A Light Against The Dark of Communism: Part Three

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

Rabbi Ruben vershivski's story is one of heroism courage faith and resilience in the face of extreme hardship and unrelenting challenges hear him describe how he survived behind the Iron Curtain and emerged with his connection to Hashem and his Torah stronger than ever the General attitude in Russia among the people in Russia at that time was that people in Russia at that time was that every religious person is a a crazy is mentally unstable or something but there were a lot of people that were interested and a lot of people that are the same way I was drawn into into it I was pulled into it by some inner interest I was anxious to to find out I interest I was anxious to to find out I was I needed the answers I was searching for for answers I was searching for the meaning of uh Jew Judaism Yiddish kite uh there were a lot of people around me the same same beginning not necessarily bringing them to smiro's Toyota mitzvahs most people had interest and then they most people had interest and then they they weren't they weren't ready to say base after saying aleph they had the interest but they didn't start uh romitos but the majority in in people in Russia they looked at religious people as crazy people a lot of people ask me what happened to your life what what what what disaster what what unfortunate uh event happened in your life that you became religious and the fact is it's just opposite I had very happy childhood and very warm and loving family I never had any any disasters in my life

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