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AMAZING Story of One of The Greatest Ba'al TeShuva's In History

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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[Music] n first start with RAB elzar hinos hos wasn't exactly a Ben T when he was a child as a matter of fact according to many sources until he was 28 years old he knew nothing to a point where he didn't even know how to read or write 28 years old but his father was hos a multi-million there huge one day elazar is working and he sees this material world is worthless it's like I know the truth it's in Torah I want to go learn toah where am I going to start there's no Yesa there's no local Yeshiva there's no Torah he goes no no ABA I have to tell you something I've decided I'm going to learn T you're 20 years old if you told me when you were a kid you wanted to go learn Tor then okay you can be something someday start learning first you have to learn Al you have to learn something you don't know anything you're 20 years old get married take over the business make a few million with your brothers that's it no once you retire or something you can learn some Torah make your money first no make your money build a castle what do you got to do first first you build the factory then you build the castle then you go learn tah you can't build the castle than the factory because then you can't pay for the castle you have to build the factory first then the castle and then you go learn to that's the mindset of the secular mind at least they're going to learn one day but in reality where supposed to to be the same thing yobu did Yu when he found out that his son is a millionaire he's leading

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  2. 4:11to so we have it twisted andos even though he was a righteous man also had
  3. 7:28wants two Mish non-stop non-stop more and more and more and more Tora nonstop eventually becomes
  4. 10:48celebrate and he asked the uh RZ to speak give a speech give no flowers though
  5. 13:57Torah there was a big dis agreement between him and raban Gamel and all of the
  6. 17:10now says listen I know the truth I can't leave it I can't change my mind
  7. 20:23know who we're dealing with first now said a few things that were very famous in
  8. 23:38things how you going to have any time to actually do the things that will lead
  9. 26:57it gives you a lot you Ferrari and a penthouse and another house and a vacation
  10. 30:04die say something like this it's very scary everybody started crying everybody started crying and ran

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