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Journey to Lithuania: Vilna - The 7 Secret Reasons the Vilna Gaon Never Made It To Eretz Yisroel

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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Okay, our closing presentation here in VNA. We're leaving the city of INA. And of course, we know there was a point in time where the VN also set out and embarked to leave VNA to go to Artis sometime after his father passed away when one of his daughters were already married and he still had small children in the house. He set off to go to Israel, but we know ultimately he didn't make it. Why not? So if you look in the introduction of the beer hagra his son's right that the grass hagra his son's right that the grass said that shamayim did not allow him to shayim did not allow him to that's one reason however there are many other reasons and uh ideas that are proposed for why the vagin ultimately did not go to Israel the aban of kish says he is sure that the vagin was a spark of mobu and just Like was not allowed entry into likewise. Now this would this is in line

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  1. 0:01Okay, our closing presentation here in VNA. We're leaving the city of INA. And of course,…
  2. 0:33hagra his son's right that the grass said that shamayim did not allow him to shayim…
  3. 1:06likewise. Now this would this is in line with what we mentioned from the that said…
  4. 1:37would not be able to reinstate he decided not to return to Israel. Others suggest that…
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  6. 2:38go heard reports that the ashkanazim were being persecuted in so these are seven possible reasons…

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