Here's the number one thing I have learned in my life:
If you have good Torah, and you know its good Torah, you don't need institutions, you don't need to shove yourself into a box. No more.
If you have good Torah, and you know its good Torah, you don't need institutions, you don't need to shove yourself into a box. No more.
If you don't fit in their boxes, that's not your problem, that's theirs. Cut them out of the equation. Bring your Torah directly to the people who need it.
Because the people who need your Torah, also don't feel served by those institutions. Correctly. They're looking for Torah, and they don't even know they're looking for your Torah.
I am no one's idea of a poster boy. I'm on the spectrum. I'm a little off the beaten track. I don't dress the part. I've never been valued by institutions, who, at best, didn't know what to do with me. (Except one, and they closed down).
But you know what? I've done more *by accident* than a lot of people have done on purpose.
If you got Torah to give, good Torah, don't worry about style, don't worry about fitting in. If you've got substance, it'll find an audience. If it doesn't find an audience, get more substance.
And look, I'm a straight white Orthodox guy. The idea that my perspective is so unique and I'm so shut out of the establishment is frankly ridiculous. There are niches I can't fill, that hopefully you out there can.
There are people out there who want your Torah. Who need your Torah. Ain't that the best feeling in the world? Don't let an institution stand in your way.
And the internet makes it easier for them to find you. Be findable. Get your stuff out there. If it's good, it'll find an audience. And I don't have to tell you if its good. You know if it is, and you know that it is.
Anyway, I'm hoping me getting this twitter account up and running gets me to get the Misfit Torah Podcast going again. Watch this space.
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