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Project Inspire 2020 Motzei Shabbos Program
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ladies and gentlemen buckle up here we
are the mutts of Shabbos program the
11th annual project inspired convention
exactly one year ago last November I got
involved with project inspire project
inspire has been a wonderful experience
for me because it's shown me what there
is to the Judaic world that I was
missing out on and why it's important to
share without it project inspire is the
Royal Organization for outreach in the
world today after he got involved in
project inspire and I'm a lot of the
families and started going to their
homes regulated for Shabbos I wanted to
change something in my life and I wanted
to raise my children the way that I
father's family is raising their
children both of my parents had been on
trips with Frederick this fine
I wonder came home they wanted the
family to be more connected since then I
love the house and Jewish community and
our home became closer by our family is
more connected to Judaism definitely
products inspired helps Jews connect
them all over to their roots project
inspires an outstanding organization and
they've enabled regular ordinary people
to tap into a potential but they just
didn't know if they had I don't know
where I would be on my Jewish journey
without project inspire they've really
helped me understand the beauty of being
Jewish I find that the more I get
involved the more I realize
how in common we are the common
denominator is Jewish Jewish Jewish and
I love working with them and sharing
thoughts and ideas and my growth
certainly comes from them as well it's
not just me inspiring them they're
inspiring me I've had a lot of growth
since my initial introduction to project
inspire I made a yes I'm living in
Israel I'm married we have a beautiful
daughter that you'll ask there because
we project inspire went to showers of
friends for Judea Judaism started
keeping kosher and the whole family is
connected project inspire really has
made a tremendous impact on me and my
wife and my family and my community as
well I'm absolutely grateful raju
inspire because it got me moving in the
right direction
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good luck everybody
are there any words to be said after
this spectacular Shabbos besides Wow for
1,100 people to come together for a
Shabbos like this for the 11th annual
convention is truly spectacular how can
I stand here in front of you without
thanking the speakers and presenters
that have come from around the world to
spend Shabbos together with us from IRA
and who completely blew us away
Friday night from Yankee sax his
airplane ride and who didn't shed a tear
when Eric Hirsch spoke to us this
morning
we even learned a lot about Santa Claus
but most importantly as you learned over
this Chavez we project inspire all of
you in this room and the entire firm
community are tasked with finding the
other millions of Jews who are not being
reached that's our job and while it's a
tall order we got a glimpse of all the
breakthroughs that are taking place
throughout the world women like Robin
Morrison and Karen Caplan and this is
Enzo buck and Michelle Mandal min and
Deena Koerner and Martha Hershkowitz and
a vvu dagen and the list goes on
I want to thank Stuart and Andrea
hypeman who have made this Shabbos as
well as everything at project inspired
possible
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for the past number of years Isaac and
Edie Gross have been the sponsor of the
Shabbos project what we call the body
and soul retreat how many of you here
were at the body and soul retreat this
year this shabad project is a worldwide
movement that began in South Africa and
we are honored to be the host of a
spectacular retreat in the New York area
this past year over 900 Jews of all
affiliations and backgrounds packed the
wood cliff leg Hilton including families
that were sleeping in RVs in the parking
lot just to get a space had this amazing
weekend all the people who are wearing
the RVs are clapping but I want to relay
a story to you that happened just a
couple of weeks ago and I hope that
Isaac won't charge the stage ready to
kill me for this we were in his office
discussing the Shabbos project for this
coming year and shortly before that
Isaac Rose have gotten off the phone
with someone who has explained in that
in a nearby town which will go
unmentioned but really close to home if
you're from the New York area there are
thousands of Jews they even affiliate
themselves with Orthodox jewels and yet
he found out that they don't even eat in
kosher restaurants and as a tear
trickled from his eye he said guys we
need to do better we need to do this
better we need to do more and so if
there's one message we could take from
this Shabbos and for all the programs
that we're running as if we could feel
that pain to be able to shed an honest
tear over the state of Claudia's role
today we will do better Isaac and Edie
we strive to do better
and to follow in your footsteps as
people who love the Jewish people ladies
and gentlemen I share with you a film
created of the small memory glimpse into
the memories of the Shabbos project body
and soul retreat 2019 so we've been here
Chavez project at the body and soul
retreat and it's been just like one
awesome
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so the reason we're here today is
because observing fairness has reached
out to our community that helps to bring
anybody that has a Jewish soul to
experience what Shabbos is like to learn
what makes us Jewish and how we can grow
as individuals
the body and soul Shabbat project was
the first Shabbat song that I've ever
been to and it's inspired me to really
explore my Judaism and become more
connected with it you really realize
that all Jews are one and we're all
connected in many many ways and it's
just a great great experience the
Shabbat project every opportunity we
have to come here I know will be at its
the great opportunity to just reconnect
and really get that full Shabbos
experience body and soul the shabbat
project will change your life forever
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ladies and gentlemen to take us through
the next part of this evening's program
I introduced to you the founding
director of project inspire rabbi hi I'm
Samson
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I could've asked to you all and what a
Shalvis we had thank you so much to all
of you for such a beautiful Shabbos
I just want to take a moment just to say
a couple of thanks
we thank Stuart and Andrea ight Minh
Isaac Anita gross all of you but just to
mention the wonderful wonderful staff a
project inspire who do everything over
this weekend with a smile make you look
so simple and throughout the year it's
the same such an incredible team that
I'm so her to work with wonderful
friends colleagues and I appreciate to
mention Yossi Friedman and Mordecai
truck
silca Barnett Yakov vinegar yoni zakat
in ski Lauren Billa
Danielle Haas Miriam Leibowitz turbo
Cohen kind of Stengel masa Marcelo
Melnick who's here in from Chile working
with Argentina and Mexico for project
inspire and Robert myosin from Arizona I
thank you all you know I don't know if
you've had the opportunity to be
involved in the midst of shloka can you
ever had that opportunity but we know
that it's a Saguna
it's not or Iraq mm but if you actually
did it and I've had the opportunity to
do it and the bird is there sitting on
the nest with the eggs under it and you
take it doesn't move you take a stick
and you try to it doesn't move and then
you poke it a little bit it feels a
little awkward you poke it a little bit
and then all of a sudden you poke it
enough and it'll flies away and you feel
the pain you feel like how can I really
do this you
take the eggs you moved how can you do
it but it's more rare Muraki Minister
Guler so the marriage of the Zohar says
that when you when you do this activity
when you do this Mitzvah
that the mala that represents this type
of bird comes to a chorus chorus miroku
and says don't you feel the pain of the
mother bird that you made it leave its
nest and then all the Mellark him of all
the birds come to a cottage barraco and
say don't you feel the pain how can you
do such a thing and then a cottage
berroco himself turns to his ministering
angels and says and what about me but my
Shri nur is far from its nest the basin
big - and my children are in godless
what about me - you feel my pain and
that's what we're supposed to feel it's
not ora Rahman because when you feel the
pain of the mother bird you think of the
pain of a cottage for a fool for his
children that are not connected to him
