Zvika Krieger

And it's almost like there's no room for God. And like, yes, in theory, you're doing all these things because you think that that's what God commanded you to do and that's what's going to make God happy. But you almost forget about that because like you're just so focused on all the rules that you're keeping. And so my life was deeply infused with Judaism.

And it's almost like there's no room for God. And like, yes, in theory, you're doing all these things because you think that that's what God commanded you to do and that's what's going to make God happy. But you almost forget about that because like you're just so focused on all the rules that you're keeping. And so my life was deeply infused with Judaism.

And it's almost like there's no room for God. And like, yes, in theory, you're doing all these things because you think that that's what God commanded you to do and that's what's going to make God happy. But you almost forget about that because like you're just so focused on all the rules that you're keeping. And so my life was deeply infused with Judaism.

Like every moment of my day was infused with Judaism. But God was weirdly absent, except for this hovering background figure that's keeping a tally of, did I put the right foot off the bed when I woke up in the morning?

Like every moment of my day was infused with Judaism. But God was weirdly absent, except for this hovering background figure that's keeping a tally of, did I put the right foot off the bed when I woke up in the morning?

Like every moment of my day was infused with Judaism. But God was weirdly absent, except for this hovering background figure that's keeping a tally of, did I put the right foot off the bed when I woke up in the morning?

You know, I think it was like a slow progression. Like I'd say to this day, I'm still quite traditionally observant. And a lot of the rituals that I kept back then, I still keep today. For example, like I keep a pretty strict Shabbat from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. Like I don't use my phone. I don't use the internet. I don't drive. I don't use electricity. I don't use money.

You know, I think it was like a slow progression. Like I'd say to this day, I'm still quite traditionally observant. And a lot of the rituals that I kept back then, I still keep today. For example, like I keep a pretty strict Shabbat from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. Like I don't use my phone. I don't use the internet. I don't drive. I don't use electricity. I don't use money.

You know, I think it was like a slow progression. Like I'd say to this day, I'm still quite traditionally observant. And a lot of the rituals that I kept back then, I still keep today. For example, like I keep a pretty strict Shabbat from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. Like I don't use my phone. I don't use the internet. I don't drive. I don't use electricity. I don't use money.

So I do a lot of things regularly. from when I was growing up, but the intentionality behind it is much different. And the relationship of that act to God is very different. And definitely going to college was a big part of that. I mean, I grew up in this insular world.

So I do a lot of things regularly. from when I was growing up, but the intentionality behind it is much different. And the relationship of that act to God is very different. And definitely going to college was a big part of that. I mean, I grew up in this insular world.

So I do a lot of things regularly. from when I was growing up, but the intentionality behind it is much different. And the relationship of that act to God is very different. And definitely going to college was a big part of that. I mean, I grew up in this insular world.

Then there's like sort of tradition in my community that after you go to high school, you go spend a gap year in Israel studying in Yeshiva, a Jewish school. study, school, institution, seminary. I went to Israel for a year and I just literally from 7.30 in the morning till 10 o'clock at night, I just studied Talmud all day long, which is obscure Jewish Aramaic legal codes.

Then there's like sort of tradition in my community that after you go to high school, you go spend a gap year in Israel studying in Yeshiva, a Jewish school. study, school, institution, seminary. I went to Israel for a year and I just literally from 7.30 in the morning till 10 o'clock at night, I just studied Talmud all day long, which is obscure Jewish Aramaic legal codes.

Then there's like sort of tradition in my community that after you go to high school, you go spend a gap year in Israel studying in Yeshiva, a Jewish school. study, school, institution, seminary. I went to Israel for a year and I just literally from 7.30 in the morning till 10 o'clock at night, I just studied Talmud all day long, which is obscure Jewish Aramaic legal codes.

It was when I started drinking coffee for the first time, for sure. But like, I mean, it does boggle my mind when I look back to being like, holy shit, how did I spend so many hours a day studying what these, you know, first century, second, third century rabbis were saying about your ox gored my ox and who pays who what under what conditions? I was like, As like an 18-year-old.

It was when I started drinking coffee for the first time, for sure. But like, I mean, it does boggle my mind when I look back to being like, holy shit, how did I spend so many hours a day studying what these, you know, first century, second, third century rabbis were saying about your ox gored my ox and who pays who what under what conditions? I was like, As like an 18-year-old.

It was when I started drinking coffee for the first time, for sure. But like, I mean, it does boggle my mind when I look back to being like, holy shit, how did I spend so many hours a day studying what these, you know, first century, second, third century rabbis were saying about your ox gored my ox and who pays who what under what conditions? I was like, As like an 18-year-old.

I think part of it was like it was just what was done in my community. It is very intellectually stimulating.

I think part of it was like it was just what was done in my community. It is very intellectually stimulating.