Inside ArtScroll Episode 2: Rabbi Meyer Yedid

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[Music] Hello everyone and welcome to Inside Arts Scroll where the books you read and the people who write them come to life. We are privileged to be joined today by Rabbi Mayor Yadid the Rashiva of YDE and the Rabbi of Sharetsion and the author the Rabbi of Sharetsion and the author of the new art scroll book the power of tranquility. Thank you Rabbi Yid for joining us. Pleasure to speak to you. My first question I have to ask you. I read in your book and I was astounded that you were born in Aleppo, Syria. You came to America at the age of nine not knowing a word of English. Tell me what that was like. And to think that however number of years later, you're not only a Rashiva and a rabbi, you've authored a book. Apparently, the language was not a book. Apparently, the language was not a barrier to your success. Walk me through that. First of all, thank you for having me on. I appreciate it. Um, it was a nice challenge. I would say that coming into a country that was different than what I've seen before. Uh the language was different, the customs were different, even Judaism was somewhat different than what we're used to. And uh the language barrier was certainly a big challenge, but you know, I guess uh when you're a young person, you just

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1. 0:00[Music] Hello everyone and welcome to Inside Arts Scroll where the books you read and the…
2. 2:33young age um definitely Rabbi Barim was was the rabbi of our our community right so…
3. 5:08American dream. Maybe now Barashem is blessed that someone recognized the greatness that lay within and…
4. 8:12writings and his words on cassettes. Wow. That's phenomenal. And we see how his writings and…
5. 10:46to to to lead and uh and we went from there. So I'm fortunate that I…
6. 13:55healthy? Don't you want to be strong?" His body says, "I'm tired." But guess what? If…
7. 16:28very appropriate statement. You know we opened the yeshiva about 10 years ago and uh someone…
8. 19:03thorns. So if it had a long tail, it will keep getting stuck in the thorns.…
9. 22:10the past was here again or you know thinking twice about why did I do that…
10. 24:43believe that like most people that inspiration is limited. As a speaker, to me, it's not…

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