my Rabia of no acquaintance
us - good cash and partial smooth he
asked how could it be that we know that
Basia bus Poirot
she saved motion of Dana's life she went
over to the reeds and she took the baby
or she said to her I masa and she saved
his life and for that she was over to be
too cool Moshe Rabbeinu Moshe Mina my
omission see who she had that greats
curse
but a sister Miriam who was standing by
and the posit says she was standing by
to see what would be we're told in the
Madras that because of that she was
Okafor the bear Miriam that sustained
Claudius rel for all of the years
through the mid burn what a much
greatest who's that was but how come
Basia bus Paris save Moshe Miriam was
just standing by so how come she had
such a greatest curse says her of know
who I wouldn't sell my Rebbe that when
Basia bus Poirot saved Moshe Rabbeinu
she was thinking of a beautiful little
baby that she had rock mmm on she wanted
to save him but when Miriam was standing
by she knew that her brother was going
to be the savior or all of Claudius
realm and she was standing by to
thinking what is it that I can do to
help save all of Claudius Rome and
because she had that in mind she was
over the tube amp the band Miriam that
sustained sustained all of Kali RL and
that ladies and gentlemen is our job
that's all we've been talking about
throughout the Shabbos that's what we're
talking about tonight that we're here as
brothers and sisters and we have
brothers and sisters out there 90% of
Crowley Israel that don't have the
inspiration of the Torah that we
experienced his sharpest and that we
know the beauty of the took they don't
have it and it's our job it's our
responsibility to bring them back and we
know they're gonna come back because we
have a nerve or that they were in the
end of days at the Rambam says that all
that the Jewish people will come back
when the Jewish went when when we do to
ver then Machir who come it's going to
happen one way or the other but how we
know there are wonderful hear of
organizations out there that are doing
wonderful work and they're bringing back
our brothers and sisters but we know
we're not winning the bad
to millions and millions of Jews out
there not being reached by the killer
Wallenberg organizations so what are we
to do so my dear friend I think he's in
the audience
Ruth David Markowitz who's actually one
of the founding members of the project
inspire team wait years back and helped
us get off the ground so thank you David
I thank you too and it's now one of the
directions of Alamein he told me he went
to Eretz Yisroel some years back and he
spoke to the dahlias rel and he asked
promotion Shapiro we're not winning the
battle the Kirra organizations aren't
reaching enough people should we what do
we do do we give up we're not getting
them and he told me that Moshe Shapiro
that cell responded like this and he
said he didn't know why why did it was
it was it something to do with the Heil
Hitler
something to do with with a Holocaust he
didn't he was confused and then wrote
that then Moshe Shapiro told him no it's
the same Casas converse that we were
talking about that Basia bus para but to
schlep SR masa she sent out her hand the
redder says that she couldn't reach
Moshe Rabbeinu but she wanted to save
the child so she said it sent out her
hand and the matter said it stretched
out even though she couldn't save that
child a miracle happened and her hand
extended and we learned from reversion
Sapiro
and the men of remember the cost says
the same thing that even though it was
it was impossible she knew what she had
to do it she put in the effort and a
cottage borough who did the rest and
that's what we have to do what is what
is it that we have how do we reach all
of Kong Israel the killer organizations
are doing wonderful things but it's
certainly not enough we have to put in
the estar de leurs and if each one of us
reaches out
to someone that they know we have son of
- here take them give them Center each
of you know if we all work together with
ideas and all the people the whole from
community reaches out that's sending our
our hand that's what we need to do and
if we do it together endeavour OMA Biff
Nair Rutzen will do it and better the
Shem will see all of closer I'll come
back soon and we know that this vision
and this passion that you've been
hearing throughout this weekend where
does it come from it comes from our
founding father of Asia Turin project
inspire my Rebbe for 26 years or of Noah
Weinberg who instilled within all of us
all his tell me Tim a sense that we must
do it we can do it we should never give
up and if we instill that in each other
it's gonna happen a college bar oh who
will will be my art will be ma or Iraq
mmm and he'll bring back his children so
without any further ado I'd like to
introduce a film that we made a little a
little we made that issue bout film
which we're showing you a little
synopsis of that film now over of Noah
Weinberg to tell thank you
if one man can kill six million Jews one
man can save six million Jews here that
is a shot
speaking in Asia tour
my father was this wild child that just
didn't sit down for a moment my
grandfather every time used to meet him
used to stop him for five seconds to
give thanks that's a felon and I got to
speak Yiddish his D remember that there
is a God my father sitting and muna
started to go intense blood he kind of
had it drilled into him from an early
age and he drilled it into his pal meet
him you've got an Amish M loves you well
he would teach her what laughter what
happiness about friendship love you love
your children he used to say to our
cutters brother please help us to love
your children the way you love each
other to him he saw his role to save the
Jewish nation he said it many times
he wasn't becoming a Shiva of creating
leaders that can go out into the world
and teach and save the Jewish people
people thought oh it's impossible you
can't get a person to all of a sudden
like Larry Terrell of Mitzvahs went from
rabbi two robbers and worship Shiva to
receiver he said guys there's a
holocaust going on there's people dying
on the street like what are we doing
about it
Sheila the guy's not religious be done
so I went and I bless you and I said
what happened
no one takes secular people I'll show
them the beauty of Torah he says no yeah
this is surely the bonesy yeah they said
of heaven fine introduce of a human need
to his fiance will he leave me we leave
me he says if you believe that
you'll succeed yeah that got a broker he
spoke a language which said you can
change the world I met Ruth Nora I had
never seen her like this before
the first thing I heard about was
Chloe's Khali's was falling about what
are we gonna do
bring back the Jewish people all of them
now no excuses
eventually Lenore found how to break the
ice that was the police where were the
48 ways did is it show them that Judaism
has something to say about your life and
make you a better person
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Reb Noah who's every bit the
intellectual match for any of the the
Harvard or Cambridge professors that I
came up against and then some whatever I
am and have done that's worthwhile it's
equally attributable to him Noah
I still remember this quiet moment of
North was walking up the steps and the
Rebbetzin was walking up the steps
alongside him it was a quiet incredible
partnership of two people who have
transformed the world not only did ruff
Noah infuse within us a deep incredible
fire but he empowered us to take that
fire and do something incredible with it
he loved us like a father
we became his back his children nor was
love hugging in it he was my father and
like a father he slept with so many
times you are deserters it to me a
deserter you know who you are you always
go out bring people
as far as I'm concerned
mm Tommy Tom which my effete as three
generations already
at war
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I've knock was always looking at the big
picture how do I create a movement so it
was always his dream if he could just
awaken the sleeping giant the firm
community are the sleeping giant if we
can just awaken them they can impact the
entire Jewish world you pray to God
Jesus who they're simply well what do
you say to that I say Almighty I know
that you care about this much more than
me I know that you want me to succeed
I know that if you love me we can change
the whole world
no you want to help I don't I just have
to want it enough
please help
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to feel this pain away
such a welcome to it
I do
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he was sure that before he dies we're
gonna finish the job
