One Teen's Journey from Prison Back to Torah

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Then there's this one night I'm still in Ocean County. I get a phone call from one of my brothers. He's struggling with something. And obviously I feel for him cuz he's my brother and I'm like nothing I can do. I'm stuck in here. I feel so stuck, you know? Like I asked to lock down early, go back to my cell. And I just broke down. Like I started crying like I didn't know what to do. Like I felt so stuck. And I was like, "Hashem, please like just like give me some some sort of support. like if you could give his struggle to me instead, I'd prefer his struggle to me instead, I'd prefer that. Like please, like anything. I speak to my brother, I think 2 days later. I'm like, "How you doing?" Like, "I'm doing great. Doing awesome. Like figured it out. Everything's working out well." And like at that point in my mind, like something switched. >> Something changed. I'm like, "This is the real deal. This is where I belong." What happens when a teenager leaves Judaism? when he gets into the wrong gang and finds himself having to defend his life in prison. This episode with Yoseph will show you how Chuva returning

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2. 6:09don't know too much about him either cuz like I from from the age of up…
3. 11:43hard for me to concentrate. So I would barely show up to classes anyways. >> Mhm.…
4. 17:20>> I was getting I was trying to get as much of it as possible. As…
5. 22:51They're for like they're schools for kids who are indulging in the things that I was…
6. 28:57So we jump out and the person who I contacted for the tags ends up staying…
7. 36:08driving. I was like, "No, take a plea deal, say that you were driving." You know,…
8. 41:49need her here immediately." I call her up. It's about an hour drive. She comes. Well,…
9. 47:23them food or you have someone that you know on the outside cash app their people…
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