Lag BaOmer: Celebrating The Miracle of Jewish Eternity - Rabbi Shlomo Landau

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this super disturbing scenario. It's 1939. There's a family living in a small shtetl in Poland, a father, a mother, and 10 children. The Nazis invade the town, ship the entire family off to Auschwitz. They arrive at Auschwitz, and unfortunately, on the spot, the mother and five of the children are sent to the gas chamber and the crematoria. The father still has five of those children. At least he has something to hold on to, and he tries everything within his power to help them survive. But sadly, one dies. A few weeks later, the next. A few months later, the next. Until finally, his last and final child dies. He's got nothing left. But instead of mourning, he makes a celebration. And his friends tell him, "Are you out of your mind? Who celebrates in Auschwitz? And what are you celebrating?" He goes, "Thank God, no more dying in my family." We can't even understand such a thing. Yet, isn't that what we do? On Lag

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1. 0:00this super disturbing scenario. It's 1939. There's a family living in a small shtetl in Poland,…
2. 0:30hold on to, and he tries everything within his power to help them survive. But sadly,…
3. 1:01Ba'omer, when around the world, everyone celebrates. What do they celebrate? Simply understood, Rabbi Akiva has…
4. 1:32singing and music? What? Explain the commentary something so powerful and practical. We're not celebrating the…
5. 2:02he buried his last student, he traveled to a totally different part of the country, and…

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