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This Was ALSO a Miracle | Living with Emunah #368

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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week we're highlighting Captain Harel Edenger Hashem Yikom Damo, he was 23 years old from Eli a team commander in the IDF's Egoz uh commando brigade one of the first soldiers to fall in battle in southern Lebanon October 2nd in 2024. Fought bravely, survived by his mother and 11 siblings. His father, Rabbi Ariah Edenger, was killed in a terrorist shooting attack in March 2019 heroically stopping his vehicle to help neutralize a terrorist. So, that family has suffered tremendous a baby was born during that time while he was fighting against these heroes just unbelievably inspire. And lastly for Yaakov Yisrael ben Sara Alkeshi ben Avraham Yeshua, Hashem should watch over and protect and bring only good things and good results for him. One of the hardest challenges of taking off time, we missed last week because we were in transit is how many emails come in and how hard it is to catch up. So, again, I give the disclaimer I always do. Every single email is precious to me. Every email inspires me. Every email I'm grateful for. Every email I hope impacts the author and the person who wrote it. But, I can't possibly read all of them or share all of them. So, I printed a bunch of them. We'll see how many we get through. They're in no particular order. I'll tell you my own Emunah experience first. We went last week. We had the big zchus to be in uh in the UAE in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Fascinating, fascinating trip. Met incredible leaders, Emirati leaders. Very grateful to my dear friend, Eli Epstein, for having arranged uh this incredible trip. And if you want to know more about it, Mishpacha magazine this

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  2. 5:37And then I said it. >> [laughter] >> We just embraced our place. And then it…
  3. 10:42lights are lit ner ish ubeiso. The mitzvah is that we light a candle for ourselves,…
  4. 15:47and integrate our lives together. We need this so desperately now. We're in it together. We're…
  5. 20:55What's the proper What's the right recipe for initiative versus faith? How do you know where…
  6. 26:05podcasts they listened to. It was fascinating to see which other podcasts they listened to. So,…
  7. 30:38brought my glasses for this. My name is such and such. I live in such and…
  8. 35:45share. My stories with this baby just keep on getting crazier. A little less than 2…
  9. 40:19many answers. Some say the miracle was that they actually divided it into eight parts and…
  10. 45:31there were a team of specialists who came to their hospital in their NICU to see…

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