The Kol Nidrei Moment | Rabbi Reuven Schmeltzer

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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.

In the 1800s, in the city of Darmstadt, Germany, R' Tzvi Binyamin Auerbach the Mechaber of the Sefer Nachal Eshkol, he was the Rav, and in that town, there was, nebech, it happened that the missionaries came and they kidnaped a child. This child was taken to the monastery, and the parents, of course, the devastated parents tried very hard to get him back. The monastery priests and monks said all types of denials. If he comes on his own volition to the religion of peace and love, why would we deprive him? They would not let go. Time passed. Months, maybe years. Finally, there was one judge who was a little sympathetic to their situation. He listened to both sides and he told the parents: You know, I'm willing to give you a chance. You could spend five minutes with your child in the monastery, and if you could convince him to come after you, it'll be proof that he was forced to come. The parents realized that since he had been brainwashed by the church, what are they going to do? What could they tell him in five minutes? They went to the Nachal Eshkol and the Nachal Eshkol thought for a minute and he said, Let me go with you. You say nothing. They came to the appointed place near the monastery, they walked into the big room, and they see their child come out, flanked by the priests and monks,

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1. 0:05In the 1800s, in the city of Darmstadt, Germany, R' Tzvi Binyamin Auerbach the Mechaber of…
2. 0:36Finally, there was one judge who was a little sympathetic to their situation. He listened to…
3. 1:07his mentors. He has a sneering look on his face. And they start to cry. In…
4. 1:37But he continued, כל נדרי And he sings along and the child is looking. He knows…
5. 2:10ושבועתנא לא שבועות The child began to cry and the Nachal Eshkol says to him, What…
6. 2:41is seared deep in the soul of a Yid. And he knew that if he'd awaken…
7. 3:12These are the moments that help us always fight and conquer the Yetzer Hara.…

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