Spiritual roots of alienation & angst | Franz Kafka Yahrzeit TRIBUTE

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All right, welcome. We are live from SoulWords house. And it is Rosh Chodesh Sivan. Chodesh Hashlishi. Which I'll take you the give you the background of why why why we're here. Out of Shabbos, I was driving from Brooklyn to Five Towns. And I why was I speaking to you, David? >> The summary but talking to the mic. There was a a terrible tragedy that we're we're trying to you have spearheaded in raising money for and it's a very important cause and you reached out to me and we're voice noting and I voice noted you. It happens to be this this is a very big day for me and it's also a big day in our relationship with each other. I told you on Olive Sivan, which would do we're talking Friday, so it was really already Sunday was the yard site of Franz Kafka. Cuz Franz Kafka died July June 3rd, 1924, which was Olive Sivan. >> Right, so this is today. >> Exactly. >> Okay, so and but you mentioned Friday we're talking because of the tragedy that happened here in Long Island, so I just want to mention in the chat I'm going to post the link to raise money for the Ryder family. And also in the YouTube description at the beginning of the the the description I have the link for the charity campaign. So this uh 47-year-old woman with nine children who just passed away. She was a shlucha, an emissary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and she spent her

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1. 0:00All right, welcome. We are live from SoulWords house. And it is Rosh Chodesh Sivan. Chodesh…
2. 6:06world and they know their marching orders. I'm going to become a lawyer, a doctor, I'm…
3. 12:14the pure wealth and comfort that existed in the post-World War America. Post-World War America, you…
4. 18:23What Where am I getting that First of all, I'm not such an expert in Kafka.…
5. 24:27That's what I think it is. And so even someone without a Torah education and even…
6. 30:35movie in French. There was a movie by Olivia de Havilland who's a French filmmaker. I'm…
7. 36:49Tzavta, what is it? Can I share one other quote? Correct. You might both hate this…
8. 42:56head, literally the head. It contains within it all of the life force of the body.…
9. 49:06>> a Pesach program, I work in TV, I the research director for that, and I…
10. 55:13>> You know who dealt with that? He's not Jewish, but Shmuley Boteach spoke about it.…

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