An episode commemorating the personal mishnayos of fallen soldier Eyal Meir Berkowitz.
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second yard site which is which is when this is being published I also want to dedicate this episode my father-in-law Ben who his yard is today which is the day that we're recording this. Thank you for joining me. >> Shalom. >> Let's start off. Tell the listeners a little bit about yourself and your background. >> I was born I mean my body was born in Chicago and raised there. Uh, hello Torah ICJA, the class of 1980. And I put off my [clears throat] acceptance to MIT off my [clears throat] acceptance to MIT for a year to go to Israel to learn for a year. And I went to BMT. And there I ended up getting into learning Mishnayot which I started with um a set of kahhati and I I liked it and I came back. I wanted to stay another year and I sent a letter to Mr. Richardson asking him for another year of hiatus and he said we can't give you another year you'll have to apply again but if you listen to me my advice is I didn't ask for advice he my advice is I didn't ask for advice he said if you have something important to do do it and college will take care of itself so in the end I decided to stay in Israel and not to go to MIT my mother eventually forgave me at the age of 90 and we're very close everything but it it's still there are still people in Chicago still remember that. So it was seen to be very crazy. I'm not the only, you know, the only one that did things like that, but and there's a twist to the story at the end. So maybe you'll get to hear it. It's a very interesting twist. And I stayed ravitz.
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