Battle Scarred | Rabbi Naftali Reich

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[music] >> Sometimes thoughts pop up in our mind. We're embarrassed of them. They seem to be embedded [music] in the fabric of our mind, in the hard drive of our neshama. And it's so hard. We try to expunge [music] them, but they seem to just surface in the middle of Shemoneh Esrei. It could be even in the middle of Ne'ilah. We're embarrassed. Is this really me? Let me share with you a story. >> [music] >> I was involved in kiruv for many years, >> I was involved in kiruv for many years, and probably one of the most inspiring talmidim that I had was a fellow by the name of Steve [music] Safra. Steve came to Aish HaTorah in Monsey, a young man seeking to explore his heritage. He came from a very difficult past. He had been the lead singer in a punk rock band that toured America for nine years. But greater than that, more difficult than that, was the fact that he was covered in tattoos head to toe. And yet, despite

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1. 0:05[music] >> Sometimes thoughts pop up in our mind. We're embarrassed of them. They seem to…
2. 0:36>> I was involved in kiruv for many years, and probably one of the most inspiring…
3. 1:08in tattoos head to toe. And yet, despite [music] the ugliness of his body, his eyes,…
4. 1:39I'm disabled. I have tattoos all over me. My past is so apparent to everybody. How…
5. 2:10tattooed onto their arm in the numbers, THEY'RE THE ONE YOU SHOULD ASK THE brocha from.…
6. 2:41and we all worry, "Maybe I'm disabled. Maybe Hashem can't like me. Maybe there are things…

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