Bring it On! | Rabbi Simcha Lefkowitz

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[Music] August 26th, 2002 is a day that I'll always remember. The day started as any other day, 5:30 in the morning going to Shu during Davening. I felt weak and I had a tingling on my left side. I thought that it was heart related and I drove myself to St. Francis Hospital. My heart was fine, but an X-ray showed a heart was fine, but an X-ray showed a mass in my chest that was later diagnosed as Hodkins lymphoma. The weakness in my left side eventually spread and within 24 hours I was totally paralyzed. Lying in bed, not able to lift a single finger, hand, nothing. I could see, I could speak, I could breathe, and I could think. Slowly things began to reverse itself until I was left partially compromised. was left partially compromised. After many weeks in the hospital, I was finally released on a Thursday and Friday night I was back in Shaw. Shabas morning I gave my dasha from my wheelchair and I continued to honor my rabundus for the next 22 years until I moved to Lakewood a year ago. At that time, the first year I had Hodkins lymphoma. I had chemo, radiation, I had thyroid cancer, had surgery for that. I had ambolisms. I was in and out of the hospital multiple times.

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1. 0:00[Music] August 26th, 2002 is a day that I'll always remember. The day started as any…
2. 0:30heart was fine, but an X-ray showed a mass in my chest that was later diagnosed…
3. 1:01was left partially compromised. After many weeks in the hospital, I was finally released on a…
4. 1:34hospital multiple times. I didn't want to get depressed. I didn't want to feel sorry for…
5. 2:05than my illness. Bring it on." Some people thought it was extreme, maybe a little bit…
6. 2:36could not have accomplished anything like that. I found a source in meas from none other…
7. 3:07challenged me said he'll hit me which to me translates into bring it on. Bring it…
8. 3:37the challenge is physical, mental, spiritual, you can go ahead, you can grab onto it. You…

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