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Va’eschanan: The Mystery of the Vilna Gaon's Aborted Attempt to Reach Eretz Yisroel

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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  1. 1:43who had a baby girl today. Okay. You'll be tested on that. Kdesh. Okay. Now I
  2. 7:03Many people travel for many years for money. They they leave their wives and they just
  3. 11:16around? What happened? Why didn't he go? You know it's very unusual. The baltov he was
  4. 15:33and he cannot eat fruits. So don't eat fruit. Don't eat apples. I know most people
  5. 20:17this? >> Yeah. Another reason it's brought in the safer the biography of this comes from
  6. 24:34go to the program in the Young Israel of Woodmir, or you come to my program,
  7. 28:52Rev Shosan or Rav Sasson says the Vagy wanted to go to Erit Israel. Now I
  8. 33:38cannot observe your practice. There is no but they didn't put it. >> Yeah. I mean
  9. 37:54for you. And you know the princess is like laughing letter. Nobody likes writes letters to
  10. 42:12Holland what was he doing in Holland he's in the library in Holland what's he looking

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