Sparks of Succos Episode #1

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The opening of this shiur, in Dr. Jack Cohen’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Hi everyone, it's Rabbi Dr. Jack Cohen standing in my sukkah. Here's an incredible sukkah inspirational story. About 200 years ago in Berdychiv in the Ukraine was a great legendary Hasidic master the Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv known as the Berdychiver Rov. It was Erev Sukkos and something astonishing. There was no esrog for the Rov. So his Hasidim his his students fanned out all around all the towns the adjacent towns >> [music] >> and they were able to look look at one person who had an esrog. Not just any esrog an exceptional esrog. So they approached him and said would you like approached him and said would you like to have the merit that your esrog can be used by the Rebbi? Could you give him your esrog? And he asked and he answered them why should I? After all I'm a Jew and he's a Jew. We're both obligated in this mitzvah. So then they said to him we'll make you a [music] deal. How about if you come and spend the holidays with us in Berdychiv and the Rov can borrow your esrog. The man scratched his head thought about it and said you know what? It's an interesting proposition. I'll do it on one condition. If the Rov would agree that after I pass away and I go to the next world and Gan Eden that he and I can sit

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1. 0:02Hi everyone, it's Rabbi Dr. Jack Cohen standing in my sukkah. Here's an incredible sukkah inspirational…
2. 0:32approached him and said would you like to have the merit that your esrog can be…
3. 1:02world and Gan Eden that he and I can sit together. Wow, an awesome request at…
4. 1:32ahead and issued a decree that no one should invite this stranger to their home that…
5. 2:02that we were told by the Rov that he's not allowed, no one's allowed to invite…
6. 2:32Olam Haba, but you have no place to eat tonight, or would you like to allow…
7. 3:03[music] sukkah tonight, as well, you're going to also be able be able to join me…

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