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Welcome to the Clappy and Frank Show
27th podcast episode. We have with us
the one and only world famous Rabbi
Moshi Pinson who wears many hats. He is
the legendary
>> Rabbi. Is that how you what's
>> Moshi Pinson Pinson? Okay, I'm just
>> He's the founder of Bul Kabad, the most
successful shoo in Crown Heights, the
first shoo to open up in Labavich after
Gimmel Tamos. It's a hub for Labavich
people around the world when they visit
community and they do so much and
outreach. Rabbi Pinson, tell us a little
bit about your
he has mikvah, the most beautiful mikvah
in Crown Heights. The women love the
mikvah. People from outside the
community when you have people that come
from around the world 7,000. They come
from around the world and they want to
show people about Tara. They come and
see this mikvah. Tens of millions of
dollars went into this mikvah that
everybody wants to do the mitzvah. One
of the musbak
>> he's also the founder of Syria. When I
was a kid, I remember you doing the camp
for themsel
but I was involved.
>> Was that the first Shmp of Jan
partnership in many years?
>> They had different kind of partnerships
before [laughter]
we acquaintances
and they say in Jerusalem [ __ ] by the G
of by the [laughter]
also involved in Bass Rifka, the largest
girls obtain school in the world. He's
involved in dozens and dozens of
beautiful, beautiful events on a daily
basis. He's building now the most
magnificent, stunning shul in the entire
Crown Heights.
>> Community center sh
>> men's mikvah community gym.
>> No, no gym.
>> Women's okay. Okay.
>> You know, they say come. very few mushes
that when you say mushy from ground
heights anywhere you go in the world
they say you mean a pinson
>> or musher bashkin [laughter]
[clears throat]
>> but they call him a veravina it's a
little different [laughter]
>> he's a raven but you're the chef today
>> he's a special person I love him I love
him does a lot of good work
>> did you expect your life to end up like
this what was like when you were 20
years old what was your vision
>> I thought I'm going no I thought I would
move out of and uh I remember hearing I
think from Barl Shent
He says, "You think Ms. Nefish is going
on? Mafish is staying in Crown Heights
on [laughter]
>> He said that.
>> Yeah. He said that's the real challenge.
>> That sounds very unlike
>> because we wereating one time about it
because I I said something I must have
said something about you know cuz as a
bak I grew up wanting going
education and I spent my whole life by
the Reb. I don't think I ever spent a
Shabas out of 770 in my life as a kid.
Thank every my father always took thank
God always took me from 70 from day one
I spent from my father's dropped me off
I was the few five families a little kid
and I used to run through everybody's
feet and survive 770 and somehow I made
it home at the end of the day that's our
life that's I never understood I never
understood all these things to me it was
like what why would you not die in 770
and but the reba encouraged other shs to
stay open and so people kept it open but
I grew up in 770 and I grew up with the
rebba so the rebba's passion
What was your first Askanas project,
>> if I may say?
>> Yeah, it's funny you said that. Um, we
were talking about it recently with
somebody
a tank for Kaneka for our class.
>> What grade?
>> I I remember like yesterday it was like
I remember those days it wasn't like
today you have hers and organizing you
paying five grand the drivers and donuts
and everything's set up for you. Those
days you're on your own. So we got we go
around the class and say okay we Bob's
tanks had a French layin organized a
tank and gupp and we'll get this and
everybody had a little of this tank till
they upgraded to cars and fancy things
but originally it was these bob tanks
1950 motor homes like look like
>> what grade
>> we were 13
>> 13
>> now you need a driver it can't be
anybody that likes kids you need the
same drivers we had we had a lot of
conditions [laughter] we those days it
was the wild west I Literally, you do
whatever you want. And [laughter]
remember, I mean, remember we drive we
drove the tank at night after time to
Bur Park bagels to buy bagels. We're
13-year-old kids driving tanks. It was
out of [laughter] control, smashing into
windows, glass, knocking cars. It was it
was a fair look. But we needed money. I
remember the maybe the first or second
time in my life I ever asked money. I
went to 770 and I saw Martanago. I knew
I I didn't know who he was, but I knew
he was bus. I said, "Listen,
>> you knew he was the right address." I
were doing a class. He says, "Okay, how
much is it?" I said, "I think it's
$600." The whole the whole budget. He
said, "Okay, I'll give you $100." "Pul
$100." Whoa.
>> Wow. That was like the
>> You go straight to the drizz.
>> I didn't go any No, I didn't go any You
never did this before. I never you know,
you don't you don't you don't experience
these things. It just happens to you
know, okay, I need money. So, I go
around then I went around more
comfortable. I never thought I never
dreamed that I would be one day
responsible fundraiser. Never had that
in mind. Never. But then it comes to you
know my first job after I got married I
worked in office actually I came back I
actually sorry there was a school called
Kabad I don't know if you know about
this history ofites right after giml
a lot of things going on in crownites
you can imagine
>> oil no
>> no it's before that that's the that's
the
>> precursor
>> that led to the oil there was a group of
yingalite that didn't want to deal with
the wholeites politics whatever it was
wasn't they weren't coming from a bats
but there was after gimlas and
everybody's looking for something. They
play open the a school called lab which
was in the k
>> you know the k building next
>> building that doesn't have anything
going on now.
>> No it's down they're going to build it
now a tent or whatever the next attached
to it was another building.
>> So they cleaned it out remember
>> and they had a we hadto
kinsky was very involved his wife was
very involved Mrs. Krinsky. So this was
the father of
so this was potentially could have been
the biggest school today in granite but
the first two years we did it it was
very successful we had 60 kids we taught
English as well my wife taught English
there it was like a very unique uh
interesting uh but it was like a we had
breakfast in the conference room and and
Mrs. Mrs. Grizeman was involved somehow.
Her kids were there. She used to bring
breakfast every morning. It was a real
>> TV's mother.
>> Yeah. To his mother. Yeah. She was very
involved. But food, I don't know about
the finances, but I remember just
vaguely different people. I lasted a
year. I hated it. I hated being a
principal. I became the administrator
principal. I hated it. Kids loved me. I
love the kids. We had till today. I mean
kids. The only principal I talked to is
Moshi Benson [laughter] because I was
very friendly with them. I I wasn't a
disciplinarian. I didn't like the whole
I didn't get the whole thing. No.
>> There was nothing. I just I just landed.
I just got married. I needed parnasa.
They offered me a job and I was in Kyle
and I worked out. So I walked in there
right before that actually when I was in
already I didn't have a full-time job
came up with I don't know if you know
about this
>> California
was a very close friend of mine many
years
>> I spent many years in Russia with him
when was with this firm there. LA boy I
used to go LA I never went to Florida.
LA was
>> you were in Russia trying to get back to
Debb's library. We were supporting the
Cunans. We spent two years there with
the Cunans living trenched in Moscow.
Pes
I spoke at the time. I was a year in me
and some we spent a lot of time there.
>> Ask Moses. He was ask
>> Yeah. Yeah. Bel Lazar came. I remember
Belazar coming to Moscow.
>> Yo.
>> No. So we have to do with him. I don't
know why. He just a different
organization. I don't know why. I mean I
met him. I spoke to him. We were
friends.
>> Did Eb sent all three?
>> I'm talking about when Barl moved there.
We were in camp already 1991 '92. I was
in camp. I was in in in in Niji in uh no
uh where is he? Uh Belki uh
oh god whatever in uh
>> it was nowhere Islam. We did a camp but
then I remember going barrels are
coming. I remember this clearly. He came
to the department. I said everybody okay
let's take out all our money leaving
because after this game he has no money.
We all dropped our money like 100 bucks
on the table and barrel you know he just
moved the younger man with his wife. I
remember that like yesterday but that
was not
>> you're dating yourself.
>> Yeah. Oh it is what it is. It's reality.
[laughter] But the funny thing is so
called me up. My father has a dream.
He's sick of this
has to be only so much I was in. I said,
"What do you need from me?" He said, "I
need to get to a light together. Go. I'm
going to speak to Heler." So I spoke to
Rabbel that they have two hours a day
research on the Reb's things. Now what
they wanted is not
writing a they know anywhere the Reb
said let's let's pick the type.
So anywhere the wordb take the index
card write it down pre Google
>> pre everything today AI does a few in 10
seconds but they they would take a index
card and they would go okay Igris they
have to sweep go ask go around they
would write okay Igris
third letter there writes to this and
this guy about boom rights now we had in
cards we had 20 working they were paying
top dollar $20 an hour so every kang
>> who funded who fund this Pick no pick a
pick I forgot his name. Picker of picker
of
>> his Russian friend a big guy was he was
very into the reb asked Moses and the
rebish and they were raising money for
it and I was the middleman. I my
responsibility was make I made the first
meeting in my house
>> and I was paying $50 an hour. You were
giving 20 [laughter]
>> 30 years ago and was cash. It was close
to cash. We were making cash. I think I
had to cash. It was a crazy system. It
lasted a full year. It was
[clears throat] it was actually pretty
cool because I remember the first
meeting Yel Khan
>> Aline
Shapiro Nman all came to my apartment
>> all the big boys
>> they came to the apartment because they
had to discuss what this idea and I
remember someone saying but everything
that seems like it's repetitive think
so I remember
[laughter]
he says everything is the same atmos is
brought down in different ways and
that's how it started and we had for a
year I was that was my job at night it
was not a full-time job I had to make
sure all
We put together 3,000 or 4,000 index
cards.
>> It was the first encyclopedia of
everything that ever said. Uh Eric Rasin
Ben
>> Ben
>> he has the whole file
>> and he took it and made a book out of
it.
>> So that was a and that's that's how if
you look in the today you'll see my name
is still there a few people there
because that's how it started. We had
nothing to do with the editing and after
took it but that's how they got the data
of all the information. It was a major
major work. It was two years a young
younger man. You were already you were
already the principal of a school. You
started the
>> but I I wasn't planning on being
principal and I wasn't planning to be I
need a prasa and this is what I was
doing. And then in between this my
friend Gdash called up fri mince at the
time was office asked me they're looking
for a position. They need someone to
help there's a thing called journeys of
souls to the reba from rabka from bell
harbor right after gimlamos brought big
balabatim to the oil on gimlamos. So
those days there was a things called
exclusive lines stopped after it became
became it was not it was not fair for
the people they he would come let's say
with 50 people and I was a from when
they land till they leave that included
buses tags it was like a VIP service for
these rich people coming and he called
it journey of the souls
>> and by the way it's still kind of exist
there's a guy in the five towns that
arranges all the Russians and Ukrainians
>> nothing to do with gimmel town this is
no in general oh yeah today there VIP
services to come visit
>> yeah but it was this was the first
very into it and he was very in it
included a dinner in Bka they went into
the hall and Ramos Shandanda would speak
to them and they give awards and
everybody spoke they have videos you go
online by the way
>> by the way mentioning Rabkar from Bell
Harbor to show olive there's such a void
>> me yesterday were meeting with guys that
vacation in Florida they said it's
painful now such a void you know he's my
uncle right
>> really
>> yeah he's my wife's uncle he's married
to uh Mitz my wife my sugar
>> your wife
my sugar mitz He was a powerhouse and
Zman I heard is doing an amazing job but
Shamar is not replaceable. So but Sham
will come into
>> my father picked a very unpopular
mitzvah called Chevitz and moment of
silence. The only person in the entire
planet that cared about it and gave
money was the great lifker.
