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A Light Against The Dark of Communism: Part Two

Reuven Vershuvsky shares his inspiring story of surviving behind the Iron Curtain and strengthening his connection to Hashem and…

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Reuven Vershuvsky shares his inspiring story of surviving behind the Iron Curtain and strengthening his connection to Hashem and Torah.

A 12 min chizuk shiur by Rabbi Chaim Mintz. Like every video on Lehallel, it was judged and approved under the Lehallel law before it ever appeared — no unreviewed result is ever shown.

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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 I started already keeping some mitzvahs and I was a scary was scared of bliss I and I was a scary was scared of bliss I chicken I was already keeping Shabbos and you may believe him and I didn't have a place and my friends kept saying but that's it's already up to up to having a breeze it took two years two full years from my starting keeping some mitzvahs more and more into more and more mitzvahs till I had a breeze so one time I decided okay I can't you can't avoid it you have to do it so I came to one of my friends and I said okay I'm ready the system was every Sunday there were few young people 2 3 there was a list a waiting list for prism to be done there waiting list for prism to be done there was a doctor a surgeon a very advanced heart surgeon Mitra Paris initially on ski who would perform the surgical part and there was a big tzaddik ribcage vilensky the coronal raha who would who led the whole the whole system he was one of the rahbaniya he was one of the most beam in Moscow very old person he was a Lubavitcher hosted he would he organized that system and Sundays him and another older person Raghav Romanian Zuccarello Braga they had different apartments that was much more dangerous to give

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  1. 0:02rabbi Rubin ver Schiff ski story is one of heroism courage faith and resilience in the…
  2. 1:20time I decided okay I can't you can't avoid it you have to do it so…
  3. 2:23rahbaniya he was one of the most beam in Moscow very old person he was a…
  4. 3:28babushka Charny most of the prizm were in her apartment she was a big sudeikis a…
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