a few words to my dear father Abba it
was it my briefs when our self
proclaimed that one person to save more
than six million Jews the world in those
days as you said was a one-way street
pupil would just leave Judaism no one
wouldn't be coming back you managed to
turn the world into two-way street
by connecting people to Judaism and
causing people to come back your dream
was but turned the world into one-way
street the people only come back into
Judaism ABBA you will be remembered as a
person that caused more than six million
Jews to connect to Judaism we cannot
count how many people was affected by
you in fact it could be the age one of
us as in touched of the sixth million
Jew that was affected because of him
I know ABBA that you gained strength and
motivation by seeing how much our
enemies worked so hard to destroy the
Jewish people and he was always thinking
how could we save another Jew another
one of our family the Jewish people
about you and the email should live a
long life
you both devoted your lives for the
Jewish people thousands of people would
wait to hear your advice you build such
a huge Empire but that wasn't enough for
you you always looked what else could I
do
how could I touch another Jewish person
I've seen personally that your greatest
pain was that you felt that you failed
in your mission as far as you concerned
if there's one Jew that's not connected
with his father in heaven then you felt
a personal failure as you always said
for this we need a very strong army for
years you spoke about the sleeping giant
us the firm community some of your
greatest meetings and the last months of
your life that I was there you would
speak the great rabbis leaders robe aim
and you would always speak
out the sleeping giant and how much
potential we have to change the world
now I'm standing here in this room of so
many people that have one thing in mind
how could we how could we do more for
the Jewish people
after such amazing Shabbos
and meeting so many people that are
taking project inspire and making it a
reality I want to tell you Allah
the giant is not sleeping anymore
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although the giant is just waking up but
he's not sleeping the giant knows today
that we have so much work to do and is
excited to do it
and is dedicated to do it
ABBA
if I may ask just as you have pray in
your life
pray for us please pray that we should
know as you used to say that sham cares
about this much more than us he wants
this much more than us he wants us to
succeed we should remember Dave he helps
us we could change the world
we just need to want it enough
please ashan help us
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Thank You Hooda nothing happens for
nothing the long-awaited biography the
gross family edition of the river
Weinberg biography has not come out in
stores yet however it has been printed
and it's actually available out in the
lobby today for a pre-order for anyone
who would like to order it please see
the staff outside you can get a copy of
the book as soon as it hits the stores
just a few days after Purim you know
project inspire we recognize that in
order to reach the hundreds of thousands
of Jews that need to be reached we have
to look and continue to look for cutting
edge programs to be able to involve
people and we realize that not every
program is going to be cookie cut for
the people that we want to reach and so
the idea came up in the project inspire
office that maybe we should figure out a
new type of a trip a new type of a way
to engage people where maybe it's not so
expensive or it's not so much time away
from home and so we created a model of
three-day retreats we began with a trip
to Kentucky in which 50 from and on from
men went together to learn and of course
to tour the distilleries of Kentucky
most of the people don't even remember
that they were on the trip together we
learnt together we shared life
experiences and of course we had a great
time together and then the women
complained what do you mean you take the
men to Kentucky what about us so we
planned a trip to Fort Myers Beach
and again a group of 50 women half from
half not from a ratio that we've learned
their project inspire was so powerful
for the relationships that are created
and we shared three days in which women
had a great time did not drink bourbon
when parasailing and of course square
dancing I kid you not ladies and
gentlemen we're trying to push these
trips out at a faster pace because we
know that we have an opportunity and a
responsibility to involve many more
people I present to you a synopsis as
well as information on the upcoming trip
to South Carolina coming up this April
for men ladies and gentlemen three-day
retreats
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all in three days ladies and gentlemen
over Shabbos we heard from international
acclaimed lecturers we also had this
course of spending Shabbos with her of
Hillel David leta who came to spend
Shabbos together with us as well as her
of Nissen Kaplan shillitoe now many
months ago I reached out to a friend of
mine who's here tonight review of
Goodman and I said to her Bianco how can
we get Reuben this accomplished leader
to join us at the project inspired
convention and so three thousand phone
calls later we got revista Kaplan to
join us here for Shabbos however as we
all know that unfortunately the passing
of the Rebbetzin recently gave us some
doubt whether with everything going on
the receiver would be able to join us I
met to receive at to see in my shots to
MetLife Stadium and he reassured me that
he was going to join us for Shabbos can
only imagine what it means to pick up
with everything going on in life but
there are she even knew how important
this is to us and how important it is
for the future of Claudia's role to
spend Shabbos together with us and so on
behalf of all of us in project inspire I
want to thank the receiver for joining
us and two new cover litera I introduced
her of mr. Kaplan's leader Russia Shiva
via shivadas Sharon you shall I him to
address us
choose the hubble name I know I'm coming
to a special Shabbos but I never dreamed
that it would be even a quarter of what
it was and again thank you for everyone
I want to start with a little story
about my Rebbetzin and from that really
to address what I want to speak about
tonight the story was in the last three
days of her life when her liver was not
working anymore
was that functioning was it another
cancer where kidneys were not working
the body was just blowing up with water
her lungs were off but she was
completely awake and the doctors came to
explain to her that there's no more
chance that she will live - if she wants
to be an arrest Raider or she doesn't
want to be in a respirator and legally
because she was completely in mind she
had to decide so they explained her you
for sure will die in 48 hours the most
60 hours we want to know if you want to
suffer for a couple more hours or not
this is possible again and they had to
explain to her very clearly but there's
no chance she asked them maybe one out
of a billion they told her not one out
of a billion they asked if it could be a
nest she asked them they said ashame
could do everything but we never saw
some of our liver that could live
because even if you all live you will
die again because you don't have a liver
anyway we standing around her bed and
you know the kids want to dive in but
it's very hard to dive in the doctors
said very clearly that is nothing left
but we are Jewish people we have to dive
in and all the kids were together only
the kids in the room and we don't know
what to do the kids tell me tell us tell
us what to do how we could have and how
we can have it I thought I want to tell
you the Morrises and brokers that have
llama venuti can't Phyllis showers and
rumbles meet a concealer Shockley's we
learned it out from the pursuit of I
asked him a flaw Baba Yaga I am old
Morris's available base and a middle of
Fela and the question is that plastic if
you know is talking about the
morning-after stone was turned over my
ash came along by Boyken he wakes up in
the morning and he sees snowing is
turned over that is the time that he's
met Atkins philosophies is the most an
appropiate moment if a rama v knows life
that that moment will be the moment of
Swedish artists but answer is Hashem
thought of Rama V no I'm going to turn
over stone why Shem had to tell her from
Evita that he's going to turn over stone
but to know delusive tomorrow it's
enough with all the news of yesterday
everyone has to know that slave is going
to be turned over the answer is cause
I'll tell us he wanted him to davon like
I've roamed a van for 50 45 40 30 20 10
I've run babbled a little of Hashem you
