The Tenth Man Short Version

foreign was born in kishinev Moldova his mother tragically died in an accident when he was very young and he was basically raised by his grandparents in Jackson Heights Queens so you went to public school in high school yes your connection to Judaism then none there was no Jewish observance in your life at all no we want to show but when you know Services were over it's back to television at home so it's a couple of years ago and and you're begin to search in schools he's been to go to various different jewels looking for anything something that will spark you and what happens I was I knew I needed to speak to somebody I needed somebody to hear me out that was very difficult apparently I I felt like of all the places to seek sanctity and salvation the show would have been the place to go do that I think we need to stop right here there I am sitting with khaim he's telling me that he's walking into one Jewel after the other he's searching and it gets me thinking what would I do what would any of us do meet Abe we asked Abe if he would go into a shul in a heavy populated from area in order to answer my question what would happen with constant mignonim Around the Clock we wondered as ABE stands alone does anybody care will anyone approach him does anyone even notice that he's there anyone even remember that Abe was standing right next to them let's listen do you recognize this fellow yes he was actually sitting right in front of me did you have any thought about maybe you wanted to approach him or not there um I was thinking about it looked like a person that perhaps I should have approached what does he look like to you I can't figure it out I did not see his face but it looks like a person that's looking that's looking looking what is wrong why don't we go up there and say hi that's a that's a very good question from Minion to minion to minion nothing really changed I wonder what Abe was thinking I wonder what Abe was feeling I wonder what Felix was feeling when this was happening to him I almost wasn't surprised I wasn't shocked I almost I almost expected what I had the first few tries but I was persistent so one Sunday morning regular you know regular you know Sunday morning I was davening and in walks in this um very young man he just sat down in the in the chair and took out a art scroll sitter and just started reading and looking at it and I kept on saying to myself should I approach him should I approach him so I walked over to him and the first thing I said to him was hi you want to put on a pair of film just like that just like that was the first thing that came about a little I was a little nervous a little nervous yeah a little nervous uh you know a guy named David introduces himself and he said hey would you like to wear a knight to phone that went beyond what I would have even hoped for he he put his stuff on me that was amazing I said okay so we started putting on the twin he he said the bracha with me of putting on the phone he repeated each word and you can tell he was he was emotional it was there was definitely he was definitely emotional about it that went on I knew that wow this is a guy I could I could communicate with he showed me another side of Judaism that I would have only you know wished to have heard but finally I got to see it for myself we had like this weekly uh like field trip there was a Judaica store in Queens we'd buy a pair of titsits or he would want to buy a tanah where he would want to buy a Hamish and he would you can see he was thirsty to want to learn more when when he got me a pair to fill in that really that was an investment that somebody made on me I he I felt like he barely knew me to you know make that kind of commitment but he did I couldn't believe it you never know yeah you really never know who's waiting for you to approach them and so it's it's only taking one step forward and Hashem does the rest you never know who that quiet person that new person initial may be and what they're hoping to have when they come to show but it starts with that first you know that first hello it was intense it's one of the best things I ever did