>> Amazing. No he was a there are a few
people in life you know I always tell
people theim that help other are the
ones you want to be friends with
>> and you're one of those. You're one of
those and I have a policy. I can I go to
your show raise my Do me a favor. I
don't own anybody. You could ask anybody
for anything. They're not my balabos.
That word I hate. What do you do to your
boss? You own the guy. If that guy would
hear you say it, you treat you like
[laughter] doesn't even make sense.
Think about it. So I I always tell
people and the people that cheer
>> and care are the successful ones. You
see it every single one of my friends
and even Lipker. But anybody on contact
with like that you see they're always
looking to help another always and those
are the people are very much you lock
yourself up
they can't for getting in whatever it is
whatever the problem is
>> I always say that the all controlling on
his town then the snag ko shows up with
20 guys they get fully funded from the
same guys and suddenly there's enough
money for everybody
>> listen [laughter]
I don't go there but there is an element
of people feeling like you oh my guy I
protect
We have a tremendous amount of viewers
that are and they they write to me
privately. We love what you're saying.
So they are watching and you're saying
as a very successful that runs many
measure. You're entitled to an opinion.
And you're saying that when she's
not going to lose a penny, but they're
going to gain even more.
>> It's called I have a friend. I don't
know if you're laser shin.
It's not such a thing as you have to
help every Jew about the historic
merger.
It was your bus that [laughter] married
his daughter
member 100%.
>> Is that historical?
>> It's great.
>> That's great. Las if you know laser he's
he's a person of
>> you think we bring him on the show
>> do what
>> you think we get him on the show.
>> I'll give I'll give you his contact.
Call him up. When I think of when I
think of laser shiner, Louis Shiner, I
don't know. I don't know the guy, but
I'm saying his I for many many years I
stopped by on fore road where where
Yassi Jacobson is and everything. You go
there, there's cheffa, there's
sandwiches and there's orange juice.
>> Let me tell you what what he gets. He
gets at first.
>> Again, it's the same point I said
before. People that care about other
people are you want to be close to those
people because they're they're
forginners. They want to see you
successful. You watch them feed off
success and they want more people to be
successful and they care about it and
that's why it's good to be around those
people. I feel like Louis Shiner in my
he does like instead of in car he does
sh he does it at there as well probably
he does it he does it on steroids in my
>> I'm I'm very lucky to be a good friend
and he's amazing he's a really amazing
person but you
>> at the wedding
>> of course
>> wedding was wild no every lake every
>> I'm surprised the rashiva okay the the
Jewish [laughter]
>> he's very my brother was there with y
they were and he told Rabbi Cutler was
extremely gave me ter both of them. They
both was very very respectful.
>> Want to ask you a question during the
whole satabad fight. Your father
pinstang an amazing personality a loving
caring person and I obviously interview
him.
>> Obviously obviously you get a lot of
your good character traits from your
father and obviously one second and your
mother-in-law show. We're going to get
there in a moment.
>> Your father was very involved with the
with what happened with Hina the whole
story and that was on the line.
Basically,
>> did you hear that recording?
>> I heard the recording.
>> What's the recording?
>> The sapper guys beat up a lab. They
shaved off his beard.
>> Yeah. PƱos let him.
>> Yeah. No, no. My
>> You just said I want to get to the
finish the sentence today. The sappers
and the labavators are best friends.
>> There's no closer relationship than
Sappra. Both sides. It's amazing. You
grew up you grew up. Let's say you grew
up watching the fighting. My question is
what's your thoughts on that?
>> Little too young. I don't know. I I
remember Pinorf. I remember Var hiding
in my house. [snorts]
My father said, "Go out of the room,
lock it, and don't let anybody look into
that room." The guy was shaking. I don't
know what happened. I I was too young to
understand what happened. I was like a
young kid. It was happening. And my
father was a big Oscar at the time. He
was a community council. They were very
heavy involved. Him, Discher, Mos.
And they worked very hard. Not like
today, you know. I'm talking about bomb
squads. Bomb squads. I'm not knocking
today, but I remember at my block every
day the police were called in fire
departments to my my house or Fischer's
house cuz he was throwing people out of
the departments and he's making sasers
for people. They would demonstrate every
single night and he didn't care. He
pushed and pushed and pushed and pushed
out next all Jews Jews Jews. when old
didn't get into these apartments and he
he got he got some big big for that
wanted it very heavily and he went you
know obviously there's other things
going on on the side but I'm saying
let's take that aside but what he did
for the community was amazing and my
father's very involved with him they
work 24/7 drop his bag come from work
community council 3 hours at a time and
I I saw this very wealthy smer real
estate guy and one of Moshi Pinchin's
pictures in B I said how'd you end up at
this he said oh Moshi Pins's wife she's
in mortgages and she told me I should
come to this Fabangan so apparently it's
a full couple uh Hafat if I may say.
>> Yeah. So besides all the things you're
involved in all great causes
organizations I think your most famous
hat that you wear is BM Kabad.
>> That's correct.
>> Today there's 100 Shaws in Crown Heights
Flappson village. Everywhere you go
there's another Lava Shaw. I myself
opened the Shaw 17 years ago. I probably
got it all from you. You were the
visionary of the young Shaw movement in
Crown Heights. And besides your
tremendous success, you brought on the
most two most popular famous Rabonam.
Grab why was the rough for many many
years and now just as popular and as
much loved by Ley Gerellic who was like
a superstar beyond stars
>> when when when did a polling who should
be the new RV rack won like 97%. Did a
private polling
>> he should not become the RV and Crown
Heights because he's already the RV for
all the members of
>> I wish he would need a you know
>> my question is tell us how you got the
guts to open up a show in Crown Heights.
You were the first one to do it after
Gimmel Thomas.
>> So as I was telling you when I started
working in the office so I was very
involved with then because I did the
first and then I got involved with the
kin of
started. So I was involved with running
the kids program at that time. You're
talking about 120 kids. Today can
thousand kids. I part wrote down names
by hand. Had a little spreadsheet you
know it was no uh it was internet just
started. It was mamish the beginning
stages of these things. So he had a
spreadsheet wrote the names. when they
came to register I knew everybody I knew
the mothers the sisters the brother I
knew everybody came oh shamikum don't
forget I sent the check this you know
you knew everybody's story it was very
hamish it was very and exploded massive
project but it was right after Thomas
so it was
I think it was nun maybe nunv I have to
double check it's 20 20 22 years ago
>> 30 can you imagine we're talking about
30 years ago it's crazy so this is like
five years after giml
I was already doing the kinos a few
years and eb shabas we would go around
khan we grew up bham do
shabas was nothing [laughter]
you didn't go home you went home what
are you going for 1:30 after first you
woke up you know 11:00 you jump into the
mik you go and then boom 1:30 would go
late sometimes 3 4 mka and that was the
day my father
>> went from
>> my I we used to joke about lipski used
to walk home and he used to do every red
light Shakas then there was musk
you'd stop
but but there's no time literally people
were just the whole and some guys would
run home to make kids but people didn't
want to eat before the they didn't want
to eat with food they wanted them to
stay up they wanted to be focused so and
then after like what do you do now whole
shabas so we had a whole bunch of guys
used to go on cry interesting we used to
knock on people's doors what do you want
we came to fe
>> wow
>> and people like welcoming in the in the
most beautiful way because like they
they had the void and all a sudden
there's coming we can sit down go to
your basement bring some and we went for
months like this and someone said you
know what let's make it more so a couple
guys started doing in someone's house of
kdesh and then and one it was I was
running the kinos it was it was I think
it was it was makes sense yeah around
that time someone said maybe make a
minion for them so I said you know what
I'm going to let all my friends know
that there's a minion for the girls in
bka for the kids [clears throat]
I need 10 guys to Um, but I'm going to
make a massive kiddish afterwards.
Anybody want to come? I have I have
infrastructure. Benji set up all the
food for us. We had a whole setup over
there. No problem.
>> Benji. Benji.
>> Yeah. And I remember 100 guys showed up.
>> Wow.
>> First week.
>> First week. 100 guys.
>> And we had a in the library bifa. We had
a massive kesh. Okay. This that. Okay.
What do we do next week now? So I was at
the time at the office was still not
built. They had an empty floor. First
the second floor was empty. So I told
GDA, "Listen, I just need a week. Let me
see what happens." He said, "No problem.
You can use it." I told the guys, "Next
job is we're making a minion. Let's see
what happens." I remember going outside
and Brook, I think, was there. I said,
"Come inside. I need a minion." I mean,
he comes, "What are you talking about?
We're making a minion. Just a David Ty
was there." A few guys like I just
remember I don't know why.
>> Both friends of mine.
>> Yeah. It's funny. And David said, "I'm
going to be here forever." He tells me,
"I'm going to This is my show." I said,
"What are you talking about?" Dish's
30th wedding anniversary is today. So
that's funny. That's funny. I wish him
happy anniversary. So I I like, "Okay,
what do we do now? So we there like for
two weeks and someone said by the way
across the street there's there's a a
little floor available to rent. Let's
rent it and the rest is history. That's
how fast it happened. It was such a
void. And then what we did about the
void is also had to do with a lot you
know every time there was an event you
watch
was like it was it was it was after and
what do you what do you do poor night? I
used to come home after migill was
migill and then there was fabian and
there was always an element I didn't no
one felt that and it was bugging me and
I remember walking home and told my wife
I said it's making me crazy why can't we
do something here we're going to do
something we're going to do something
we're going to do it so I remember we
made a massive part it was pur party
massive we did in
I got such slack for it don't ask
there's a line inside it was all the way
out the door I don't know what happened
I said now now you you know the hashem
it's uh exploded but at the time it was
so foreign to most people you know the
farm this is dust this is this this is
that was the lab you know
>> this year had a beautiful thing with
Ellie Marcus unbelievable
>> every year it's a smashing success you
know you know do you know that there's
one show in the world that I know 7 5:30
a.m. a minion raam every morning do you
know that you know that mo
>> 5:30 a.m. 10 Jews every morning. You
know that Shabas morning 7:30 10:15 guys
25 guys
Rabbi Gazinski English 30 guys 20 guys
sh a whole day the whole today is old
day
>> what's the mission statement for
baseball
>> to make people have a home kabad house
feel good make them be proud of
something that just like every other
kabaras in the world be affiliated in
kit it's very hard you know there's
kabalas moved to the city he's the only
thing in town. That's it. And he had
nothing else. So you go there. You have
no choice. This is the Kabad house and I
get if I like it, I like it. No, no, no.