can't do that so I've robbed ovens
he wakes up in the morning he goes over
to see nothing is left
not even one house not even one tree
Hashem so why you watch me mm it didn't
help nothing is left and I've run
realized that the reason that I chef
wanted him mm it doesn't mean because
Hashem wants it that something will
change
he wants your Dominique he wants your
song till now a rubber veena thought
people diving because they have a churro
he realized you diving because Hashem
wants you mm he wants you to be close
the way wants you to be closest not only
by saying to him just by diving so you
woke up in the morning and he said from
now on every Jewish person will pick up
a sitter and he will dive into a sham
because Hashem wants to hear him I said
kids
Hashem didn't give a patch to family
call him
method family star and not the family
threat he gave the Caplan's a patch
because he wants to hear this song if
the kaplan kids so all of the kids they
gave the hands to my wife i was holding
in the other side and my wife started to
say Masekela Davi
Mijares Fela and like this we davon
together for an hour and a half and we
said it to Hitler then that just came
over to me after it and that departed in
every day someone dies at least one and
he told me we used to people at darvany
but tell me that one and a half hour
Sunday morning was a different sound we
heard like a song
what was that happening that was the
Dominique that we sang through a sham
because Hashem wanted the heroes nominee
so first I want just that we'll take
this physic and remember every day one
without and without in Shockley's
because Hashem wants us mm and dad
happening he listens this one he loves
this one I've Rama vino a real first
father was Metallica but I wanted to go
to the next step to what we're standing
here this special special event a
project inspire Hashem wants
Glalie soul to come back all of the
hidden are Hashem skids
he loves us of renewable a c'mon he
loves us so much he doesn't need us to
bring everyone back
he now you're mean believe no my shame
my love let him be light so malam I'm
not regretting that rewards came leash
my aversion but he wants us to do it he
gave us the job what we leaving it for
him Hashem want he's waiting for us to
reach out to everyone he's waiting for
every one of us every person in the
world he wants us to reach out he gave
us the job he's waiting to see if we are
reaching through our brothers if we are
hugging them if we're accepting them he
doesn't need us but he gave us a job and
he wants us to do the job
and we have to do the job son you he
wants us to do the job this what I could
achieve all who wants I want to share
with you a story
I want the ship with you a story that
you will understand that every one of us
how we could do Kiev how we could reach
out this story happened to me I think
like around 12 years ago was a Miss a
Miss she after noon I was in the airport
in Newark
James I'm sorry Kamisha afternoon I was
in the airport in Newark I was I'm a
client I only fly from Newark
it's a free mason flight every afternoon
1:30 afternoon the flight arrives Friday
morning I come to the airport and they
tell us this of the late instead of 1:30
it will be 2:30 arrive instead of seven
o'clock 8 o'clock and they say we sorry
not to 3430 okay
10 o'clock I said it's not 4:30 it's 6
o'clock 12 o'clock you know the salami
slowly slowly you know doesn't tell you
in 1 minute 12 o'clock Shabbos I think
was 5 o'clock I think I could make it
yet
then they tell us we're sorry we found
the problem in a couple of minutes we'll
let you know they come back think they
were leaving 10 o'clock in the evening
they were planning to arrive like a half
an hour before Shabbos in Eretz Israel I
didn't know what to do first I called my
wife and I told her I'm coming anyway
say no no no don't come I said okay if
you don't want me to come I will stay I
spent it doing the other way around
yeah I don't know what to do I'm
standing in the airport and this girl
comes over to me I'm here with a group
if birthright I think was 50 or made me
I think more 75 boys and girls but like
a group that they didn't know what is
nothing and we don't know what to do to
go and the flight and I think on the
flight we cancel this flight we don't
know it loud says they will never give
us back the tickets this kids never kept
Shabbos such opportunity of Kirov we
don't know what to do so you know all
the kids came up fur and I asked them if
they heard about bielski said bielski I
said to him - oh you like a circle and a
half a circle yeah they said they know
about that so we called up a bell city
and they said whatever bielski will tell
us to do we will do you know we're
calling her by Belski
for sure they're not allowed to fly so I
told the kids you know you're not
allowed to fly so the kids came over and
told me rabbi we know what will happen
you will go back to Lakewood we came
from my Aki and all these names yet we
don't have where to go if you promising
us you're staying with us for Shabbos
we're staying if not believing I said
I'm staying with you and Shabbos the
pilot came out and started telling us
you know I'm going to fly quicker he has
to go on the plane and I thought guys
don't go it's and he's silent all the
kids are standing near me the airport is
empty already everything is inside the
plane takes off with the suitcases we
were left without clothes and believe me
they never had clothes these kids so we
were left completely you know I please
had a jacket they did not have nothing
not sleeves and wrists yeah okay back
and forth they put us in the Ramada Inn
and knork I wake up in the morning and
you know I realized what group I am only
understand what happened over the night
here yeah I called my Rebbe an LLC soil
the schmira Shabbos kilo so now this law
was really almost Shabbos when I said
rabbit I promised them to stay but you
know my English guy I don't know what to
tell you Rebbe you don't know what is
going on here
he said you staying put on the phone and
I know I'm staying
I called 512 meters of mine I said I
need a surface area for Shabbos and I
need five or six boys to come to be with
me for Shabbos for a minyan because I
needed a 1010 people that kept Shabbos
they had they're in the group to II
almost every Shabbos and would and with
me well we had a minyan but I said but
these five boys cannot do Kirov leave
the Kirov to me okay they brought us to
potato just to give you the example what
happened we bought a surfer turret now
we couldn't close the doors it's not
like here that we have keys
all the doors had the cards so we made
up that all the doors will stay so but I
atheria say I didn't know where to put
it so I went into the manager
I thought listen I have the real Bible
here you know what we got from God if
you could give us a place where we could
put it said for sure he's got workers
they put like you know a table in his
office they got flowers around it and we
put a separate area in the middle I put
a Sabbath area in the middle I'm about
to go out of the room the guy gives me a
tap and my back rabbi I could pick
inside I'm thinking to myself for you
buddy national am I'm leaving a sofa pay
with this guy I said I'll tell you the
truth I let you but I want to tell you a
secret it's a Jewish secret sometimes
when you look without permission it
buzzes that really he didn't come close
early you know to the table there was
good buzz just good buzz love Shabbos
yes understand these kids became very
close to me they knew that I you know
I'm staying with them for Shabbos so
let's shop as we have a Kabbalah Shabbos
I spoke before Kabbalah Shabbos and I
told them we say the Hoover name is
Holly class our Shabbos you know Shabbos
comes every week you know sometime when
you go to visit your friend if you come
to the house and people are waiting for
you outside you know you're very welcome
so no one is waiting outside you're not
sure if you come at the door slack you
know you're not welcome I say some
people think it ready before Shabbos
Shabbos know they're welcome Shabbos is
very excited the queen is very excited
we're waiting for her some people some
people you know they jump out the shower
at the last minute
Travis no she's not welcome you gave up
and a trip there at this world we don't
know yet if we're getting a trip back
but you gave up for keeping Shabbos
last week you know were you wore the
baseball team this week Shabbos feels
loved by you 24 hours before Shabbos you
said we are going to keep shoppers I
want to teach you quickly
the rules of Shabbos that we will try to
keep Shabbos together and I was telling
them not to carry you know we opened the
emergency doors I told him no two in the
front two in the back like in the plane
