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Remembering Dani King and Eli Schonbrun on their 15th Yahrtzeit
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Rabbi Kalish
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I want to I want to for a few minutes.
I'm going to get to the person Danny
King, the person Ellie Sham in a few
minutes. Last night I went to the King
family, Danny King's parents, his
precious father of Yakov, his mother,
his siblings, Svi Leora, the his sister,
his brothers. The family had a
gathering, a memorial, a a gathering, a
yard site gathering for Donnie King.
It's the 15th yard site. 15 years ago,
Donnie was in this yeshiva and he was
nifer in an accident on the way to
yeshiva. Donnie was nif.
Now, I want to express you're going to I
was going last night to a 15th yard
site. And I'm not stupid. I know I'd be
asked to speak. I'm a loud mouth who
likes talking. So, you know, I usually
will oblige. You want to speak?
>> Speak.
>> And I knew I'd be asked to speak,
>> but I told myself that I'm not preparing
what I'm saying. And your instinct is,
okay, what are you going to say? What
are you going to say? No, Danielle,
don't do that.
Come and feel the event. Come to the
parents. Come with the family. Come with
the friends. There were a lot of old
Waterberry guys. They're guys married
with a number of children. the the guys
there Donny's friends we are 15 years
ago
>> Donniey's friends range they were 18 17
and 16 15 years old it was like the
school is today there no real grades he
officially 11th gradeish
but he had friends from 12th grade dorm
counts were his friends so the age were
from 31 to 35 36 year olds there guys
married with children building families
Some people some could still be single
and looking finding their way. But I
went to this event to Donniey's yard
gathering not knowing what I would see.
I haven't been there in a couple of
years probably wrongfully. We make a
gathering in yeshiva the last many many
years. I probably should have gone to
the family thing. My own mistake not
going. I like the family. I like Danny
and being with his family makes sense.
Last night I went I went to the family
thing.
I want to say I was amazed. It was
actually beautiful. It was very vibrant.
There was not trying. There wasn't an
attempt to be sad serious. This is I was
very but it was so energetic. There's an
old Waterberry guy David Lowinger there.
He's an angel and he was tumbling with
the guys. He's beautiful. I set him up.
He's actually a wicked tennis player and
mayor. I like when guys today are close
to old guys. He's not old. He's a young
he's a young father of a couple and a
beautiful father of Noah, his wonderful
children. But I actually they played
tennis together in LA. I made the sh and
they I think they each won once. But
David was there and Avi Marmmerstein an
old Talmet of Rab Ras who is married
also with children and Avi Marmmerstein
was there last night at the gathering
and and Zevy Rubin was beautiful. Zi
Rubbert was at the gathering and Kano
Herz, one of the all-time greats here,
Ben, he was at the gathering. Just a
really special gathering. I want to say
what hit me. It was so energetic.
Now, if you're gathering yearly, if
you're gathering yearly for like an
event, a tragedy, and a difficulty that
happened, you would expect over the
years like the energy would. It's the
15th year and the gathering had a
headlike there was a sense Donniey's
friends and the king family beautiful
family now I'm not saying talk about the
pain lessening and missing and lessening
but you'd expect a certain almost lack
of energy it's the 15th yards I
gathering and it was fire beautiful it
was like the his father Yakob King is an
incredible person a very loving person
when Danny was in the yeshiva. Guys
loved going to that house. Guys like
watching football and they're big sports
fans. Donniey's brothers were cool.
Donnie is cool and and guys love
watching the games there. The house was
one of these beautiful We have certain
Waterberry homes that are so appreciated
that our guys have like a space to hang
out. Eton's home. Many many Waterberry
guys have been in Eton's home. I very
much I spoke about you playing Davim
tennis as with Davim last night but I
want to say this 15th yard site
gathering was so energetic and
beautiful. Before I talk about Donnie or
Ellie I want to talk about them. I want
to express that when I felt Shimmy that
it was so energetic and alive is stays
and Donnie is in he exists. That's not a
friendship that was he's my friend.
Donnie King's my friend. He is my
friend. Not he was my friend. Donnie is
my friend. Now I certainly miss having
him in coming to an event and I
appreciate all the guys that we could
hug each other joke together and speak
and I don't have that opportunity right
now with Danny telly
rejoins us with
I don't have that opportunity but I want
to express that the nishama continues. I
really believe there's a place called
Aba and I want to say the energy at this
thing at this
was the ri was like you felt there
because guys are still friends with him
not they were they are they are friends
with him I want to say to the my
father's own yard my my own father's
yard site's coming in a week and I want
to express that my relationship to my
father is not was it is and and I think
about him and know he thinks about me
that he and things he could do for me.
We say the should be a shay things he
could do for my family, for the Ros's
family, for all his children he does and
and the nish is here and present. It
says on the yard site specifically, it's
posit to me that Donnie King is
listening right now. I promise you. I
believe Danny King, this guy Daniel
believes that Donnie King is listening
right now. How do I know that? Maybe
he's not. The Gar says,
"Say your good about me because I am
there." It's a that is talking about the
I can't prove that to the yard site, but
that I've I've researched that the namas
is allowed and comes down the three days
surrounding the yard site. people can
feel the the mace more and be connected
even more to him. And I want to express
this in a shama. We're all nishamas.
None of us can ever picture not being.
[clears throat] No human being can
picture not being. You know why? Because
you'll never not be because you're an is
forever
peace of and we have namas. I want to
express that the yard site was like a
testament that people are friends with
Donnie that doesn't get stale. Donnie
was there. We were so like it was such a
warmth and a vibrancy and a it was like
a beautiful gathering. It was so there
was so many hugs but like meaningful
hugs. So it's interesting. I'm going to
speak about Donnie and Ellie. D they
were both big friendship guys. Donnie
was very cool. It's always important to
me the coolest kids in the massa always
the dream and the hope and this is how
it was. It's tragic when a guy is cool
and it's used for nothing. That's a
tragedy. He's the big varsity guy. He's
goodlooking. He's charismatic and like
others don't gain. I think that's like
tragic. Somebody has a standing. The
basic of yiddesh kite is where you have
standing others gain from your standing.
You're comfortable so people around you
will be comfortable. If you're a hot
chat varsity guy so your good morning
means something. So give good mornings
to not utilize that. What a waste. So
what it's so precious though coolness is
very precious.
I I a guy told me his rebi said there's
no such thing as cool. I don't like that
there is such a thing as cool. I don't
like a denial of reality. There's such a
thing as environments people who are
cool. Everybody likes that guy.
Charisma, these are real things. So to
say there's no such thing as cool,
that's like just silly. There is such a
thing as cool. Utilize it. They're
standing. A rich person. People listen
to their words because they're rich.
>> We I don't like pretend. Ah, who cares?
Rich, rich, no matter the guy's rich.
That's how Hashem made us all. We see a
rich guy like, whoa. The garris you know
the garus says about rich p rich people
of people listen to their words to say
it doesn't matter somebody's it doesn't
matter people listen to the rich guy we
can make fun of society we could say
that's crazy it shouldn't be that way it
is that way now if somebody's rich use
that response resp responsibly people
are listening to you say nice things the
garra says that rich people gar rich
people lose their money if They don't
take advantage the fact that they're
rich to encourage people.
