Parashas Vayelech: A Moment of Inspiration with Rabbi Nosson Scherman

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[Music] Yipper is next week. I'd like to read something to you. This is from um new book by Rabil Spiro called the master of mercy and me. It's a commentary with stories and uh Muser ideas on the Udgim Midas. I'd like to read this story to you. Just before World War II began, there was what they called a kinder transport, a children's transport train that brought 10,000 Jewish children from Europe to England. And very few of these children will ever see their parents again. On the 80th anniversary of the Kinder Transport, the BBC, the British Broadcasting Corporation, invited a survivor who had been on that Kinder Transport for an interview in the studio. And he told this story. When the children were first brought to England, they cried, clinging to memories of home and the arms of their mothers now thousands of miles away. Some of them adjusted. Some even smiled again. There's one boy who refused. It made no difference to him what they gave him. Candy, toys, comfort, love. He never stopped crying. His pain could not be soothed. Finally, the caretakers asked him, "What do you want?" And he said, "I want to speak to the king." "The king? The king of England?" "Yes, I want a private meeting with the king." Instead of dismissing him, the

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1. 0:00[Music] Yipper is next week. I'd like to read something to you. This is from um…
2. 0:31you. Just before World War II began, there was what they called a kinder transport, a…
3. 1:03survivor who had been on that Kinder Transport for an interview in the studio. And he…
4. 1:34It made no difference to him what they gave him. Candy, toys, comfort, love. He never…
5. 2:05caretakers agreed and they said, "Okay, all right. You're going to meet the king, but you…
6. 3:06passing. Crowds waited behind barricades to catch a glimpse of the king's carriage. But as the…
7. 3:36and hope in his heart. But the royal guards tackled him to the ground, placed him…
8. 4:07At first, the boy couldn't answer. But then, through his thick accent and his halting English,…
9. 4:37said. "Please bring my parents to me." The king said, "We're at war with Germany. That's…
10. 5:08Two days later, a knock was heard at the orphanage door. It was the boy's parents.…

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