The Story of Yoel Kemeny - A CSB Care Story

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

My name is Yoel Chemouni. I'm originally Australian who lives in Israel. Baruch Hashem, I've been privileged to be a younger man who gets to spend his days sitting and learning. I always knew that because of my deteriorating vision, I would one day be unable to learn from inside the safer. When the day came about 2 and 1/2 years ago, it was still a big surprise. You know, I lift up a piece of paper and I asked my wife, um is this the is this the Gospel? And she's like, "Yeah." I was like, "What? It's an empty piece of paper." I set about to learn Hebrew Braille. Took me about 6 months to learn it to become proficient enough to start learning. At that time, I tried to order a Shas. The fellow at the other end of the line starts laughing and he explained to me that the Braille is a very bulky kind of set. If you want to have a Gemara Rashi on Maseches Shabbos, that's 22 volumes. So, for me to be able to go to Kolel to have with me

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1. 0:00My name is Yoel Chemouni. I'm originally Australian who lives in Israel. Baruch Hashem, I've been…
2. 0:31And she's like, "Yeah." I was like, "What? It's an empty piece of paper." I set…
3. 1:02the sefarim that I would need, I'd have to go to Kolel with a suitcase. At…
4. 1:32I I honestly never thought I'd get to learn a concise again. Without exaggerating, I would…
5. 2:02to safer. Now, I brought up the Shulchan Aruch that I learned in the evening or…
6. 2:34called Yotzei Amo Eiretz, which is a sefer halachos and guidance written on Orach Chaim Hilchos…

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