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Tonight / Tomorrow is the 3rd Yahrtzeit of Usher Goldman Z”L - הבחור חיים אשר ז״ל בן נחמן נ״י

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Rabbi Daniel Kalish

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Please listen well, chevra. Somebody grieves, somebody cries. So, what happened? I got it out, I'm done? Shiva, sitting shiva for a loved one. The call ties got up. People got up this morning from shiva of the loss of loved ones. They cried for a week. So, now everything's fine? We got it out of our system? But nothing's changed. What happens? What's What's happening? What happens? What's What's happening? >> [snorts] >> Yesterday was a difficult day. We went to a group of us went to the levaya of a friend. The bachur learned in this yeshiva, a precious, gentle soul. Intelligent Intelligent, very intelligent. A pain soul, a difficult a person who had difficulties, which automatically speaks about a beauty. about a beauty. And we went to his funeral and then gathered outside. Nobody could move after levaya. I never saw a scene like this in my life. The levaya was over, the parents stayed. The mace went Eretz Yisrael, Russia flew Eretz Yisrael. And the parents, we stayed on the street. And there was a levaya after levaya, nobody could move. And dozens of guys who have learned here. And specifically a lot of guys who've been through a lot. A lot of a specific chevra pain people A lot of a specific chevra pain people who share a lot of pain and challenges and trauma and difficulty. People who have been challenged and tested by Hashem uniquely and specifically stayed around on the street for a couple of hours. Just hugging, just talking. Even a song emerged. So much pain, difficulty, challenge in this beautiful world that Hashem made. But challenges, difficulty, uncertainty,

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  1. 0:02Please listen well, chevra. Somebody grieves, somebody cries. So, what happened? I got it out, I'm
  2. 5:09six-year-old minds, much less than six relative to him. But he wants us to take our
  3. 10:15and then I cry for the lost years. And then I feel anguish and hurt and
  4. 15:19and care. Make this this sorrows have brought us and and feeling them and putting yourself
  5. 20:31would see a homeless guy. He would bring him to a store and buy him something,
  6. 26:08an adult is a year for a youngster. You didn't help him one iota. If a
  7. 31:16question. No, my GPS says 15 more minutes. Beautiful question. Please ask me that a few
  8. 36:23Alze hoya Hallelujah. >> [chanting]
  9. 42:11speak about Usher and we'll yet be as Usher and we'll be near the we'll yet
  10. 47:23need that very thing see your answers first so we thought it's so unnatural so unnatural

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