Grenits, you could pick and choose. So
in order to attract people, you have to
be very on top of your game. You have to
make sure people. But I didn't do it for
that reason at all. I did it strictly to
give a service to the community for
people to have a purpose. Even let's
talk about the
>> the target audience is like guys more
progressive.
>> I just want to say I come a few times a
year to kadesh. Mati a very close friend
of mine is making a kadesh. I just want
to let the broader world know what goes
on there. When I come after my sh Kdish
to be bes kesh on a shabas afternoon at
1:45 or 2:00
>> a couple of hundred young
>> a couple of hundred. Yeah,
>> it's packed and there's it's different
there's all different types of people
but there's more modern guys there's
very guys one table they're discussing
one table they're discussing the newest
stock tip and that's what I like and
it's it's a real good blend and I want
to say something else I have a close
friend of mine I used to work I left my
company after 14 years I have a close
friend that works in this company
>> and he joined Bashull a couple years ago
he said he was looking for a new show a
new start in life whatever he's 10 to 12
years younger than the average age gap
the average guy when he makes a sima an
upsharish and a sham I saw this hundreds
of people come that means it's not just
like oh a place to dive and I don't know
I don't fit into another show I'm not
diving in 770 the second the guy becomes
a member of there's such a camaraderity
camaraderie what do you call it where
the guy makes a sham hundreds of people
from the whole crown height feel like
they have to go everybody feels that way
>> and you obviously give that
>> we try we try it's not easy you know you
have to we have we events a whole year.
Every single year PE now pes coming up.
We have we have a major pesa program.
Program means what? There's a lot of
people struggling out there and trying
to make not I'm talking about poor
people. A guy's a rebby and his wife is
a teacher and they're making you know
the extra $2,000 fian. We're going to
make sure they have it provided for
them. And it these are little things
that you do. It's pesa purum. You make a
pur party. Where else are they going?
They don't have a pur party. Where else
they going? This is the PM party
gimmos fab. Whatever it is,
>> every night of circus, every night of
circus huge fab, we went to every night
as a tank. Y we went to tank. It's
whatever any normal healthy would do.
And now what I love about it is when I
did the first porum party, I had a guy
meet me yesterday. He says, "Remember
me, Mosha? You know, you know Babine,
>> the wine guy."
>> He says to you know, "Today's my
birthday. So what are you talking was
pur 22 years ago when he came to Sim
Kabak when called me up I have a guy
he's a barit he sings in her church he's
a beautiful voice he's in New York he
asked me where's he knows me he asked me
where to go he said go to bishm he
walked in I thought he's a bartender I
said okay the bar is there wasn't bifa
the small crown street he said I'm not a
bartender I'm rabbi I'm Rabbi Bachman
sent me here I said okay say the next
thing he woke up in Shagal's house
>> on ground street
>> ground street 10 years 20 years
has 10 kids.
He's amazing.
>> He's a bartender.
>> Yeah, he's he loves wine, but he's it's
such a story because to me, that's what
it's all about. You know, we welcome
everybody in. Everybody should feel
comfortable from this side of the
spectrum to the other side. Anybody who
you come here, I want you to feel
comfortable. No one's judging you. No
one cares. You do, you don't. And and it
affects people in a positive. We have a
whole bunch of like 10, 15 guys,
hardcore guys, these guys and guys and
Mikva guys and the evercome guys. Not
tell you, but it affects each other.
Everybody feeds off.
>> It's a little problem. I come there
every May and I can't talk during the M.
They're very serious about it. I want to
come and just [laughter]
serious.
>> Yeah. There's dirty guys there.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Good.
>> So, Crown Heights for many, many years,
for like maybe 50 years, only had one
women's mikvah.
>> Yeah.
>> And we have a lot of fineers today,
Barashem, people like fancy homes, nice
clothing, nice upstyle luxury. And they
wanted to have something very, very,
very beautiful, a nice mikvah that the
young crowds are going to use. They
shouldn't have to go to park slope or
carol gardens or Brooklyn Heights
something in the community and it was
never done until you came along and you
built me if I understand correctly
mikvah is one of the most beautiful
mikvah in the world it's named after
your mother
>> it's it's
the reason why
there there's a letter from the reb it's
actually interesting when passed away
which is
>> his mother's name is right but but that
was the reason why you say no no no my
mother was alive when
>> I started.
>> Okay.
>> She got sick in the middle and she got
to
>> So I dedicated the mikvah in her honor.
I asked actually funny I asked Mulla
Bman at the time of I said is it the
right thing to do because I really
dedicated to repres
whatsoever. You could put your mother's
name a plaque. This mikvah is dedicated
in honor of your mother but it's called
Mushka. No one calls it the Rahul's
mikvah. But I was very happy about that.
But there's a letter from the Reb which
I went to Rabbi Ger about. The Reb said
not to name a mikvah after a woman.
It's an interesting letter. I I I did a
little research about it. But later on
the Reb did a he later years afterwards
like many years later said there is
letters that Reba gave for people having
names after
>> there were things that the Reb changed
about.
>> I'm out of I'll give you an example. Did
tell people not to travel for family
members weddings when they were and then
did told everybody they could travel.
>> Traveling change. No, but this is a
naming. It was like a thing. I don't
know the label grant basically said no
problem
>> where did you invent that piece of land
I never knew it existed until the mikvah
showed up what's the history
>> let me the history is a simple that's
another faban as they say good
>> no it's like you s in someone came to me
he said I had a big incident at the
mikvah but the rebba my wife met her her
sister her aunt she's so embarrassed
there was a line now was growing and the
mikvah was it was capacity wasn't chai
to it they couldn't keep up with it so
we approached the rabb's mikvah we asked
maybe we could make it bigger is this
that they were they were conflicted
about it. I don't they did a fantastic
job for many years and Razi was she ran
it beautifully. She paid the bills. She
was amazing. But you know, but it things
you know we're going to get old and and
things move on. But and the guy said I
don't know what to do. My wife was so
upset. She had such a you know
uncomfortable experience. So we some you
know there's a little little land for
$100,000 you could build mikvah with a
shower. I said way too weird. Look when
guy said the guy owns a piece of
property you could buy it. What happened
was the developer was going to develop
the building in the corner and another
guy there's a corner available bought
it. He's hoping developer would take it
and flip it to him.
>> Developers I don't need it.
>> So for 100 years those park I remember
the corner rats and those trucks it was
garbage.
>> Other Yeah.
>> I know it existed.
>> It was a little as a bucket. We grew up
in Troy Avenue. So we always saw it.
Those are little trucks. It was a
junkyard a sliver with gates for 100
years. Guy said 100 grand. I called the
guy up. I said, "He's stuck at selling
back and forth." I said, "Could you
build there?" He said, "I don't know."
He showed me he has approved plans to
build like a tiny tin like a like 600
foot apartment. I said, "What's 68?" He
said, "Yeah, you can stay." I said,
"Listen, if we could build legally, I'm
going to build a mikvah, shower, and
call it a day. For $350,000, we're out.
Done. At least we'll break the system a
little bit."
[laughter] And I we were doing it. Who's
in? And I I in two minutes, I got the
money. was what a 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
10 10 10 10 boom like okay that was easy
it was a good fing and I guess people
had a lot of money at the time whatever
it was it was like uh it was a good fab
and we went into contract we bought it I
remember going into contract I went to
Zam Shakat's office I never bought a
piece of property in my life he had
money for closing what are you talking
about [laughter]
he ended writing the whole check
>> was good for the Jews
>> oh yeah he was good [laughter] he's he's
also a very special Jew anyway but I'm
saying he people care you know he he
just okay you you need to make for doing
it. And I went around I didn't have a
nickel. This is a good story. So I
didn't have a nickel. Now as I'm about
to start, guy said, someone says to me,
you know, there's a thing called a
vault. Look into it. You have an empty
lot, you might be able to do a vault
called.
>> What's a vault?
>> Which by the way, I'll explain it to you
tonight.
>> Yep. Very special. We're good friends.
>> They're dedicating now on today. They're
dedicating a new wing, a new gate.
is a very dear friend. She's always very
helpful. I called her up. I knew she she
was very connected. I said, "Listen,
there's such a thing called a vault."
Now, a vault is if you go to Rapkins
Melford, let's say, they build under
sidewalks.
So, the city gives you free land,
but you have to make sure there's no gas
lines and electric, and you pay like
$100 forever. It's like a lease for 100
years. So, Bishmo, for example, the
whole Union Street. So, if you kne see
the sidewalk is very big. So, the
building is 5,000 square feet each
floor. on the basement will be almost 10
because of the sidewalk. So I'm going
under entire sidewalk. It spreads out.
So it's called a vault. Is that what 77
these bathrooms are?
>> Yes.
Yeah. Same idea. That's called a vault.
It's it's called a vault cuz it's built
so fire truck has to come if there's
ever a fire. It's strong enough I could
drive. Anyway, okay. Rory says she could
do it. I'm going to help you do it. She
did in honor of Ari actually.
and she took the whole project on
herself and she went all the way and she
I went to meetings with her to city
officials. There's a approved now went
from $300,000 to $3 million, $3 half
million. And once you do $3 million off,
now I don't have a nickel. Someone tips
me off. Fiveish peaser in five towns.
They want to build a mikvah. Call them
up. I go to the house. I travel.
Uh we're building a mikvah. I He's
married to Elberg.
>> Yeah. Fantastic. Tamar that wasn't
making any but fantastic people. She
says to me, I said, "Oh, 18 grand,
whatever. No idea." She says, "Okay,
done." I call home. I'm like hitting
myself on the head and what I I never
raised money for a building.
>> I pay for two windows. Anyway,
>> I I I call her back. I said, "I
apologize. I think I made a mistake."
You know, she says, "We'll do She" She
gets back to me. She'll do 100,000, I
think, at the time. Any day we're doing
groundbreaking. I I don't have a nickel.
I don't have nothing. I'm just
collecting pledges now. I'm just talking
to people running around. I went to that
morning went to the oil. I went I have a
Sunday morning. I'm driving back.
