Daf Yomi Nazir Siyum (Chicago) by R’ Eli Stefansky

um first first of all I'd like to thank to bring us to this Sim Club I'd like to thank my wife for letting me spend time before PES trying to put this together um like to thankas shur for letting us use this room especially having Mori M Chuck that went above and beyond his duties to help with all the details um I'd like to thank the Chicago seene committee you know who you are um I'd like to thank the sponsors of tonight's event the havac care Rock bber and haret Joseph Zion and all the other sponsors that contributed to this event so we could put it on for free I'd like to thank to Ley that's been very helpful from yie Klein that flew in here I does so much behind the scenes now I see what it is Mark ashkanazi I wouldn't be able to know who's coming without him um Na musovski Freeman who printed all the all the art books at the last minute and sent them to Mon and then we send them to Mark to take him his luggage uh schamy Rosenberg everything he does behind SC um like to thank the local people also lesie goldm for helping put the badges together at the last minute an Aaron for the beautiful flowers and the EV coordinating um shomi Klein I was willing to drop everything from Crown Heights and drive the books to mon if necessary Shai sa for all the printing work relli rell's wife so I was thinking about what to speak about tonight so we heard all these things about chat GPT so I wanted to see like how accurate is this so I put in you know the guest speaker and the Y so I think it came I think it was pretty accurate it has a few facts that are not true so I'm going to read it but uh you know maybe they arer maybe I just don't know about it so this is how it go ladies and gentlemen my hon to introducer platnik from Chicago will be speaking at the NDC in myz platnik has been a respected leader in Jewish Community for many years is known for his deep knowledge of Torah and his ability to connect with people from all walks of life here's the part that I'm not sure if it's true but I'll correct me if I'm wrong he's the founder and director of Chicago Tor Network that's what they said I don't know an organization that provides meaningful Jewish experience to people of all ages and backgrounds has also served as a lecturer at several institutions in the US and internationally we're are fortunate to have him join us today and Shar insights and wisdom on topic ofer which he's going to speak about something else probably please join me in welcome and R have a fun but just wait that's just one introduction then I Googled brother so I came up with the m magazine which he's a guest colist May quite often so they write of philadelph and which we hear about all the he joins the Chicago Community col in 1985 has been acting Rob CL for over 25 years he's currently acts as the r moror Chicago as well as oural advisor by NA women's hm organization Robie pling is for both SCH club and incredible links organization both of which provide services for assignment aside for regly speaking at mentions in ch he writes parodically for various Publications on the Hal and C now here's my introduction robbi plotnik has taught four of my boys in ninth grade and Yesa now known as Kona he's ranked in my opinion a lot of other people's opinions as the number one Reby ninth grade rby in Chicago and probably the whole United States I like without further Ado I'd like to call brother hnik to address the crowd on this and all we saw I first want to express my thanks to everybody for coming out tonight and it was a tremendous mysterious neish not to be home taking apart your refrigerator and being told which crumb to get out of which corner of the room so it's good to see the found time for as well the truth is it's a great privilege and a great thrill to be joining this SE tonight it's a privilege because the ra writes in that someone who's a someone who separates himself from the ways of the has no has no portion in the world to come the ra says if someone is not willing to share in the person doesn't fast on the fasts he forfeits his portion in the world to come what the ran doesn't tell us is how great of a reward it is to be part of such a seab and when you with such a seab and when you're part of a of thousands of under one re under one who knows what kind of an it is in the next world but I think all of you have a taste of what a g that is in this world that is the privilege to be able to share some thoughts with you tonight and the reason why it's such a thrill is because with Ellie stans's mother we hear about the beginning of every year was my fourth grade teacher as a child I didn't call her reie thought she was my teacher nonetheless best re I ever had what is so unique about this we all go to what is so special about this and the truth of the matter is you don't have to go any further than talks about the that we're all about to perform in just a few nights so ran says there's a mitvah to tell our children about the story of even if they didn't ask as it says in and then the r says based on the Mish that according to how much knowledge the child can absorb that's what you tell him then the r says spells it out as if we wouldn't how to figure it out ourselves If the child was small young or lacked