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Reuven Vershuvsky shares his inspiring story of survival and faith behind the Iron Curtain.
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Rabbi Ruben vershivski's 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 the General attitude in Russia among the people in Russia at that time was that people in Russia at that time was that every religious person is a a crazy is mentally unstable or something but there were a lot of people that were interested and a lot of people that are the same way I was drawn into into it I was pulled into it by some inner interest I was anxious to to find out I interest I was anxious to to find out I was I needed the answers I was searching for for answers I was searching for the meaning of uh Jew Judaism Yiddish kite uh there were a lot of people around me the same same beginning not necessarily bringing them to smiro's Toyota mitzvahs most people had interest and then they most people had interest and then they they weren't they weren't ready to say base after saying aleph they had the interest but they didn't start uh romitos but the majority in in people in Russia they looked at religious people as crazy people a lot of people ask me what happened to your life what what what what disaster what what unfortunate uh event happened in your life that you became religious and the fact is it's just opposite I had very happy childhood and very warm and loving family I never had any any disasters in my life
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- 0:02Rabbi Ruben vershivski's story is one of heroism courage faith and resilience in the face of…
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- 8:53for the Army office for the draft office I had to be hospitalized for uh two…
- 10:26had to work for a couple of hours was the the work therapy and I was…
- 12:01and that's what I did I had I had a kid to the chief doctor's office…
- 14:05one of the first questions all the psychiatrics ask if I had a family history of…
- 15:37and they all moved forward looking at me and I said Doctor you asked me about…
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