

I love you

[zuber284]

yviva, i'm sorry but ex-orthodox is not actually a sect of judaism. either you're orthodox or you're not, ex-orthodox usually means orthodox people turned you off from the religion and you havn't put in proper effort to explore it properly. how can you say possibly judaism is sexist? do you know every commentator says jewish women are the reason we left egypt, esther saved us in the purim story, and jewish women will be the ones to bring moshiach? furthur...

[yviva]

you obviously don't know much about jewish culture. anyone with a jewish mother is considered to be jewish, according to the religion. anyone with two jewish parents, both orthodox jews, who grew up in the religion, is about 1000% jewish. but, jewish is an ethnic group, as well as a religion. i've rejected the religion, because it's a crazy old cult, but, i'm still jewish. it's my only ethnic background, as well as my cultural background.

[yviva]

additionally, no one, and certainly no women will bring any moshiach, as that is just a myth, and that's a good thing. all the moshiach is supposed to do is reinstate a monarchy and theocracy, and rebuild the temple so that animal sacrifice can resume. barbaric all around! how about leaving the cave era behind?

[yviva]

i'm not so interested in commentators, either. i think the jews have been trying to "interpret" the torah, a largely, hugely barbaric text, in an attempt to make it mean something good, rather than something barbaric. i say: take it for what it says, and stop trying to make it mean something different. it's the document of the most barbaric era in our history, and holds little more than historical, socio-psychological, value, etc.

[okobi]

You might be Jewish, but your an apikorus. You know that?

[yviva]

damn right i'm a heretic. i've rejected that crazy old cult because:

1) it requires believing in thing that are completely imaginary.

2) it teaches horrible things like genocide (canaan, remember?), ethnic & religious violence, gender inequity, violence toward gay people, animal sacrifice...

3) last, but, least, judaism in its current form, while not as barbaric as in torah times is a group obsessive compulsive disorder requiring continual practice of meaningless, tedious rules & rituals...

[Mr261991]

@yviva so why dont you stop being obsessively compulsive and drop dead? just dont wake up in the morning, that'll be a change from your oh-so-boring routine. If you really believe those three things you said then you don't know a thing about Judaism. If you want to know more just ask. but dont think that the garbage coming out of your mouth is true even for a second. Also, if nothing would be tedious in life there would be nothing to live for. Humanism is progressive, not regressive, Moron!

[yviva]

i have no idea what you're trying to say here, but, i know all about judaism. i'm an ex-orthodox jew, was raised in the religion/culture, and therefore have a pretty knowledgeable critique of the whole thing...

humanism is a great thing, and religious jews do try to focus on the humanistic aspects of the cult (all religions are cults). but, if you just read the torah without hiding behind layers of interpretations, as religious jews do, to try to twist what it says into something meaningful -

[yviva]

- then you'll notice that the torah teaches ethnic & religious violence, genocide and ethnic cleansing, (canaan), gender inequality, violence toward gay people, animal sacrifice, etc.

it's a barbaric old cult that some people have a need to cling to to give their lives meaning and to feel special in the context of the human experience, and to tolerate it, they're spent thousands of years to try to "interpret" or manipulate its basic meaning into something more positive...

[yviva]

judaism, in the sense of the practice of the religion is a barbaric, old patriarchal cult, and in its current practice it's a group ocd (obsessive compulsive disorder) where people go through the day frantically engaging in non-stop meaningless rules & rituals hoping that if they do, then everything will be ok... it's meaningless, tedious, and negative in that it cuts them off from contact with other people, but, some people need that sort of experience to feel that their lives have meaning...

[gangstasevi]

@yviva why do you you have to be so hateful? all of these physical rituals and actions have spiritual meaning. I don't think you have studied the Torah at all or if you did, incorrectly. The message behind this religion is beautiful and peaceful.

[yviva]

@gangstasevi

it seems to be you who haven't read the torah. the book is basically a rationalization for ethnic cleansing & genocide, history is written by the conquerers and the torah is the narrative of the violent internal patriarchal conquest of ancient hebrew culture, and once in the control of warrior patriarchs, its subsequent invasion & conquest of some of the choice cities & land in the region. it's an ancient barbaric narrative. (cont)

[yviva]

@gangstasevi

if you think animal sacrifice, patriarchy, ethnic cleansing & genocide are peaceful & beautiful, than you'll think the story of the torah is peaceful & beautiful, but that isn't rational thinking. i'm frustrated with the religion because it continues to inspire abuse among fanatics. just look at the fanatical orthodox zionist west bank settlers and the abuses they're perpetrating against another ethnic group, all rationalized by belief in the torah. (cont)

[yviva]

@gangstasevi

i'm disgusted, because i actually come from those fanatics. that is my cultural background. i reject it because 1) religions don't reflect supernatural realities, they reflect expressions of human psychology and imagination at various points in time. and 2) when religions are used to rationalize ethnic or social abuse, they need to be challenged.