Their words are listened to. Do
something with it. Donnie King was
good-looking, was very good-looking.
Donnie King was a superior athlete.
People liked him. He was a cool guy. He
used his coolness. Other people, the
whole school was lucky because he was
cool.
He shared it. He used it. It was like
meant to the benefit of other people.
That's crazy. That's so that's so
beautiful when you take your mileus. So
I want to express that here Danny I'm
talking about Danny first only because
that's the ys that I went to because
hashem I'm going to talk about Ellie in
a few minutes but but I just want to
express that the nishama endures and
exists and is around. I want to say that
it's funny to talk about Di as
good-looking. Why would you talk about
his good looks? He's an shama now. I
want to express because he used his good
looks to make other people feel very
good. He was cool. People liked him. His
good looks still matter today. That he's
a good athlete. I remember watching a
football game and telling my kids that
the best football player we've ever had
in Yeshiva is Donnie King. He was a
crazy It might still be true. I don't
know for sure. There are definitely
people Ellieoken would have a say about
that. Dan Stein would have a say. There
are plenty of upandcomers over the years
who would have a big say. Schlommoer is
a really good football player. So it's
there are plenty of people that could
have a say about this. I want to see Ari
get a chance to watch fully but I heard
you have game. But um I do want to
express that why am I saying at a yard
site gathering [clears throat] for Danny
that he was a good football player.
That's odd. Does that matter? And the
answer is it absolutely matters because
he utilized it. because we were all
blessed. His coolness and worth itness,
if you will, if that's a word, it
benefited others around him. We're 15
years later and the friends still feel
energized by him, by what he gave us, by
his warmth, by his care. If I could just
tell you, I'm don't like when people
pretend things after somebody's gone.
And I want to say that while he was
alive, anybody would have said this
about him. Donnie was somebody whose
gifts whose physical gifts were like
utilized for other people. It was so
beneficial for everybody around that it
actually matters 15 years later that
this nishama used its physical gifts in
such a beautiful way that's like
precious that's like really important.
The garra says the garra says that after
you ga something becomes yours after you
toil things become yours. gifts we have
were given by God. They're not ours. But
when we utilize them, right, they're
ours forever. That Donnie is
good-looking. It's his, he's
good-looking today because we gained
from his good looks. He's athletic today
because we gained it was utilized,
right? So that's the first thing I want
to say about Danny. I want to talk about
just the first thing I want to like in
remembrance of him is to speak about
is to talk about using our gifts for for
good purposes not to minimize them.
People have gifts. It's funny if a guy
doesn't know he's good-looking. He's
charism. I'm not saying this to be funny
or to like to lose folks. Mayor is an
extreme. was a wicked tennis player and
people liked in in Sulamon people went
to watch and play it that matters that's
beautiful that's a nice thing and
actually has space all of a sudden well
people this is the people enjoy people
watch all of a sudden the good morning
means something the hello means
something not that not that that gives
power and meaning for a person to ignore
that is like is very silly and Donnie is
somebody whose gifts and tools were
utilized for the Yashim was a better
place. The amount of guys that felt cool
because he was cool. We were all cooler.
It's very neat to me when a guy who's
blessed with skills uses for somebody
else, everybody like gains with it.
There's a r who my wife and I merited to
be very close to. His name is Schlommo
Ginger and he's somebody my wife and I
miss terribly. He was somebody who had a
very good social standing in Lakewood.
He was accepted as a
through him. Hundreds perhaps thousands
of yidden were like accepted to the
community. A lot of people maybe
wouldn't have had a standing through his
standing they got a standing. Ariel,
you're a wicked football player. I
enjoyed watching you. Good quarterback.
Good quarterback. Excellent. I'm proud
of you. But through through Regisinger's
standing many people had a standing and
to me that's like such a cool thing to
notice your standing to share it. It's a
basic thing in Yadus in Yiddish. If I
had to say literally top 10 things in
Yiddisha,
it's 36 times in the Tus to love the
foreigner to understand love a foreigner
means wherever you're comfortable
wherever you have the advantage wherever
you have something good share it share
it bring others give you have standing
let others have that's what a sager in a
sophisticated way means that's what it
says Di was a guy his standing made a He
made a whole yeshiva cool. It's possible
we're still cool today. Starting from
him, we all felt cool. Now, if the cool
guy snobs everybody else out and doesn't
share and is actually everybody's less
cool. I can't hand My daughter told me
we ran a a we had this summer a girls a
girls camp for a lot of sisters,
Waterberry guys. We ran a girls camp. I
rust his daughter. I say we I Russ his
daughter and ran a girls camp. My
daughter was so pumped that the camp had
this like had this thing that one
person's everybody was cool. Everybody
was part of it. Wasn't like I'm cool
snob it. That's so sad. That's so
opposite the terra of one person has
like a social ability and other people
are put down for it. That's so that's
horrible. It's It's like the opposite of
how Kashm constructed the world. That's
the opposite of Tyra Zevi. So happy
you're back. Welcome home. Welcome home.
Welcome home. Really happy you're back.
[applause]
Really happy.
Don't ever leave me again. I really feel
good to be around you. Beautiful breath
of fresh air.
But um but this the the Zevia our
world's meant and I beg everybody to
understand this is Tyra. Is it always
practice? We have to be better to our
yiddishkite. This is like yiddishkite
101. If I had a if somebody wanted to
learn Judaism top 10 like things and I
say that not as one man's opinion. The
tyra repeats over and over. Aba sager
love the foreigner. What that saying is
wherever you have power wherever you
have say wherever you have comfort bring
in bring in share it. That was Danny.
That was Danny King Dilak
his father is that way people love going
to the home that was like room for
people I want to say to the one of the
basic things of our yeshiva one of the
basic things and I will talk more about
Dani Ellie Shra was one of the leaders
of the yeshiva was one of the leaders of
the yeshiva was just a incredibly
growing a tal
a growing person step by step growing
beautifully growing beautifully adding
in such a beautiful one of the leaders
of the yeshiva and the basic thing here
is there's space for people make space
for another person but like real but
real not a pretend not in a nebic way
that's not what it is we're stupid to
cut people off we lose the world it's
not in a way of neb that no like space
for people because we need people
because we need everybody because people
count because people count and we need
people. So I Ellie Ellie Shra Elio Beni
was somebody who who embodied this like
a leader who made space for others. If
anybody what do you say
fellow Levite
I want to I want to make a pitch just in
Ellie's memory and I'm saying this not
like an agenda thing. I'm I'm coming
from Ellie. He loved the davinings here.
I do want to make a pitch. The prayers
here are really beautiful. I want to
make a pitch. Join the davings. So nice.
