The Miraculous Story Of Walter Kairy - Featuring Yaakov Shwekey

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

Every Shabbos when we sing the words Ki Eshmera Shabbos Elishmereni, I think about an unbelievable story from the book. A story of faith, a story of true sacrifice, and a story of a man who chose Shabbos. And he watched Shabbos choose him right back. It's the story of Walter Kairy, Yom Tov ben Yaakov, alav hashalom. Zechuso yagein aleinu. >> Walter didn't grow up religious. Shabbos was not part of his childhood, not part was not part of his childhood, not part of the rhythm, not part of his world. But one summer afternoon as a teenager on his way to Bradley Beach, he stopped off in Lakewood, New Jersey to pick up some friends who were learning at the Yeshiva there. And he was there, something unexpected happened. He passed by a classroom, and inside a shiur was taking place. Fast, Yiddish, intense, alive. He didn't understand the language, he had no background. He should have just kept walking, but he couldn't. He was transfixed. couldn't. He was transfixed. At the front stood a white-bearded rabbi, burning with passion and holiness and truth, and Walter understood none of the words. But he felt the fire behind them, and he stood there frozen, unable to leave. >> When the shiur, when the class ended, he asked his friends, "Who in the world was that?" They told him that was none other than was Reb Aharon Kotler. And right then and there, Walter made a quiet promise. I may not be ready for everything, but I

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1. 0:05Every Shabbos when we sing the words Ki Eshmera Shabbos Elishmereni, I think about an unbelievable…
2. 0:35was not part of his childhood, not part of the rhythm, not part of his world.…
3. 1:05couldn't. He was transfixed. At the front stood a white-bearded rabbi, burning with passion and holiness…
4. 1:36I may not be ready for everything, but I will never work on Shabbos again. I…
5. 2:06There was a colossal blackout. Darkness swallowed the entire Brooklyn. Riots erupted, gates were ripped down,…
6. 3:08Just one time." >> Reb Moshe answered, "Instead of giving you a heter to open, I…
7. 3:39busy as it would be the next time, but it was still busy. But as Shabbos…
8. 4:09Walter, he did the only thing he could think about. He climbed onto the table and…
9. 4:40Weeks later, the phone rang. It was his landlord. She owned six stores on the block.…
10. 5:11meant a building worth more than $3 million dollars. And then it became clear. Reb Meisha…

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