Olami Regional Ambassador Alexei Abragamov at the Olami Summit 2017

[Music] diga diga kaya taya Wow I don't know I don't know how to say this what just happened in this room I guess the only words I can use our it was indescribable beautiful amazing and great and and somebody actually did punch me in the face but that was all so beautiful and a couple days ago I spoke to everybody here just a little story that I shared about my background and I said inspiring Jewish greatness you know I said we weren't there well let me tell you something for the past hour in this room we were Jewish greatness and I said we need to be a light upon each other you were all alight upon me for the past couple days we spend together so thank you very much for that and is it okay if I share another quick personal story with you is that okay so it was a Shabbat just like this not like this but a little bit different I was in the community of five towns Long Island we were at a Shabbat own Long Island New York North America the world follow me follow me follow me so here's the deal it was my first Shabbat ever about eight years ago I walked into that family's house with a bottle of vodka and I gave them that bottle of vodka but they gave me something much greater they inspired in me Jewish greatness I'll tell you why because I gave them the bottle of vodka they gave me perspective they gave me clarity I really understood what it was like to feel welcome in a home to feel accepted to feel loved the way they treated myself and my friends the way they treated their family the way they treated their neighbors was beautiful it was pure Hesed ultimate kindness and you know what after that I have to ask myself some questions do you want to know those questions I said what can I do myself to be that inspiration for others I want people to sit on my Shabbat table and get the same feeling that I had at theirs so I needed to do some things I needed to know more I needed to learn more I needed to examine more I needed to ask questions the same thing we were doing in this room for the past hour we all need to continue doing that so that's my challenge to everybody we had a phenomenal week we had a beautiful week I love every single one of you but do not let this experience fade keep living it let the spark that was ignited here this week fueled the flame and feel the fire inside you and let it own you let yourself own your own experience do what you got to do and love each other again get inspired by each other and continue and keep it going [Applause]