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An Astounding Discovery at a Shiva Home

27K views · Jan 3, 2022

Rabbi Yoel Gold

A story of kindness and repayment of a debt.

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it was a regular work day when alex schaefer got a call from his close friend who asked him for a favor this lady had passed away and in need of a minion and she doesn't have any family so if i could help him out to set up a minion so i said sure not a problem alex made a few calls within a half hour a group of guys showed up at the apartment they dive in the hammer if they said kadash they learned some schneiders with the corner of my eye i saw a plug hanging on the wall and it said sinai academy on it i was thought like hmm i'm a product of cyanide academy that's interesting and suddenly alex recognizes interesting and suddenly alex recognizes his own signature on that plaque he says that's my signature oh my god what's my signature doing on this flag and i got a yoshi come take a look at this your signature is here as well he rushes in he looked in close look yeah that's my signature oh my god that's my other classmates slowly but surely so many people in that minion identified their own signature and we started going crazy about this place like what is this who's this lady how come is this hanging on her all [Music]

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  1. 0:00it was a regular work day when alex schaefer got a call from his close friend…
  2. 0:32interesting and suddenly alex recognizes his own signature on that plaque he says that's my signature…
  3. 1:03[Music] it turns out 30 years earlier when alex and his friends were just kids they…
  4. 1:34children and perpetuating the receiving of the torah at sinai and now three decades later in…
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  6. 2:36they come to sign they validate they confirm and like alex and his friends they are…

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