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The Bibas Family: Why?

2.3K views · Feb 23, 2025

Rabbi Lazer Brody

A discussion on emuna and understanding tragedy through the lens of the Bibas family incident.

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[Music] with hashem's loving grace all of Israel is asking itself a question the beus family why at times like this we're all walking around with hearts that are shattered in the smithin and it's facing a major challenge to our Muna because the evil inclination yells in our ears how can hasem allow something so cruel and so barbaric and so sadistic as the murder of Shiri bibas and her two angelic redheaded Sons four-year-old Ariel and 10-month-old kir why did such unspeakable atrocities happen to such pure and good people people innocent we have to look for some answers we have to try and make sense in the insanity that's going on all around us I want to share a few stories from the gamorra with you if we open up track tap to page 58 it tells about Rabbi ysep he was the son of one of the greatest sadim of the generation rabi Yeshua Ben leevi Rabbi ysep became very sick and he died a clinical death so so when Rabbi ysep miraculously gained Consciousness his father asked him my son what did you see in the upper World RAB Yeshua Levi could right away see from the light that was reflecting from his son Rabbi yosef's face that he had been in the upper World Rabbi yosf answered father I saw tosy Turvy world upside down World The Aristocrats and the highly respected people in this world they're in the Bottom Rung in the next world they're nothing but the people who are insignificant down here that no one

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  1. 0:00[Music] with hashem's loving grace all of Israel is asking itself a question the beus family…
  2. 1:03answers we have to try and make sense in the insanity that's going on all around…
  3. 2:06looks at they're on the highest rung in the next World so R Yeshua Bev he…
  4. 3:15of blood men women and children well of course there was no murder to hand over…
  5. 4:54doing now I know it's really painful this is something we read every year in tsha…
  6. 5:54put on a Gallow wasn't hung and the Romans executed computers came with these big metal…
  7. 6:55AKA was the father of amuna that he learned it from the father OFA Nish Gamu…
  8. 8:35generation now the holy reel if we look in Caba what's behind all this these things…
  9. 9:36decree of annihilation heaven forbid now don't forget a day before October 7th October 6 2023…
  10. 10:40Israel we all are united in grieving for the beus family and lamenting their death we…

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