Drivers calls me up
>> every Sunday morning. You don't have
time.
>> Yeah.
>> Where?
>> In a special uh place called Bane Ridge.
>> Bay Ridge.
>> It's a It's It's called Bane Ridge. It's
on uh Ocean and Z Bay Ridge. It's called
Bane Ridge.
>> Bane Ridge sounds like a banish cup.
>> No, no. It's we go with nursing goes
with me. Nursing
goes with me. Lippy Lippy Kaski and
Peski go Tuesday. Kasovski does the 5:30
Ram every day. [laughter] He's the bomb.
>> He's the bomb. He doesn't stop. He gives
a [ __ ] every day. By the way, I have a
sh five minute show. Go on to it. Every
every day five minutes one:00. My
phone's going to ring 15 20 guys going
on that. Uh he was like now pes he's
very into this. He does a fantastic job.
So he he he fers calls me back and I'm
driving out to the groundbreaking the
the we're about to do groundbreaker and
it's a big thing. I spoke to my wife and
we decided we're going to do $360,000.
I'm like, "What?" I announced it. I was
like, "You can imagine." But at this
point, I'm on a high and I'm flying. I
don't even know how much project is
going to cost. I just I just know that
he just took me from zero to 100. Once
he did that, it's in fundraising, the
biggest challenge is the start. Once the
project's off the ground and you're
moving like and we're starting on the
building to get it off the ground and
build it is the hardest. Once people see
you building, okay, now it's real. till
you get there it's very difficult so you
have to people trust in you and he
trusted and he's like I told him it's
your best investment because that you'll
never take away I mean it is so
successful mikvah we have
>> and there's no mortgage right
>> there's no mortgage bar
>> and we pump we pumping a lot of money I
spent this year probably 100 grand I
don't know if you noticed all the plants
outside I made a brand new garden
>> I can tell you for a fact the women love
that mikvah more people are keeping
towers of mishbah because of that mikvah
I have I have stories non-stop Stop it
to make you hear stand up.
>> People that worked there were also very
sensitive this compliments coming in
non-stop.
>> That's the success. I have my sister
Cherry New and Kasar run it like
literally
>> Mrs. Mrs. Ellen
>> Ms. No, my sister and then and run the
>> ah the operations
>> operations. They don't go into the mic
for during Mrs. Ellen is amazing. Mrs.
Mrs. Bournesteinstein we have a team.
>> How do you handle all the egos in a shul
and make sure everyone's comfortable and
happy and money? [laughter] What's the
secret as a president and founder of a
>> how do you make everyone happy where you
can't? How do you handle that? The rich
and the poor and then the
>> make everybody happy you you just you
know if you're happy yourself you make
everybody else happy.
>> From my experience everybody considers
my founders everybody considers Moshi to
be their brother. Anywhere you go you
say Moshi Benson oh I'm his best friend.
Every single one of the balatim is his
best friend. And it's not a
contradiction. They really are.
>> I have relatives that started admining
there 10 years ago. They literally feel
like they're part they're part of the
family.
>> A mazda for Ellie.
>> Brain Elli became Bubby and Zadi this
week. Huge. Yeah, it's huge.
>> Gorgeous kids.
>> I heard she's turning 50.
>> Who?
>> Ellie.
>> Ellie's turning pes.
>> I want to get your sister on the show.
Clapman. I hear she's going to blow up.
>> Yeah, you two together. It's going to be
fun. [laughter]
>> I want to go back to the mah. So,
>> you know, when we did it
>> again, the same thing. It was new.
>> It was a lot of what's going to be. I
remember sitting there. Remember and do
were very big involved
>> what he does for the tish andky made a
wedding last night. No,
>> noky made to my cousin.
>> When was that?
>> Last night, right?
>> I was there.
>> But I'm saying
they do.
>> They didn't make a wedding together.
>> No, no, no, no. They too they do the the
very busy feeding. Yeah. Yeah. All time.
Yeah.
>> I'm telling you, Raml called me up. I
remember he was very involved with the
mikvah. Do Spur was amazing and a lot of
people helped, you know, with money.
Shhat and B Yunic and a lot of a lot of
my Thomas
>> that's for sure the SH guys all of the
SH guys what I'm saying it was very very
helpful but I remember and and they were
construction guys so they knew what
they're talking about I remember sitting
there and we were getting ready to open
the building we're stressed out and the
phone rang and like it was like brand
new line just and I think Riftar picked
up say you're open say you're open cuz
they're never going to you're never
she's okay yeah we're open
>> oh the mikvah
>> yeah and that was it that's how we But
because it Rammo wanted didn't finish
touching touching this and that we
couldn't get there and LA last 10 years
it's open 10 years already every year I
put in at least 25 grand to that place
just to make sure it's top I just did
all the furniture random Maggie designed
it Maggie got gorgeous. How do you
allocate your time? You have all these
different things you run. What's the
secret?
>> You get up four o'clock and you go to
the
>> You go every day.
>> Every day. Yeah.
>> You go a mile every day
>> and you run three miles. Wow. Speaking
of your sh like to talk about our dear
friend Mendy Schmuring of Smiring
Chocolate.
>> Let me get one of those minor bars.
>> Mendy. Oh,
>> the Schmuring Chocolate brand is it's I
love that they're a corporate sponsor
because you love the product. Everybody
loves the product. It's almost like
Mushi Pinson. Everybody loves Mushi
Pinson,
>> by the way. He's an amazing guy.
>> Chocolate. It's Kasha Pesak, by the way.
Oh, I got a call from a big memo. A guy
that worked in the house. He said he
never saw the Reba eating the chocolate
on Pes but he said during the year the
Reba definitely ate chocolate.
He I said that I heard that he didn't.
He said he didn't
>> horse chocolate that was the chocolate.
>> Did chocolate did chocolate during the
horse still exist?
>> Sure.
>> It's a it's a
>> no I don't eat nuts but it's del bunch
of nuts. [laughter]
>> He actually men's amazing person. I
don't know if you remember like 10 years
ago 15 there was a tufa
of about 15 to 20 solid guys at a myel
who moved out and I was doing an
analyzation of the whole situation I
mean my show 15 20 heavy shows not
you're talking about there's a big ex's
going out and I was very worried about
it and I I didn't uh I was just worried
that it's going to trend and it's going
to what's going to happen to nights and
and these weren't regular people these
were middle class to upper class so
they're they're about to buy a house
spend a million dollars so why should I
buy it here I'll go Miami and buy a
house for a million dollars and live in
like a bench, you know. And that started
a huge trend. I know a lot of guys
>> also during co a lot of guys left
>> before and I remember thinking to
myself, you know, what's going to be
people going to leave and the community
and grounds and the shores and the and
then Mishy moved back to Grits.
[laughter] I like Mendy, oh thank god
you light into the tunnel. He walked in
but but you know you shouldn't ever
worry about these things. You know,
>> a lot of these class rules events merge
and closed and merged and closed.
>> A lot of them did it for different
reasons, different, you know, everybody
has their thing. I am I can't tell you
how happy when I know that there's 100
parties in front. There was nothing.
There was absolutely nothing. When I
walk, it feels so good when I know
classes are all making tanks and
everybody's making
>> you an auction. Now the 20 guys jump in
the water. Good.
>> I'm I am so happy to hear when another
sh is doing. You know, one thing I told
somebody last night is one of the thing
we're building is not building just for
ourselves. We're building to the has
thousands of people non-stop literally
and we host and people are going to come
and say woo you know what we did over
here and and your show and the next show
and the young guys say you know we're
going to also do something we're going
to build they're building our ramson
show that show over there I was very
helpful with them they came to me I said
don't worry you're going to get it done
>> and they're going to get it done I spoke
hours with them I said don't worry now
they're building a mikvah and they have
a sh and the other show all the way down
there you know there's a brook guy I
think he lives all the way down and you
Yeah.
>> They also said they came they want what
do we do? I said don't worry just go
right. So always believed in that you
know the's message was always the same
thing
>> forward march forward don't worry you
saw the video about
>> I watch it every week.
Yeah, we don't say we don't believe in
us.
>> No, no, the didn't let you. No, someone
says don't believe in it.
>> We don't have to deal with the saying
something else is saying exists if you
want it. So get it out of your head.
Become a connect to the Reb and a scotch
to the Reb will cause you not to have
these problems.
>> I have to tell this to you. I have I
mean it's the first time I'm telling it
to anybody, right? Yankee Barber, he
came spoke in the best shop this
afternoon. After that
>> he's a he had yard set to speak for
>> yard his wife yeah today
>> uh I think Sunday
>> oh yeah right Sunday
>> Sunday he came to speak about his new he
put out we're going to get to this in a
minute
>> that actually
>> he said a vert he said a vert that when
you say the dus about the dry land about
walking on the dry land and uh like the
only way you could explain why do we say
denu all the things of shabis and mata
all the biggest miracles it said that if
we were able to split the sea and it
wasn't going to be completely dry it
would be dana what's the big deal of
about the the sand being dry. Big deal.
What a he says, "You have to explain it.
I'll pick and this and beautiful. I got
the beautiful parish the is after and my
I got on the shabas because my son's
birthday is my son's whatever should
continue to benchm
>> I put on the living terra. I subscribe
to living. I show it and show every
shabas. It's the best way to start your
week."
>> The was talking about my son's name is
all about and that nothing and it was
very connected because
to help him with everything and it was
very whatever and then the was talking
in the same about the dry land I was
like oh my god you see the left but more
100% but I'm saying the theat that has
every week they bring the to the world
and it answers everybody
hits every single person
>> speaking of the clap
>> oh pass me the
>> I just want to finish off with the
mikvah thing
>> oh yeah
>> sure
>> because it it changed
the reality of the mitzvah mikvah. It
took hundreds of people besides for
adocranized people coming and all that.
There are non-stop and one of the
biggest problems we had is getting
people out. They loved it. It was it it
was such a luxury. You understand that
this place is run like like a the high
high-end spa
>> like a spa gym.
>> They dim the lights. They play music.
They're like candles. It's really and
you come you come from a house regular
bar can have family and kids and it's
hectic. They come there and they just
disappear. And that was the Reb's
message. You listen to the from the Reb
that the woman should go to the mikvah
should be the biggest pleasure in
mitzvah.
>> I'm just wondering why.
>> Yeah. Well, the students last week they
came from who? See teens thousands kids
and every year you hear oh by the way
this guy is comes and they told their
mother they're building one there and
they going there you see the effect 24/7
these things and that's everything in
life. If you do good and you by your
soul and you do it beside the
>> the right reasons.