Come for shakness. Come for min come for
I want to ask the guys to help make the
dings nice to pray talk to Hashem
there's an innocence to the prayer here
an unforced chill a mat people are
talking to hashem specifically prayer is
huge a human beings meant to pray
specifically public prayer so nice a
minion a group of yen praying toem
together a group of people come together
and as a group we we talk to hashem
because it's valuable I want to I want
Express the topic of cavana is a very
funny topic schlom. If you ever
contemplate the topic of cavana of
intention or else very very funny could
you imagine shimmy a guy having cavana
when he talks to his wife
guri and I speak do you have cavana
that'll be a really bad chill that'll be
a really bad chill you're like rebie so
happy to see
anybody would say shut up like what like
what as do we have kavana when we
But just show up to each other. Cavana
is a very misused topic. I'm not talking
not to come but bring yourself like
really come to the prayers and like say
the words. Now he said if you can know
what it means the best and if you don't
know what it means say the words the
words Gisler always calls the words of
Cl. Our words the words that Kazal
taught us to say but like really come
with your personality like show up to
this. I I go back to this a lot. I talk
about Ry Russ once trying to convince
the guy to come to sheer. It's like you
don't understand. I don't want you in
sheer behavior. I literally don't want
he was saying throw spitballs. I don't
even remember who the guy you were
talking to. It's a long time ago. But I
remember I Russ telling you like I
really want you and show you. Whatever
you do, do you will I come to if it
means throwing like I really like I want
you the prayers even when I ask guys to
I I'll quiet the guys. I want a certain
decorum but I want the guy to show up
him with his smile. I asked the guys and
Ellie Sham was a big part of the
minyamir. He liked the minyanimir. He
had a pride that he was coming. He was a
big part one of the one of the guys who
was here. He built up to that. It was
after being here for a while and he
cared about the prayers. I do want to
encourage us all. I want to make a
strengthening of showing up to Nyan.
It's funny. I have Etan saying, "Let's
go. We need you here." And I like that.
I like that. Please stay on my case.
Don't give up on me. Thank you, Eton.
Etan is one of the one of the guys who
are here. And I want to say with Ellie
this beautiful growing person he was a
very like warm part of the minion and
the minion is so nice when you have a
core of people who are just positive if
anybody looks in yeshiva aton
long long long years good successful
years there's a warmth to that even that
he encourages me to come I promise just
you being here makes me want to come
Ellie was like that he was a part of the
minion you wanted to come to see him and
him to see us. I like when guys come in
the minion. There's a certain yo and
everybody like there's an excitement in
the room. He's here. I'm asking the come
join the prayers in a nice not giving
marks and scores and timing when you're
there or when you leave. But like pap
join the minion support. Did we get a
minion this morning pretty easily? Yes.
>> Okay. Did we get a minion relatively
easily this morning?
>> Okay. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair.
Right next to Shia, it's interesting.
Ellie and Donnie passed away 15 years
ago.
>> What?
>> It's about 9:30.
>> Come. I want y and bring
>> it's between 9:20 and 9:30.
>> I like that. I like that. The sh D and
Ellie were nif onesh. Today is the 10th
day of and 15 years there and it's a day
apart from Mayu's yard. Tomorrow,
tonight and tomorrow is Mayu's yard. So
the song that was very like associated
with them was called the Ramaneshma.
Rael Alban
was crying for her children. That's a
song that was very linked and we sang
that a lot. The comfort of a mother's
cry for her children. They wore nifar
two days a day apart from ramenu's yard
site. I once read an article on the when
we had a safe for Danny and Ellie. So I
was in Ray Overlander final's house and
simal liner punk was in town. The
gathering in Overlander's house was the
world. It was an event in my life. I've
been very few events like that in my
life. and the singing in his house and
they and Sim Khalina was in town and
somebody actually do you remember Ashley
somebody and he sang Kobarama I was
reading a newspaper interview with Sim
Kalina and somebody asked him you've
sung Karama
hundreds of times on when was the most
meaningful time you ever sang it and he
said in what
yeah yeah and he sang it there I want to
ask the guys if we could singish
Rahulu crying for her children and I
want to express that we have this big
tanu
who we asked to cry for it's interesting
there's a famous story the guys know the
song mama it's based on a story
the rashiva of the mir was a incredible
heart besides being a brilliant mind was
a big heart my father was a student of
hashem said to raim
Please stop crying.
Levitz went to her Kev to Kev Rahul and
he said I know Hashem asked you to stop
crying but he wants children to cry to
their parents and a child lays please
cry mama cry for us that's
is that what he said he said please cry
for we need you mama and
for people and it's the went said please
cry for us ra who constructed our
peoples. One of our mothers, one of the
mice constructed our people
in the construction of our people gave
her sister, gave her husband, gave her
future to her sister not to embarrass
her sister. So we invoke that ofu in
building our people not running over her
sister in construction of our people and
we ask to dam for us. I want to sing
karama. If we could sing karama together
as a kra. I want to express when we sit
this far apart. It just doesn't sound
good. If we can move closer if we can.
Everybody move closer. Move up. Move up.
Move up. Should have come much closer.
Just doesn't sound good. Come closer.
Come closer.
>> We just sound better. Move two two rows
closer. Mendle. Two rows closer. Mendle,
you're an incredible quarterback.
Mendle, did you win?
>> What a comeback. Both games were good
comebacks.
>> I know that. Should you not start it or
that's called
key? Let's try try together. We'll
figure it out. I know the key to that.
It's not such a hard song. I don't think
it like goes
>> Marty.
>> That's pretty. It's It's not hard. It's
not for that one.
>> Yeah, that that's pretty high cuz the
beginning is good.
>> No, this is very hard.
Rock.
How
may I go?
However,
[chanting]
heaven Help me
God.
[singing]
>> [chanting]
>> God
[singing]
[chanting]
bes.
is
Hel.
[chanting]
[singing]
of hell.
I go out [singing]
of hell.
on
it. All
I
call
Hey [chanting]
[singing]
divine.
[singing]
>> [singing]
>> This guy slow.
>> What's the other Kobar was saying?
How
he Oh
my
god.
Never go
[singing]
[chanting]
like [music and singing]
Beautiful. [singing]
>> I want to express another aspect of both
of both Ellie and Danny. I'm
specifically I'm thinking about Ellie
this minute. I'm thinking about Ellie
Shambra on this minute and I want to
express how magical and real a rebby
could be. The word rebby could be magic.
Some words get like damaged and tainted.
We're asked in the system and nobody
means bad. There's not a knock on any
person but we're asked each person we're
in their shear. We go to a shear, we say
rebi and rebi and rebi and rebi. It's
fine but the word rebi could be a magic
word. My rebby I want to say that I'm
not the young I'm not I feel pretty
young 52 years old. My rebby is like
very magical to me. It really like
really means the world to me. I'm not a
young kid stareyed which would be
wonderful. I'm a little bit of an older
kid not a younger kid. And yet I want to
say my rebi like what he gave me what he
meant to me meant the world.
The word rebi I I remember Ellie Ellie
Tress was thinking of coming to the
yeshiva and claring to come and I
remember telling him that the word rebi
could become magical somebody's my rebi
like opened up my eyes to something
bigger to something more to something
deeper the word rebi is harav shali my
rebi it's a magical word we don't hear
rabbi some guys will call me rabbi I'm
not a rabbi by the way I'm no smik I'm
no I'm You call me I'd rather you call
me Dan than Rabbi. I'm just not a rabbi.
