Yossi Hecht shares his inspiring journey after surviving a life-threatening spinal tumor and his mission to encourage gratitude through the bracha of Asher Yatzar.
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i know what it's like to walk and play sports and you know when they all they appreciate what you have until you lose it it's true right but they're saying they're not it's not just you know uh fluffy talk yeah jinx um it's it's really it's true because i i for 19 years i walked like a regular human regular able-bodied person and now hashem said for whatever reason you know you're not going to do it and fine that's what it is welcome back to another episode of inspiration for the nation yes two in one week during the nation yes two in one week during the three weeks we will be putting out two episodes a week and this week i get to speak to someone who's younger than me something that doesn't really happen so often on inspiration for the nation and you know the person that i'm talking to is remarkable when they're younger than me i'm so young myself i'm just 30 years old but uh yasi has done so much with his life and he's just getting started you'll hear about the challenges he has endured you would think that you know losing losing the ability to walk was enough of challenges in his life but while he was going through that process he also lost his mother and he talks about what gives him what inspires him to keep on moving and how he started his whole organization and i think you're going to particularly like this episode uh yes he's a good friend and he actually lives right near me in frockaway and i get to see him all the time and he gives me khazek all the time and that's why i'm so happy about
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