Rav Asher Weiss addressing the Keren Olam Hatorah Event in Miami

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

But it shows We have all come a long way to Florida for one reason. And some of us made a tremendous effort. Wasn't easy to get here. And what has brought us all here is Keren Olam Hatorah as you see in the background. So most of the day the Gedolim are spending time raising funds. But the chizuk we have tonight is not about money. It is about chizuk Hatorah. It is about appreciating what Torah It is about appreciating what Torah means to us as individuals, as communities, and as Klal Yisrael, as a folk, as a people. So I look around and I'm inspired to see hundreds and hundreds of talmidei chachamim, many young faces, of future talmidei chachamim. chachamim. So let me tell you a story I have related many times. I am the son of survivors of a mighty Emmy Meirocy. Both were in Auschwitz. I am a talmid of the ultimate survivor of the Haligee Klausenberger Rebbe who was there and he lost his wife and 11 children and he lost his wife and 11 children and he was left alone at our Arab Arabo. So, my father arrived in Auschwitz the first day Shavuos 1944. Tav Shin Daled and that very same day he lost his grandparents, father, mother, five out of eight siblings that were directly sent to the gas chambers and the crematoria. The Klausenberger Rebbe arrived one day The Klausenberger Rebbe arrived one day later second day Shavuos. That very same day he lost his Rebbetzin and 10 of his children. His oldest son perished after the war with Roman commander Aspasianus and when he finally gets to meet him B'derech Nes, miraculously the Roman commander develops a liking to the Godol

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