Rabbi is like a certain distance. Here's
the possibility. People look at Rabbi
Russ and say Rebi, but not in a pretend
way. Somebody like impact me. And I want
to describe Ellie had rebum. He said
Rebi he would walk miles. Just how much
Ry Russ meant to him. Waterberry to
blidge is about how many mile walk is
that? 2.7.
It's far. It's a very far walk. I
remember a guy once like like checked it
out exactly like
>> I think it actually is 2.7 somebody I
don't from the yeshiva
>> they measured it
>> from the it's a long walk worse than the
distance because people can walk that
this is uphill the way Waterberry and
Blue Ridge are situated they're both on
mountains and there's a valley in
between so it's can you imagine both
ways are uphill it's there should there
should be a bridge or some sort of
what's that called when you have a
what's that called You zipline
>> zipline
>> I'm shocked Ashie Jeremiah he could do
anything never built a zipline from the
yeshiva if it would still be around
chick for sure and ash would have done
it if it was around in chicka's days
with ashi there would be a zipline it's
two mountains how far is it
>> 2.2 miles
>> walking
>> because the drive it might
>> he's walking he's right you can't he's
right it's 2.2 too. But if you go B Boyd
and you can't walk upward and it's too
steep, I tried it. You'll lose your
mind. But anyway, it's a it's a long
walk and it's up a mountain and and
Ellie would walk would frequently would
fairly frequently walk the walk. I have
a specific memory of if him and Yo
walking through Irus and their shirts
would but did it rain on them. Their
shirts were soaked and they both
borrowed shirts from me and I had a
pride that Ellie showman who's a very
cool guy. He wore my shirt and that like
shouldn't be like he's this cool guy but
they borrowed shirts once. I have that.
Do you remember? Do you have this
memory?
>> It's vague by me also. Their shirts were
wet. Did it really happened that they
borrowed my shirts or I'm p maybe it was
just
[laughter]
>> but anyway but just I want to express I
say how magical a rebby could be and to
watch Ellie. A rebi is not a rebi is not
just somebody you worship you worship
anyway but somebody just he's amazing a
rebi means I have connection to that I
find space that I can connect to
something and and I become bigger
through and from a rebi
was very nervous that people would have
a reba and glorify the rebba but has
nothing to do with me in our world the
rebi opens my eyes to greater things in
me I find more in me. That's what to me
the picture of a rebi raon spoke about
this somebody who helps me access deeper
things in me even my love for him is
because through him I'm finding deeper
spaces in me and I want to express that
Ellie was somebody early in the yeshiva
was like a magical relationship to a
rebi he love rabbi ras he had rebeim who
meant something to him who he confided
in who through the rebi found deeper and
more spaces is in a certain way a rebi
means my expansion harav shali rav means
expansive large a lot my you call that
he's my expansion
through him I find more in me through
it's not a rebi is not the celebration
wow that person's incredible it has
nothing to do with you that you're just
that's not what a the job of a rebi
that's not I don't think that's a rebi
>> that's why it's actually called that
that's why rob
>> my expansion
Yeah, Rav means to expand my expansion
through him. I'm like, whoa. Okay. But I
find what I'm shy to. If I'm not shy to
that's not a rebi, it's not meant to
museum to admire a nice piece. A rebi is
I see in somebody greatness and levels
that I'm shy to that I can aspire
towards and I and I have this in me. I'm
connected to this
make for yourself is the finding of your
own expansiveness that your
that's like Ellie was like an early guy
in the who had a rebi and rebe were
magical to him he was he was just
beautifully connected I want to say that
durm is a place of relationship of
honest it's honesty and relationship
already said this publicly when there
could be a me and there could be a you
we could be connected acted for all
acting and trying to be. There's no real
relationships in there. It's shallow.
It's weak. There's no me. There's no
you. Where there's a space for me and I
find me and feel me and there's a you.
We could talk. He described the honesty
here where people could be themselves
and figure out themselves and the
connections that exists here. I just
want to say Ellie was somebody the the
open relationship to Rebi to a Rebi
opened up. He expressed, he spoke. It
meant something. The magic that rebi can
be not a pretend thing that somebody
could actually talk to somebody. Two
people can meet and see each other and
know each other and be close. There's a
magical picture of Rebi Talmud that
could exist to me. I see from the early
guys in yeshiva who had beautiful
relationship and specifically to a Rebi.
It's interesting.
There's there's a there's a
that a person's
to go to your rebi on y
is supposed to go visit his rebi and I
tried as a youngster I tried as a
youngster even when I was married my
wife would allow me to go sukus I loved
going to visit my rebi and suka even I
was married I was pretty far away it was
talk about a long walk my parents had
moved to Lawrence and I would go there
to visit my
as it says
a person
>> what
says what are you doing goes to the
she said what are you doing
it's not it's not
You see there was an Indian to go to the
god to be
>> I'm sorry's
husband said why should we go today
what's the lash from the lash she said
it's not shabas to go to him it's not
you see some said he's supposed to visit
even on shabas mish bring such a dea my
friend a breastler had such a tobi every
shabist but on yant sir Certainly
there's a mitzvi.
So I want to express that when I would
go to my rebi as the but it was
something I wanted to be by my rebiant I
wanted to see him and a friend of mine
went to his rebi and said I'm not here
because of the I'm here because I want
to be I want to be nearby and the rebi
said that's the the rebi said that's the
reel is it should be such a space that I
want to connect my it's a time of
connection and of course I want to
connect to my rebby that's like what
should be I just want to express that
Ellie in that suga of connecting to a
rebi was quite advanced in that sa the
beautiful relationship that could be of
two people it's hard it's hard for a
person there are people who um who say I
can never find a rebi and there's
something in themsel that's afraid of
expansiveness
we're afraid to expand like that a revi
actually I don't want to say demands it
but gives the possibility of expansion
of knowing more and deeper. It's
interesting when a person goes to a
friend you want them almost to validate
who you are. When you go to a rebi rebi
can validate but also tells you about
deeper spaces that you're shy to your sh
to deeper things. I want to introduce
you to the deeper space that you're shy
to Ellie was a world of beautiful
connections to friends for sure but also
the world of hebi is a beautiful thing I
want to share a story that happened
through Danny and Ellie it is a cool
story but I just want to talk about how
much
the godly aspect of things that happen
of seeing yad hashem and things things
are not heard. I want to say that Donnie
and Ellie being nifter in a car accident
on the way to the yeshiva to to many of
us that if life feels chaotic it's like
crazy two beautiful guys in the heart of
their life and they pass away on the way
to yeshiva's like could I trust anything
secure that's the that's the like sense
that it gave us all a lot of like you
wanted I remember the next many months
like hugging my kids a lot. You want
them to like hold on. I love you. My
kids, can you not say that again? Now
the Donnie and Ellie Bing Nifter on the
way to Yeshiva,
there's a sense of of of of of the
unexpected of the oh my gosh, anything
could be. And I want to express that
there's a Hashem and things are donebin.
