Heard me while in coma - R' Ilan Halberstadt

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as a ra of a shaw I would visit people somebody but one particular person I'm thinking about who was unfortunately already on his way out of this world and he was in a coma and he wasn't in a state where he was able to converse but at the same time he could react somewhat to words that you said and every time I would go there on a Friday and I would say to him it's shabas kaidesh coming I would say a reaction on his hand or on his face. He would actually react. Shabas is coming and I would say something positive to him about the upcoming Shabas [music] or about the upcoming Shabas [music] or about the Kahila and I could see he was moved. Now here's somebody that wasn't even conscious but the words brought life to him simply because that's the power of words even for somebody who's not even conscious. [music] That's the impact. All the more so when people are aware those words are so powerful, how careful we have to be with our words and how incredible we can make an impact with the words that we say. Have you ever noticed how strange it is that [music] you can observe something from a distance, you can watch one person speaking to another person and

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1. 0:08as a ra of a shaw I would visit people somebody but one particular person I'm…
2. 0:38upcoming Shabas [music] or about the Kahila and I could see he was moved. Now here's…
3. 1:08person speaking to another person and there's [music] no physical contact and yet there can be…
4. 1:39cause such damage? And I think the answer is as follows. What makes a human being…
5. 2:09and physical. It's something more [music] powerful, something more spiritual that you're using to harm someone…

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