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America at 250 (Ep. 310)

955 views · Jan 5, 2026

Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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Hi, this is David Elowski and welcome to the Rabbi Elowski show. And whether you're watching with our friends over at Tur anytime or our producers or wherever you watch and listen to this show, as always, we are excited to have you along. And you might notice that things are a little different this week. I'm not in my usual location. I am in the same room, but I've been moved over. Let me explain to you why. We had a torrential rains here in We had a torrential rains here in Rishlay. And of course, we always are happy for rain because we live here in the Middle East and when it rains, it's good for everybody except for those of us who get the rain inside of our house. That's not as good for us. But I certainly, you know, I'm not going to complain. uh we say a special should not listen to the uh people who are traveling and don't want it to rain. are traveling and don't want it to rain. We have to give rain to everybody. But we had this torrential downpour and we lost electricity. So my son-in-law mayorbach is an electrical engineer. You should always have one in your family. and uh he came down and started checking bit by bit, point by point to try to figure out where the problem was. And we limited it down to my living room and dining room where I usually do the

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