intelligence [Music] child we were all slaves like as over there in the kitchen or EV or like Johnny who Parks my car every day in the backyard B it's Ryan that's what we were the RAB is telling us an incredible lesson of how to teach and how to absorb knowledge and that's what the Bal mus used to call the power of SE imagery it's not enough to tell your child we were slaves to power I can figure out what that means no you got to tell them you know that cleaning lady that works with Mommy every day and she sweetches she muches like you were like her we were all like her your mommy would look like her like you're T but look like whatever you imag imagine want to paint the picture of an EV SE or imagery I don't think there's another Shear on the planet Earth that has as much imagery as much Seer and as much depth to the understanding of what that does to what you're all learning than this sheer I would venture to Sarah Bai you're not just part of the biggest sh in the world but you're probably part of the shear that knows how to give over what is being taught in these garas On a par with any Shear in the entire universe the Ellie and to his wife and hiside to his here as well and his mother-in-law is here too that they should always have the wherewith all the strength and the desire to be such tremendous for the entire World said over a fantastic shot from an anonymous balab on a that most of us probably know the M says whoever learns for its own sake merits many things and gives me a long list of how many things you get you're called an O and you called an [Music] [Applause] a tremendous list of attributes some that says means you learn just to know so what does the Mish mean when it gives an introduction someone who learns what else is there left after the M gives you 25 30 attributes that someone merits when he learns what else is missing what's the what are those many things so Bo set up shot and again he didn't identify he hold him the strateg identified him as a b he said there was a gentleman who was an immigrant that came over from Europe and he had a desire to fulfill the American dream to be a millionaire Europe was unheard of one a million was a millionaire and he came to America and he worked hard he was a carpenter by profession and he saved up money and eventually he was able to buy himself some kind of a business and eventually he was mat he was successful and he became a millionaire and he said every time I walk into a room I say to myself the millionaire is walking in the billionaire is eating breakfast the millionaire is turning on the radio have a whole of feeling for yourself because you're the millionaire and he said that when someone learns those those many things mean every single thing that you do feels different I'm eating like someone that learns tired for its own sake I'm breathing like someone that learns t for its own sake I'm talking to my family like someone that learns to for its own sake your whole life is different you feel different it's an intangible you can't even put a name on it you can't give a title to it it's just far it's everything just like B that millionaire says the millionaire is eating the millionaire is walking and the millionair is talkking those that learn can say that with pride because they feel what it is to have a life of someone that looks to acquire knowledge of like says just to know what is and I believe that every single person in this no matter matter where you live I don't know where you're watching from it might be on M de right now for all I know everybody feels that tremendous Gish that tremendous satisfaction of learning it's changed your entire life and it changes every move you make and every conversation you have and every meal that you eat because you're a different person so let me just share with you one short V we conclude with that if we look at the seal at the end of the WR the Torah tells us that's the very last says know this is referring toed his heart to break the in front of everybody agreed with him as the says on the words good job you smashed my let me ask you a question accomplished so many things so many positive things so many great things and the signature p in the tire Ends With Disaster broke theem couldn't find any other way to TI than that we don't even end have tires with so that don't have good news we want to end on a high not where's the high note breaking of is hardly a high note and I believe the message perhaps of the T is do we realize what did and he handed them to and he said he give these to the nope they can't have them they worship the E and what does m do he smashes them into a million pieces and says to him good job you know what that means was able to think like [Applause] Hashem some big mathematician in Harvard I'm a Bostonian can I par would think of some kind of wild equation and some guy would say hey that's what Einstein said this person would get at Nobel Prize you're jius Einstein a human being through learning [Applause] Tyra his brains can think like has himself to the point that had the license to smash the and says good job of course the toy ends with that because the toy wants you to know what happens when you learn Tyra Tyra makes your mind a Godly mind you don't think like the guy in the street you think