[yviva]

heresy spoken here. proud to be a jewish atheist!

i'll leave the crazy old cults to people with psychological & psychiatric disorders...

[spoidfer]

WHEN a jew appears on youtube, or the word jew appears in a vid, there's always a bunch of anti-semitic assholes posting shit...that's amazing...

[yviva]

if you are talking about me, perchance, i am not an anti-semite. i am an ex-orthodox jew.

[angiewntspeace]

Matisyahu has been such an inspitration to many including me. Thanks for the music that keeps us alive! See you at hob las vegas!

[Fstuart2009]

I agree! Leave him alone he is about peace, love harmony. He speaks of being the Fruit of the Spirit. These arguments have nothing to do with this Artist. In the end he is for What we Christan who walk in Faith and would like to see is world peace and for all to get along. harmoneously.

[UnknownSun556]

Will you guys please find a better place than fucking YOUTUBE to argue about things you don't understand? Leave Matisyahu alone.

[smartchikchick]

Amen to that. For fans of someone who is all about peace and unity, they like to argue a lot.

[habeshakings]

r u saying thise man all about peace n unity? stop ur faggot ass lie apparently u havent learned ur leason.

[yviva]

yeah, how about smashing the lie that the torah is a good book, instead of a barbaric book that teaches genocide, religious violence, male domination over women, violence toward gay people, and animal sacrifice?

[EvertonFan28]

Your comment is hilarious. Nice lie. Let's refute your post.

1. Genocide- Don't bother reading the context of situations much? Those people who were destroyed were equivalent to Nazis and Hamas terrorists.

2. Male domination- Please take a course on Judaism or something because you are obviously ignorant and don't know much about Judaism. The fact that you uttered this, makes ALL your credibility go down the toilet.

[yviva]

i'm an ex orthodox jew. i know plenty.

1. rationalization.

[EvertonFan28]

Does not mean that you are incapable of making fallacies.

1. Rationalization? is that your answer? Honestly, that's almost as bad as saying those in the Warsaw Ghetto were guilty of murdering Nazi soldiers. Poor attempt at a rebuttal.

2. This one is a cracker. You go from saying Torah speaks of attacking female religions to menstruation making women inferior. Thats gold, pure gold. Your first one is a logical dunce and can not be retorted for its badly thought out...

[yviva]

read the torah. you apparently don't know what it says.

[EvertonFan28]

...the menstruation problem, why did you not site the fact that if a man has a discharge of semen he is considered impure until evening? Maybe Torah is anti-man too? Secondly, you now go from Torah to certain communities. Do you know how to correctly follow a train of thought or argument? Honestly, you think because you were Orthodox that you can articulate an argument coherently but, instead it looks rather silly. Whether you're atheist or not, there is no excuse for poor argumentation.

[yviva]

2. the torah tells the story of the crazed patriarchal warriors repeatedly attacking our old female religions until they destroyed them. in judaism a menstruating woman is spiritually contaminated. the blood of life contaminated? this crazy religion has everything backward. in orthodox/ultra-orthodox judaism men have all the authority, and the idea that women are too spiritually advanced to need an equal role in their culture is rhetorical bullshit. this stupid religion is bullshit.

[yviva]

1. i should add: rationalization of the very worst sort. any culture that rationalizes genocide should be stridently rejected. there is no evidence whatsoever that canaan were anything like nazis. but when one group of people want's to steal another people's land, they will make up some sort of rationalization, mystical or otherwise. any person or culture that can rationalize genocide is truly sick. genocide = evil. and the jewish religion is bullshit.

[BLITZ4209mmKuSHSmoKe]

Explain how the United States rationalizes its genocide on its people? An illusion of freedom. What I mean by genocide, cigarettes,WAR,terrorism,alcoh­ol, prescription drugs, abortion, cults. All of this provided by the United States, designed to kill us. Like fast food resturants at every corner.

