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Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits

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Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits

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in in his this is his his old office number. He had a big heavy desk and he was strong. He went like it looked like he was going to pick it up and throw it at me. And he was screaming seven years. In seven years we won't know who's Jewish. >> Wow. >> The BT view podcast. First episode of the BT view, the Balua view dedicated to bringing the fascinating sincerity of Bali Chuba and their mentors to light to give and strength to the entire extended community. Today we have the tremendous of interviewing one of the gdm and leaders of Baliva worldwide. Rabbi Burkowitz Rashiva founder and Raj Kel of the Jerusalem ko and recognized and accepted po and guide for probably thousands and tens of thousands of bala worldwide. supposed to be part of this >> I have to start with my own and thanks to you have affected profoundly my personal life >> how so >> you know many people ask me am I a bala so my answer is I might not be a bala because I was keeping it's my mitzvah but the distance of journey that I traveled from being brought up modern orthodox to then going on to become a busid is probably as long as the distance of journey that a balua generally makes from the secular world to going out to become yeshiv. So my background has allowed me to understand and really relate to the bal. So in terms of ourselves when we were settled already in the bell's community in shalim and our oldest son was six years old many of

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  1. 0:00in in his this is his his old office number. He had a big heavy desk…
  2. 2:06the viewers might actually be familiar with our oldest son Ariitz. So when he was six…
  3. 4:10looks around, everybody spoke Yiddish. They were all yed Shabas. They came before the war. He…
  4. 6:13teacher per student was with tutors and whatnot. It was very expensive. And Rebn was financing…
  5. 8:49with the message of the Russian of Rabbi? >> Both both >> both. So how how…
  6. 10:56he was always he's always doubting my if you had shim, you would do this." >>…
  7. 13:02we have had hundreds hundreds of families couples with that that mish all over the world.…
  8. 15:37around for clises I'm going to do it perhaps that was vernos influence um but I…
  9. 17:43are. I'm not saying >> sometimes it depends what the measuring stick is. The measuring stick…
  10. 19:48>> That's really a lesson for life. >> Barakashem, I have so much. We have now…

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