>> Yeah. Exactly. Not be your own egos
whatever it is. talking about talking
about doing things beautifully and about
and making life easier and nicer for
thousands of years doing 5,000 years and
you open up this big there's nowhere to
put it you have a wine you spill your
wine you open it up the next year Marois
pops out intomeck
comes along to the publication house and
they make a hagada that stands
>> brilliant
>> gorgeous standing it takes up less than
25% of the table space of a hagada times
that by 20 people you have a full empty
table there you can Good stuff. Gorgeous
art.
>> And it gives you all the instructions.
Break the matzah. Fill the wine. Dip the
honey. Dip the honey in there.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. The whole It comes in a gorgeous
gift box.
>> Wow.
>> In a gorgeous gift box.
>> Yeah.
>> You get one of those.
>> It's a couple of bucks. You give it to
your balab. They make it. They print it.
They sell. Wait. Wait. You ready for the
best part?
>> It's already 39 bucks. If you buy many,
it's even cheaper. But wait. Even if you
buy only one 39 bucks. You put in Clappy
at checkout. CL L A P Y 15% off.
>> I need a dozen of those.
>> A dozen of those.
>> Everybody,
>> perfect gift.
>> They're buying.
>> Look at this. Say Lad Mikish. Go forth
in the morning. Let love the army and
want to do our father Jacob with
pictures.
>> Beautiful.
>> I like the idea. The idea is great.
>> How come nobody else thought about this?
>> That's the way works.
>> We always do it the best.
>> And if in your pes and you need some
extra cheers, right, Clavia, what do you
do? Oh, if you need cheers, if you need
tents, if you need party rental, a
Bashimal, a proud Bashimal member, by
the way, I saw he was a double a double
sponsor.
>> A1 party rentals. I saw on the in the
Bash perm party, it says A1 party
diamond sponsor and then it says family
sponsors Ellie and Freman. I'm like,
whoa, how much you hit the same person
up [laughter]
him is not hitting up. Him don't pay the
bill.
We're we owe him. [laughter] He does all
we have, you know, uh tish. We have kind
of a room over 500 people in the show.
>> So we have spillovers and tents and
chairs and tables. So he does all my
rentals.
>> So and we're slow sometimes to pay on
time, you know. [laughter]
So we barter
the neighborh
and we have of course ch Butcher most
beautiful restaurant. The kebab is the
most beautiful gorgeous restaurant.
Their restaurant on uh on Troy Avenue.
You don't have to go to Manhattan and
get a $200 parking ticket and
babysitters. You only need like three
hours. I've been there. Yeah. So, Siege
Butcher, then they have also a beautiful
deli on Albany. And now they have a
frozen section where fine groceries are
sold with readymade food. You just pop
it in the oven and you're good to go.
>> And speaking of Mayor Kabakov with
Luction on the Baham, the whole caravan
of Carol and Troy.
>> Amazing stuff.
>> Is the Luxen Kabakov caravan
>> the real thing coming up. Pesak is
coming up in a couple of days. Yeah. I
want everybody to know when it comes to
Pesak, one of the most popular foods
you're going to eat in every single
meal. Every single Jewish person in
every meal is going to have fish.
Rascin fish. Rascin fish.
>> Clap. You're not eating the fish.
>> No.
>> People told me it's the highlight of the
show is to watch Kloppy eat that the
Rascin
the most delicious.
>> So I spoke to Manyasi today. By the way,
is my dear friend Mexican.
Wait, wait. 718 Rascins
>> Sluckom 6. Go look at the sign. You know
what Sluckham 6 is?
>> Yeah, that's the old way.
>> Dial 756 is the only sign I think exists
in Brooklyn. Go look at Rasin signs.
>> Sluck them.
>> SL.
>> They used to tell you phone numbers.
>> Oh, to remember,
>> not know. So, you shouldn't 75. You
didn't hear what you said. 756. Huh. So,
instead of remember, they would say SL6.
So, you know SL means 75.
>> Every number on the phone had
the old phones. My mother used to tell
me suck them six for gold. That was
sluck six. That was it.
>> Wow.
>> Go look at the signs.
>> They told me now that 718 Roskins you
call from anywhere in the world. They
could freeze it with ice packs and ship
it to you. Could get boxes and boxes of
filter fish. THEY HAVE A WHOLE HERRING
LINE KOSHER PESA.
>> Are they doing the live fish or no live
fish?
>> Wait, here's better.
>> Yes or no?
>> I don't know about anything about live
fish.
>> No do live fishes. A lot of labs they
make. They sell nos. I buy for them. No,
nos. Zero. Just fish.
>> No. No. I wanted to tell you they told
me that for people that are mach not to
have ingredients, not to have sugar,
>> oil salt.
>> They said salt, no pepper, no garlic,
you get the most
fish with the best of and delicious and
all the salmon rolls. They have the
gapilta fish rolls, the pike rolls, all
the rolls, kasha pesak and a herring
lineup and they'll ship it to you
anywhere in the world. Commercial
kitchens, big rolls of gapilta fish.
Yeah.
>> 718 Rascins. We're so proud to have them
on the show every week. And after Pesak,
we're gonna go back to eating the food
on the show. Now it's Kasha Pesak.
>> What about if you want to clean your
car? Clappy. Any recommendations?
>> Do not clean your cars. Buy a new car
for Pesak. And it's so cheap at wheels
to lease. My friend Saul at wheels to
lease.
>> And Izzy
>> and Izzy Herman, the top salesman there.
You just call them up. They have crazy
deals now on the Pilot,
>> on the Highlander,
>> on the minivans.
>> On the Highlander. Minivan.
>> The Highland. The minivans are
>> People wake up. They need a car summer.
They're going crazy. I need it for
shabas for next chabas and this time
>> they have the car from when you call
them until it's in your driveway. Guess
how long with the credit approval?
>> Two, three hours. A car is in your
driveway.
>> Go to a car wash takes three hours. A
pesak. You get a new car in your
driveway. It's easier to get car wash.
>> And the [laughter] prices are the prices
are the prices are crazy.
>> Big inventories now. The cars. It's good
deals.
>> But old guy don't go to cleaners
anymore. Just buy new suits. [laughter]
>> [sighs and gasps]
>> And then also one more thing my brother
told me the only thing he misses about
KMR and FFH and all these great hotels
is that the w the morning waffles. The
waffles you come in the morning get
waffles shahle
>> shahakle. So, our new sponsor, Elegant
Desserts, has you could buy
>> Oh, the pecan pie yesterday in THE CAR
WAS ELEGANT.
>> ELEGANT.
>> But you could buy you could buy the
batter just like they have in the fancy
p my only thing you missed in the whole
hotel. You know, all I said, what are
you missing? They made the steaks of
this, the concert like nothing. Oh, you
just missed the morning waffle. You come
in to the tea room, the waffles, FFH
partner with not that I ever tasted it,
but I go to FFH every single year and I
can tell you Lady Fagen's waffles and
and Pesak, they taste exactly like the
KTS ones.
>> They all use it. It's elegant desserts
batter. You can feel like you're in a
hotel partners. Yeah.
>> Partners. Everything comes Everything
boils back to Bash. I just want to let
you know that studio. What studio? We in
>> slow motion. Yankee Tab.
>> Yankee Tab. He has every single thing of
bash last 22 years documented from
Bishma. He is my guy. For example, we
built the mikvah. If you go ever go on
the website, which I have to update
whatever, there's a video there of time
lapse entire building. Yet, my new
building right now, if you walked on top
of Ben's building on the corner and
Dolby SP on the other corner, you'll see
two big eyes looking down at you. Live
cameras right now. So, for when they hit
the ground, the fence goes up,
everything. I call Yankee. Yankee, I
need a favor. I want a video of the
whole history of
>> I want to ask you another question when
it comes to the kines I know you used to
be very involved now you have your own
thing going on but I see like every year
hundreds of lining up and you're handing
them gift cards 50 100 200 you want to
like give them like a little treat to go
home with
>> gift cards in stores
>> if you guys help us give us some money
they want to give it out they don't want
to be harassed they you know keep
anonymously and they they give me a
stack and I give it out I give stand
there and give it out to them but uh the
kines itself we have originally was
always a separation between kits I don't
know history.
>> Farmers.
>> Farmers. [laughter]
>> I remember I used to I used to send out
an email from AOL. They used the Schlim
had an AOL account called Akus I think
it was called.
>> Yeah. Yas. [laughter]
>> And they and listen and they used once a
year I would send the post. [laughter] I
used to get the emails AOL. Everybody
had you my email address was like Khan
Mush and AOL. It's like some weird
thing. I still have it actually. But I
think they they they abolished the whole
thing because now every every state has
a WhatsApp groups and they work that and
I used to send that email scheduled
welcoming all the
first years I did it. I had thousands no
one had anywhere to go. They had the
regular but then they wanted a party
somewhere. So we were in it was like a
train of before started popping up. And
now
invites us to speak. Abi has a the only
thing going on integration. With all
that we still have hundreds of in and
out every single kid and Yudi Cohen
>> famous famous.
>> We love Yudi. We love Yudi. Oh, you know
I know we get interrupted. You have so
much personality that I know comes from
your father. But you have a lot of
drizzen personality that came from. I
want to hear a little bit about your
mother.
>> Hold on. My personality is all drizzen.
Clap. Let's not
>> My father's
>> Let's hear Let's hear a little bit.
>> My mother was a very special person. I
heard that one scholar
the real person who he was entranced by
was Mishi's mother. That's the
>> My mother was the baby and he was the
oldest. So So he always treated her.
>> No, Kichi was the baby
>> girl. That one's a boy.
>> Oh, okay. Get your facts straight. Baby
girl.
>> Yeah.
>> My mother was the youngest in the family
and she was my my uncle's the oldest and
she was the you know took care of her.
Always very friendly. He's a very
special person. Uncle but I'm talking
about I'm talking my mother. My mother
was a very very active special person.
She, you know, I always say the story
about her lipstick. Mother wore a very
heavy red lipstick. She's a Russian, you
know, she liked it. So they have all the
all the people. Mrs. Pinson, it's not
you go by Debba. You know, you know my
mother's action was loves my lipstick.
[laughter]
That's the way she was. She she she got
it. There you She was a real She was for
the first I grew up I an average I had
to sleep on the floor guests. There was
no such thing as uh those days there was
no like extra rooms. It was one bedroom,
one toilet and eight [laughter] of us.
Literally you wait a half hour to get to
the bathroom. There was nothing.
>> You heard the story about Dud Shami?
>> No.
>> There's a you Shami guy. He used to
dance so beautifully at every wedding.
They used to beg him to dance. He would
jump and dance. Somebody asked him, "How
do you dance so well?" He says, "You
grew up in a family with 17 kids in one
bathroom. [laughter]
You learn how to dance." Yeah, it's not
a joke. You don't you don't know you
don't remember this because you're a
little old younger than me. So you had
probably two bathrooms. We had one
bathroom. We got eight kids.
