Eiruv Speech at Bar Mitzvah - R' Yitzchok Wagner

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[music] >> It was the night of my brother's bar mitzvah and the speech that my father's zakernal veracha gave is something that no one who was there could ever forget. [music] At that time in the city, there was a lot of controversy regarding the eruv. Some were pro the eruv, some were anti the eruv, and it was creating a lot of tension, a lot of discord between people who really normally would get along so well, [music] and yet they allowed this issue to get in between what they wanted to get together with. My father got up to speak and he said, "Rabbosai, I want to talk about eruv." Immediately, there was a hush in the room. Everyone was waiting to hear what would come next. What would he be saying? Would he be pro? Would he be anti? And he continued and he said, "But I'm not talking about the eruv around the city. That is something I will leave to the rabbonim and the poskim. Everyone should do according to what their rav tells them. What I'm talking about is areivus. Kol Yisrael areivim zeh lazeh. The connection of every Yid to each other. That is what I want to talk about." And he continued to discuss how

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1. 0:06[music] >> It was the night of my brother's bar mitzvah and the speech that my…
2. 0:36"Rabbosai, I want to talk about eruv." Immediately, there was a hush in the room. Everyone…
3. 1:06despite the issues that may divide us, there is so much more that is me'arev, that…
4. 1:37someone else as much as he instinctively loves himself? So, the Rabbeinu says that it must…
5. 2:08extension of you, just like you love every part of yourself, you'll love them as well."…
6. 2:38what you feel that they're short [music] in, remember, think about the things that actually connect…

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