She Was Ready to Die… Then He Called

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

And that night after sitting with it, I had decided I want my life to be over. I don't want to try. There's no purpose. I have no life. I have no meaning. So I told myself, everybody's going to go to sleep. I have a foolproof plan. This is going to work. I was like, you know what? Let me just let everything out one last time. Let it be to a stranger of all people. So I told her, fine, I'll talk to him. He can pick up the phone. Go for it. on the condition that [music] if I'm talking to him tonight, he has to hear every little thing that I found hear every little thing that I found wrong with me, every question that I had for so many years, when do you tell a guy this or when do you mention that? When how do you bring up ABCD? I said, I'm going to say it all. And in the morning, if he wants to talk to me after that, the table's yours. >> Every match as Jews, we believe Hashem is personally arranging. But this shar is different. On a night that Leia thought would be her very last, this boy Yoseph stepped in and literally saved Feltime, and Keeping It Kosher podcast. Oh, and please stick around for Living Laim's biggest project we have ever done. I will announce it at the end of this episode. Okay, here we go. Okay, Yseph and Leia Burkavis. >> Yes. >> Thank you so much for coming on the show. Always nice when local people come cuz I don't feel as bad travels too much. Um, so if each of you could tell me a little about your childhood and Leia, we'll start with you. >> I grew up in Queens and

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