>> You saw the news yesterday. A family in
ModĆ. The mother and 21st 21st or 22nd
kid.
>> That's like the in Israel. But but we
grew up like that. I always grew up at a
house mish open house. My mother's like
the first kabat house. There a few homes
in there. The mamads always had open. It
was very those are very small. It wasn't
a popular uh like you know now was
Korean and
all the Israelis came to house we had
our cousin baptish my house
every night hundreds of and then all the
cousins and then all the guests and then
spoke about you know the video you've
seen the video
>> we famous video your father you were
holding the plug in the wall all night
>> pa and abi lived in my basement
>> give us history give us some
>> context and abi were 11 Before Moi's
pinch's cousin opened basil and everyone
came to crown heights before that
brought everyone you speak to these guys
on William Barber I was in height for
>> please give us some history
was cocking heavy to dance
>> cuz you mentioned your father I thought
you I didn't realize
coming
>> tell us the story
>> go online someone posted a video
recently
>> I saw it
>> if from across the street they took a
video
>> your father started you let him say the
story I meant to live in my basement
obby They were bubbas. Yusk 11 was very
instrumental bringing them from Vermont
and they called. My mother always had
open house. Bring them in and they were
musicians and they played
and they never spoke about this. My mom
said what do you mean? They never spoke.
Let's make music.
>> Spoke about what?
>> Dancing.
>> So they said come to come come to my
garden. I have a big garden. We'll plug
play you'll play music on the porch. We
lived upstairs then. We don't even we
had a tiny apartment upstairs. The
downstairs was not living there.
see through the the the the electric
cord upstairs. I remember I plugged in.
It was the front of my house like the
dining. The plug work properly.
>> Huh?
>> What street?
>> Montgomery 620. Montgomery and Brooklyn.
>> Brooklyn has it started. No.
>> Montgomery and Brooklyn. Brooklyn. The
middle of the block. Our house.
>> The middle of the block. Middle of the
box.
>> Not not
there. And they threw up the cord and I
plugged it in. It kept falling out. So I
had to get tape. And
>> your father says you have to hold it a
whole
you know those old plugs
wobbly. Yeah. And it was he needed
anyways finally got it going. We got it
going and we had a cousin seel he's
whatever he was sang beautifully. They
sang the first time
and I lit up the night and then okay
well now we know then the crowd started
coming and got bigger and then someone
said okay let's move it to the corner.
That's the story first.
>> The first night they moved to the corner
>> 6. No no no later. Second night later.
So when did he Salanto show up?
>> My mother my mother didn't wasn't
interested in being the she just did it
because
>> so he came the next year he came that
year.
>> No maybe two years later it was running
already. Bakham took it over. You know
it wasn't it wasn't it was not like
this. It was a big uh people play music.
That's it.
>> But you know what I'm noticing a real
trend. Your father said that had a
broken up smashed up car. He went to
Pumpkin they got a gorgeous Cadillac.
They did Ebbertson came and helped
choose the color. Your father needed
those days like 50 years ago 2530
grand76
>> him and a few friends wrote out the
checks to Pumpkin and they drove the
Cadillac 770
>> you know when they asked the rabb to
pick it the said speak to the rabbitson
went to pmpkin
>> I said went with them to pmpkin
>> and about 10 years ago Rabbi Krinsky
came to bring and he said randomly that
the reb was once in the car
someone said where's the car he said
don't ask after it got neglected it's in
a ratinfested did it got [ __ ] I don't
know where they kept it. Davidson also
has a car by the way. It's being
refixed, right? Redone now, actually.
So, we said, "Okay, we're taking it
over. We're going to make him new. We're
refinishing the whole thing." So, I call
him I have a friend, Leighton, you know.
Show him Leighton from Arizona.
>> Yeah, I do know him. I do know him. You
know how I know.
>> Yeah, he's a big big guy. He has a a big
dealership. So, he called him up. He
said, "I have the I know the owner of
Pat the big Cadillac dealers. They do
the president's cars
>> restoring.
>> Let's go get it going." He took care of
the whole thing. They rewired inside and
touch
>> inside have it.
>> No, they try to Yeah. A couple of weeks
they left the bike there.
>> No, no. Professionals do. No.
>> And at one condition I told at the time
you do the Reb's garage, you make it
over, make it proper, and it's going to
be parked there. I wanted people to get
a tour of it.
>> Yeah.
>> What was it? I thought maybe even to
drive and kalas with it, you know.
>> Yeah. I like that. I like that.
>> You know, you should give money to
Americas.
>> Yeah. Yeah. For sure.
>> Charge and get a special ride the first
time.
>> The new wedding package maybe. No, the
the first place to go and that was that
was you know as a married couple.
>> Are you involved in the new wedding
package?
>> Not officially.
>> Who's it? Hill's project and Jacob.
>> Oh, not Hill.
>> Bruce Bman.
>> There a lot of guys. It's amazing thing.
It's amazing. Any But going back to the
car, we restored it. It's ready to go
100% full.
>> Parked in the house waiting for the deba
on president.
>> President fully ready to go.
>> You know what's
>> thousands of dollars. Oh no, but the is
is that your father was a mocker and
your mother sha started see
>> the first the first you know to have the
the rides you know the first
>> rides by the by the parades
>> and beware every time
>> there's a fear the rides yeah
>> the first ones in front of house my
mother made she made a balloon you those
ear those
>> inflatables
>> the jumping bouncing house
>> bouncing house that's it she made two of
them and that was the whole party
>> it came to expect that anytime there's
any big event at crown nights sponsor
>> anything good that happens anything good
that happens Brown team with a little
logo on the bottom. You almost like
>> I am honored to have it there.
>> Honestly, I I love it. I love when
people call me. I love when people ask.
I want to help if I can help.
>> Here's the elephant in the room.
>> You bought the building. You bought the
property at the corner of Union and
Albany. It's been abandoned and empty
for 50 years. And Debe Mameish cried.
Debba cried about that property. You put
out a journal about that property as I'm
happy you brought
>> dozens of times why isn't the community
mist taking that property.
>> So I you had a whole
>> I had a lot of research on this love
that property and I'm going to say it on
the record so people understand what
happened. This property was a house. It
was a building many years. Stood there
building pictures. I have everything. I
have beautiful. It's in the brochure
actually. And then it got condemned in
the 80s. A lot of these buildings broke.
No one. It was too too expensive to
touch. Owners left it and they and the
city condemned it and they ripped it
down. And then the Reb used to call is a
fellow. He was part of the community. He
called him in for a meeting one time. He
asked him what's going on. And the Reb
kept pushing it. vineyard. It's a very
it's a crazy because when I bought the
land I didn't know anything. I didn't
hear anything about negative positive. I
just knew it's an empty lot. I knew the
owners. They wanted to sell it to me.
And the reason why they wanted to sell
it because remember was the mikvah. The
mikvah cracked and they were going to
rip salt 77.
>> No no no. No. Talk about recently
[laughter] there was they were going to
take down the mikvah because they said
it's leaking. The only way to do it is
to rip it down. And I called bar Lazar.
I said mikvah. They need 100 grand in 10
minutes. You got the money, preserve it.
The guy watched this story. I guess read
it. He said, "My I need to call you.
What? I have I have the land across the
street. I saw what you did in the MC. I
see your you know something is going to
help. I want to sell it to you and one
condition. You build something for the
community." I said, "Actually, I'm
looking for a show."
I didn't know anything about the
property. Honestly, I didn't know
anything. At the closing, there's a
lawyer there. He's probably I said,
"What do you want put put on the film?"
Sure. Sure. Last time I did this with
Zuavic from the Five Towns when they
closed at his building.
>> I said, "Oh, you know, Zman, very nice."
So I call Salman. He doesn't answer. I
said, "By the way, 17 years ago, this
guy did a closing by you and I put on
Phil on the menu." Anyway, next morning
I go to the oil, give a report, come out
of the oil standing there. I say,
"Amen." You didn't get my message. He
said, "What message? I left you a whole
message about the guy." He say, "Oh, I
missed. I'm sorry." Whatever. Okay. I
was busy. Yeah. Do you know, by the way,
that made a groundbreaking here?
>> Oh my god.
>> I go, "What are you? What? What did you
just say?" This is this is the first
inkling I know. So, what are you talking
about? says, "The Rebba made a
groundbreaking here." I said, "Tell me
the story." He says, "I was there. Fry
was there from Jai
has a corner apartment upstairs. He saw
this. The Roosevelt brothers is
>> not anymore. We're talking about
Shiners."
[laughter] But set the record straight.
Ra. Leave it alone.
He calls me the mud. Anyways, [laughter]
he he he was there uh
Sturburgg. I got a few names that were
there.
>> New London, Connecticut or something.
>> And now he
says,
>> Lucy, we mentioned your brother. I'm
just letting you know. [laughter]
>> Love is good people,
>> the best.
>> Anyways, so he's like, I'm telling you,
did I? I said, so what's the story? He
says, I don't know. Go to Yod.
[laughter]
So I go to Yodel. I said, what happened
here? You the vote on everything.
>> Tell me the land that you for me.
>> I never had a grandma. I never heard
this before.
>> I never either. I said fine. He says I
What's the date? This that track for
it was the last day of there was
looked for his couldn't find anything.
Six months later he calls me back. I
looked the wrong year. I found the
what's the say the went to the mikvah
was the only time yud drove the usually
did was busy whatever how to say they
worked the went to the oil the mikvah
then went to the oil drove him the pulls
up to the mikvah and says to yen
wow
>> now you have to say oh after was there
laser after that's the other guy it was
boarded off it was it was condemned it
was a chained off linked fence and still
was nothing. You couldn't get in there.
Yield drops the rev off. He belines
Roosevelt live on Empire in Albany that
time knocks on his door says get into
the car right now and you get back with
me. They run. They break the train lays
off. You have to rip the gate open. We
broke it open. [sighs]
>> Wow.
>> Now what do what do we do? As what I do?
So they take the rock. I It's a shame is
standing there.
>> No, no. The mikvah is the mikvah.
>> The mikvah. He goes he starts
we're going to here. We're going to
build a building. They know what to do
because
they take the rock and they drop it.
>> Okay, now this is where the witnesses,
you know, this is like the conspiracy
witness, but this is pretty much 99% of
people say
Izzy walks out. The now is coming out of
the mikvah. So the Reb is on the corner
of Union and Albany, but like leaving
the mikvah side and Izzy's is coming
from the Bish building and they meet
with the car. So the MBA is standing
right on the corner facing the already
made the turn. He's picking up the
turns to Israel says
we just made
gives him $2. So
building
>> eyewitness from 10 people now.
