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I don't know if you saw
um when one of the hostages got out, so
his father, when he was in captivity, he
went to a great rabbi in Israel known as
the Yanuka. Have you Have you ever heard
of the Yanuka yet? Okay, he's going to
be world He's going to be world famous
very soon. In the Gemara, they refer to
the Yanuka Yanuka means young. A young
Torah scholar that knows everything, but
he's a young man. They call him the
Yanuka. So, this man is in Israel,
that's his nickname cuz he knows kol
Torah kulah It's all Torah on his
fingertips. He's a young man.
And he has a huge following among the
non-religious. This Friday night, the
non-religious go to him all the time for
blessings and everything.
So,
this this father never his son was in
Gaza in the tunnels for over a year, and
he went to the rabbi asking him for a
blessing.
So, the rabbi says, "I give you a
blessing. Your son is going to make it
out of the tunnels. He's going to be
released one day. But as a merit, as a
zechus that he should be let out, I want
you to open your Chumash and read the
story of Yosef and the brothers being
sold by his brothers down to Egypt, in
jail for 22 years, and I want you to
read that story over and over, and as
doing that as a mitzvah, it should merit
that your son should come out." Okay,
and that's what he was doing.
Sure enough, as you all saw the videos
of all the hostages coming out. So,
everybody here got a very emotional. So,
I was personally watching this one, and
the father was with his son in his
house, and he said, "Let's call the
rabbi and thank him."
So, they got a a phone, and someone had
a FaceTime next to the rabbi, and they
FaceTimed the rabbi, the Yanuka.
And you see the conversation, and the
father says, "Rav Rav, this is my son.
This is my son, and he was let out a few
days ago."
And the kid said, "This is the rabbi. He
made a promise that you'll make it out."
And And the kid was thanking the rav,
todah rabah todah rabah todah rabah.
Thank you very much.
And the rav looked at the kid, and he
told this man, he said, "You know, when
you were in captivity, your father came
to my house, and I told him
and I told him to that you're going to
be let out, but
he has to learn the story of Yosef
and the brothers. I told your father."
All of a sudden, the boy puts his hand
in his face. He's like, "Why? Why? Why?"
He was like shaking up. He's like,
"What?"
He says, "When I was in captivity,
my
Hamas kept captives made me watch a
video on a laptop. Of what? The story in
Arabic of Joseph and the brothers." They
also believe in Torah. They made me
watch in Arabic the story of Joseph and
the brothers. He says, "I never heard
the story before.
I watched the whole story. He was in
jail for 10 years," he said, "and then
brother sold him, and then they came
down to Egypt." He's repeating the
story. He's like, "That's what I was
studying in in the tunnels." And the
father looks at him and goes, "How How
do you not tell me?" "I I I've been
telling How do you not tell me what you
just said?" He says, "I I I I'll tell
you.
So, meanwhile, this father was learning
the story of Yosef in Israel. His son is
in Hamas seeing the same story. And what
killed me the most,
even though it was an incredible story,
what killed me the most
is the fact this boy was in school in
Israel for 12 years.
This boy was in public school in Israel
for 12 years, and he didn't know who
Joseph was.
Is that a tragedy? People think, "Oh,
you're in Israel." I told
[clears throat] him, I grew up in
Israel. Some guys
Steve grew up. You understand? People
think, "Oh, you're in Israel, you
probably know." No. Public schools in
Israel are like going to Lincoln over
here. It's unfortunate. Here you're in
Israel, you would think they would teach
you some Jewish every day, some halakha.
Nothing. It gets shut out. Unbelievable.
And this boy went for 12 years and never
did not know anything. That's why I
[snorts] was telling Mike last night, I
said, I mean, the other night, I said,
"I'm so happy. The fact that that your
kids now are in Yeshiva they'll have
they'll they'll have knowledge. Goes
knowledge the greatest decision I've
ever made. Baruch Hashem he makes a nice
living. He sent me
