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An inspirational message on Tisha B'av and the tragedy of Yisrael Levin z"l and Elisheva Kaplan a"h.
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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Chaim Mintz’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
foreign [Music] the day we commemorate the destruction of our Temple the saddest day of the year if any of us were given the opportunity to rebuild the Temple we would rush to do so tonight we will learn why the temple was destroyed and why we continue to suffer and what and why we continue to suffer and what each of us can do starting today to bring the temple back what are we Mourning what's this all about I never saw the temple some of us may be thinking I never even visited Israel I don't know what I'm missing what am I Mourning as a matter of fact up until today I was having a great time at the zone we're playing baseball well I was hanging from the zip line well I was hanging from the zip line we're having a great time with friends and all of a sudden tonight everything stopped and now we're sitting on the floor and we're supposed to be mourning something that I never saw if that's what you're thinking then we're thinking the same thing so what are we mourning tonight what is this destruction well my friends the destruction the exile when the Jewish people left Jerusalem when the Jewish people left Jerusalem after the destruction of the temple that Exile lasts until today in a form that perhaps is hidden we call it life's difficulties something just didn't want to well these levels sometimes things could be just a bit uncomfortable sometimes things can get really bad sometimes it gets to the level we call it a tragedy but that's part of Exile it doesn't have to be that way
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- 0:00foreign [Music] the day we commemorate the destruction of our Temple the saddest day of the…
- 2:04it doesn't have to be that way but this is the way it is for the…
- 4:40right now and the what are they trying to do they're trying to burn down our…
- 6:43Israel Levin of Brooklyn and 20 year old elishiva Kaplan a Far Rockaway the couple got…
- 9:22his friends in Yeshiva made a book about him laid Israel he had a tremendously loving…
- 11:55during Exile a rabbis teach us one of the reasons that the temple was destroyed was…
- 14:08[Music] and if you live your heart will just may Hear My Cry [Music]…
- 16:52serious talking to Hashem communicating with Hashem and I made a tremendous impression on all the…
- 19:28foreign foreign [Music] I know…
- 22:04but he remains what is the secret of his immortality [Music] you are the secret to…
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