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A Torah Anytime original series.
Every single person in this room is only
here because there was a woman [music]
somewhere at some point who chose Hashem
when they weren't in the mood. Like the
time that your parents were at the
OBGYN's office and your mother had the
sneaky suspicion that there was no
longer a heartbeat
inside of her.
And she's waiting for the ultrasound
results and she's whispering under her
breath, "Please let there be a
heartbeat. Please let there be a
heartbeat."
Well, there was a Jewish woman
who you never met, who you'll never
meet,
who wasn't interested
in davening that day,
who had a migraine splitting headache.
>> [music]
>> And you know what she did?
She davened anyway. And you know what
happened at that exact minute? The
doctor walked in and said, "We found a
heartbeat."
>> [music]
>> Or what about the time that you were
driving back from a chasan in Passaic?
It was 2:00 a.m. [music] It was raining.
You're on the Garden State Parkway going
a little bit too fast and there was deer
that wanted to go to the other side of
the highway.
Well, there was a Yid
who you never met,
who you'll never meet,
who wasn't interested in saying her
quote after hillim that she signed up
half asleep some chat.
She wasn't interested. And you know what
she did?
>> [music]
>> She said it anyway. And you know what
happened at that exact minute?
The deer didn't jump in front of your
car.
Or what about the time that your
grandparents were standing at Ellis
Island in 1946?
And everyone else on the island took
their candlesticks that they dragged
through Treblinka just chucked it into
the Atlantic Ocean. And your
grandparents are looking at each other
and they're like, "Should we keep
[music] Shabbos? Should we not keep
Shabbos? Should we keep Shabbos? Should
we not keep Shabbos? Should we keep
Shabbos? Should we not keep Shabbos?"
And your grandmother takes her
candlesticks and starts walking over to
a garbage can and there's a woman
who's standing there
who's not interested in having guests
for Shabbos.
She wasn't interested in hosting.
And you know what she did?
>> [music]
>> She invited them anyway.
And you know what happened?
They stayed frum and your parents stayed
frum [music] and you're now frum and
your kids are frum l'maysa l'maysa
l'maysa all because of one person who
chose Hashem when it was uncomfortable.