like AEM you can Elevate says he was elevated to think like a and this is what happens when we learn TI and how much more so when we learn more in depth and more in depth than sometimes the allows us to do but it changes our minds to think like a I'll just conclude with a M to illustrate this point an incredible M that I heard from he said this at the for the ller this goes back into the middle 1980s he said a bu came to the tell Yesa in Cleveland and he said to her gift her I want to come for one year and I'm out of here that's a quote so GI said fine I want to come to ISA for a year I'm not going to I'm not going to diss you come come he okay so he came to Thea for year and at the end of the year he comes back to gift he says you know I'm a man of my word I'm leaving GI I said fine said you're going to leave you can leave because I'm but I want you to know that I have ESS nothing's changed over years I have ESS I have complaints so gter as he said over this m he said I don't even remember anymore but I told him but his complaint was you knew that I was coming for a year why did you waste my time learning the rash on these esoteric Su and Bama why didn't you learn about benching why didn't you learn about why are you wasting my time I'm out of here fine 6 months later the B comes back and he says to if her I'm back she what are you doing here I thought you swore up and down you never coming back here ever again he said you know I remember what the r told me when I left and I realized how true it was I had to come back said tell me what I told you I told you don't remember he says you know what happened when I left I decided to enroll in a university and the professor in this University was Progressive from progressives and he said one day was sitting in class and the professor handed out a candle to everybody in the classroom and he went around with a match and lit everybody's candle and he shut the lights and he created this disgustingly Eerie feeling in the room I couldn't stand it and I remembered what the Russa told me when I left the said we don't Le the rash in to remember the rash we might forget the rash but when we learn a rash we start to think like the rasb and this young man said I don't want to think like this crust the professor I'd much rather think like the rash I'm back in business and I'm back in Mission this this is what we are doing on a daily basis we're learning to think like Ravina and Rashi we're thinking like do we not think this affects every single move we make in life the way we talk The Way We Walk the way we treat our families our brains our D is the D of the T and this is the gift that we have been given by having such a re such a marage whole life I don't know how he has time to do anything else when does he go to the safaris and fight with the Lions this has become his whole life is you and all the thousands of people like you that are so proud to call themselves them of this year bar should give you all the where all the desire to learn and the love of learning that M we should all be proud to call ourselves true B thank you now have is and we're going to have once again I want to thank for bringing us here one morea a beautifula I'm really going to miss so many unbelievable suas I want to thank again my she's here tonight so thank you we have a very special Rec tonight my own very son lzy [Applause] being on his own I never spoke to him about it I think it was the Gans that uh made a deal with him said we're going to do another together n draft that and G and of course lzy continued and finish so M to lzy I want to thank my in-laws who are here Dr for bringing me here to Chicago and to this point in my life thank you and I have to think the one and only I don't think beny freeden is here still that's my brother-in-law but the other Ben pran my partner beny I want to thank you in front of all of the Chicagoans here without beny I would not be able to do what I do be for taking care of the business right over here with the cat he's the one that manages our property so he does the do a little bit here and [Applause] there um I want to thank the local Chicagoans first of all thank you everybody here for coming out I know it's very hard for Chicago to come out lot of we we have very special who's going to be m the C was sponsored by Joey Ley he spent he paid $115,000 for the right to say the and he gave it over to one of the I'm not going to tell you it is until we get there but he's a true who finished fors with us never shown his face at any the MD or anything but here he is tonight it's a secret not going to say what it is until that time I'm serious there something about Chicago the there are people that I know that do the shear every single day I'm going to call them out here bar Lou col not here tonight my step brother IR Kush not here tonight every single day these guys do the do but they are nothing they won't come to see human they won't come to the public things there many guys in the class we have to get them out we have to teach Chicago come out enjoy so thank you ysph and Zev for organizing tonight C who organizes all SE behind the scenes who El I missing [Applause] also the oh so I got to say you know I don't know how many people flew in I think it's at least 2530 um and I mentioned