Step After Step | Rabbi Shea Brisk

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Shia Brisk was born into [music] a Rabunisha family in Romania. He turned bar mitzvah and shortly [music] after that his world turned black. name Brisk Yeshua Brisk born in Lenit Romania Toshin Giml broke out in Toshin. They announced all the Jews to come to the plaza and they loaded us onto a train on the way to Oitz. the way to Oitz. The prisoners unloading the cars [music] were Dutch Jews and [singing] I had Mat in my hand. He said speakish. I said yes. Said when you go to the head of the line see the mangala tell him you're 16 years old and fite [music] and work in a field of farmers and I did. They sent somebody over to check my arms. I told him I was 16. >> Eventually he [music] was transported to a camp called Calf Byron where he worked

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1. 0:07Shia Brisk was born into [music] a Rabunisha family in Romania. He turned bar mitzvah and…
2. 0:39the way to Oitz. The prisoners unloading the cars [music] were Dutch Jews and [singing] I…
3. 1:09a camp called Calf Byron where he worked under grueling conditions to [music] dig deep pits…
4. 1:40notorious concentration camp. Dao. Shia [music] could barely walk even when supported by other people. I…
5. 2:10>> Every step was excruciating. Yet step after step after step, he fought it. [music] and…
6. 2:40We survived and we live now and I'm able to tell the story from 3 years…
7. 3:10struggle with kadusha with sometimes we feel we just can't take [music] the next step. It's…

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