[0001kd]

If the government takes all that away and controls our our decisions/freedom/choice (which is completely against the free market system) then what is left is a fascist government.

[EvertonFan28]

Judaism believes that women are far more spiritual than men, hence they do not need to observe the Commandments that men do. Secondly, in Judaism, the women is the head of the house hold. Don't do your research, do you?

3. Violence toward gay people? I'll be waiting for a source on Orthodox Jews violently attacking gay people; better yet I don't plan to wait all my life for those "sources." Of course, we can see the gay communities intolerance with the miss America pagent.

[yviva]

2. the torah tells the story of the repeated violent assault of our old female religions, by those crazy warrior patriarchs who took over our culture. in judaism women are considered spiritually contaminated when they menstruate. the blood of life contaminated? this whole stupid religion is backward. & if you didn't notice, among the orthodox/ultra orthodox, the leaders are men. that argument about women being so holy they don't need positions of authority is rhetorical bullshit.

[davii17]

ive been reading through your comments and been amazed. I'm gonna say off the bat that I'm not orthodox and don't really know the Torah very well, but think about hte blood of life comment. Yes, period blood is the blood of life, but by passing out of the body it is "killing" the potential person. While still inside the body it is the blood of life, but during a period it becomes the blood of death

[yviva]

this is a little off the topic, but menstrual blood does not kill anything. it is present to nourish an embryo, if impregnation takes place. if no pregnancy exists, it is simply flushed from the body. menstrual blood has no association with death whatsoever. it either nourishes life, or is discarded when unneeded...

[davii17]

wow ur a dumbass you obviously didn't get my point. of course menstrual blood is there to nourish the fetus PROVIDED THERE IS ONE. since there isnt one, the egg is flushed out of the body as you said and the chance of the egg becoming a person vanishes, thus killing it. thats why i called it the blood of death. dont over analyze things. and im not getting into the other topics you brought up because i have a life and other people have already responded.

[yviva]

um... you're somewhat ignorant...

[davii17]

learn how to read and interpret

[yviva]

go search for someone else to boss around. but... i guess, here on youtube is probably the only place you can get away with it. then, maybe if you read the torah and study a little biology as well, you'll have something a little more substantive to contribute to this discussion.

[sunfyre018]

Substantive isn't a word, perhaps you should read up on the dictionary before you shit talk others, friend.

[yviva]

ha ha... of course it's a word. look it up in the dictionary, and perhaps your vocabulary will begin to become a bit more substantive.

[sunfyre018]

the word you were looking for is substantial.

[yviva]

ha ha... no, the word i was looking for was substantive.

[Yojimbowlfull]

ha ha woa. I am actually interested in how you became an ex-anything. we could trade stories perhaps

[orangeunicorn]

"It is better to live in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman." -Mishle

I guess שְׁלֹמֹה really was the smartest man who ever lived.

[yviva]

ha ha... stupid sexist attitudes like this are one of primary reasons to reject the whole collection of dark ages patriarchal religions...

in jewish culture, challenging authority. and speaking out against and debating whatever is wrong, is standard behavior, but, some cave dwellers still want women to shut up... or... some fanatics don't want their mystical fantasies challenged...

[yviva]

3. the torah says that man who sleep together should not be allowed to live.

if you want to argue the torah with someone, probably best not to choose someone from a religious background. ha ha...

the torah is the chronicle of the most barbaric era of our ethnic group's history. but religious jews feel the need to cling to it. they manage this psychologically by trying to "interpret" it to mean something other than what it actually says...

[EvertonFan28]

Finally, animal sacrifices. Yeah, you probably did not bother reading what that was all about, did you?

[yviva]

yeah. it's about killing and endless number of animals to please an imaginary patriarchal war god who loves the smell of burning flesh. read the torah.

[yviva]

yeah. it's about killing and endless number of animals to please an imaginary patriarchal war god who loves the smell of burning flesh. read the torah.

[matisptfan]

Although it's different from the normal sound, the lyrics are still awesome!

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[CanadianSoldier]

awesome!

[canonfreak123]

you the best Matisyahu

[rockstock123]

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[bekylou]

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Shame about the sound

[armisis]

Whoa bad sound great song...

[Alva707]

i like this song its DOPE!!!

[deadonred]

wish the sound was not cashed out.

[DROHOHNIENIE]

I love this song :)

[acidsoulking]

NICE!!!!!!