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Danny Dangor
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what God doesn't speak that person he
just it just created its God he's
infinite he's spiritual if I don't marry
if I yo mare viola a viola everybody on
what Pope we have a world how's it what
why would they use that word why are the
Torah use the word amar when it really
should have used a different verb and
the answer is that maybe curtis probe
was trying to teach us something that
the power of creation comes not when we
do something that according to the
official high him is the power of
execution there's a step before that and
the step that we miss and that's a step
of speech I want tell you guys a great
story we went to California with these
two amazing guys one guy's name is Danny
the anger and he has a great story how
he decided to become more connected to
Judaism more religious and we sat with
him and he has an amazing tale basically
he was invited on a television station
to be one of the hosts and he had
already gone and started to get
connected to Judaism a little bit he was
on his journey a little bit but not
connected and on his journey he decided
that he was going to try to keep Shabbos
and he made a commitment that he was
gonna keep Shabbos he wasn't really
learning picky he had gone to Israel but
he was sort of wavering I get a phone
call and it's this woman she's like hi
Danny my name is Molly from next great
Baker it was a TV show we wanted to put
you on the show I said yeah sure
she's look good because I've been trying
to get a hold of you for a couple weeks
now this was actually my last phone call
because I couldn't get a hold of you I
was in Israel my phone was off she's all
like great we want you coming out to
Jersey you're on the show oh my god this
is amazing
they're interviewing me we're having a
great time or laughing and they're like
so Danny you said you were a kosher chef
right tell us a little bit about that
they started asking me a little bit more
about I said yeah we don't work on
Friday and Saturday so I see them
looking at each other like after I say
this turn off the camera the way Danny
that was great interview thank you very
much but that was a those all for the
camera right the friday/saturday you're
just saying that
no that's that's really what I've been
doing for the past two years so they
walk into the back room they come out
ten minutes later thank you very much
but pretty much get out of here we don't
want you anymore I'm feeling all down
I'm down but also like energized you
know like you don't want me fine
you know I'm Danny Dan gore I am Who I
am you know this is who I am if you
don't want me that's fine
he just given up the job of his life
because he believed in something you'd
think that you'd give to Hamish I'm
gonna get back to you no and here he is
thrown out on the street standing in all
New Jersey doesn't know where he's going
doesn't how he's gonna get anywhere and
it starts to rain and he remembered
something that someone told him years
ago I remember something that my cousin
said to me he's like we were walking one
time I was very upset about something
he's like you know how chums got your
back right he's like Sean's got your
back and then as soon as like I realized
wow Hashem wanted me here that that
phrase came into my head chums got your
back and so every challenge after that I
just like something bad happen Shems got
my back
Sam's got my back actually to this day
he doesn't even know that I still
remember that but I actually like every
time something bad happens I say that
here's Danny one of those trying moment
that he's had in his life to the point
really this is his chance and he lost it
and he's feeling distance from Hashem
but he holds on to a statement in times
that are tough Hashem has your back he
composes himself and he steps out and it
hits him so now you're in your new
jersey and lo and behold we are
completing the entire Talmud together in
a football stadium in New Jersey how do
you find out about it
I knew this team of shots was around
that time I just went on my phone I'm
like how funny would it be if it was
today
I knew that they were doing one in LA
they were doing one and like New York so
I'm like well I'm in Jersey I'm not far
from New York I'm actually on the border
I said let me you know so I'm on my
phone and I'm figuring out I'm like oh
it's actually in Jersey I'm like it's a
MetLife Stadium I'm like I wonder how
much a cab would be do I get there I'm
like a wonderful journey is huge so I
find out it's a train ride away so now I
get to MetLife Stadium
and then I mean it was the funniest
thing I mean like maybe like 12 cops
came and swarmed like around me like
what are you doing here I have my long
here at this time you know I have like a
black t-shirt on my backpack hey what
are you doing here they grabbed my
backpack immediately though hey let me
see some ID to take my ID they're doing
background check on me though I quit
we'll be doing here I'm like I'm here
for the same like where's your ticket
like I don't have one though I will
leave that they're sold out you're not
gonna find a ticket and now it's
starting to sinking because I'm on a
high I'm like yeah like do all of this
maybe this was the reason I was supposed
to come out to New York you know and
they keep on saying it they finally
finished the background check they're
like oh you're not gonna find a ticket
we don't want you waitering around here
you know
Middle Eastern looking guy a bunch of
religious people around them literally
about it I quit and two religious people
are like we have an extra ticket I don't
want a free extra ticket how am I
