Begging for Life | Rabbi Yechiel Spero

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

It was in the first few days after World War II had ended. 6 million Neshomos had been taken, and there were millions of others whose lives were shattered and broken and people looked for scraps of life, something to be able to lift them up from the dust and the devastation and the ruin. At that time, the Satmar Rav, the Vayoel Moshe, was in Switzerland. His life had been saved through incredible, miraculous miracles and people came flocking to him for a blessing and some words of encouragement. Everyone came for something else. Rebbe, perhaps you can give me a blessing to find my father, my mother, my brother, my sister, my wife, my husband, my child. Rebbe, please, give me the strength to go on. And they wrote kvitlech. Rebbe, help me get the necessary papers. Rebbe, help me get a visa. Rebbe, please, help me find my soulmate, find a match. Rebbe, a roof over my head.

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1. 0:07It was in the first few days after World War II had ended. 6 million Neshomos…
2. 0:37for a blessing and some words of encouragement. Everyone came for something else. Rebbe, perhaps you…
3. 1:07Rebbe, a livelihood. Rebbe, the strength to rebuild. Everyone came begging for something else that would…
4. 1:38And on that kvitl, he wrote four words. And the Rebbe looked at the kvitl, and…
5. 2:08to carry the mission of the Divine Presence. And the Bochur looked at him and he…
6. 2:40And Vayimaen asks of you, and it asks of each one of us, to take upon…

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