Tomy poock I have to mention him again he's on of vacation this year with three young children I think one of his children was 2 years old and vacation the Bahamas his child was was a big part of our death and he won because I don't think my father-in-law heard it I'm hanging for him he won a raffle a random raffle that we did on Kar and he took that money that he won and he bought a ticket to come here so thank you T again and you should have a complete um I can't go through all the names but you know who you are y see clients of the World Mark ashkanazi Phil Etc we have this I forgot your name I know you Uncle Phil I mean official from official catering the famous fishal of course I want to start mentioning it forget a bunch but we have here the the homie guy remember that the video that we just sent in that homie he's here himself he brought in AIC with him from Detroit he what's the guy's name next what and yob zelar from Detroit Jakob zelar from Detroit you're welcome took MRA from Detroit also was he on your train as well came came in plane so train plane automobile whole thing I want to show you real quickly I didn't get a chance even to look at it but it's a beautiful beautiful book everyone gets to take home and if you just go through this [Music] here I don't know all these things you just go through it and you see the amount of we learned unbelievable stuff look at this look at this animation that he did going into the going into the here he is today with us PL PL Cari beautiful stuff beautiful stuff so and this is a great way to and just relive um let me see in the house also one of little bit of a sponsor tonight um one of the big first of all I have to say instru I don't know if he's still here butru beautiful beautiful speech he's a a big writer from M check him out he writes beautifully as well great guy um we're going to hear we only have one more speech a short speech from is a very big part of the year in Chicago so here we go one of the most famous garas we say say every day I think might say it every day as well and our for to finish like this bring peace to the world okay so the says that the word is how you remember the four that end just like this b stands for bras n stands for stands for and stands for says I like I'll explain it to you maybe meant was that starts it repeats itself so that is to teach us these form but the says like this beautiful thing he says the base of is is [Music] between what you make what things you do so that's one way of sh the known is let me see if I have this right not well we won't get to the no let's do yamus first yamus is because when a person has to marry his sister-in-law who doesn't like that much and he's doing it for his brother's sake that's and then you have you know person and the different cares that you get if you don't act in a certain way and finally he says been because as we saw even today when a person sees so has to do with shom Etc and to increase peace between a husband and wife and that's the remes of B and with that I'm going to call upon the person is no longer one of the the for with us and Joey Ley asked that he should beor Benji [Applause] Israel [Music] fore forment for [Music] for [Music] foreign for we got ch [Applause] I [Applause] know I know we got [Applause] we oh I know I I know I for I [Applause] together [Applause] the the [Applause] la the do the thank you everyone the the Sears are open on the buffet our next and he might even see her explode and everything else person who witnesses that has understand where did it come from what's started off people act in certain ways they drink too much laded comes to is so he should take upon himself something to correct it that he shouldn't fall into the Trap and he should also refrain not necessarily become azer we said nuz maybe not such a great thing to become but at least refrain from going to the bar and drinking and all that the very first time he saw a person started crying started crying couldn't believe that he the second time he saw a Jew he cried even more ready why crying more he said because the second time I saw the I wasn't bothered as much as the first time and for that I'm crying I can't believe I became slightly numb to unfortunately when we witness certain things we witness a we get these whatsapps these videos we become a little bit number every time we see it I keep on saying this said in ch many times that the American soldiers in Korean War had a very hard time killing the Enemy by the time it came to Vietnam and they watched a lot of TV dplay and a lot became a lot easier you see it in movies this come just killing just shooting just pulling the trigger same thing with you see a and to get closer and that is the goal of this year that is the goal of the family that we come together I personally started and I want to talk a little bit about this for a moment I come from my house always saw my father learning but you know uh always look for the shorter M for the easier ones and it came to during Co and a classmate of mine dear friend schy Klein calls me and he tells me Zan there's a great mag his name is Ali stansky he's actually from Chicago you live in Chicago and they're starting a new called aan I said aan is not for me no way in the world that's one of the M you go