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A Torah shiur on the value of every individual and the importance of standing up for others.
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It was the last week of high school. I was about to graduate from Adelphia Yeshiva. I was really excited to [music] start the next chapter of my life. I was going to go to Passaic the next year. When suddenly Rabbi Dovid Schmek, my Rabbi, walks into the Beis Medrash, sits down [music] next to me, and he says, "Yoily, I want you to stay next year in Adelphia to help build the Beis Medrash." And my heart dropped. At that time, the Beis Medrash consisted of >> [music] >> three guys. If I would stay, I'd be the fourth. It wasn't much of a Beis Medrash, and I said, "Rabbi, you know Medrash, and I said, "Rabbi, you know I'm going to Passaic next year. I can't stay." He said, "Yoily, please." It's very hard to say no to Rabbi Schmek. So, I told him, "Rabbi, let me sleep on it." The next day, Rabbi Schmek comes back into the Beis Medrash, [music] and he says, "Yoily, get into the car." I said, "Rabbi, where are we going?" He says, "I'll tell you on the way." I get into a station wagon, and we start driving down Route 9. As we get onto the Staten Island Expressway, he said, "Yoily, I'm taking [music] you to a din Torah." I said, "What? A din Torah?" He said, "I'm taking you to Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum, the Zekan [music] Roshei Yeshivos. We're
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- 0:06It was the last week of high school. I was about to graduate from Adelphia Yeshiva.…
- 0:36Medrash, and I said, "Rabbi, you know I'm going to Passaic next year. I can't stay."…
- 1:06the Zekan [music] Roshei Yeshivos. We're going to ask him if you should stay next year."…
- 1:36Schmek. [music] I'm so grateful to Adelphia, but I feel it's time to move on. I'm…
- 2:06I'm so proud of you." 20 years later, I get a call from Rebbetzin [music] Trink,…
- 2:36you remember what happened 20 years ago? I feel like I owe Rebbe an apology." And…
- 3:07It was like a lightbulb went off in my head. I'm like, "Wow." I thought back…
- 3:37face, how many times you fell, how many times you failed, a thousand, 10,000 times, it…
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