A tribute to teachers and their impact on students, featuring Benny Friedman and Yitzy Waldner.
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foreign i had a rabbit a teacher in my life who made me what i am today i was too young then to know that i don't i did i could never repay don't i did i could never repay now we were no angels but rebbe stayed on he saw something we couldn't see year after year at the front of the class building the world that would be he could have been a doctor accountant a lawyer had wealth and a fancy degree he could have chosen to go for the goal but instead my review chose me how i wish you could see that the message you taught remains with us all of our lives brebby just know that you're changing the world you do it one child at a time countless times stand up and say thank you derek how i wish you could see that the lessons we've learned remained with us lessons we've learned remained with us all of our lives rebbe just know that you're changing the world you do it one child at a time they countless stand up and say thank you director every day [Music]
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- 0:00foreign i had a rabbit a teacher in my life who made me what i am…
- 0:34don't i did i could never repay now we were no angels but rebbe stayed on…
- 1:09how i wish you could see that the message you taught remains with us all of…
- 1:41lessons we've learned remained with us all of our lives rebbe just know that you're changing…
- 2:20i had a teacher a rebbe in my life but it's only now when i'm grown…
- 2:53his wife all that is mine's really yours may you all have rock us and share…
- 3:37how i wish you could see that the lessons we've learned remains with us thank you…
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- 4:41[Music] how i wish you could see that the message you taught remains with us all…
- 5:11thank you [Music]…
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