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Reuven Vershuvsky shares his inspiring story of surviving behind the Iron Curtain and strengthening his faith in Hashem and Torah.
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The opening of this shiur, in Oorah’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
rabbi Rubin ver Schiff ski story is one of heroism courage faith and resilience in the face of extreme hardship and unrelenting challenges hear him describe how he survived behind the Iron Curtain and emerged with his connection to Hashem and his Torah stronger than ever my mother-in-law when she came she asked try the way she could sent me some food try the way she could sent me some food and they said no you cannot send anything so she was trying to smuggle in it was her idea how to smuggle in food at my idea she came there next day she went to guards gave them some money and they took a box carton box with food for they took a box carton box with food for me she did it twice two boxes and the first parcel there was some food and there were two cartons of Marlboro I don't know how she got Malware in Russia because it was something that you can't buy in stores and I don't smoke so by buy in stores and I don't smoke so by the way you figured out this is the currency and I used it I used those packs of Marlboro to bribe guards to France to to to transfer me to take me to another cell when I need it or something else and the second time she sent me a box of food for Pesa I get Matz's I got some flesh Nate I got a Matz's I got some flesh Nate I got a bottle with a glass bottle bag little bag with sugar and little back with raisins so I added to an I put the raisins and sugar water in that bottle for the next to either radiator it was under my bed and in two
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- 0:02rabbi Rubin ver Schiff ski story is one of heroism courage faith and resilience in the…
- 1:04they took a box carton box with food for me she did it twice two boxes…
- 2:09Matz's I got some flesh Nate I got a bottle with a glass bottle bag little…
- 3:16neighbor next bunk neighbor he mentioned that his mother is Jewish the guy was a serial…
- 4:19came out of it's Ryan he washes his hands he eats a piece of matzah and…
- 5:56that cell and there's a big table in the middle bolted into the floor and I…
- 7:02can another 19 a new clock we could feel table bigger than that Baruch Hashem after…
- 8:06the the the safer and my children learning that safer snake I'm was so eager to…
- 9:06they probably saying this is my grandfather or or a great grandfather and I look at…
- 10:07you're looking at the empty prison table and you know that there is a big chance…
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