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Let's Laugh About it Now | Rabbi Yisroel Besser

2.3K views · Apr 7, 2025

Vayimaen

A Torah shiur on the value of humor and perspective in life.

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[Music] One of the most impactful figures in recent firm life was Rabbi Aram Yeshua Hashelki, Dr. Abraham Jesuski. He wrote so many books so prolific and his speeches. One of the most important speeches he ever made wasn't in a large gathering. It wasn't at any convention. It wasn't for mental health professionals. at a family sat by mitzvah of one of his sons heard this from one of his close relatives how he lived in Pittsburgh for many years where he was director of a rehabilitation he was director of a rehabilitation clinic and to make a shabas in Pittsburgh is a challenge especially for kasid and were very careful with what they eat and the traditional foods of shabas they had a big crowd for shabas and his wife for mi that all the catering herself of course things had to be cooked a certain way prepared a certain way and they were ready the grace of shabas the razitzah and all the guests came for shabas and arranged accommodations for everybody and then the Davening and then they sat down to the Suda Friday night keshi and spirits are very high families together spread out all across the country they finally

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  1. 0:00[Music] One of the most impactful figures in recent firm life was Rabbi Aram Yeshua Hashelki,…
  2. 0:31he was director of a rehabilitation clinic and to make a shabas in Pittsburgh is a…
  3. 1:02out all across the country they finally came together right before it's time to serve the…
  4. 1:34and he says let's say 20 25 years of mitem we'll be sitting in another mitzvah…
  5. 2:04the suda and that's how he acknowledged his mistake and everybody inspired continued the suda. Think…
  6. 2:34it's not very fulfilling. It doesn't really bring a lot of joy. It looked a lot…
  7. 3:04ty that you feel now, it's not going to be there. You'll say, "How did I…

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