looking at the guy and I'm like going in
so I get the ticket not only do I get
the ticket it's like third row back so
I'm like we're like you know from the
from the center of where they're doing
the sandwich sauce oh my I can't believe
I'm here and I just sat down and you
know it was like a couple of it was like
about an hour before everyone started
getting there and I was there what's
going on in your mind as you're sitting
there going I just went from television
secular career success to Tom Wood with
more black-and-white than I can ever see
in my life and me sitting there I
thought Hashem wanted me here I was
meant to be on this TV show I don't get
it like every single step of the way his
shuns hand was saying you're gonna be on
this TV show and I'm like how is how is
this wrong and then I I'm sitting at the
CMAs shots now this is a question that
you asked what's going on my mind and
I'm sitting there and I played back the
last two hours I said this really is
where I'm supposed to be right now he
was so inspired that he flew back to LA
and he said next I wish I can start the
cycle with everybody else as he says
this an email pops up one of the guys in
our community is like we're gonna be
doing docume and I'm like great this guy
aspire to wants to be part of the group
so he's doing a doctor he's like gay
here's 6:30 in the morning and as he
goes to the class a man is walking out a
man named near Jacobi here's a story
into himself what was your connection to
Judaism as you grew up nothing I was I
mean I went to public high school here
in Los Angeles I went to Taft High
School I went to college I went to work
then I was all over the world trying to
find what his life about and I went to
Morocco I went to France someone to
spare I was I I've done it all and I'm
28 years old now and I have no idea what
you're dating about I owe it to myself
to go and find out so I went for two
weeks reason what's amazing about his
life story is that along the way he kept
on not being able to take like this step
and then he some returned him at one
point and says there's a class why don't
you come to a class learning tomorrow I
show up at 6:30 nobody is there oh yeah
it's a sign from God God does not want
me in the class
clearly right I came I did my in my
effort God want me to do the effort I
leave my effort he's not there it's not
happening yeah I'm about to walk into
the building and this guy is like it's
like hey uh can I help you with
something I'm like yeah I'm going to
this class right now is he's like it's a
document class unbelievable he's showing
up for a class of shots these guys this
guy could use a class you know first on
many other things cause I'm here for the
Deaf you mean I'm like oh yeah it was
cancelled you know game over and I'm
like oh man like starting today I like
that was my plan my plan was to do that
like now I don't have a plan anymore
something I say they got like mmm
do you want to study first of all I
thought to myself this is insane you
know I I'm not a teacher I'm not a rabbi
clearly no one person maybe I should
find him a different place to go study
and also it's totally the only material
for this dude I mean he's just starting
out with this stuff you owe me started
it's totally it's the wrong time it's
non-person its own place everything is
wrong but I said yes
subject King Solomon King Debbie died
your brother member King Debbie died and
then his son Solomon said that give us a
little more about your relationship
within the year where does it go beyond
just Tomlin so that I remember the first
time that our relationship went from my
teacher like student was he's like come
over for Shabbat I saw like this guy has
like an ideal family for me I want to
have like a bunch of little kids and you
know and so I started hanging around his
family a lot more yeah so what is it
about him that inspires you he is he's
got a family he's everything that like I
hope to get one day the two of them had
been learning ever since he's gone to
his house for Shabbos his multiple times
he knows his kids and his connection to
you - right now we are nine months later
and you've already finished to track
dates how does that feel to you yeah
after the first one I'm like I can't
believe it I felt so accomplished like
you know I'm like I I did it
you started your journey searching for
truth what has Danny given you on your
journey to get closer to God Danny
doesn't give up it it doesn't let up if
he doesn't understand something it
doesn't matter how many times we can
read it we don't move forward unless we
really understand it and we have done
brockless we've done Shabbos we're
almost done with the Reuben and every
time it got a little bit more difficult
but every time I said God we can figure
it out make it happen and it's making it
happen what is it that excites you to
share with somebody else there are so
many lost souls out there that I can
reach out to and then really help out if
God can heal my help
and if you peel back these stories
there's a lot of action I'm not
minimizing the effort I'm not minimizing
the time I'm not minimizing the
execution of our creations but what's
amazing about these stories is that
they're so simple we think like to make
a difference in someone's life you have
to be like so articulate or so ingenious
you have to say like the line it's gonna
blow people away I would totally do it
but like I'm not that person I'm a
regular person I'm not like gonna come
up with something that's gonna talk to
someone to be like oh you changed my
life we think there's so much drama
involved in changing someone's life it's
completely untrue
in fact most of the time people that
whose lives are changed by