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Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz: The Secret of Jewish Unity and the Half Sheqel

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Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

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[music] [singing] [music] [music and singing] [singing] >> Okay, hi everybody. >> Yeah, good to see you. Uh the reason why there's no shear next week is um there's no shear next week is um next Tuesday is the uh first yard site of uh the founder of Or Sameach uh Nachman Schillers Achronal Bracha and uh I have to be there and I also want to be there. So, uh Baruch Hashem we're able hopefully to reschedule this year uh to the next uh night. >> right? Wednesday, yeah, yeah. And uh if I could add uh well, let me first give the dedications that are here. Uh praying for the lasting unity of Am Yisrael which will lead to victory and for all of those [snorts] whose health has been affected by terror. has been affected by terror. Aliyat Nishama Rabbi Poston's father Nachman ben and David Weitz's father of Yaakov ben Zvi Hillel. Um also of Samet's uh was it your your father's your yard site uh This Monday. This Monday should also be an Aliyat Nishama and thank you so much for your very generous uh support. If I could also add also I'd like to also dedicate it l'zecher nishmas Rav Schiller Achronal Bracha and um my own uh mother's yard site is going to be Thursday, so I'll also be uh be Thursday, so I'll also be uh l'zecher nishmata. Uh there are less than 2 weeks left before the shloshim for Nachman ben Rabbi Poston's father. There are still a few masechtas of Mishnayos available to learn. Uh sign up on the link provided in the description box below. People don't realize how important Mishnayos are uh for the elevation of a nishama. When the great base aleivi, the Rav Soloveitchik, the first Soloveitchik that's the famous the first Rav of Brisk was nifter, or before he was nifter, he

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