Shavuos: The Song the Ger Tzedek of Vilna Sang as He Joyously Went to His Death

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

We have a tradition that when the Ger Tzedek of Vilna Valentin Potocki was captured by the Poles and he was brought l'sreifah in Vilna as he was b'risus going to his death b'dveikus nifla he said the t'filah that we say every morning Aval anachnu amcha Aval anachnu amcha b'nei brisacha b'nei Avraham ohavcha shenishbata lo v'har hamoriah zera Yitzchak yechidi shenikkar al gabbei hamizbei'ach Moreover we even have the musical notes of the tune that he sang. Moreover we still have a tradition of the tune that he sang when he was being taken to his death. With your permission we'll end the shiur. We'll sing the the

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1. 0:01We have a tradition that when the Ger Tzedek of Vilna Valentin Potocki was captured by…
2. 0:31Aval anachnu amcha b'nei brisacha b'nei Avraham ohavcha shenishbata lo v'har hamoriah zera Yitzchak yechidi shenikkar…
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4. 1:34shenishbata lo v'har hamoriah zera Yitzchak yechidi shenikkar al gabbei hamizbei'ach Aval anachnu amcha b'nei brisacha…
5. 2:04faster. I will not do anything to my mom. That I can do. I will not…
6. 2:36joyous the vacuous taco and it made such a spiritual commotion. It dramatically weakened the sitra…
7. 3:07the Jewish people that those are his children. He is Barack and he hates of sources…

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