yeah I explained them exactly what if
the doors are open just tell you one
little story and little Shabbos 2
o'clock by night all the kids are not
locking the doors because you're not
adopted active I felt a responsibility a
little bit to see if everything is right
so I decided I was on the top floor I'm
going down North airport if you know how
Mork looks yeah but I'm going down to
the emergency steps you know the back
steps to find out if everyone is away ok
talk like my night I'm starting to walk
down the steps and the middle I hear
someone is coming up I said he binary
shall are alone you know I did it for
you
if I'll be killed here my wife will not
even know where's my body please please
at least like every soil at least like
Evans I walking down the steps I'm
shivering if I remember it now I'm
shivering and I see in the middle like
in the third floor I meet two girls
shivering exactly like me from the trip
rabbi we're keeping Shabbos for the
first time in our life without using the
elevator
Shabbos morning I want to say in the
meaning in our Seth makes sure
Shabbos morning we had the challenge and
I explained it and what is the challenge
why we have to eat Charlaine because
it's looking that don't believe
intelligible pair believe that you're
not allowed to have fire not only not
allowed to light fire you're not allowed
to have fire running in Shabbos so they
ate cold food Chavez day we believe Lisa
value the pushing what's called I mean
how come him a wheeler in terrible pain
that you allow to have fire running you
can light the fire
so we specially made a kind of food that
is called cholent that we have to have
it overnight cook and that is the reason
we're even by day proving that we had
fire so we have to chance and you know
everybody got a spoon from a beach onto
and it's like this we really introduce
them to all of their losses shallow
should already were sitting separate I
wanted here to come to the point but I
want you to understand and I hope you
will understand it and not getting it in
the wrong way
after Shabbos all of these kids wanted
to switch numbers with me to keep up
with me I knew I'm not ready for that
I'm not ready for that I don't have time
in my life I don't have the experience
how to deal with 75 new boys and girls
that became a part of my life so I did
not take their numbers and I said Lee
binational oh I did exactly what you
wanted me to do and I know I can't do
more now please you know how to finish
the job I'm skipping the story now we
went elysee soil I was right away they
went after today two years later I'm in
five towns for Shabbos my family LOI and
I'm eating in the Shabbos and they have
a guest a young couple
tell me rabbi ya rabbi Kaplan from the
Newark Airport I said yes
we want to tell you rabbi all of us came
tells us all Sunday 99% roots from one
guy all of us became from shyamlee
Shabbos
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everyone could do it everyone could be a
example and if you feel that you can't
do till the end but keep the Shabbos
with them keep the sharpest with them
everyone has the power Hashem wants all
of us to do it my friends asked me
Crippen is to tell us why it only
happens to you I said I will tell you
why because I want to change cloudy soil
I want to do it
Hashem gives me the opportunity
I wanted to tell you I spoke a little
bit before we had a private meeting here
the power of this place
what is over all of the organizations
without taking away from no one is the
special
kayaked that they have I said over a
story and I was saying over again when I
I think when I was young when I was 16
years old was a story analysis oil was a
gas station and the car stopped in
Chaves in a car station and one of the
kids asked from one of the guys in the
gas station for a phone and that day's
phone was not that everyone had a cell
phone and he gave him the phone and the
car started to drive away the roar Kerr
was running after the car he managed to
catch the car he jumped in the car the
car was going slowly slowly the car
started to speed the guy fell off the
car and died after two days was a big
scandal in the TV Israel is becoming
like America this was the headline
you're killing people for phones the
interview the mother of the kid that was
driving the car and I said mrs.
disgusting he his son killed for a phone
you know what she answered but before I
tell you I want you to think about the
second because don't tell me I said yeah
I knew she will answer it okay so take
the second what here we have mothers
that for sure could think about what you
were answer disgusting your son killed
for a phone and she answered I feel
terrible I'm sorry I really polish I had
my killed my son killed but I want to
tell you my son is such a special boy he
can't even kill a fly only imagine he
was in the car
a teenager car and one of the kids grabs
the car and tells him drive says no I
can't so don't be a baby
drive you know the teenager pressure he
drives a little bit and he stops he's
hoping that nothing will happen and and
the guy runs and jumps in the car and
the kids tell him new drive well your
baby from who you scared
he drives a bit and he's diverting the
we'll leave the car and the guy doesn't
leave in the kiss thumb drive drive
quicker and he drives and the guy falls
and he dies he's not right but my son is
not a bad boy
why she managed to think about it and
all of you didn't think like that
because she's the mother and the mother
loves her son and she only sees positive
tragic inspire loves cloudy soil they
see the good in everyone they're the
ones that could bring everyone back the
only way you could do it if you love and
believe every years as a kid every year
wants to be good is that one person that
doesn't want to be good isn't that one
person that doesn't want to be good you
just have to do it two years ago two
years ago in a month I was on a plane
and I see a boy 16 years old when I had
thin jacket he looks so sweet but
something looked off I went over and I
gave him a hug I'm not scared to sit in
jail and I just went and I gave him a
hug and I gave him a real hug and a hug
and I tell him tell me what is your
story he says I'm not Jewish I'm from
London I'm not Jewish my name is ali
yahoo my father jewish my mother is not
and i decided to convert to become
Jewish I mean in the way to Chabad and
faha but I gave him a drug where to go
and how to go he went to Chevron and we
kept he came my wife would take care of
him like a son he was my guy two weeks
ago he called me a minute after the
Garris grabbed me I just want to ask the
Shila I'm going out to the car sir I
need to tear Korea I saw it before but I
south of the Gori I said boy you are in
love look at the questions of your kids
look what they are the kid just had a
surgery he wants to know if he needs to
meet their career this is the amount
that is going around just by
this boy that had a jacket in giving him
a hug he felt he has a new father and
mother and he's managed to go through to
me Gaia my wife just gave him cake
nothing else just cake I sent him to
Tiffany Shiva you know I didn't want to
get involved Garrus legally he's young
I'm not going into the details just cake
and hugs and look with the guys holding
she has to take career I passed that
matter but I have to ask David let me
shine it but I don't know that I love a
boy sigh it's in our hands so I want two
things to finish because I'm already
over my time first I'm begging you fully
let me specify Rebbetzin every morning
davon because he wants to listen he
wants to hear is Navin II don't wait for
the tourists don't wait for the patch
just diving every morning a sham my boy
I don't know Michelle more lie to tell
him color who are your little over the
hue I just say it say one piece a word
by word slow you know how a sham enjoys
it this what he wants and remember the
second thing he wants us to go out to
everyone he will help us he bought 75 -
one guy to be Froome shomer Shabbos he
helped us do your step and Hashem will
help us I would see a fetish Meyer with
this beautiful organization member love
everyone think about everyone and bezu
Fache am very soon all of the millions
will come back over if the man it's a
shoe Vanna documents me trying Rishta a
foolish amber ha'qodesh bo shall I
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keyonna woman ha
better and okay I know Vanessa
Verta loving you like a father and a son
together as one for search has really
only bigger
with Calvillo a lotta meat mortar too
bad I know mob synchronous or
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you inspired me to open up my eyes and
see embrace our darkness
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ha
