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Tisha B'Av Chazaq Program 5781 at Edmond J Safra Synagogue NY - Rabbi Duvi

394 views · Jul 21, 2021

Rabbi Duvi Bensoussan

A message on strength and resilience during Tisha B'Av.

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could you imagine somebody bends over and whispers into your ear the greatest secret of all history how intently would you listen how would you hang on those words how you would you how would you ask him to repeat that again and again just to make sure that you got every single detail one of the greatest rabbis of his generation the great rebbi akiva generation the great rebbi akiva rabban shall israel someone who is so great that none other than moshe bainu asked god why did you give the torah through me you should have given it through him the great rabbi rebbi akiva announces to his generation i'm going to let you in on one of the greatest secrets of history i'm going to tell you who is mashiach i'm going to tell you who is mashiach and it's at that moment that you kind of can picture that everybody in the generation kind of leaned in a little closer and said yeah rabbi tell us we've been waiting so long who is it who is that masked man anyways and rebbi akiva announces cloud israel you see this man bar kochba he is mashiach the people couldn't believe it and they the people couldn't believe it and they watched the greatest rabbi the generation rebbi akiva carry the towel of barkochba to the mikveh to the wash house day after day but what do you mean he's the greatest rabbi yes but he's melech hamashiach and to a king you service wow rabbi akiva really believes it this guy bark basma well guys tells us

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