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A Storytelling Rabbi Shares Inner Thoughts on Israel, Love & Anxiety

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Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

Rabbi Fischel Schachter discusses Israel, anxiety, and strategies of hope in this inspiring conversation.

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we heard that a soldier was killed in Gaza we we we we shuddered oh my goodness there's a father there's a mother there's a child there's a who is it and now I I just I hate to say it I think we're just taking it in as you know okay the stock market up the stock market down uh alternate side is suspended tomorrow and oh another three soldiers NE you know we we you're right there's a tremendous amount of unity but I I think we have to hold on to it welcome back to another episode of inspiration for the nation and this week has been a difficult week for the Jewish people too difficult week for the Jewish people too many soldiers were killed in Gaza as they Tred to get back Israel's hostages and it's been very difficult and I sat down this week with Rabbi Fishel shakar who is one of the most popular storytellers lecturers in the Jewish World he's I don't know if he's the top one or maybe the top five speakers are in tour anytime and he's someone who's so positive and I wanted to ask him positive and I wanted to ask him specifically he has such a such a smile and he's so upbeat usually how does he deal with difficult times and of course we talk about the intense situation going on in Israel and what us at home people who are not in Israel people who are not fighting the war what could we do to help he's of course going to put a smile in your face and also going to help you think this episode is memory of shyak as well as mam Saras Yakov mosha

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  1. 0:00we heard that a soldier was killed in Gaza we we we we shuddered oh my
  2. 5:38and she lives she lives on 51st and near 13 so it's really that's the heart
  3. 11:18you didn't have the things that are available today and the support groups that are available
  4. 16:58house so they all huddled together and the father father said the father said that you
  5. 22:38I have to follow the rules at the end of the day it has nothing to
  6. 31:18do that how do we like keep that moment like that feeling that we had right
  7. 37:02come will carry Us in the wings of eagles but he said you have to hold
  8. 43:07a terrorist attack 1% chance of a tsunami 1% chance of a storm so on and
  9. 48:45something in sh there's a time that's written before we're born when a is going to
  10. 54:22have to do today and leave the tomorrow in hashem's hands so that that's a very

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