Safra Bank Lecture Brazil 5/6/25

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

[Applause] I want to um I want to thank Mrs. Dan for hosting me. She is running a massive institution. I'm going to talk a little bit more about that a little later on. And with that, she took the time and the effort to get to know what we're doing and to have me I spent better part doing and to have me I spent better part of two days at Betaakov. I've been involved with educational institutions my whole adult life and I would tell you it's an outstanding place. It's a place of great energy. It's a place of great commitment by the educators and the administrative leaders. The physical plant is unparalleled and it's something that will continue to enrich this community, God willing, for many decades to come. God willing, for many decades to come. Thank you. Keep building. Dear Victor, where are you? Dear Victor, I don't know. This man spends 40 hours in every 24-hour day. He is a remarkable young person, very, very dedicated to the children of this community, to the education of those children. and he has been with us helping us from back in Brooklyn. And a young lady heard me teach in the And a young lady heard me teach in the old city of Jerusalem. And this young lady came over to me after the class and she said, "I'm going to reach out to my aunt who runs the largest Jewish day school in Brazil and we're going to have you. We're going to invite you." I said, "Okay, that's very nice." And she made it happen. This dear, dynamic young person, I'm so proud of her and I have no doubt she will follow in the leadership steps of her

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