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But this woman, 20 minutes after she arrived in Rostov, Yana, she came to Rostov 20 minutes later, she says, "Rabbi, I'm alone in this world. My I was an orphan at age seven, no children, no family. My entire life has been my apartment. In Russia, there's like, you know, the the zhilyo, zhilyo is an apartment. That's people live for that, you know, they they people that aren't leaving a war zone, it's because they have an apartment. She says, "My whole life is my apartment. Uh but I know I'm never going back to Mariupol. Here are the keys. Please take these keys, and if you ever these keys, and if you ever have an opportunity of giving this to another Jew or helping someone out with what's in my house. Every nail in the wall I bought and I nailed in myself. I have good food there that could last for another year. Anything that's there, please take this." I'm looking at this woman who just lost her entire life. 70 years, she lost everything, and what's she thinking about? How can I help another person? Welcome back to another episode of Inspiration for the Nation. My name is Yakov Langer, and if you are fascinated by this idea of shluchim, people being sent out, Jewish people being sent out to the most remote,
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