And I want to say that through Danielle,
I want to say a story where we felt it's
a little story to me. It's very
significant but through the story of
Daniel feeling
things are exact runs the world their
reasons things are not he are not and
we're in good hands and Hashem's running
things for reasons so I want to tell you
this a story that happened with Danny
and Ellie
in the tyraisha
two people Misha and Aaron Misha and
Aaron were celebrating the inauguration
of the Bamedash of the Mishkan We had
built the Mishkan, a crazy happy day.
Clal Israel wants Hashem. We want Hashem
to dwell in our midst. The Mishkum was a
magical place. If you want to think
Mishkan, think Durham.
A parent was here. I mean sincerely,
just a visual ar just a visual of what
the Mishkan is. And I mean I mean this
sincerely because I want a guy, what's
Mishkan? What does that mean? A place
Hashem lived. It means a place that was
beautiful. A yid felt connection there.
Felt a space of connection to God,
connection to other yiden, a space of
connection. A parent came here this
morning and their initial inquiry
was not they were nervous about it. They
said they see the genuine happiness.
They said a certain guy who lives in
their community and he's always excited
to go back is that means something to
them. Etan described the yeshiva. I
pulled him over to ask to describe the
yeshiva and he said I just want to say
I'm excited when I come back. I want to
express the Mishkan was a place of
connection. People wanted to be there.
You felt connected to Hashem, connected
to other Yidden and the Mishkan was
being built was crazy exciting for Kali.
So we had a Mishkan in our midst. A
place of connection. Everybody craves
connection. Place of belonging. a place
of experiencing Hashem eternity that
which every human being craves purpose
mission connection was like beautiful
space and on the day of the inauguration
of the Mishk like the happiest day in
the world's
two kids inexplicably are now it's a big
sh was they were huge sadikim
and in a certain way It's
hashem said I have reasons for it
another at the heart of the celebration
the most best event ever was marred it
was like tainted and damaged two of
Aaron's sons die and Aaron var he
accepts tremendous faith
>> what does that mean just like
>> it means he cried his brains out and he
had faith that we're in good hands knows
that this face We really can ex
experience in our life the real faith in
Hashem. We could learn that he's into
us. I'm not I'm talking about do you
have people in your life in Yemen that
you just sense so much love you that you
really trust them. I mamish trust you. I
just believe you wouldn't hurt me. And
you mean I don't understand you. Could
you picture such a I'm not talking about
fake. Could it be such a thing? Somebody
proves to you again and again where you
just know they love you and they do
something. I don't know why he did that
but you're that's what means I admit
it's crazy it's crazy to go through such
loss and have faith it's crazy but is in
that space silent
is silent so it's a story in cla's throw
on the happiest day the craziest day
we're getting the inauguration of the
mishkun and Iron A's two sons dies
that's a story in the Tyra it's a crazy
story I agree
It's like while the two sons that die
marring this the biggest maring means
interrupting disrupting the sim it's
like what it's inexplicable and iron
accepts it okay that's a story in the
>> it's in par what parish is that in
after the death of the two sons of
when they were coming they were just
going to hashem
They were just trying to go to yeshiva.
So I want to express to the there's just
what happened two on the way to yeshiva
inexplicable like
very hard to accept to wrap our mind
the the families donated and raised
money to give a safe we have in the
araidesh right now today that we're
going to lane from tomorrow morning guys
is dedicated
and we wrote they wrote the yeshiva
wrote yen wrote to say in honor of Danny
and Ellie the fetra took a long time to
complete. It's a long it's a story for
itself. We had the last Sunday of this
man. Everybody was going home later that
day
winter man the last Sunday. It was one
of the nicest events I was ever at in my
life. It was otherworldly. Who here was
at this event?
Rabbi Ras Ashi Mara
Vicki you were there
>> I think so.
>> Wow.
>> Was there water?
>> Yes. Yes.
>> It was I can't I'm not pleased like I'm
not exaggerating. I'm 52 in my life I go
through three things like that. It was
gorgeous fire. There three parts to the
event. The first part of Ryobberlander's
house. We wrote the last letters of the
Tory. The singing in his house was
otherworldly. I'm telling you that sim
that was the most powerful time I ever
sang. It was crazy. Then we
danced to say alumni came, parents came,
we danced the safety from myander's
house to the yeshiva
time. It was sick. And then we had a
suda celebrating the satire. It was like
a crazy event. I happened to like
there three parts to the event. It was
insane. The next morning we made a
minion of the rebum and for the first
time ever we read from Dan and Ali the
Tyra given to two Bakram on the way to
yeshiva. You know what the first words
we ever read in the this was ever read
publicly in the was ever studied from
the first words
after the death of two sons of Aaron who
on the way approaching Hashem that's the
first words we ever read from the
ray ras for you there that was the
minion Monday morning we made a minion
it was after this we had just had the on
Monday Monday. This was not set up by
any human being other than Hashem.
Nobody thought of this. Nobody knew this
would be and
read the Tyra. And the first words we
read from the dedicated
the exactness, Hashem runs the world and
we're in very good hands. And he sets
things up. He sets things up that those
were the first words we read from the
satire giving to Dan and Elli there no
odds for that this not like uh just what
happened because Tyra is true because
Hashem is true because namas are forever
and hashem has a plan for each nishama
and this was like dashka there's an
exactness it was very powerful to me
through d and we saw like exactness we
saw tremendous ashka I do want to
express that and share that with thera
I want to say
who was who was it? Was it Danny or
Ellie who went to get to put on a fillin
was my nephesh that day? The last that
was Ellie
>> Ellie
>> Ellie's fillain were were he was in
Brooklyn his fing were in Payic and the
last day of his life he was like Mesh to
put on his fillain
he went home
>> oh he went home to he was in Payic and
he went home to put on his fillin he got
in his fillin I wanted to express that
act of ne to put on his fillin like he
went out of his way like I said prayer
was important to him dabney with his was
important fillin I feel like the the
fillain the fillin that's so precious
it's one of the most beautiful I
consider it the mitzvah of our yeshiva I
somehow here guys put on fillin I love
throughout the day that you see guys in
yeshiva wearing their fillin the last
day of his life he was mesh he went out
he went like a long distance he want he
could have borrowed tin he wanted to put
on his fillin I did want to share that
with this this beautiful grown person
like was my nephesh went out of his way
where he traveled from Payic to to
Brooklyn to put on his own film. So I
did want to share that that aspect with
the cover.
If there's a song there's a song that we
sang a lot surrounding when Danny and
Ellie were nifter there were also guys
in the yeshiva that were sick and there
was a song we now sing it every shall
yes it's the tune we sing from msavid
the words are
you're hashem who brings salvation
is who comforts you're hashem who
comforts and in yeshiva we needed
comfort and we needed salvation we need
the people who the sick. We wanted to
have Yeshua and the people and all of us
who were broken. We wanted comfort. So,
if I could ask the if we could sing that
together. The guys know the tune we've
been singing. You know the tune we've
been singing. Miss Marl,
you'll learn it now. This way. Shall
join. Shall this is gorgeous. And we
sing Mald. The should come. If you don't
come shall, you're missing out. Let's
sing this song together.
