The Void & Spirituality of an Addict: The Deeper Truth - Rabbi YY Jacobson

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Dr tski once told me Dr tki once told me he says rabi why why let me tell you something after 60 years of experience he told this to me inoka 60 years of experience has taught me that the addicts Among Us are the most spiritual Among Us and they couldn't numb their pain with rugal and jalapeno Herring and Yi cougal like some of us so they went to alcohol to drugs they destroyed themselves you know why there okay welcome for bringing us together on this auspicious evening of and thank you everybody for gracing us with your beautiful presence thank you for Rabbi Kay for your very moving words about your son of blessed memory may he be an eternal source of light confidence and inspiration to you the family all of the Jewish people in Israel and the whole world there's an old anecdote about a couple in New York that didn't have children for many years and a great cabalist came for a visit from Israel and they went to visit him and they asked him if he could pray for them to be blessed with a child and he said of course and he asked the Father the husband and the wife to write their names and their mother's name on a piece of paper and he said he's going tonight back to Israel tomorrow he'll be at the Western Wall and he'll put the note into the wall and pray to Hashem that they have children great he comes back for a visit 5 years later and he's walking in the street and he sees the woman whom he met a few years ago and he says Hi how are you how are you he looks at her and he says has there been good news she says yeah we

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