The Day Moses Sacrificed His Dream

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

Chacham, a legendary Baal Chesed and one of the founders of the Monsey community back in 1952. I don't know how many of you have been in Monsey since 19 52. The doctor has been there, right? He was an extra ordinary figure of Torah and kindness. Made weddings for girls who had no one else to help. Established careers and life directions for those who were floundering. Helped Jews who found themselves in desperate situations and had nowhere else to turn to. And built a beautiful and extraordinary family. Tehei nishmaso tzurah but Sarah Chaim and thank you so much for the partnership and dedication. Also dedicated for a Yitzchak Shimshon Ben Herschel. Herschel? Yahrzeit today? Should be a good to better for you and the whole family and all of the Jewish people. Your father? Okay. Thank you. Thank you. I once saw a line. I guess you can call it a cynical line. Indifference indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares? I also once saw somebody who wrote, "People say I act as though I don't give a hoot." "Idiots, I'm not acting." So, there's an old anecdote about a local news station in some town interviewing a 90-year-old lady because she'd just gotten married for the fourth time. So, the interviewer asked her questions about her life, what it felt like to get married again at the age of 90. He asked about her new husband's occupation, and she says, "My new husband is a funeral director." The newsman thought that was pretty interesting, and he asked her if she wouldn't mind telling him a little bit about her first three husbands and what they did for a living. So, she paused for a few moments. She

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