The Holiest Souls - Rabbi David Schlusselberg

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I have an older brother who's severely mentally challenged [music] and he was born with the umbilical cord around his neck and he lost a lot of oxygen for the first few minutes [music] of life that caused permanent brain damage. And he's really limited in what he's able to do in life. He can't speak [music] and he's for most of my life he hasn't lived at home. [music] And I heard a story a number of years ago that helped my perspective on my brother which was that which was that in the early 1900s so there was a person who was mentally challenged who walked into the room where the Chazon Ish was sitting. >> [music] >> The Chazon Ish was one of the greatest rabbis in the 20th century. [music] He died in 1953. And when this person who was mentally challenged walked into the room the Chazon Ish stood up for him. Now usually someone stands up for a person who's a very big rabbi, someone who's really

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1. 0:00I have an older brother who's severely mentally challenged [music] and he was born with the…
2. 0:30which was that in the early 1900s so there was a person who was mentally challenged…
3. 1:00really well respected, someone who deserves honor. >> [music] >> And here you have one of…
4. 1:31that every person [music] has a mission to accomplish in this world, a tikkun, something they…
5. 2:01means that they are a very, very holy soul >> [music] >> because there's such a…

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