Held at Gunpoint @ 15: Rabbi Yisroel Bernath on Forgiveness, Mashiach & Why "God Is Not Your Savior"

Rabbi Yisroel Bernath was held at gunpoint at 15 by an antisemite. He spent 5 years in a hidden depression. Then he wrote a book on forgiving the unforgivable.In Episode 13 of CTTP BarberTalk, Isaac Miracles and Dani The Barber sit down with Rabbi Yisroel Bernath — Montreal's "Love Rabbi," Chabad shaliach in NDG, matchmaker behind 200+ marriages, certified wine sommelier, and author of THE FORGIVENESS EXPERIMENT.What started as a conversation about kosher fades and Mordecai's barber turned into the most honest two hours we've recorded.We get into:— The Karpman Drama Triangle and why most of us are stuck in it— Why Rabbi Bernath says the Jewish people need to stop playing victim— Held at gunpoint in Chicago at 15: "Hitler should have finished you off" — The 5-year depression nobody knew about— Why "God is not your savior" is a Jewish idea, not a heretical one— Christians believe in saviors. Jews believe in redemption.— Loud and proud post-October 7— and what to do with the haters— The Forgiveness Experiment: the method he used on himself— 18 years cowboying out of the Chabad box in NDG— Mashiach is the work of your own hands This one's heavy. It's also necessary.▼ CHAPTERS (timestamps to verify on upload)0:00 Cold open — kosher fades, Mordecai's barber, why men talk in chairs8:00 Rabbi Bernath, becoming religious, and the haircut trauma18:00 The Drama Triangle: victim, perpetrator, hero33:00 "We've spent billions on Holocaust museums. Has it worked?" 45:00 Loud and proud — Hanukkah after the Bondi attack55:00 NDG: cowboying out of the Chabad box1:10:00 The Love Rabbi: 200 marriages, the CBC documentary, kosher wine1:25:00 Bridging worlds — Isaac's music journey1:40:00 The 5 years of hidden depression1:55:00 Held at gunpoint at 15: the Chicago hate crime2:05:00 The Forgiveness Experiment — witnessing, the letter you'll never send2:15:00 "God is not your savior" — what it actually means▼ RABBI YISROEL BERNATHBook → forgivenessbook.orgInstagram → instagram.com/montrealrabbiTikTok → tiktok.com/@theloverabbiLinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/ybernathFacebook → facebook.com/TheLoveRabbiPodcast → open.spotify.com/show/3IEYGOMEFrVomWMJwBjifI▼ CTTP BARBERTALK 🪒 Subscribe — new conversations every drop 📱 Instagram → instagram.com/cttp.barbertalk🎵 TikTok → tiktok.com/@cttpbarbertalk🎧 Audio → feeds.captivate.fm/cttp-barbertalk💬 Join the WhatsApp community → https://chat.whatsapp.com/LgCr6vgp8KnDsWzJq3UsUd🎙️ Our next guest ? → ✉️ [email protected]#CTTPBarberTalk #RabbiYisroelBernath #LoveRabbi #ForgivenessExperiment #Chabad #JewishPodcast #Montreal #Mashiach #Antisemitism #JewishIdentity #DramaTriangle #ForgivenessJourney