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your car never go
but the shield II never
kyaaa
when troubles
a smile
as a friend we shall do
it seems all too clear
he's left
those hard time
[Music]
34 today no Leo say calmly the old car
of a lotta love it out Shamala time our
knit socks their data sheet immediate oh
don't turn away your questions
to me don't go astray the answers will
set you free
you're a link
I see
there is
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to me dog
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Oh
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no matter where
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me far no matter where you were on the
fire
my son
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[Applause]
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[Applause]
Shavua Tov everyone my name is Mordechai
Cornfeld I want to thank project inspire
for inviting my son Daniel and I to be
here for this spectacular Shabbos as a
father and for that matter as a parent
raising children is not always the
easiest thing but a Father's love for
his children can carry you through those
dark times Hey Shavua Tov
I'm Daniel growing up I realized that we
all go through a journey each of us on
his own path but at the end of the day
we are one big family and the only way
to keep us together is to accept each
other even if the person next to you
looks different with a few words in a
smile you could change lives thank you
for having us tonight the Neil and I
composed a new part of this song
especially for this weekend which we
would like to dedicate to all of you who
spread Hashem's love to all of his
children and as a father I can only
imagine how much a Shem loves all of you
who are reaching out to his children
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is the clean
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they're family
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or two
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[Applause]
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never
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yo man
no matter where we
[Music]
thank you thank you roof mati and Donny
for coming special and for delivering
that powerful message we're not done
with surprises from the cornfields
maritza Shem over the malapa Malka is a
brand new song they'll be performing
outside in the lobby
you know from this podium we've
discussed many many different ways to
reach out to our brothers and sisters at
Hannah Bernie's felt many ways trips and
programs and trips to Israel and young
tobin gifts and invites and shahboz him
and the list goes on
however with all these ideas we still
need to be able to identify people in
our lives who could use our help in
connecting them together skite some of
you over Shabbos at least a dozen of you
actually realized the signs that were
hanging I think one of the presenters
actually mentioned it the library and
the doctor the lawyer the architect
there are so many people in our lives
that we can reach out to and so we felt
that until we can identify people that
we can reach out to we haven't even
reached step one and so what better
place to set out to ask people to
identify less affiliated Jews in their
lives then Lakewood New Jersey and so I
met people over Shabbos over here one
person actually lost probably 50 pounds
since last year's project inspired
convention and he told me he no longer
go shopping anymore so he lost all that
weight
those of you here last year would get
that one so this year we set out to find
out if people in Lakewood New Jersey yes
in gourmet Glatt on Thursday night I
mean seriously will people be able to
identify someone one person in their
lives who can use their help in
connecting them to our Father in Heaven
so ladies and gentlemen let's go visit
Lakewood New Jersey together on the
quest a finding out who's the one the
question that most people don't have on
their minds who is the one you can get
yourself a free bowl of challans
and kugel if you answer the question who
is the one who is the one yeah yes yes
yes and one is I should I'm right right
he said all you have to do is answer one
question and you're entitled to a free
bowl of child in the kitchen who is the
one person that you can reach out and
say hey how'd you like to come to my
house for Shabbos I know it's a very you
know you do have anyone in mind
we're not worth it there's no one really
is there anyone in your life that you
could think of would you like a free
bowl of Collins no thank you no not a
chance
yes good idea I look like a chunky ideal
target at my three o'clock is now my two
o'clock I was waiting for you no no I
was waiting for you I'll be back I'll be
back Yardley I'm holding you to it
it's like preach preach on Pico go no
you sure opportunity of a lifetime
well who's the one person in your life
that is not from a could be a family
maybe it's the architect in your life
the plumber do you like
the biologists the cardiologists the
doctor zoologist it's not such a hard
question I've been asking for the past
four hours
who's the one diary day 375 at gourmet a
lot steering and crunchy chicken cannot
eat because I a middle of doing video
shoots so hungry right now I can would
you like to answer a question for us and
part even inspire you I will follow
through
how many minutes is a few minutes who is
the one I have kids instead of the many
else asked was the one I'm just pretty
good separate from books in your mind if
you know anyone is unaffiliated not
really you know maybe you have Russa my
wife told me she's making a salad for
supper and I really don't want to have
to go up to salad does anyone come to
mind
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what do you do for a living do you know
if you have Russa is as religious as he
says he is who is the one person that
you know that is not yet from but that
you can reach out to and have an impact
on them I have someone one I have a
candidate but I think he keeps shops
he's just becoming he's on the way up
that's fine my grandmother she's not
religious I do know one person that I
can maybe you have anyone in mind
right now and I just be here you do so
that wasn't me so hard a cousin of mine
that I did I have that I have lost touch
with but I know that he would appreciate
a cousin that's not true that person is
a ex-coworker of my wife she has come
maybe four or five times for a Friday
night meal oh look I work in a real safe
company every company and a lot of Fri
even there this qualifies you for some
kugel and some tones so why don't I get
to eat the Sun will you will like me
Tara door mrs. Tara may make that phone
call pick up the phone and say hi missus
miss ma'am My dear coworker
how would you like to and enter the
sentence owners over okay okay I
appreciate it
are you hugging a Jewish coat have you
ever considered reaching out to them
we're not capturing as dishes yet we're
not putting kisses we're not having him
prope is are you courageous enough to
make that phone call tomorrow morning or
afternoon before Shabbos maybe even
invite them for a Shabbos meal as
efficient yes all right
yes I'm basing humbly and the truth is
you did answer yes to the questions of
so you do get a bowl of colors I'm gonna
diets I'll take a stick on the flip
tapas the but I can have I can have the
other half of your portion sure oh my
gosh thank you are you somebody go you
don't like being hugged I see if I would
somehow get connected somehow I would
have somebody to introduce me that I
were able to go further tell me I'd do
it I'm ready to do it but just to show
your love as one drew to another joke
what do you think that living amazing
yes
there you go all right does it so don't
forget that phone call don't forget that
phone call we have miss can you do that
women amazing unbelievable you're
excited what's your name would you be
willing to call them up tomorrow one
person one person I can do that yeah you
could do that give you a hug please I
love hugging you then it's just an
amazing painting
ladies and gentlemen who's the one and
now if I could ask everybody here to
please take out their phones please take
out their phones first of all you have
to catch up on what's apps in the last
two hours but secondly you have an
opportunity now plead to please while
you're sitting here before we show you
how reaching out to non-jews really
takes place not from Jews in corn make
lot really takes place if you could take
out your phones the and please text
ladies and gentlemen take a look you can
send a text message right now from your
phone and help identify someone in your
life that we can help you with to reach
out there's no free telling tonight but
