Interview with Rabi Efraim Duchman at the Colel Chabad Widows & Orphans Retreat.

all right eph dman yes hi thank you you're representing the dman today yes kabad we're very happy to be here it's great to have you here you know I was with a family and I told them they're like wow we can't believe that we're here in Israel right now in this time everybody told us is dangerous I told them you're in the best time and the best place and the best moment this is where all the heroes are at yes yes a special time special time to be in Israel you have to understand that now you can't get into any hotel all the hotels in the North and the M are closed so only the hotels in Jerusalem are full so the fact that everyone's here together in the hotel in Jerusalem it's uh it's a beautiful thing for the family it's the only place you can vacation now and the families are having a beautiful time the singer you know I saw before he couldn't walk into the Hall he was so emotional he didn't understand how he could sing in front of such a crowd and he's here everyone is sitting around they're in tears they're crying They're laughing they're sming and they're grateful for what kabad is doing for them it's they they they see that there's a people here that care for them they see that kabad is here to give them whatever they need to be able to continue on and have a beautiful life so today the kids received backpacks and a full compliment uh of back to school Basics uh and they also did a trip where was the trip to oh to the to the uh Zoo that's right the zoo the the the tanak zoo the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem so they're having a day tell me about the stories about the people that you've met that that have touched you uh in the past few days that you've been together with them so it's very uh different than the other orphan programs that we had and that is there's a lot of strollers a lot of babies a lot of little kids which are around usually the kids are a little bit older and that's because we're literally dealing with young soldiers that were killed younger than me that were killed Rec and there that's the types of families it is there's the lobes lined up with strollers and little babies and something really these babies are orphans these babies don't have a father yes these are babies um you see them you know the mother sitting together in dinner having together with the kids and something that really special is you'll see that there's one staff member with every family and at first you know someone thought like oh that's so nice we hired a babysitter for every family so the mothers be able to go out and have a good time here the the truth is the team of 30 staff are old girls that are graduates of these are girls were orphans they were part of our program and they're here not for payment they're taking days off their vacation to be able to help their families so you see a full circle of uh and and that's really what we're trying to create over here it's not about the financial help it's about creating a movement creating a family of that everyone feels loved for and one feels that they could rely or have someone to reach out to dman this is the first time that I've seen yonathan Roselle part of this story and wow he's really touching these people they know his songs but the songs also have the meaning of like overcoming hardships yeah yonathan razelle you know we wanted to do something extra special and when he heard what type of crew it is he said you know this is something that I want to do like um you know he was supposed to and play himself and then yesterday he called and he said I'm coming with my whole band you can see over here he has six seven people he said I can't you know I just need to do it the best and uh he he was in tears before he walked in he he couldn't like he couldn't imagine doing such a show beautiful okay how's your father doing your brother you guys are a big Team part of K kabad so we're very grateful because it would be impossible for this to happen without our donors we have our partners we have our donors those which are Trust kabad to be their Ambassador and they're taking from their money and they're saying we want to do something good we want to make an impact and they trust kabad they send their donation if it's online if it's by mail they trust in kabad and we take that serious and that's why we're here as their ambassadors and making sure that the people here have a good time the money is wisely used and uh we're really grateful because it's a partnership it's not about it's not about about uh us it's not about kabad it's about our donors and it's about the families here the widows and orphans you two were just here to make the bridge and make the sh between you two I think we would be remiss if we just didn't mention one more personality and that's thebi who gave us a a kind of commandment to be part of the army to be part of cus Hashem to be part of the armies of Hashem and to and to strengthen his people to bring yish to the nation and that's what this inspiration this is the oldest kabad organization and it's the spirit of is with us here today well the Reb chose my father and he and uh and you know my father was hung around the rebba and he was by the Reb for bringings and he knew what the rebba wants and that's what he strives for every day to to fulfill the Reb's Mission and that's why he's doing this and that's why we're able to accomplish it because the Reb's bras nothing it doesn't make sense to be able to pull off something like this in the middle of the summer in middle of the war to fill it up and um it's all the Reb braas the fact that this is able to happen and thank you very much and these bras we need him we need him here in Isel these widows and orphans need him and uh we need that army of of of thank you so much thank you thank you God bless you that's right all right everybody we're here at the yonatan razel concert in beautiful night um let's listen to what Jonathan Rosel saying singer musician he's talking about King [Music] David okay Jonathan razelle is talking about King David the King David used to praise hem all the time he used to uh hasem chose the songs of King David he King David was gentle gentle and a warrior and and strong like a tree so he was both a gentle and also a warrior