Today | Rabbi Yechiel Spero

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

It was after World War II and there were who had lost everything in their life, but they were still holding on and they decided they wanted to make a minyan for the Yom and they rhyme for Rosh Hashanah and Kippur. But they wanted an adult who could lead them. And they reached out and they found an older Yid who was broken, who had seen way too much in his life and now had nothing. They asked him if he could lead them and he said, "I'm not a rebbe. I'm not a rov. I'm not a rosh yeshiva." rov. I'm not a rosh yeshiva." And they said to him, "Rebbe, you're all we have." He agreed to come and before the kiyashoyfer, they asked him if he could speak. He stood up, he looked around and he broke down crying. He couldn't speak. And they cried along with him. And that happened on the second day as well. But erev Yom Kippur, they said, "Please, just give us a few words." And so before Kol Nidre, he got up to speak. He said, "Kinderlach, the sar shel Gehenna, the officer of Gehenna, who was in charge,

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1. 0:06It was after World War II and there were who had lost everything in their life,…
2. 0:36rov. I'm not a rosh yeshiva." And they said to him, "Rebbe, you're all we have."…
3. 1:07officer of Gehenna, who was in charge, called a meeting and he said, 'My dear advisors,…
4. 1:38"No, no, no. These people, they just want to survive. They just want bread and water."…
5. 2:09tefillin? Maybe tomorrow. Want to keep shabbos? Try me next week. Want to open a gemara?…
6. 2:41They burst out crying and so many pointed to that moment, the moment that they would…
7. 3:12off till tomorrow, there's no telling what can happen. You have the power. You have the…

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