🎙️ Jew & Gentile Podcast Notes 🎯 FOI Equip – WE REACHED OUR GOAL OF $10,000 🎉 Opening / New Year Check-In

Chris opens the show by asking Steve how he’s doing and wishing him a Happy New Year.
Steve shares a special New Year’s moment with three of his grandchildren 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦—watching the ball drop 🎆, drinking sparkling grape juice 🥂, and praying together 🙏. A beautiful way to welcome the new year.

🚨 However… There Was a Problem

Steve points out one unforgettable downside of Times Square celebrations: adult diapers 😬.
When the grandkids saw the massive Times Square crowd 🧍🧍🧍, it sparked a “Gross!!!” 🤢 conversation that only grandparents can truly appreciate.

🔗 Why you should avoid Times Square on New Year’s Eve
https://nypost.com/2025/12/31/us-news/two-reasons-why-you-should-avoid-times-squares-insanely-crowded-expensive-ball-drop-for-nye/

🕍 Hebraic Christian Beit Midrash Resource

Antisemitism and Human Inclinations – The Good and the Evil
🔗 https://www.hebraiccommunity.org/midrash/antisemitism-and-human-inclinations-the-good-and-evil/

🧠 Jewish View of Human Inclination

Yetzer Hara 😈 – the evil inclination, often tied to pride.
Seen as inborn, yet necessary for survival, productivity, marriage, family, and society 🏠💼👶.
Yetzer Tov 😇 – the good inclination, connected to God’s breath of life.

📖 Scriptural connections:
– Genesis 5:3 – Seth begotten in the image of Adam
– Genesis 2:7 – God breathed life into man
– Job 32:8 – the neshamah (breath) of the Almighty gives understanding
– Jeremiah 17:9 – the heart is deceitful
– Romans 7:15–25 – Paul’s inner struggle ⚔️ between good and evil

📰 News Roundup

🗳️ Two Orthodox Jewish mayors elected in New York
🔗 https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-882152

🏺 U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee and family uncover Bar-Kokhba–era artifacts
🔗 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-882466

🇮🇷 Iranians reportedly expressing admiration for Netanyahu
🔗 https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-882649#google_vignette

🕎 Yiddish Word of the Day

Beyz (בייז) — bad, evil, or wicked.

Not just “oops,” but the kind of wrong that makes you say, “That’s not good.”

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