Joy of Purity | Yaakov Shwekey

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First of all, I would like to say it's such a big zchus to speak to the Vayimaen group and to be a part of this mission. Not too long ago, I had a job. It was a very modern party, and in my contract it says that you have to have a Mechitza and we have to have the men and women dance separately. And my time came to sing, and like 15 minutes before, the person came to the place, told me, you know, you have 15 minutes to come sing. And I said: Okay, did you make sure that there is a Mechitza there? She looked at me and she said: This is not a party where we're going to introduce Mechitzas. It's not really the place. They're used to it. They’re many years making big parties and they're not going to change it. They’re not on that level. And I said: Listen, first of all, as you know, that's the agreement. Secondly, you'll see that the Simcha of doing the right thing will be even greater. We were back and forth. At the end, they put out a Mechitza.

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1. 0:00First of all, I would like to say it's such a big zchus to speak to…
2. 0:31the person came to the place, told me, you know, you have 15 minutes to come…
3. 1:03I came out to sing. I'll never forget seeing the parents afterwards and the family, and…
4. 1:33We did a whole Kumzitz there. I'll never forget it. He says: That was the greatest…
5. 2:03And we came out, we said, you know what? It was difficult. We did it to…

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