Our Father, Our King - Yom Kippur - Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair

[Music] a holocaust Survivor once asked re of ANB why in the prayer of a Malu do we both say a Our Father our King act for the sake of those who were murdered for your holy name but we also say our father King act for the sake of those who were slaughtered for your Oneness aren't they the same thing risacal thought for a moment but he didn't have an answer the Holocaust Survivor said may I give the rebi my own answer the rebi said yes of course please do the Survivor said when the Nazis Yak marched into my town they took a 100 men and lined them up in front of the river then a Nazi with a machine gun started shooting from the right side of the line and moved his gun towards the left till he'd moan everyone down when the shooting began all the men started to say shma Isel in unison those on the right didn't manage to finish the verse they only had time to say they were they were murdered for the sake of hashem's Holy Name hasu those on the left managed to stay alive a little bit longer and they were able to say hem Hashem is one they were slaughtered for the sake of the unity of hashem's name when reitzle heard this he burst into tears and he couldn't stop crying no one knows the length of the days of his life some may sanctify God's name with their death but all of us every day can sanctify his name and maybe even make clear the you Unity of his name in this world with our lives with our thoughts with our words with our kindness with our Mitzvah seal all of Cl Isel in the book of eternal life for a good year [Music]