if you could take a moment to please
text somebody who comes to mind somebody
who comes to your mind yes you can ask a
friend to identify someone in your life
no not somebody that we put in the store
for you but send us someone let us know
that you can identify someone sitting in
this room now no not that they're
sitting in this room but while you're
sitting in this room to identify someone
in your life it could be in this room it
could be on an airplane it could be in
Newark Airport to identify someone and
to please send us it
- let us know that indeed you can
identify someone now I just want to give
you an idea of how easy it really might
be because here we were filming and I
want to thank by the way Yaakov Berger
is here up in the front he was the host
of the film right there did a fantastic
job what it must be like to be
frustrated for four hours in gourmet
Glatt looking at crispy chicken I can
only imagine but he did it and so just
while you're texting us who you can
identify we want to give you an idea of
really really how close the opportunity
might be ladies and gentlemen let's go
back to gourmet glut and see how easy it
really might be you have the ability
right here right now as we stand here in
gourmet Goliath on Thursday night
February 6 is delicious food I know one
side of us that will get to the food in
a moment listen listen the minute
there's time it's very easy who is the
one person that you can reach out to
that is unaffiliated my LA Times is easy
to find your target not affiliated then
I can Dustin Hoffman I think could use a
good phone time Douglass passed away
today so that's
Mike hi how are you Mike nice to meet
you
so let me ask the question you how many
years are you working here for well
inside years it's months and I love it
I'm a Jewish guy and I felt fulfilled
coming here if it feels a void in my
life
and talking to the customers my goal is
to put a smile on that face
has anyone ever said that the babka has
too much chocolate I have so Mike let me
ask a question has anyone in the
community ever say invited you for a
Shabbat meal yes but you have this
documented people actually like me they
find me pleasant I know you find that
hard to believe Mike I know you for a
whole of two minutes and I already love
you I'm serious
what's that gonna we and this is for a
public consumption how about you coming
to my house for Shabbos tell me when
Mike I love you thank you so much thank
you sometimes it's just 20 feet away
even in Lakewood New Jersey ladies and
gentlemen please let us follow up and
help you reach out to someone today
without further ado ladies and gentlemen
David Cone David there was a lot of
applause because everybody knows me
actually you don't know me because he'll
Oh
my name is David Cohen not that David
Cohen the other one I I've been asked to
come and talk to you guys tonight and
it's amazing because I am from a small
town in Oregon my parents divorced when
I was two and they my mom took us and
moved us to the most rural place she
could find away from any Jews no Jews
anywhere as a matter of fact I was sent
I think from Hashem to one of the four
corners of the world and that's where I
ended up with no friends that were
Jewish
no shul nobody and I grew up that way I
had a grandfather though that was
somewhat religious I went down and
visiting him a few times one time he
pulled me aside and he said when I was
about 8 years old he said David I want
you to know something this is very
important you're a Cohen and I thought
that eight years old I thought that's
very strange that he would tell me what
my last name was but I figured hey I
made what do I know
so I went with it years later I found
out why but at the time nothing I
actually had the opportunity as I we
were we were flying over here I just got
to tell you this one I know I'm off
script I'm gonna get a lot of trouble
but I swear I'll stand time like
everybody else
I I we were we were going through the
airport in Israel checking through
security there was this very strapping
young man with this gun and he he asked
me where we were going and I said we're
gonna go to New York and then he asked
me you having weapons and I said do you
think I need him and he looked at me
said why oh maybe but anyway so about
three years ago my son's well I married
my wife who was my college sweetheart
who was so right with it and at the time
I didn't know that a Cohen should marry
a Jew I didn't know anybody should marry
a Jew I just figured you're married so I
married my wife who at the time happened
to not be Jewish as far as we knew and
then we had four boys and we picked out
names for them each of them we picked
out a name we looked at him and it
wasn't the right name and then another
name came to us so we have four boys
each of them were named by Hashem and I
didn't even know at the time why what
was happening you guys know but now I
know why we had to pick different names
so we have four boys are grown
their names are Joshua Daniel Jacob and
Zachary five months ago we made aliyah
to Israel we live in Suffolk two of my
boys are there with us but I'm getting
ahead of myself because through a
project inspire that's why I'm staying
here today three years ago we didn't
know what even Shabbat was I didn't know
anything I knew because I went to
yeshiva Fiddler on the Roof
how to speak some tea brew and it goes
something like yeah
ddddd I'm not really good with my Hebrew
but you guys probably know what it is
and I knew that it was very very
important that we kept traditions
unfortunately we had no traditions so we
made up our traditions and I'll get to
that in a second I swear I won't go too
far so my boys were sitting there and
they were asking
I shared with them you're Jewish or
Jewish you need to know you're a Cohen
my grandfather told me so I figured they
needed to know and they and I said that
would you would you guys like to start
keeping some Jewish traditions and I
thought oh man this is bad groan right
and they're not gonna want to do this
and they looked at me and said dad yeah
we've been waiting what do you do and
they looked at me and I was looking at
them and they were looking at me and
then I realized they think I'm the guy
that knows and I don't know so I went
online and I found this wonderful site
called Asia Torah and I've this is
something very important for everybody
to understand who for knew when you
reach out to somebody that has no
experience you know no experiences being
a Jew we're terrified that you guys are
going to hate us we don't think we think
were the outsiders we want so much to be
part of this group we in my soul I yearn
to be a Jew but I thought you know my
grandparents fell away my parents
weren't even religious
I grew up for 50 some years not doing
anything why would you guys want me to
be a part of this holy group so when I
went on a I thought I look up what you
do on Shabbos and all of a sudden a
pop-up screen came and there was rabbi
broker saying how can I help you I never
talked to a Jew before and here's a
rabbi that wants to talk to me so I
quietly closed my
computer walked away you wouldn't know
who I was so then the boy said well
what'd you find out he saw the computer
crashed just nothing no power and and
then I I went back the next day and I
got up the courage and I decide you know
I'm going to talk to the rabbi and so it
popped up again and he said what can I
do for you and I said rabbi there's so
many things I don't even know where to
start
but my family would like to start
keeping Shabbos
we don't know how so he said you know
what it's very simple just do some easy
things get a couple loaves of bread get
some wine get it get a cup couple candle
holders something to cover your your
hollow with gotta remember my wife is
not Jewish
right but she is because that day I gave
her a list and she said you know what up
in the Attic is my grandmother's Hope
Chest and I think there's stuff in there
like that some silver stuff so he went
up there and brought it down and there
was everything we needed was in there
and it was so weird cuz I was like wow
this is weird what the coincidence that
with this would happen I didn't put two
and two together
tel years later no actually hasn't been
even years but I so we got it we put it
out and and my son was looking at the
cup and he looks at he goes hey look
there's looks like Hebrew on it and I
looked at and I said yeah it probably
said made in Israel and put it down
didn't think anything of it but that was
our first Shabbos and it was wonderful
so here's where the tradition start we
we knew that you're supposed to sing I
mean people sing it Shabba supposed to
be a fun time right and so I thought
what let's let's get a song and so I
looked up online and I I know I found a
