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How Reb Shlomo Carlebach Turned Humiliation Into a Niggun

8.2K views · Oct 27, 2026

R' Shlomo Katz

How Reb Shlomo Carlebach Turned Humiliation Into a Niggun

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Reb lived like this. People cursed at him, spat at him. Mamash, they did. And only when he saw they did it to someone else, then he would say something. But on himself, he never did. Mamash, high machine, high machine spat at him and cursed him. They one time didn't even let him get close to the cotel. Tisha B'Av. They Amshinov Rebbi, the previous Rebbe, Segel HaLevi, Reb Meir, heard about this. And a few hours later, they see the Amshinov Rebbe is coming out of the taxi. And Reb was coming out of the taxi with

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  3. 1:01I don't want to set people up for for disappointment. I want to work on a…

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