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We’re In A Free Country, What Is There to Cry About - Rabbi Duvi (2014)

Rabbi Duvi Bensoussan

A thought-provoking message on freedom and responsibility.

What’s said in this shiur

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

this year is not just another two shabath oh no this year the theme is definitely not gonna be how to move an American Jew some 2,000 years down the line from ABBA Tomic - that wasn't completely estranged to us that that's not this year this year they're not gonna be telling the stories about the Israeli soldiers in 67 that made their Israeli soldiers in 67 that made their way to the wall and for some of them to break down crying only because they didn't know what was there to cry about that's not this year this year we have what to cry about this year what's going on in Eretz Israel in Chloe's rayul as the death toll rose to almost 17 if a as the death toll rose to almost 17 if a shot Hashem Kong Dammam this year there is a lot to cry about it 3000 Rockets who fell upon our brothers and sisters in Eretz Israel and a young children and I'm sure everyone has seen those videos and I was listening a little bit to the last speaker as he was closing and brought everybody up to date closing and brought everybody up to date on many of the incredible stories but you remember those kids you remember those scenes of the sirens going off and the family is having but 20 30 seconds to make life-and-death decisions where they're going to run to what shelter are they going to hide in and those little sets those little feet running in a panic this year we found out that one

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  1. 0:01this year is not just another two shabath oh no this year the theme is definitely
  2. 5:50okay whatever it takes and she goes home she cleans the house spotless puts on her
  3. 11:35going to bring it's up to us we're fighting this war together as one unit as
  4. 17:29books out of them one day it's not just to wow people it's to inspire you
  5. 23:12war or do they use all their resources for the final solution of murdering Jews their
  6. 28:55looked backed in her and said fine okay you can take one yes you can take
  7. 34:50was and we thought our best friend was coming we fought off our biggest ally the
  8. 40:40this you'll have a winner you're the winner that's it hanging is too good for you
  9. 46:33and what she wrote about her son and she wrote like this I have no light
  10. 52:22Shapiro came to speak to her last week about the continued mission to rescue our son

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