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I was once working with a young man. He came from a very hush of a family there. Rabonim, his mother was sadis. His brothers and his sisters fine fine mention and he ran into some spiritual dilemmas in his postbased mid years probably around this time we're talking about 20some years old. And he began having doubts. He began having questions. He began having uridas falling down. And we were very close. And I tried my best to hold him hold him tight. But it was going down and down and down and down until finally I'm not sure how much he was keeping anymore of any mitzvah at all. One night he calls me late at night. He says, "Rabbi, are you home?" I said, "Yes." He said, "I'm going to meet you in your driveway in about a minute. I want to tell you something." Okay? I go outside in the car. His car pulls up into the driveway. He jumps out of the car and he says, "I'm done." I said, "What? You're done with dinner? What? What are you done with?" "I'm done. I'm done with this religion. I'm done with Yiddish kite. I'm done with mitzvah. I'm done with I'm done. I'm wiping my hands clean of everything." He said, "I packed up my car. I'm driving up north right now. I'm going to go to UCSB, the University of California of Santa Barbara. I'm going to go join a fraternity. I'm going to live like a

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1. 0:01I was once working with a young man. He came from a very hush of a…
2. 0:32began having uridas falling down. And we were very close. And I tried my best to…
3. 1:07of the car and he says, "I'm done." I said, "What? You're done with dinner? What?…
4. 1:38I want nothing to do with this Jewish life anymore. I'm going to go and live…
5. 2:13what to say to him." I opened my mouth and I said, "You're done with everything?…
6. 2:46Barbara, even when you're in the dormitories, even when you're in the frat, can you just…
7. 3:18That's it. No shama. You don't have to dive in. Nothing. Just put them on, take…
8. 3:54On Wednesday night, the next night around 11 11:30 p.m., I get a phone call. Yes.…
9. 4:24away. Everything about Judaism, I was planning to." I get to the college campus and there's…
10. 4:55No. And I'm coming home. And he said, I packed up my stuff. I came back…

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