song that we could actually sing and my
boy my boys maybe a promise that I
wouldn't do this but I'm
do it anyway I'm gonna sing for you when
you get a chance really you know so
here's a song I wrote the lyrics out for
everybody and gave it to them
at at the table I learned the tomb
beforehand and told him just jump in
when you're ready and the song goes
something like this
hey hey yeah but show but shabbat shalom
hey i sang in front of all these people
yes that's great ok not so bad I'm in
big trouble so anyway we we we would
dance that every at Shabbos all the time
we would dance and we would sing shabbat
shalom and we come around and hug now
when we found out that my wife had this
connection we looked into it and found
out that her great-grandmother was a
Holocaust survivor we had no idea she
had no idea the family kept a secret she
she went through everything the horrors
of the Holocaust and then fled to the
United States and hid away not knowing
if it was safe in in Oregon she will say
she hid and didn't tell anybody didn't
talk to the family about it but they but
they and and the family knew that there
was there was just something empty there
there was nothing there there was a void
they wouldn't she wouldn't talk about
the family except say that everybody in
the family died and so we thought maybe
well maybe they were like high-ranking
military or something we didn't realize
it and later we found out that she was a
Holocaust survivor so I contacted like I
said rabbi broker got back in touch with
him told him how much fun we had and how
wonderful Shabbat was
we have not mrs. Shabbat dinner since
that day that was three years ago
thank thank my son's will make sure that
I do it every week no we look forward to
it but he realized he said you know what
you need more than what what I can give
you and he recommended that I get hold
of project inspire project inspire set
me up with a wonderful Torah teacher we
learned Burke a vote we learned the poor
Torah polish portion we learned we
learned from Torah he taught me the how
to read so I could do the the prayers in
Hebrew and I just want to say that we
made as you know what we made aalia's
last year 11th five months ago we made
all eh spot and it was because of
project inspire that I'm here today that
we're there and that my family now is
part of this great family and we do not
feel like we're off by outside thank you
very much
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ladies and gentlemen there are thousands
and thousands of quote unreachable Jews
or out there who need you to reach out
to them if you can take out your phones
one more time and please sign up if
you're not already learning with us have
rusa please text and sign up so we can
set you up we'll try to get someone
closer than Coos Bay Oregon
ladies gentlemen Seguin please take out
your phones and sign up we're gonna
split we'll get you a caboose to learn
with I just want to take this
opportunity to give a shout out to
Danielle Haase who's here who runs our
one on one program once again send the
text send the text and we're gonna sign
you up to learn with the Cobb Russa so
you too can inspire another Jew today
I get diverse
my name is Moroccan shmell herbes I live
in Borough Park Brooklyn I grew up here
in the New York vicinity I come from a
Ksyusha background kinda obvious Burrell
Hashem I could borrow three bench me
with a large family children
grandchildren great-grandchildren Brian
Howard Kirby I learned in local do Shiva
I run my own business I have my share
time my lifestyle is one that most of
the assembled in this room can identify
with it was the winter of touch in
iodine in 2017 my Haitian style had an
inspiration she approached me with the
idea that we spent a Shabbos at project
inspire she believed that we would enjoy
the exceptional inspirational speakers
on the roster in general I'm not one
that takes pleasure in going away for
shavasana but I have heartedly agreed
although in retrospect I'm glad I did
that year the project inspired
convention took place at the Kalahari
Kalahari resort sorry Kim pronounced in
Pennsylvania it's okay some of you might
recollect it was a record breaking low
temperature of minus 7 degrees and
certainly wasn't a pleasant trip up we
joined the Shabbos convention I must
admit I had my strong reservations for
going and quite to be quite frank Kirov
was not for most of my life certain
ireri either though I will confess we
did have a very elevated meaningful
Shabbos
on our trip home I was lost in thought I
was reviewing the events that transpired
during Shabbos
my wife broke the silence by suggesting
I signed up to learn with someone at
that point I realized there would be a
total waste not taking the initiative if
there's such an inspirational sharpest
so the following day I reached out the
project inspire and requested to sign up
for a learning partner two months past
no one contacted me
part of me was even relieved shortly
thereafter I received a phone call from
Project inspire and informed me about a
fellow living a written point argon had
become somewhat interested in Judaism
and they needed a partner for him I
thought to myself Myrtle Point Oregon 10
miles off the Pacific coast the other
end of the United States probably void
of any either sky no luckily has the
Kadisha and all probability couldn't
accidentally fall into a bad house I
began learning with him Pirkei avos
finish whatever the current item were
ash kapha Emunah olive base in Korea
he worked exceptionally hard and massing
the ability pronounced letters words
phrases and Broca's properly his elif's
zealous efforts paid off in spades one
day before we started our learning
session he shared with me this exalting
experience a real historama miss on a
fish while it was standing rapt in
solace until he had tears of joy
streaming down his cheeks because he was
finally able to recite the first three
bars of Shmona
SR without a fault I quote I felt like a
Shem was embracing my soul
I thought to myself this is real dry
Cassandra Shem imma ffb how many times
that I say those brothers with such dry
keys
I learned what it means to really davon
I also learned a deeper meaning and the
words of Zartha Mela an Achilles Allah
Kim Lee toid a voice I Buddha Lama I
came to teach when them su limit I found
myself being taught I realized then and
I realized now as I'm standing in front
of you that we all have the capability
and sharing this marvelous experience
there's one prerequisite though it has
three parts to it in fact we have
two-thirds of the way there a we need to
get inspired if there's such a shot miss
experience
aren't we all inspired be open our
hearts for another fellow Jew who is
crying out for help right up his neshama
I ask you are any of our hearts really
not open to help another fellow Jew see
willing to share our most precious
commodity
Hashem Stora divarella Kim crying which
is life itself I would like to give a
shock by Chakravarthy - I married the
Phoebus Robin Mahalo Lani forgive me the
Swiss and being instrumental helping
elevate the style edition shimmer from
the eternal abyss my Vitamix allegra
luma to exalt the heights of turin
condition to my ashes high for giving me
the inspiration and helping me follow
through with that inspiration I want to
thank project inspire for encouraging me
and guiding me throughout this journey
and last but not least I want to thank
my cab Russa
today as David told you the family made
alia and reside in the holy city of
trois I had the privilege of eating them
there on a recent trip there at Cicero
David you and your wife are an
inspiration to me and my family both of
you an inspiration to us all in this
room and both of you an inspiration to
all of quality Cerrone well everyone
heard your story about your wife
discovering the silver cup from her
grandparents I'd like to present I'd
like to take the opportunity in
presenting this u.s. silver kiddush cup
as a token of our friendship
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I give you this and get this to you with
the hope that you'll pass this on to
your children and grandchildren and also
your great-grandchildren so that the
Jewish tradition will continue in your
family David it was an honor privilege
to get to know you to learn with you and
also and grow in my other voice a Shem
through this relationship my bluehead to
you is the Shalimar shampoo alert we
must kill Josh Lyman Michelle your
reward
should be in full measure in every
aspect of your life a sham should bless
you and your wife with good health and a
long happy life together and eternal
NACA's the Kadisha from your children
and grandchildren I get to walk
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