Waiting with Open Arms | Rabbi Ari Bensoussan

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Ari Bensoussan’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Vayimaen is this massive movement that we have now, Baruch Hashem, inside our Jewish world. And there are so many that come out all the time, who can follow all the Vayimaens? But then, a few weeks ago, I saw Don Ghermezian, and it inspired me. I was blown away by not just the story, but by his humility of giving over the truth. I was so blown away by it, I went to school that day and I played it for my boys on the board, and they all watched and they were wowed by it. But then one of my students, he said to me, Rabbi, but... Does Hashem really want us to come back? I've done things that I shouldn’t, I've looked at things that I shouldn't, and that was a beautiful story, but that worked for him. Does Hashem really want us to come back? And I told him the story I'm about to tell you. There was this incredible Rav, who lived in Russia during the time when you were not allowed to practice Judaism in Russia, and unfortunately,

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1. 0:06Vayimaen is this massive movement that we have now, Baruch Hashem, inside our Jewish world. And…
2. 0:38and they all watched and they were wowed by it. But then one of my students,…
3. 1:08although he really held on as much as he could, his children, they were taken off…
4. 1:38and he came to Israel. And he would end up building an incredible Kiruv organization of…
5. 2:08the Russian Rebbe, who for years had put up with so much, who had never really…
6. 2:40Please take us back. You think I would hesitate for a moment? Or do you think…
7. 3:10Thank you, Vayimaen, for giving me and giving so many Yidden that feeling, that knowledge, that…

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