>> Wow.
>> To me that's the only
>> you know where that rack is.
>> I wish I trying to find the dollars as
are trying to help me find it. It's
piles and they're not sure the mother
wrote down the date.
I I would buy it for anything. But the
rap
>> you can't figure out the dollars. You're
the dollars expert.
>> I'm the dollar expert. Sure. We'll get
so reb
>> the history you know I told you the
history of of last time a mikvah was
built mikvah was 120 years ago. You know
that right? They say some people say the
fat used it once that's how old it is
used that mikvah once was an old wasn't
lab by the way you should just know
wasn't babbor
until 1970
>> talking about wasab hardbre talking
about women talking about mikvas pes is
coming and a lot of people now kas are
getting engaged when you need to buy
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right
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This show is a partnership with Wavy
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>> But you have to get the Ley Lane lane
show. I have to I don't he's going to
kill me for saying you have to get the
experience of Ley talking.
>> Great saleswoman there. They're very
They're really good.
>> Your niece is wonderful, but I'm a
little impartial that Ley Lane is a
show. So,
>> she went to Ley Lane Jewelers
>> first. Good friend.
>> Beautiful. Big supporter. But let me go
back to to um so
>> at that point
>> so the mikvah was the first one now from
the ground up groundites
>> I don't remember one not in the last 100
years ground up so when I heard that
somebody whatever want there I said I
don't know what he wanted there but he
didn't want it to be said he wanted a
community space there
>> he wanted a community space listen
community space
>> it's irrelevant that's not the
conversation the conversation is wanted
a we want a burger bar
>> so someone said what happened in the
last 30 years I said unfortunately 30
years of matlanim Unfortunately, the
Egyptian kick in and we have the
>> I'm afraid
>> clips from the show is going to go more
viral than Dovy does. I I hope it
>> huge Rabbi Dober.
>> Rabbi Dober I hopefish
before the show. I wasn't sure. I never
realized how charming Mo could be. Even
though he had a drizzen, you know,
>> I wanted to say something about my first
serious like asking. I was I didn't
realize how my first memory of Rabbi
Dove Bear Pinson. I'm 17 or 18 years
old.
>> Vancouver. I no no no no pre Vancouver I
thought I was a kazin I couldn't sing or
davin for my whole life I got hired by a
guy chauff or something in Dumbo for a
shashana I was wondering why a guy hired
me because anyways I thought I thought
I'm going to have anyways I come an hour
before shashana he gives me my bedroom
in some warehouse whatever [snorts] and
I'm the big I thought I'm the show
meanwhile he had pins come for
shashashana of b pinsen there's a
shashana night 4 500 yepies 4 or 500
people and I'm the kas So I go sit in
the front of this huge like commercial
space.
>> Anyways, I'm expecting to hear
whatever. He's standing in the front
with 500 like tattooed and yepies and
you know like whatever
>> not not people like looking like in 770.
[snorts]
>> And he's talking about yutk vfke. And
anyway he says we're going to breathe in
yutk and breathe out vfke. [laughter]
Anyways they're all going I I was
laughing. I held my nose and I made
[laughter] a beline. I ran into the
hallway. I was choking and laughing so
hard and the 15 minutes they were doing
yks and buff and I knew right away he's
not regular.
>> No, he's a special guy.
>> You do you breathe in yudk vke or not?
>> I breathe. [laughter]
>> Yes. He wrote over 60 books to
>> he's very popular. He's married to um to
Weinberg Vancouver and I spent a year in
Vancouver years later. So I'm very I
feel very connected. You know I'm also
very close friends with your
brother-in-law.
>> Which one?
>> Winch.
>> Frame.
>> Yeah.
>> The best artist.
>> Huh? best artist.
>> Great artist. He's he's well he thinks
like an artist, talks like an artist.
>> I recently sent one of his artwork to
Man of Savage Academy because he did a
great
>> He did a lot of wine cover wine labels.
>> Yeah.
>> And they're considering reusing it for
>> I believe I believe one day his stuff is
going to go for tens of millions of
dollars his stuff is going to sell for
brilliant. He makes a painting. He makes
a drawing every day after Dining all
day. He draws.
>> You mentioned 60 books. Today's my Rabbi
Alzar Wanger who also didn't write six
Montreal.
>> Really?
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, he married Big E. What are you
talking about? I was good friends with
Wanganger the the the boy.
>> I was with them in Montreal.
>> So today's is Yite. He wrote over 30
books.
>> Should have co and the Brahasb and all
these he used to write children's books
when it was not popular, wasn't cool or
wasn't interesting. And today's is the
yardite also co-founded theon which
today shimmy wbam with rabbi zurkin who
ironically yites was I think with
>> does Tucker know does Tucker know that
should be wam's a big general he's a big
general
>> conquering the world
>> I just want to do a shout out to Shimmy
Wam he still does a a memory video of
Rabbi Zerkin and my every single year
most people
>> forget about the original guy you forget
about the original
>> always tells people by dollars usually
they just come for the They never come
back to me
>> and every year and the girls and the
boys does the video memorial of my
rabbanger whose yard city and Rabbi
Zurkin whose yard site is within a week.
>> Yeah.
>> Whose son Fabang Rab Shalom every single
week in my house for the past five
years.
>> But before people there's a lot of
sponsorship opportunities to build the
Debb's building that wanted this
building to be a community center. So
there's and when's construction
starting?
>> We would like to be in the ground ASAP.
any minute,
>> you know, a week or two, a month.
>> Permits. Permits are everything's ready
to go.
>> And it's going to cost how much?
>> About 15 million.
>> 15.
>> They say don't like finishing the
building because they lose an
opportunity to raise money. Could you
comment on that?
>> Yes. That's my [laughter]
>> whatever you build and you go to the
next building. What's the big deal? You
have to.
>> Is it easy to raise for a building? M.
Is it easy or hard? People say building
is easy. Is that true or false?
>> Nothing is easy in life. Do you know the
goal a school for Parnell is work. You
got to work hard [snorts] and you got to
work really hard and you're going to
have a lot. I remember I'm telling you
we were short $400,000 for the mikvah. I
can remember yesterday I traveled to 100
places. I was in Costa Rica with Gdalia.
I said I'm going to meet a few people. I
went this Brazil and [snorts] everywhere
I I was just clicking I was I landed in
Crown Heights. I remember Datask and
Maggie called me up and said how much is
left for the next [laughter]
>> I said I didn't even know. I said
400,000 done.
>> Whoa.
>> I said what are you talking about? I
said I have a guy. He doesn't want you
tell doesn't want to tell you who it is.
It's anonymous. He said he wants to
finish it.
>> My point is that tells you the same
story. If you build, you do. Tells you
the same story.
>> Three tips. We need some viral clips
here. Three tips for fundraising as one
of the most well-known successful
fundraisers in Kaban today. Three tips.
>> First, thank you for that compliment.
And to you I'm just before I get to that
Mishi told me the reason why he made it
to the show tape is because some rich
guy threw him did not want to come talk
to him. No, he was busy reschedled.
>> As much as he's the coolest, most
successful fundraiser well known and
welldike.
>> See a lot of
>> he still gets whatever.
>> Everybody gets bit in life. That's part
of life. [laughter]
>> The more B, the more three tips. We need
some viral clips.
>> Handle being rejected. Don't do this.
And don't take it personal. And every
dollar is important. $100, a million
dollars, all the same thing. Just
remember it that you're taking someone's
hardearned money and you're convincing
them. You
>> said two. So there was two that was two
tips so far. Yeah.
>> One is get ready for rejection. Number
two is appreciate the $100 and the
million dollars.
>> I didn't say get ready for rejection. I
said don't take it personal.
>> Right. And then appreciate the hundred
or the million dollars. The same thing.
>> Every dollar that you're taking from
somebody for stuck is hardearned money.
The guy could give it somewhere else. He
doesn't have to give it to you. And if
he does and he offers you say thank you.
Smile.
>> The third tip. Uh the third tip I'd say
be very humble and go to the oil often
and ask Hashem forem and with people you
see a lot of for that I go the only one
word I go to the with I always ask the
you know the there's a word I always say
the uses more than it's called
>> it's the hardest
>> you go six days a week or seven days a
week
>> Shabas I don't drive
>> I'm [laughter] saying much of Shabas you
don't go so six days a week
>> if I'm available I'm going to Toronto
tonight tomorrow morning so I'm not
going Friday morning, maybe I'll come
later. I was in LA Sunday, so Monday
morning I went a little later. And
generally speaking, I try to go I get up
like 10 to 4.
>> You ever meet um donors at Doyle by
mistake or
>> no mistakes? The bra has never get
answered that way.
>> I would say 50% of the time I'm there
alone.
>> No, 4 in the morning you go. Almost
every few
>> The only one I know you probably bump
into here and there is Monty Cohen.
>> Monty's there every morning. Actually,
[laughter] I don't know what time he
goes like 2:00 in the morning.
>> How long does it drive at 5:00 a.m.?
>> That's That's the That's the thing. How
long?
>> You you could get there in 24 minutes.
>> 24 minutes.
>> Oh my god. Quicker than Bar.
>> Yeah. There's no
>> no speed cameras or
>> I have a friend of mine. I don't know.
I'm not going to say his name, but he
goes now every day or so, but he's like
a he has like a solo license plates or
anything. He doesn't stop by red lights.
He's covered this that he's round trip
under an hour, but he he does m in his
house. He has a mikvah and he goes into
the oil for five minutes. So you can
imagine how fast it is. That's the
thing. The truth is it's not it's
besides being a healthy thing to dive
into and ask for
obviously the importance of that is it's
a timing also because if you want to get
back to without having traffic is a very
dear friend from Bangkok
>> Bangkok he's of a guy he's one of those
that
>> wants to help another he's speaking to
Bash this week by the way
>> he called me today I said where are you
I know he's in town he usually comes to
Bash to learn so said don't ask I messed
up in the hour it took me an hour 40
minutes to get home today for no and he
goes every morning every year he goes
every morning to do he told me he messed
up an hour and that's what happens if
you go later he takes [clears throat] an
extra hour so if you don't care sitting
in traffic big deal
>> well actually fundraising from family
you have well-known wealthy family
what's that relationship like and how do
you suggest other people approaching
family not approaching
>> you're not doing family is not not not
doesn't play a role here you're doing
and they giving you this an opportunity
you're giving them
>> do you approach family different than
>> no
>> same
>> I I fund raise from everybody equally
It's not because one second. You're not
You're not You're not
>> You're saying it doesn't get awkward.