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I want to share with the
>> Max and this will be a goodish. It's ems
what I'm about to say. I want to share
with the
>> Could you picture a doctor? A doctor is
doing X-rays. Yeah. He's X-rays MRI a
guy's brain
on the inside. Nahi, somebody looks
different they look on the outside. If
the doctor observes this person's not so
good-looking and buddy, you're not
seeing the person the way the angle we
see good looks. You're seeing the
inside.
There are people here who misrate
siblings
and don't they compare their sister to
another girl that they know about. And
it's not fair what they're saying
because you're seeing somebody at a
different angle. By the way, your own
children, everybody here will be in love
with their I want you to hear this
cereal. This Ari, I want you to hear
this will be good. Kadai and I'm going
to say why I'm speaking about Ellie and
Donnie's here. Catherine, your children,
Ari, you're going to have a kid who's
the best. By the way, Rebeam need to
hear this also. You're going to have a
kid who's the best kid in the world. And
everybody sees how nice in a certain
way. Parents see good in their kids in a
certain way. Sometimes parents see a
certain kid, well, he's so fetchy.
They're not fetchy at all. One day with
your wife, you might say she's a fetch.
She's not a fetch, but I nobody could.
She's a ladic fetch to you. She's
showing you our insides are full of
things.
My wife could see a fetchier side than
of me than anybody here. She does not
consider me a fetch. To her, I could
share even my fetch side.
If somebody doesn't understand this,
they can end up devaluing their sister.
I have read to of their siblings. No, my
my sister's not good enough. She's much
better than you think. I don't get it.
She's fetch. She's allowed to fetch to
you. She's showing you a side. She's
allowed to show you. Your kid might be
teachers are going to say, "Your kid's
the best behaved kids in the world."
I'll call parents and like telling the
parent about their kid. Your kid is
incredible. Now the parent easy for you
to say or you should know the what I'm
saying is true on your kid. Yeah. At
home he's allowed to show you other
parts that it's safe. By the way, I hope
your home is safe that he could show you
fetchy parts. We all have a lot of
spaces in us and at home it's safe. Woe
on to the home that doesn't let the kids
show different parts of a wall. That's
not a very safe place. Yeah. At home, by
the way, sometimes you're close to
somebody will fetch to you. They're not
fetching to you. They're allowed to
fetch. I'll be close to a bach is the
most positive guy in the world. We're
close enough. He's allowed to fetch to
me. Now, if you don't understand this,
you see a guy who's fetch. He's not
fetching. He's showing you appropriately
appropriately. He's showing you he's
allowed to crash their space. But I want
to say about judging your siblings, your
children, your spouse and getting it.
You're exposed to aspects and she's
perfect. She's a lad. I hope she can
kvetch to you. It doesn't make her
fetchy. And understand when people come,
they say, "Whoa, your daughter, your
son, he's the nicest guy." Understand?
He is. What do you mean at home? He's
sometime he's showing other signs bes
does he's he's allowed why am I speaking
about this Ellie Shro was an incredible
incredible sibling who's very good to
his sisters like incredible to his
sisters they loved when he a lot of
pictures of Ellia with his siblings you
could see they made a v video about
Ellie and Dani I want to say both of
them the mark of a good of a of a
growing person the yeshiva is a very
good sibling
They Donnie was an excellent till today.
The siblings are so tight. They're so
closeness. Danny has barm is two
brothers and a sister. Incredible people
and they're close-knit. They're like
love each other and are good to each
other and there for each other. He was a
family person who cared about his
mishbah. Ellie was incredible. His
brother, his sisters, just a good
brother and good to his sisters.
I want to express that a healthy growing
person caring person that's like natural
don't forget your family to be a good
sibling it's been the mark of a growing
person here develops their relationship
to siblings to family we've watched the
last few years anytime you've seen the
headstone family
was here Moyo's here was here last year
and you see a picture of siblings who
care about each other. This yeshiva is
like a big brother place. It's a place
of brothers. I love I love watching
Shaya with his brothers. Aka is like the
mother and the nicest guy in the
yeshiva. Somebody early in Shia and Shia
could take care of himself just fine.
But somebody early messed him. I thought
Aka was going to kill the guy. Aka is
like sweet but you mess with his
brother. I love the brothers of yeshiva.
We're to watch in
to watch and sing for the entirety of
our people. I love that it's two
brothers sing together and to watch them
each one wanting the other one to shine.
To watch two brothers that are trying to
like set up to help the other one look
good. It's a place of brothers. We watch
anybody who's watched the goddessman's
laugh together and joke together and
beat together and play katan together.
It's like holy of holies. I'm thankful
that my precious nephew Max I'm so
appreciative it includes Israel that he
should be part of the brothers playing
tam the brothers playing together
there's a place of family a family
brotherhood I want to express I spoke to
Isel mayor this summer and described how
nice his cousin he's also a brother his
cousin his cousin Max is him and cares
for him is something special there's a
place of brothers of people caring about
their brother noticing
I want to express that Danny and Ellie
too early to the yeshiva were really
like impressive pictures of of seeing
their family.
I watch as guys here as guys grow here a
guy to notice he comes home basim he
comes home for an offshops we're going
home tomorrow that it's normal to want
to run with friends but don't ignore
your brother thank you Ariel for coming
back thank you thank you but to really
to notice your brother to care about
your brother this was something that
Ellie was outstanding was it was
described his his his attention to his
sister there guys. They're guys who are
very, very protective about their sister
and that's beautiful. That's impressive
and beautiful. I want to express do more
and be more. To be protective is great.
It's a normal instinct. I love that.
Where you touch that shows you care. But
then be present. Call up your sister.
Take her out. Take her out. See her.
Spend some time. Call her to speak to
her. Send a text. to be into family was
something that was outstanding with
Ellie. It's a picture I' I've watched
last night I was to be with Donnie
siblings. What were you saying?
Yeah. It's the mark of a growing person.
I mention again I'm mentioning
recollections because if we're mazic it
would be an eloid to their precious
nishamus. This is something Ellie was
was outstanding was it was big by him.
It mattered to him. He cared a lot about
that being present to his sisters like
that mattered to him. He thought about
that. I I I'm like amazed. Schlommo
Schlommoyo the way they care about their
siblings. Moyo Edelstone flew to Israel.
I don't know if the guys know it's a cra
it's like a it's like a crazy story. You
know he flew to bring his brother flew
right back. The guy flew to bring his
brother. His brother should be
comfortable. Mo Edstone in this space
medish flew to Israel to go with he
should check him should bring him to yes
he should feel like a crazy stuff and
I've watched Lommo travel distances to
be with his precious and wonderful
sisters just the caring about family is
something it's very natural in a world
where we're not trying to prove things
and be things when you're trying to
prove people forget about their family
but they're just acceptance of self
that's my sister that's my brothers like
space for that I hope in the world that
we're that we're existing in here a
comfortable world when people are just
clo are are acknowledging family are
into family are yeah we've had the
bladders I'm looking around there's so
many siblings such a place I'm looking
at me a place of siblings family
yeah I like asked me there was a time
cha asked me could I I'm a dorm
counselor I have a duty could I run back
My brother needs me. To me, that's why
you're a dorm. I love that that he ran
to be with his brother. To me, that's
why you're a good dorm counselor. You
understand brotherhood. It's appreciate.
