Difference between a Religious Jew and Orthodox Jew? | Fireside Chat | PragerU

what is the difference between a religious Jew and an orthodox Jew you teach in your synagogue and are very wise so why aren't you a rabbi I've been listening to the fireside chat for about two years and have gone back to number one and I'm up to number 94 I love that love them all in caps thanks for all you do many blessings first let me just say I have often recommended that that all of you go back to one and work your way forward I have tried to make virtually everyone relevant at any time even if I addressed and not even I using the word even maybe especially when I addressed the lockdowns during covid and I was so opposed to them and I spoke about how people are fearing things that they shouldn't be fearing that's good for you to see that was real time my opposition to the lockdowns which have turned out to be utterly destructive just as I said they would be and I'm no Prophet all I did was apply logic and reason well anyway that's another subject so I hope you all go back so what is the difference between a religious Jew and an orthodox Jew uh that is by the way the Orthodox Jews often ask me the same question because I'm I'm the one who sort of makes the distinction I'm a religious Jew but I'm not completely Orthodox in observance I'm completely Orthodox in belief but not fully in observance and I admit to it because I have long believed that the more people know about me in my life the more credibility I have and sometimes it's harder than others to open up but it's it's been worth it I am a deeply religious Jew but I'm not fully Orthodox that is true the Orthodox uh do do have great respect for me in general and I and it's mutual so uh that the that's the answer religious is committed to the religion and its beliefs Orthodox is I am committed to the religion its beliefs and practice uh or at least come try to practice all the laws of Judaism which are very extensive why aren't you a rabbi you teach in your synagogue and are very wise well thank you for the wise thing I wanted to be wise at an early age I I've worked at it all of my life wisdom is everything and I it's also a compliment to rabbis that you think that if you're a wise religious Jew you should be a RBI I it's no no attempt at insult there are some wonderful rabbis but um I I would say that there are many who are not wise and I think every Rabbi would agree with me that that that is true and there are many rabbis who who do not look to the Torah for their wisdom I don't think they have much of a chance for wisdom if that's the case why aren't I a rabbi and a very early age I decided not to be I could have been I st studied pretty much what most Rabbi students study certainly the non-orthodox Rabin the Orthodox Rabin it studies whole bodies of law that I haven't studied but but otherwise the the the Hebrew Bible and parts of the talmud I have studied what a what any Rabbi would but I decided at a very early age not to be one I thought that I would be more effective as a voice for God and the Bible as a mister than as a rabbi I think I was right by the way I think that that turned out to be a good thing for me