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There are so many rules in Judaism, and if you get into them and you get obsessed and you have the kind of life that I have, it can make you a very unhappy person. It can make everything complicated and more stressful than it needs to be, so I kind of loosened the knots a little bit.

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When I became religious, it was full-force for me. And, through the lifestyle of being out on the road with non-Jewish musicians, in non-Jewish nightclubs and going all over the world – getting out of the shtetl – opened me up to having experiences that other religious men might not have to think or worry about.

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I don’t really know if I would consider myself anything in particular. I would say I’m inspired in a Hasidic way, but I certainly don’t keep all the customs and rules I once did.

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May 14, 2024

I don’t really know if I would consider myself anything in particular. I would say I’m inspired in a Hasidic way, but I certainly don’t keep all the customs and rules I once did.

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May 14, 2024

When I became religious, it was full-force for me. And, through the lifestyle of being out on the road with non-Jewish musicians, in non-Jewish nightclubs and going all over the world – getting out of the shtetl – opened me up to having experiences that other religious men might not have to think or worry about.

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