It's appreciated. This is a very
beautiful aspect of the yeshiva. I want
to express that Ellie was outstanding in
this in this area. This was mentioned
and spoken about something that exists
at that I wanted to mention about Ellie,
something that was important.
I want when I think of Ellie another
aspect that I want to mention is a
tremendous pride in growing. There was a
pride not a arrogance but a beautiful
pride. I love in yeshiva that it's cool
to grow. It's cool. It's what's respect
that it's like the currency of the
yeshiva. And he had such a pride. I
remember he was excited. Right. Castam
gave a very difficult cheer in the
yeshiva. He was like excited that he was
in a hard share. He was excited to
advance. He was adding the picture of a
Ben Aliyah. Ry Overberlander used to
give at graduation a Ben Aliyah award.
An award for somebody who was willing to
grow, willing to expand. And the Ben
Aliyah was called the Ellie Shamron Ben
Aliyia award. And his excitement and
willingness and want to expand.
Sometimes we can get afraid. This is me.
Whoa. To like find deeper spaces in me.
He was somebody who was like willing. I
discussed with Davin. He didn't just say
this is how I am. I don't do that. No,
maybe I could find something deeper.
There are worlds inside of us to find
worlds. Worlds. Worlds. Ellie Shamro was
a guy finding worlds inside of him. I
like when he was nif he was in Rcaster
and he said it was hard for him to
follow. He was like excited to expand.
Wasn't this how I am? We can expand. I
said before that he had the
is the willing to expand. I almost want
to say
is the acceptance of self
is the willing to find more of me.
That's almost how I would hear those two
directives of kazal. The acceptance of
self is friendship and the willingness
to expand as I say Ellie was remarkably
willing to grow adding a new thing. So
many people like lock in this is me our
own your what was incredible about my
father whose yard sites coming is he he
always grew there was always like
expanded new things to his game. We're
all namas for anybody to think I'm done.
This is this is me. This is me really
like you know the whole you you have it
all you have it down like the
willingness to maybe expand you don't
know you try a new thing and it fits and
it works and you discover comfortably
new parts of ourself that's all part of
the
Ellie Sham was like the Ben Ali here
he's willing to grow in such a
comfortable way was not a forced way it
was not a flip out way it was like let
me try something new he was davening he
was at dominion every You know he could
have said that's not me not my chill I
don't like you know you part of
part of ai is the willingness hey I
could see new things hear new things
learn new things I can expand I do want
to say that we had somebody in this
yeshiva eli shaman a really grown person
and I want to express that you see it a
lot in the yeshiva it's a beautiful mark
of the yeshiva he was one of the early
banana ali
was just beautiful the way you saw him
now. He was different in a few months,
but like in a beautiful and a
comfortable way. In a way that felt very
much him in learning, in dening, in all
different areas of expansion of of
willing to learn something new, to hear
something new, to try something new.
Like in contrast to a person, this is
me.
We're learning the parat of the each one
of the has a foil has the opposite.
Asov. Asov has a lot of things he has,
but he's us. He's already made. He's
like done. You can imagine Asov had
massively special things about him. He's
au son. He's Araminu's grandson. You
could be sure he had crazy good things
about him, but he was done. This is me.
So, he was ready me. He was who he was.
I am who I am. There's you here in that
eat, drink, and be married. Tomorrow
I'll die. I am who I am. That's it. This
is me. There's no there's no eternity.
There's no deeper space. There's no
nish. There's no there's no deeper
spaces. And that's not how we live.
We're we come from yak from the and the
of us is ever pushing forward, finding
new spaces, finding more. There's a lot
to find in us. We're we're namas. The
shamas are not limited. And I just want
to say Ellie was somebody who added it
was the the word of Ben Ali. It was very
appropriate Ry Overlander would give
yearly the Ben Ali award to somebody who
expanded who like pushed further. It's
funny I'm watching Max Russ and I'm
watching him play guitar and he's like
crazy. I like when people find talents
and like new things. I'm watching him
grow like crazy. But I like people like
don't freeze. I'm this that's not I you
know the younger me didn't like music. I
like I I'm crazy of music today. Alec
really I didn't like music it wasn't you
don't know what you'll find be open to
find new things in yourself to try new
things to find new things to expand
that's part of
part of having a rebi is the willingness
by the way guys come from water is you
see certain guys I have my already you
see other guys willing to hey maybe I'll
expand even further people grow wildly
they find something new and something
deeper Ry Russ has discussed his own
rebi and his throne meeting his rebi and
you find things you're like energized
and it's like wow in a new world new
worlds open up that you're shy to that
you want to enter that you want to go
there but that takes a person being
courageous not being stuck and I'm
asov's a world of stuck this is who I am
I know who I am people could tend to get
to those places one of the beautiful
things about being around young people
is young people don't like freeze in
this is who I am because they don't
freeze like that they're willing to say
I don't let me try now we're allowed to
know ourselves we're allowed to have
natures that's cool but be willing to
say I'm going to show I don't I can play
be willing to attempt Ellie came here
just grew worlds he was like such a
growing person it's like I I feel him
still expanding says that people who
grow here sadik who grow here continue
to grow an oil. They're expansive. Ellie
forever is expansive to me is like he's
expansive because he was willing to
grow. He wanted to grow. He was in to
grow. He was so proud of his growth.
Feel I'm I'm doing this now. I didn't do
it yesterday. I'm finding a new thing.
You think you know me? You think this is
I'm watching Vicky and and Max together.
I I'm being sincere. I'm just watching.
There's like the yeshiva such a live
place. You know me.
Oh, we'll see comfortably. I'm not
talking about I'm talking about normal
comfortable not being afraid to expand
to try to see to explore. You're
watching like Tuben Tiger grows. It's
it's what makes this place beautiful. A
space people could be find themselves
and then also known I don't know and try
and see find new place in themselves.
That's this beautiful place that we're
going to be in. Ellie really is one of
the early early leaders in the yeshiva.
One of the big guys, a growing person of
Ben Aliyah. I love that Ry Overlander
named today. We don't really give this
award at graduation, but at the time we
had like awards, but we should go back
to it. But the Ben Aliyah award was
called the Ellie Shambran Ben Ali award
that was given to somebody who just was
very expansive. So I wanted to tell you
briefly Russ do you want to share about
that or not now? No pressure for you. I
didn't give advance.
[snorts]
>> I very Yeah. The friendships that are
here are so precious. and seeing these
guys get together last night. The
friendships.
Yeah. Be there for your friend. Go eat
out with your friend. It's holy.
Understand? Shar is [snorts] holy.
Putting on fill is holy.
Two friends going out to eat together. I
watch Azreel. I watch you as as I watch
you. What's your full name?
>> Azreel.
Two names.
>> All right.
It's funny because we have you and Rezi
and Rezi's name is not Azreel. You know
that?
>> Yeah.