They tell you know you have to their
kids buy mitzvah the next day.
>> I said first thing I said don't take
these things to us. It's $15 million to
build a building. How much money do you
think you have already cut?
>> We have about 73% committed.
>> So we need another four million 5
million and and once construction
>> means labaf paid
>> once construction starts which you could
say could be any day now. Um how long do
you think the it is going to be till it
goes up? Two years.
Two years. Two years. That's the plan.
>> Is it any residential or is all
commercial?
>> No.
>> People once said is it condo? I'm just
rumors.
>> When we when we leave this meeting, I'll
show you.
>> So all community top to bottom.
>> I want there to be a I want to
which area is not sponsored yet. It's
somebody watching the show. They could
live in South Africa, California,
Florida. Do you have an opportunity to
sponsorship?
I' haven't been there. Pretty crazy.
>> Let's say 500 grand, 800 grand. What
could you still buy and have your name
on it? Which part of the project?
>> You're going to have to call me
privately.
>> But there's good opportunities. For how
much? For a nice name.
>> We have from $10,000 all the way up to 3
month.
>> What do you get? 10,000. One mazuza.
>> You might get a muza. You might get a
dedication.
>> A kitchen. Maybe a kitchen. Negotiating
with somebody. Now,
>> how much is a kitchen sponsorship?
>> I think it's on the listed as 100,000.
>> That's it? Yeah. For
>> two counter. You get two counters today
for 100 grand.
>> All the commercial equipment.
>> No, whatever. Again,
>> I think it's got to be more.
>> It could be more. I, you know, I have to
look at the be another five-ish peas.
You're going to say a thousand and it's
going to be a million. You're going to
regret it.
>> Listen, we we we [laughter]
listen the bottom line is we get it
done. We're going to get it done in Mit
like everybody else.
>> Mortgage free or no?
>> That's the plan. Mashem,
>> you didn't make a mortgage free.
>> Took time.
>> Very impressive.
>> It's my first time wearing a hat. M.
What do you get of a hat?
>> Um
>> I got it from Bellisimo. Bellisimo
haters. The Chaio brothers. They have
such a gorgeous hat store. It's the only
place I go to hat.
>> Fits you nicely.
>> Right. Yeah. It's like a navyish. It's a
shimmery.
>> Wait, we have a big question. He's known
for his Burberry scarf. How do we What
do we do with the summer? Do we get a
like a
>> If you know my sheep pinson, I'm a big
scarf guy. Everybody makes fun of me.
You know, when it's winter when I put on
my scarf,
>> I wear a scarf all the time.
>> Summer, too.
>> No, as soon as it gets a little cold
until it gets a little warmer.
>> Am I pushing the limit still wearing it
>> today? Yeah. [laughter] I actually have
my scarf in the car. I do. I came
outside. I felt a little chilly.
>> I can't afford to read this.
>> Also, in the morning, the oil's chilly,
so it'll be a little chillier. Even
though sometimes the heat's on, not on,
whatever.
>> How long do you stay in the oil usually
for?
>> I'm back by 5:30, 4 to 6.
>> No. How long do you stay for? 5 minutes.
>> Yeah. 15 minutes. Depends. What?
Sometimes I have a D. I want to ride
>> cookie. No cookies.
>> No cookies. Any apples?
>> Apples.
>> Sugar-free. What do you
>> coffee? Coffee?
>> No, I have tea.
>> Tea. Speaking of tea, Clappy, how is our
tea doing?
>> Uh, the tea. Mish's planning on
launching a uh a new tea line. A new
with Clappy.
>> With Clappy, of course. I'm going to
have a nice partnership over there.
still negotiating the terms. It's a
daily fight. We're fighting how many
shares Claf gets form. It's a great
fight.
>> As his Instagram following grows, he's
getting more shares.
>> But wait, wait. It's a great fight to
have while sitting in the Schvitz at 182
degrees drinking cold water after
running on the treadmill for a half an
hour. That's this is the only designer.
We're negotiating with designer.
>> Yamakis. How do you drink?
>> A several question. I when I when I run
on the treadmill I wear not only a yamak
I wear a hat from Bellisimo [laughter]
sits a white shirt a white shirt of
course what do you think
>> it's so impressive you go redeemer
>> it's whatever I listen I tell people
some people do yoga some other things
it's very healthy for people I mean
sometimes very difficult last night I
had two weddings at two I got home 11:30
I couldn't sleep I'm on four hours sleep
it could get to you know you have to be
careful
>> maybe maybe the tea should have caffeine
you want to do caffeine free he needs We
were looking to do our herbal icy.
That's our my next beverage brand. And
we're in a now my the designers whose
wife is Taiwanese lives in Crown
Heights,
>> right?
>> Used to be the head of designer for
Paramount Plus and they just got bought
up by Larry Ellison. So she got laid off
>> but they were negotiating should we do
one line with green tea because green
tea has g it's we're in and we still
don't have a name. We're still Yeah. Do
you have any suggestions on the tea line
herbal tea? Let us know. Yep. And I want
to wish you guys a lot of I want to wish
you a lot of
like continue doing what you're doing
and encourage people to
do and always focus on the future not in
the past. Get up in the morning look in
the mirror and say what's going to be
today different than yesterday and how
am I going to make it a better day and
you're going to do and you by your soul
and you move forward. You have the
gives you and you have
you know when you're doing a new venture
you're not sure how what's the people
like this or not. So I've been ding my
mat shave. I live around the corner from
Mishol and Moshi consistently has the
gem video. So there come last minute
>> freeos and FYI
>> and that's the part I wasn't sure the
show he doesn't talk in he's not like
that what's the word speakative the
Miami I always see him as like operator
he doesn't talk that much you know and
whatever I don't I don't know him too
well or much and then one day he's like
she that that interview with Mo
something special like wow from the
great Mish pins who doesn't speak much
at least [snorts] not to me I'm you
And I said, "Okay, if Moshi Pinson,
who's not uh
>> I'm surrounded by the Moshas today,
>> who's very specific on what he says and
intentional walks through Moshi that Ry
was like amazing." And I barely spoke to
him until then. I said, "Okay, I think
you know, you always need a little
indicator, the checkpoints, okay,
>> especially from people like
>> one, one ver changed his life
>> and it gave me it gave me the confident
like we're you know, we're doing
something right here."
>> Isn't that the story with the the
mikvah? You know the famous story in
Australia
the wrote to the rabb that
encouraged him to make a pula for mikvah
>> knik and he said only one woman showed
up only one lady showed up and the only
had one mother
>> correct so then life is always one pula
that changes someone's life it works for
you tell a kid the wrong thing they fall
off the wagon you tell them the positive
they stay on forever it works for sha
bias it works for personal friends it
works for everything be very careful
what you say with your mouth very
careful I want to get Mendle, your
brother on the show. He's so funny. I
didn't realize how funny he was.
>> That's another brother I have.
>> So comical.
>> BROOKLYN BROKERS, BABY.
>> WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA. EASY.
>> CLAP. Calm down. I told Climman, we're
allowed to mention people's name without
selling. We have enough sponsors. We're
allowed to do a little I said it doesn't
look to like be like he's paid. He
didn't just
>> He's talking about my brother. He
>> Mendle is so funny. But he he's like,
"Oh." And he it's funny. I told Mendle,
we'll put you on the show as sponsor.
He's like, "Well, then people are going
to text me after and say, oh, I saw you
on the show." [laughter]
He was already like for telling me. I'm
like, he was he's hilarious. Anyway,
don't go to him for insurance that we go
to Pin. He's our sponsor. But if you
want to be entertained, go [laughter]
>> I didn't say that. I didn't say that.
>> I disagree. Anyways, it's been a
wonderful, wonderful, wonderful Wow.
We're supposed to be an hour. What is
like an hour and a half in? It's been a
It's really, really an honor and a
pleasure to have on such a high caliber
Mosha Pinson today. should continue to
bench him all his all his meas the money
should come flying in you're going to
have this to build the personal wanted
that
>> only groundbreaking did that ever make
it
>> only groundbreaking and
>> only
>> did you think the 77 never happened
>> make it
>> also the 770 never happened
>> no [laughter]
orchestrated it
>> the 770 they told the
>> you know the devil was very upset later
he said to me they ice they built some
toilets
>> no not that they [laughter] were
supposed to go to union backwards
forwards yeah we're not hard working
hard again.
>> Yeah, always be
>> that was last thing we had a guest of Yo
and Yink's cousin or something.
>> Yudi was here.
>> Yeah, he was one of our
>> man. I was with him last night.
>> One of our first episodes.
>> He sang last night. Alter.
>> He's like who we I'm trying to I was
trying to help him promote him. I'm
sorry I'm getting a cramp on my left
foot. I don't know is that Shamayim, but
I said oh we need to get you a gig. I
want to help you. He's like I'm thinking
who's who's going to hire Yodi for
Jabis? One and only at his young at his
old age. He's still innovating, bringing
fresh energy, fresh shoes.
>> He's a lot of fun.
>> And he's uh and I I can't ask you this
like why you here? Oh, I came from Miy
Pence's wedding. I'm like, what?
>> To that extent. So, he's always
innovating. Mishi, he's always rolling
the dice
>> and uh it looks like he's just starting.
>> I hope so. Reb started at 50, you know.
[laughter]
We continue.
>> Oh, man.
>> Guys, stay fresh like Munchi Moi. Stay
innovative. Any
>> fresh like smiring chocolate. freshly
[laughter]
and he doesn't stop and I really after
this interview I really got to know you
in a whole
>> I'm happy to meet you I'm happy to talk
to you and neighbor should give you I'll
be
>> b at least at one had a more progressive
modern kabad brand who would think that
the president founder goes to oil every
single morning I just think the
>> that's that's the beauty of the show you
have 10 guys learning bomb 7:30 in the
morning
>> 5:30 in the morning so the branding is
it rebrand or it's people don't
understand natural there's groups of
there's groups that there's different
groups some People like the air, some
people don't like the air. You
>> have a website. You have a website.
>> Bishab.com
to donate to get your name on a
legendary first ground.
>> Text me. WhatsApp [laughter] me. If you
if he doesn't answer, text him a
building fund. He'll right away call you
back. You have nothing to worry about.
Where do I write the check out to call
me? [laughter]
>> Zel wire is a better check. No.
>> No. You need a wire. Big numbers. Big
numbers. You can't do a zel for $20
million. You can't. Any way you want to
send the money, we'll figure it out. We
go horse and buggy. Pick it up, too.
>> And there's a lot to learn from Misha.
And you should try to be a little you
should be a little percent of what Mishi
accomplishes and does.
>> 100%. Thank you so much.
>> That's my message to you.