Efraim Bibi Story at Project Inspire Convention 2025

I want to join some of you in the crowd and get to know some of you a little bit better if you don't mind would you be able to hear of course not okay um okay follow me over here on this journey here okay if you don't mind I don't mind joining you in the crowd over here okay I'm going to take a seat over here in front of these two little sadim over here you want to tell me your name sadic you want to tell me your name yeah's what's your name zad yakob Yakov how you doing Yakov how old are you seven Yakov is seven years old let's give a big hand for yakob who's seven years old what's your name little T David what a z guy David how old are you David five David is 5 years old do you live where do you live Yakov in havra havra havestraw is near Muny for those in Tom's Rim who no idea what that is havra in Muny right near M and do you go to Yago yeah you go to what grade are you in first in first grade what grade are you in David 31a David is in pre1 wow did you guys have a good time here at the shabas yeah wow and what about you you David yeah amazing oh I'm just going to sit here the rest of the time this is so amazing I'm sitting here y yakob you want to tell me tell me what does your tati do what does your ABA do he learns to oh y ABA learns Torah amazing does your ABA does y ABA learn Torah or does he even teach Torah he teaches Torah wow yak's y and one second is this your first time at the project Inspire convention D yeah Wow Wow Wow first time but do you know something you know something we know something David it might be your first time at the project Inspire convention but you know that your ABA was once at the project Inspire convention do you know that yeah you do know that well someone someone spilled the beans then sh do you want me to show you that your Abba was want to the project Inspire convention yeah wow should we play the video you want to see a video of your ABA at the project Inspire convention yeah what about you yakob you want to see it yeah amazing okay let's go to the video tape and let's see the ABA of Yakov and David at the project Inspire convention I've been asked two weeks ago so say a few words about my journey in the last two years sir moving from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem from City of opportunities to my dorm with three roommates and from the audition room to the big mid Rush what was I thinking I grew up in hia I went to acting school went straight to the theater it looked like a great place to be I got the opportunity to shoot an advertisement in New York and on the plane I saw that religious scary lady if here I and I was with that lady for 11 hours and we started to talk I asked TS of questions she just came that some this well some physic Mission Project Inspire but I got to say that her answers were pretty good and she was very honest to say you know what eie I don't have all the answers but I promise you that I'm going to ask for the answer appreciated the honesty to say I don't know she was big enough to see past my behavior past my mistakes they really saw the potential in F and she did it with one simple sentence will you come for shabis that's it it came on Friday morning and I went to her house and going for shabis in bbar you know it's not Disneyland okay I opened the door I saw the strain walls and the white socks and The Funny Pants it was like I told myself fie are you going to be here for 25 hours and I told myself give it a chance you know it's one shabis turn off the phone take it the whole way and it wasn't shabis of Miracles and big Productions it was a Jewish shice with a lot of food of course I wanted to compliment on the food and I said wow so many curses and then I realized that the word that I was trying to use is ches ches I went to Bab of show people were shaking my hands and welcoming smiling and these people are so kind and warm and they made me feel like home and they were singing they were dancing they took me a part of it you know they they felt so special and at that moment I realized that I want to keep shouts [Music] ladies and gentlemen it is my great honor to reintroduce to you R am [Applause] BB um so first of all I want to thank the biggest host which is the for hosting us this shabas every shabas every [Music] day he deserves the Kap and also for project Inspire rabim Samson and also rosi fredman for have such love and care for cl Israel and also for me all these years so this video that you just watched that was 12 years ago but really the story started almost 15 years ago uh it's interesting to to see how a kadhu has a plan you have your own plan you're thinking that you're coming to New York you want to conquer the world you want a conquered Broadway and a want you to cross path with a very interesting kidish lady very scary one Mrs rifer and her precious [Applause] family and again that chabus I mentioned it was an amazing chabus incredible chabus and I kept I I was trying to find the words to thank them for this amazing chabas and instead of saying I kept saying sh sh it shets and I'm not talking about drinking the which was also embarrassing sing but it was an incredible shabus we learned from our mistakes right and after that chabis I decided that I'm going to make a change a small change as you can see it was very small next convention I'm coming with a shal and uhem it's amazing I'm grateful to the Kosh to have normal life you know people are dreaming about normal life not perfect but normal wife and kids and learning and teaching and I'm about to finish my soon and being busy with being busy with k with am is and you know just being like doing the regular things that people dream to do in life like just finish d and coming back home and taking the kids to school and driving with one hand and eating with another hand and feeding your baby with your leg you know just just be busy with life and one of the things that I keep reminding myself during this 15 years is that one key to do care of is a thing that we need to learn from the riers which is that they didn't try to wow me with Amazing Ideas you should be answer huh they didn't try to wow me with Big Ideas they didn't have like this tremendous uh T about yish they just they kept it very simple and I I read a m that is very from from it's a short Mas but gives M for us it talks about a king that went with his Pia to hunt and he felt during his hunting that something is I don't know something is uh biting his shoulder and he thought that really it's nothing went back to the palace and he felt that it's very itchy and suddenly he started to have fever and he wasn't able to walk and he wasn't able to stand and he fell and the doctors were trying to to take care of him and trying to find something to give him nothing and The Gardener of the palace remembered that there was one one person that was always busy with like health and uh natural medicines that never helps and he decided to call him and this guy came this ped guy came and started to mix few herbs together and after few minutes that he gave it to to the king few minutes after the king opened his eyes and was able to move his hands half an hour after he was standing 3 hours after he was able to walk and he was healthy says seph people are busy to save themselves with tremendous things trying to be so creative with what to do with our lives in order to save ourselves what do we really need few herbs that's what we need what are the herbs that rifer offered chabas y hanuka candles PES simple things not Big Ideas I'm coming back home Thursday night and I look at the shabas table which is already set Bo hasem and the candles and I tell myself wow I have a Jewish home I'm learning with my sons their Sid party and their par party and aim and I see the spark in their eyes of yish kite of learning and I tell myself what would happen without that plane ride without that simple question will you come for shabas we're here to inspire one another and we don't need too much things just few herbs that we all have in our pocket so I encourage you to do it to use whatever we have to affect of Jews that are not aspired yet we should to bring and to see the of very soon who too