We Need Clarity, Courage & Conviction | 30th Yahrzeit of Rav Mordechai Pinchas Teitz

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

I'm truly humbled to be standing up here. If you describe how unimaginable it was in your youth when I was a boy visiting this shul on a frequent basis, Shabas and Yantiff sitting right over there with my grandfather looking up to my grandmother right over there. I can still see them at this moment. I never would have dreamt that I'd be in a position that I'd be standing up here that I'd be receiving what is the ultimate compliment from my dear friend, colleague, mentor Ravini Blau. To put me colleague, mentor Ravini Blau. To put me in the same sentence to compare me at all is a gross and egregious exaggeration, but a compliment nonetheless. And I'm so glad that my father was here. To hear it, he may even believe it. But I know that I don't. I I feel terribly inadequate in the presence first of tits family who are here to speak about the RV to speak at Rabbi Rab Tites to offer any reflections on this 30th to offer any reflections on this 30th year to extract or extrapolate any lessons for today who am I and what am I in your presence and so I ask you for forgiveness in advance if I don't capture adequately or precisely or do justice but these are my impressions and they are how I am inspired nonetheless and so I appreciate Rabbin Blau actually took my introduction I was going to say why am I here I'm not a historian certainly not a

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