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A true story of Shabbat observance and its life-saving impact, narrated by Rabbi Paysach Krohn.
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What’s said in this shiur
The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Paysach Krohn’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
[Music] thank you the name of this presentation is called Wheels of Fortune many many years ago I had this trust to speak in the town of gateshead in England and when I spoke in the girls Seminary one of the girls a young lady came over one of the girls a young lady came over to me and she said Rabbi Krone I have a wonderful story about my father now of course Wherever I Go people are telling me stories and you know I try to listen to everyone but her story was so unbelievable and so incredible I couldn't imagine that it was really true but I said listen I'm going back to New York soon give me the number of your father and I'll be very happy to call him and I called him his name was shimen pesach zeitlin pesach zeitlin but of course when the story starts he was not known as shiman PESA but he was known as Sam zeitlin in 1965 he was a cyclist a fabulous cyclist and he won what was called the New York Sprint championship and he was known as the Jewish boy the great cyclist but unfortunately in 1966 when he became part of the American national cycling part of the American national cycling team because of his talents everybody knew that he was Jewish and some of his teammates were very jealous and very angry and there was anti-Semitism there and they would make comments and he told me that he would practice in a place in Queens called Casino Park and there was a track there there was a cycling track and many times he could hear that his own teammates were saying nasty things about him now he told me that he wouldn't travel
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- 0:00[Music] thank you the name of this presentation is called Wheels of Fortune many many years…
- 1:01pesach zeitlin but of course when the story starts he was not known as shiman PESA…
- 2:31was that and he realized that it was his teammates and one of his teammates called…
- 4:05team and at the cycling circles there were too many anti-semites so he was thinking maybe…
- 5:07exceptional in whether it was weight lifting and fencing and other things but certainly not in…
- 6:42a home away from home from so many barns that had come to learn in erits…
- 8:14the name of the Yeshiva is what did you call him I see that you're really…
- 9:17be able to cycle Behind These trucks and he would go up hills and downhills and…
- 10:51such Conflict for years he's practicing and the 1972 Olympics were coming up and Eric Israel…
- 12:23Tommy he was back in benebrook and when he heard never never that now 11 Israeli…
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