Who Will Catch the Carp? | Rabbi Doniel Osher Kleinman

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One of the most inspiring non-Jewish figures of the 20th [music] century was Winston Churchill. He was the Prime Minister of England, a tiny island nation with a small military, a few planes and bombs, and he single-handedly led his nation, encouraged his nation to victory, to endure [music] in the face of the threat of the Nazis in Germany, mighty superpowers which [music] threatened his country, which bombed his country practically into oblivion over the course of 5 years. There's a famous anecdote about Winston Churchill that embodies his approach to Churchill that embodies his approach to victory in World War II. The anecdote is said that Winston Churchill met with Mussolini, the dictator of Italy, and Hitler the dictator of Germany at a hotel in France. It was a secret meeting and they had a wager. There was a pond there with carp and the wager was whoever will be able to capture the carp will be the one who's declared the victor and the other two leaders will surrender to him. Hitler went first. He pulled out a submachine gun and he started shooting wildly into the pond and he's trying to

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1. 0:05One of the most inspiring non-Jewish figures of the 20th [music] century was Winston Churchill. He…
2. 0:37Churchill that embodies his approach to victory in World War II. The anecdote is said that…
3. 1:08wildly into the pond and he's trying to shoot the carp to maim them, to kill…
4. 1:39pocket and he started spooning water out of the pond. One spoonful, another spoonful, and they…
5. 2:10hara, the sights, the sounds, the temptations of life. It seems endless. And the little that…
6. 2:41success, is it may take forever, but we're going to win this war. Teaspoonful by teaspoonful.…

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