Alcohol and Drug Usage in Our Community - Rabbi Benzion Klatzko

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

Uh, at this time, it's our honor and privilege to call upon a man like I said needs no introduction. I've been zoomed lots all the way from Montego. He does so much for quality show. He's aware of this, uh, topic very, very much being with the work that he does with Olam E in the college campuses all over the world. Without further ado, let's give a round of applause to Rabbi Mr. Katz. Uh, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm going to give you words of introduction. I'm not going to be giving introduction. I'm not going to be giving you an entire, uh, speech, as it were. Uh, I think if we open our eyes, we look around the community, uh, we should be startled. We should be, uh, shaken to our core. Uh, in our home, we have a basement, and the basement was finished. It was finished at great expense. And the the in the basement, there's a plaque. And the plaque is named after And the plaque is named after a young man who was somebody with tremendous middos. A somebody who loved Hashem, loved Torah. And he shouldn't have left this world so quickly. Except that on Friday nights, he together with his friends made l'chaims, and they made a few a few more, and a few more, and unfortunately, this young man did not wake up. And we this young man did not wake up. And we dedicated our basement and an achnasas orchim to this young man. And the the the baltashchis, the waste of a neshama, of the potential of a person who could have raised a family and children and grandchildren just to go to sleep Friday night and not wake up. What What What led to that? What leads to our community thinking that part and

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1. 0:00Uh, at this time, it's our honor and privilege to call upon a man like I…
2. 2:07to our community thinking that part and parcel of being Jewish or a firm Jew or…
3. 4:40shouldn't bring my friends? What do you mean I shouldn't bring my friends? He said no,…
4. 7:14to be able to find meaning within Yiddishkeit without needing these substances. Yeshayahu Navi speaks about…
5. 9:47She sweet also leads follow the image followed feel also to Eva. A person who draw…
6. 12:22I'll take a cup of vodka before I give my best magic show." But it's become…
7. 14:24If we don't get our children treatment. Only only bad things can happen. Eventually, unfortunately, their…
8. 17:00l'achiv yimach sh'mo. Let Let me repeat what you're saying cuz they can't hear from the…
9. 19:38just from hearing the the what happens. And then unfortunately, more more kids die from this…
10. 22:12is making a l'chaim. Do you ever see when I people over for Shabbos, "Come on,…

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