A Blessing In Disguise - R' David Ashear (Shabbat) STORY

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

over eat by him on shabbat see he says one time this boy starts coming he comes one time two times he ends up eating by him every week so he asks him one time he says how did you become religious what brought you back to torah mitzvot he says rabbi it's a very long story but it's fascinating rabbi says i got time tell me the story he says well i grew up i went to public school was not religious at all i had an interest in computer programming in the end i joined the american army and i became one of the best programmers in the air force and i was based in new jersey and that's where i was doing my thing and i met up with a rabbi there from chabad and the rabbi connected me to torah mitzvot and i started going to shul and i became a shabbat observer from that rabbi anyway my mother who's divorced she lives in florida she calls me one day she says it's so hard for me here i need your help could you please come for a couple of weeks stay with me help me this that he says let me find out he asked the general could i take some time off i want to leave the general says yeah we don't really need you now anyway go ahead he says when could i go he says well today is monday you could leave on wednesday he's very excited that tuesday was september 11th 2001. the general comes into him and he tells them on tuesday night i'm sorry you're not going anywhere it looks like we're going to war we need you where am i going what am i doing he sends him to the afghanistan mission so this guy he says now all of a sudden i find myself stationed

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2. 1:01religious at all i had an interest in computer programming in the end i joined the…
3. 2:03he's very excited that tuesday was september 11th 2001. the general comes into him and he…
4. 3:05david cohen from brooklyn he says okay calls him up the rabbi tells him is there…
5. 4:07rabbi's house after three long weeks doing this he tells the rabbi in frankfurt rabbi i…
6. 5:07signed by the general the commanding general in new jersey with his signature and his seal…
7. 5:37the general sees him what are you doing here we're in the middle of a war…
8. 6:37house he said he aid him one day he tells the rabbi rabbi i want to…
9. 7:40exactly which yeshiva or he says my daughter is one of the top girls in beth…
10. 8:41he tells him his name i don't the rabbi said don't say his name in public…

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