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How To Comfort Families and Friends of Our Slain Holy Soldiers? - Rabbi YY Jacobson

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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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States of America New York and he said this sentiment is uh somewhat sad in AR Israel and that that was his take obviously correct and he said it's a little bit different where he is um in in New York he thought people are definitely a little bit depressed and and uh sad but they're worried about more things anti-Semitism the war and this and that wanted to get your take on what sentiment what are you seeing out there I know you were in London recently and uh what would you say people are feeling right now I think uh you know obviously I can't speak for everybody uh but I think what I'm hearing from a lot of people so it's maybe more of an anecdotal response just from conversations with people emails I'm getting uh various communities I've been lecturing in countries or cities I've visited is there is certainly a state of alertness that has uh awakened many many of our brother and sisters especially since October 7th 2023 um there's certainly depression there certainly Sadness by some people but I would say by many others I wouldn't call it depression but I would call it rather resilience and resolve and in a way empowerment and inspiration you know when you see some of the clips or you speak to some of the soldiers entering Gaza leaving Gaza facing such adversity such crisis such Bloodshed such violence such death and yet you see a a a strength and a faith and a

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  1. 0:31States of America New York and he said this sentiment is uh somewhat sad in AR
  2. 5:58world right we definitely do see that mixture of sadness and resilience and those two what
  3. 11:15wounds and by the way we don't even hear about all the wounded you know we
  4. 16:26the truth and I think this message of Yakov has been The Guiding Light of the
  5. 21:40standing in the presence of absolute Holiness literally the people I am standing in front I'm
  6. 27:03that our role at this point is to take off our shoes and embrace each and
  7. 32:28I want him to live and go back to his family and therefore there was a
  8. 37:57of tuning in to our lower frequencies I want to go back to normal in the
  9. 43:16doesn't die it's the same CL the same hate the same venom look at the of
  10. 48:31collectively you know every story about there was a great of of he made Al 1777

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