BTW – as far as Youtube ‘testimonials’… As everyone should know (though you probably have to be slightly more intelligent than the average US citizen,) you should not trust anything you see or read on the internet.
There are numerous youtube videos ‘proving’ hundreds or things that are totally false, bogus, baloney, faked, and impossible.
If you don’t believe me, you probably still think you can unlock a car door with a tennis ball, or use your keyless remote over a cell phone…
That might make a good CR topic – wacky internet claims ‘proven’ by youtube testimonials!!
And just to set the facts straight, I just did a youtube search for ‘Rabbi Kimmel’. I found 45 videos praising Rabbi Kimmel, and not even one against him. But a slightly more careful look shows that ALL 45 videos were posted by the SAME PERSON – his Gabbai (or maybe former Gabbai), Moshe Handler, all about the same time, around two years ago. So how convincing is that? They are from an Eid Echad, who was as Nogeia Bedavar as it gets. Thus, the simple answer to a question “why are there so many youtube testimonials” – it is called media advertising and it generates business. If there are a lot of ads for a product, it does not in any way mean that it is a good product.