away from he says just try it okay remember D B I'm sitting on the couch I'm going to try it I have you know the the laptop and I'm like not even into it just going to try it out cu me ask me to do it you do for classmate and the rest is history every single day joining the she learning the da and there was not every day is the easy day but whenever comes a hard day you have to sit and learn I think what it takes for the mag Shar to prepare for this year a lot harder for us to play play on the YouTube video YouTube channel in order to listen to this sh standing here a few days before p and I heard an interesting story I like to share I heard the story from my father I heard it from Children of the Bala in Crown Heights lived two brothers called the Kelner Brothers unfortunately that passed away before they never got married was altered about him remember themes with beards long beards white beards they Liv the e parkway their father his name is Kelner he was a r in a city called tank in Hungary is during World War I so there was a a a group of 180 Soldiers the three Rabon were in charge over their spiritual needs two RAB reformed RAB and he was the of it came before PES and they needed food for the soldiers so they um started asking around the nearby cities what could you do to provide food for the soldiers so um you know time of a war so the people got back saying that they could everyone every family is ready to host one soldier for the first Sader and the second Sader they'll provide the mat and the wine but for the rest of young to food they can't they don't have for their own family they'll stretch to help the soldiers but nothing more than that so the three to reform Kelner went to meet theed the one in charge the guy was a sling slow and he asked him so uh what could you eat I say you know potatoes no only beans only beans only Bel so the reform you know rabbis not a problem we're good if ker says but is a problem was against it's a problem and the other two it's not a problem and theet says the general says beans and that's it get out of my office K they come back to the group of the soldiers and the reformed soldiers that saying the reform rabbis you know tell the soldiers you know about the beans that we're going to get Kelner stuck in between and they became his KY is us or not us back and forth and Kel says I don't know what to do he traveled 10 kilm to the city of Galina where the mayor Shapiro we owe all of all of our learning we owe to him he was them in his passed away mid-30s was 30 years old at the time of the story 31 travels at 10 km and he comes in front of him mayor what do I do do I allow the kidney is yes no sir may sh says if you would come to me before the between you and the soldiers I want to say it's a time of War what's the question it's a war time but now we is yes or no so this is my he will provide food for the soldiers don't worry now you have to remember that passed away 75 years before this before the story comes back tells the soldiers [Music] that are going to provide food for the soldiers it became a joke with the rabbis the reformed rabbis are laughing about it the the the the reformed soldiers are laughing about it and the few soldiers are waiting for yeshu fine and they're waiting The Violet the other soldiers are getting recipes what to do with the beans eat beans for eight days is not P but they got to figure it out K comes a week before PES and the reform rabbis are going to meet with the general about the beans and the Violet of ker says I was told not to do anything is going to help you the from are going to help you and he waits so the two reformed rabbis go to meet with the general what happened was that the General's mother was riding a horse and she fell off the horse and she hurt herself and he was called to take care of her so they put a different General bigger S of Isel to take him over substitute General so they go to me with the sub General they tell him what do you want the game to pick up the beans so why beans because that's weed on PES so he got so mad think I'm going to give you beans in the time of a war because that's what you want only potatoes he bought he got so mad at them he thought they get Upton he's going to get like to punish them by bringing the potatoes he bought so much potatoes that the the soldiers went to every home where they ate the suda with a bag of potatoes as a gift from here you see not just the but the the that they had that here to protect us and when we gather together and one of the unique things about over here in mdy is that everyone of us is a m you go sometimes to there's a head table there's three M and everyone is uh celebrates we went to Bor was beautiful to see 1600 assignment it was like an unbelievable no days I think it's my first time going to event with so many rabbis and no days because everyone is a m everyone is special relase this it happen Ma and thank you to the belly for everything the the second gift is something relli spoke about a few times during this year about weighing matah so we got him a scale oh wow unbel Chicago's coming through finally unbelievable have to scale the whole thing um so we're going to start the Sher miles we going to have penion now and and then we'll have some more music [Music] n [Music]