Groovin' to the Torah ft. Reuven Kirshner

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And there were times I was just tired. I didn't want to I didn't want to do it. Uh there was one time I was visiting my family in Chicago and I was like, I'm on vacation. I'm not going to do it. And then about 45 minutes before Shabas, I'm like, I got to do this. And I started typing out whatever I could. It just became a part of me. It became a part of me. It became something that I had a hard time letting go of. Shalom. and welcome to Shark Tank, the podcast about the challenges and opportunities of being a bentora in the workforce. Since well. He also plays music hosts a podcast called career canvas and more. My name is Jakov Wolf and this is Stark. [Music] Ruven Kushner, welcome to Shark Tank. Thank you so much for joining us today. Wow, what an honor. So, let's start with a little bit of personal background. Where did you grow up and when did you make the big jump to Aliyah and to being an artist? Aliyah and to being an artist? Well, I grew up in Chicago, Illinois. Small little city in the middle of America. I finished high school there. I went to Skooki Shiva and then I came to Hakotel. I was in a hotel Sha Olive and then Shaet I decided to go into the army. Was a lone soldier, combat soldier. And when I was and I joined that as a volunteer and while I was in the middle of my army service, I said, "Who am I kidding? This is where I'm staying." And I officially made Aliyah in the middle of my army service. Then I extended to do the full Hezder program which is the 5-year

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2. 5:39reate And it's with what you're trying to accomplish here. I had a lot of personal…
3. 10:15to working with the technical teams and connecting the systems. So if let's say right now…
4. 14:48system I was in different places I'd send from phones I I didn't I didn't always…
5. 19:22that that's true for you as well. Let's say you read the para every week or…
6. 23:59spent you know going down the rabbit holes which I enjoy or maybe trying to focus…
7. 28:34like 40 minutes without traffic from your It was 45 It was 45 minutes. Yeah, it…
8. 33:12have an email that I sent out that I was to like 40 50 of my…
9. 37:46children. Now, what that means changes just like we change and our needs change. When I…
10. 42:23of um forming this community. One of the things that we established early on and it…

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