My Brothers are at War | Rabbi Yoir Adler

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The opening of this shiur, in Vayimaen’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

One year, on Rosh Hashanah, the legendary R’ Shimshon Pincus was looking around his Shul and he noticed a certain Bochur that wasn't very involved in the davening. He was sitting in his seat staring into space, not davening with all the concentration that a Yid davens on Rosh Hashanah. During the break, Rav Pincus went over to this Bochur and he said, Bochur’l, what's the problem? Why are you not davening properly? And the Bochur said to him, Rebbe, you have to understand, at the beginning of Chodesh Elul, I accepted upon myself so many Kabbolos. I thought this Elul is going to be the best Elul of my life. But I didn't manage to withstand all the Nisyonos and the challenges that came my way. And I'm entering Rosh Hashanah Meyuashdik. I'm full of despair. I give up. It didn't go the way I wanted. Rav Pincus responded to him in a very emotional way, and he said the following: A couple of years ago, in שנת

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2. 0:33I accepted upon myself so many Kabbolos. I thought this Elul is going to be the…
3. 1:04on Yom Kippur, which was known to become the Yom Kippur War, I found myself in…
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