>> But anyway, but um I watch Azriel I
watch Ezie and M
watch them together. Friends so pure and
holy precious two friends encouraging
each other. I was with last night with
Rub the guys that are so nice.
Friendship is powerful. Friendship's
important. Friendship's holiness.
Friendship. Two people encouraging each
other.
Sometimes we have two guys who come to
Yeshiva and they chhat for each other,
not put each other down. The picture of
two friends who encourage each other,
who push each other, who are there for
each other, who like know how to know
how to just like help the other one and
assist the other one is such a beautiful
picture. Right. Oberander would give out
an award at graduation, the Kav award.
But it sounds like in some institutions
like the good friend would be like
somebody who couldn't get any other
award, right? Oberlander took pride.
He'd give it like to some of the best
guys we ever had here. He would talk to
me Morty in the office. But I want to
purposely here give a was like higher
than Valdictorian
just to tell you the behind the scenes.
If you know anybody Josh who got award
right overlander Bedafa wanted it. He
said maybe in like a secular place you
have the valictorian like the good
friend word. Okay. You know the guy. No,
he he said I want the good friend to be
like the biggest guy. And he would give
like was a big coven. And he gave it was
called the Danny King word. Just a good
friend, loyal. He didn't put people
down. None of this culture of like
knocking and mocking. None of that. It's
fun and a schmack but like picked up
complimented the next person. and
courage that was like a mark of Danny.
But
left is still here. I was going to ask
him to play.
>> He's allowed. He's allowed. Do we have
time? What time is Russ?
>> And what time is it now?
Whoever could be I want to make a
minion. We will have a kadesh.
We're going to have a kadesh. Whoever
could stay around for a min would be
appreciated. If I could ask the even the
next in the next it says the three days
of the day before a day after the yard
site is very much with us any in these
matters and I'll just repeat being into
family call a sibling up and Ellie
call a call a sister up give your sister
a call be reach out more be more present
to family.
You could pick other things but these
are things and remembering them
be willing to try new things to find
expansion not to be stuck. I am who I
am. Try something new. I'm telling you,
give it a try. Give an attempt. I say,
get yourself a rebi. Expand. The second
thing,
anything a guy could do in those two
areas, family, friendship, expansion
should be an ely for these two precious
namas. I want to express that that offsh
this offsh some of us are going to
Houston, Texas. I want to express that
this yeshiva is there are people there
and we're bringing it to Houston there
are people there who are very zoned in
on this yeshiva and anywhere in class
there are a lot of people looking in
your growth all the guys here there's a
lot to look in here and I want to
express that I'm doing a lot of
interviews parents come here lose their
mind they meet the guys I ask m it's a
little awkward I call over guys I just
like showing you off I don't know what
to say I don't need I don't lack I I I I
know how to talk too much and I don't I
could talk. I like bringing the guys
over. I just want people to meet our
guys. So if I call you over I ask I
really would interrupt everybody but
people are in the middle of learning. So
I drive I find the guy walks by. I call
over all the time. I just like showing
you off. He always got everybody. I like
showing off our gays. I want to express
Schlommo and I are going to Houston and
some of the are going to Houston. The
world's leaning here. I just want to
like try to bring the yeshiva to them.
You can come here, we'll come to you.
We're not a place that's like the iron
curtain. Nobody gets in. I'm talking
about Danny and Ellie's Aba Sager
expansive. It's very easy to get in here
and the doors are open and we even come
to you. So, we're going to try. Mayor is
there. I'm happy mayor. I want to show
mayor off to the world. His family is
very part in the Shabas. His brother
actually learns in Houston. His father
was part of arranging and making this
whole thing happen. So I'm just wanted
to express to the guys we are going to
Houston. It's the first offsh
to an excellent start. I think what
Ellie He's not here. What Ellie Oaken
pulled off. I can't stand people say
things can't be. They'll say football
nobody plays anymore. Ellie Oaken just
made a football league like with with
with patience with kios you could put
things together here and I love what
Ellie Oaken did the guys it was gishmach
so many guys got to play and interact
together it's just beautiful what he did
I appreciate all the people that helped
I want to express that mayor is working
like crazy he's running the basketball
team learning friend do encouraging guys
and then Ellie asked him to ref a game
and he was willing to do Yeah.
>> He wrestled basketball.
>> I didn't ask. Thank you. [applause]
[applause]
>> A lot of respect. Just a lot of respect
for somebody who wants to see people
succeed. What the dorm councils do here
with YF, what you've arranged the
league. I love the player of the night.
I love that with the picture, with the
I'm telling you for there's so many of
us looking in on that. It's just and
you've picked good players. It's just so
nice. The player of the night is a great
feature. Just that they're running
things and coming up with new ideas. I
speak about willing to try new things.
Our leagues have been good. They're
coming with new ideas. I like the player
tonight. Whose idea was that?
>> Does the guy win something or just
covered?
>> Maybe the guy should get when the
canteen maybe a sandwich. But the
cupboard's good, too. Cupboards.
Cupboards. Cupboard's expensive. Imagine
covered plus a sandwich.
>> A great idea.
>> Revolv says the bigger somebody is, the
more they're into covered. The smaller
is like physical. So it speaks about me
that I'm like talking about the
sandwich. Maybe covered is
>> Yeah. Vulba says bigger people their ty
gets more to spiritual things. So he
says bigger people struggle with covert
more than smaller people because they're
more spiritual. Vulba says
he says if you're small your ty are
physical tyus you get bigger like the
more like things that aren't physical.
That's what he says if you see a big
subject like struggle with cover you say
I would never struggle. You're more
physical. You want you want the sandwich
not the advertisement
but I like a lot. I also like that
people there's not an assumption.
what does by by the kdes I want to
express to the show up to the kdes day
he teaches us crazy sis get discussed
argued upon the guys wanted the if you
could do that I I'm very it's hard it's
hard it's very notion he said that said
if you could in any way it's like not
simple the she does rev expl But I
didn't eludes me. I don't fully get it.
If if Akiba could do that, I'd really
appreciate it. But it's murder. Exact
guys had a Shila. There was there's
Shabas. There was a reenactment on West
Main on the main street. They were doing
a reenactment of the revolutionary war
with like fake shooting and guys wanted
to go and I don't know the is it in the
out of the
>> walk. Yeah, that that's I want
become
in big numbers. The kdesh is beautiful
and we're teaches us we learn such
pleasant ways, new things, new ideas.
Don't be so stuck. You'll find and bring
topics. If he can open up, if you can't
like I it's something I'm very curious
about
>> not easy.
>> What?
>> Just had him reenact it here.
>> It wasn't us doing here. The family
slid.
>> Oh, this way. Not that.
>> Was it good?
>> It was a revolutionary war. Me and so
cool.
>> They fought each other.
>> Fought like fake shooting. That's very
cool.
>> People like falling.
[laughter]
I've seen in in Tucson, Arizona. You
ever saw like westerners like play live?
>> I've seen them live.
>> Yeah, they do a western line like
>> Yeah, like western. I like
>> Yeah, I like
>> Why do you want to do it?
>> All right. Maybe before show me one song
you'll do before.
What song should we do? I like
>> we have to get in.