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An Ear for Greatness

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Rabbi David Ashear

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I saw a story took place about 85 years ago there was a famous khazan world famous hazan called yasala rosenblatt yasil arose in blood he had a a voice like a bird and they the news came that he was coming to yerushalayim and he was going to be singing in a shul in The Old City on Shabbat everybody's wow Hassan rosenblood is coming so excited throngs of people try to stay at other people's homes to be there the excitement was in the air they fought they only heard about him they heard about him no one ever heard him there and the excitement was in the air hazan one-time appearance and the streets were fill that Shabbat morning whoever wasn't able to have a place right there walking from far by five o'clock in the morning already the the shul was full you can't get to see people are climbing on the Rafters they're outside the windows are open foreign at that time the Young raval yashif was learning by his gender I guess he prayed Nets on Shabbat morning and he learned the rest of the day and he wanted to go hear him

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  1. 0:01I saw a story took place about 85 years ago there was a famous khazan world…
  2. 0:34everybody's wow Hassan rosenblood is coming so excited throngs of people try to stay at other…
  3. 1:05far by five o'clock in the morning already the the shul was full you can't get…
  4. 1:36he's holding his tender he's learning he was learning and he said he loved music gotta…
  5. 2:08he went from he walked 20 minutes he's getting close he says how could I leave…
  6. 2:38to do I turn back with them and he said he went and they started he…
  7. 3:09he went back and he went back to his camera and he learned 70 years later…
  8. 3:39people no one had an ear like me I had an ear for music like you…
  9. 4:09learning and learning you see when you overcome a Nissan is telling you nah stay don't…

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