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[Music] thank you [Music] damn those dazzling music incredible artists and in impressive lineup here tonight tonight albeit entertaining is designed to infuse us with passion for who we are and what we are about to the thousands of you watching live at home we welcome you into this Ballroom here tonight as a part of the program and a part of the process Chief among our mission tonight is support at a Monumental time for a Monumental cause there is only one event like the one you are about to experience and that is tonight's event ladies and gentlemen welcome to moments four thank you [Music] thank you laughs [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Applause] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign tonight there are three main components of what we are trying to convey with the term Limitless you see if you see the moniker and you see the sub caption underneath the name moments you think wow what does that mean to be Limitless and so we thought that the three main components for a person to live what we'll call an Unleashed life in a Torah fashion a way that they can grow and build to the person they are meant to come requires a few things that people must understand the first is that they have the ability they have the potential the other is that there's a purpose and a meaning to the way of life that we hold so dear and finally that it requires a degree of passion passion in what you do passion what you believe and passion and how you execute your duties and your obligation as a Jew but Chief amongst those ideals is the concept of passion in your Torah learning you see a life with Torah and a life without Torah are not comparable but even within a life with Torah when you learn with Vigor and you learn with passion through few things in this world can match that idea that emotion and that feeling and so we assembled a group of people that can illustrate this for us in a proper way tonight we welcome to this set and Jack shaba and you'll see zafirani yes he's of course heavily and deeply involved in the Torah Center in general and Jack is a participant but more than that he is a daily nightly perhaps even morning attendee of charizion Torah Center and to watch them in action is to watch what we'll call for lack a bit of terms firecrackers you see these are people with real and sincere passion in what they do and how they are Jack I'm going to turn to you first first of all how does it feel to be on TV it feels nice it feels good it feels like always desperate for it I feel like anyway it feels like I hate to say it but a TNT post game conference you know in the finals now but love deal but loved it it's okay but the the the the idea that we're discussing here right there that we particularly chose the two of you is because I think you bring something to the table when you're learning center that I'm not sure most people understand is so critical to what they do on a daily basis in terms of learning you know there are two types of people you only have guys who will sit there they'll chill out they'll Coast they'll enjoy themselves they're laissez-faire so to speak and relaxing and then there's others who involve their you know all their cohort and all their energy and all their passion into it let me ask you a question if you could just surmise for us how critical is having that level of energy and that level of involvement in what you do how critical is it to you in terms of your learning I personally think if there's no energy or passion in the learning in the group that you're in there's nothing to it in the end it's not you know it's not going to come together to be a complete uh project that you're working on um you know I always thought I compare it to let's say business when you're running a business sure if you have a large opportunity a large account call it Walmart that you're working on and they finally give you that you know that meeting if it's three four months away you're working daily to hit that you know coming like a killer coming in you're prepared you know what you're going to talk about you know your numbers and for me I think that's the same for class at the end of the day even though it's uh you know it might just be a class that you're going to it's one hour a night if you're not fully prepared you know what you're learning you know what page you're on you know some people you ask them what what are you learning what what Duff yeah and they're not sure they're not sure they're trying to remember what they're on you got to know it like a clock you got to know your product and for me if you're in a class gamara is your project is your product it's you know it's it's what you're working on it's part of you it shouldn't be something that second the second you know it's not so important it's got to be uh you got to be all into it and for that you got to prepare so I think the main real what I'm talking about is preparation you gotta if it's the mornings if it's after the class if it's before the class you gotta make sure the messages you're saying is very true the idea that you're not it's not a passive thing it's like heck I happen to be so to speak I I go to class you know I I I very very rarely even use the term class right because I think that the term class almost seems like you'll see that it's like a a lecture it's like academic and it's not right the idea is much more immersive as an experience so to speak right and just like oh by the way I happen to be sitting there and waving you know what I mean like something like that so you'll see I I could turn to you on this because if you don't know this man get to know them get to know both of them but if you don't know them you know not for nothing but the term ADHD in a good way was created the three of us collectively all could be a before commercial grade the HD medication that none of us have the ability to send a chair for longer than five six minutes don't worry I'll let you out of in a few minutes but you see you know I I've watched you personally I think a lot of people who are tuning into the program those who have affiliated with the community and those are not who don't know you let's say share with us if you can share with us if you can for you know for for the bystand of the onlooker what is the scene paint me the picture whether it's in your program whether it's another program speak to what it means in regards to a Torah Center in terms of of this idea of passion is it a is it a uh you know armchair style environment or is it a arms-raised hands-flailing type of setting so I was very fortunate enough to be I want to say born in the walls of Charity on okay I practically grew up you know from my early days and when I was a little kid running around the school knowing every single tunnel that's in the shoe right and Baruch Hashem being able to be called a father now that has his kids running around initial and just just for those viewers of course who are watching I don't understand exactly what we're talking about because there are people tuning in live from Mexico from Panama from Brazil from Israel from Argentina we've even had so just to share with you charizion is is is this massive Behemoth of a building but it's not even a building it's its own mini City on the main Corridor in Brooklyn New York called Ocean Parkway and there's this shoe that we cherish very very much known as charizion within Charlotte going to something called the Torah Center and the Torah Center has about a thousand people that their their their energy is pulsating throughout the entire building Morning Noon night and you're going to see extensively throughout the night about this program but what yasi is speaking about is his own journey in Torres Center and he is if you will he is a direct product of Torah Center am I right continue so now like I was saying now being able to be called a father in the charity on world the beauty I believe about the charity on Torah Center is it's really a home for everybody right if it's a guy that's looking for a class once a week we have something called where a guy can just pick up the phone say hi I just want to learn with somebody we have a whole team ready to go out and to set you up with anybody that's on your level whatever material you would like to learn somebody's there for you you want to take it up a notch we have morning crisis night crisis Shabbat crisis Sunday crisis practically 365 days a year and what I believe is the beauty of charityon is Charity on the Torah Center is that the diversity amongst all the classes if you're a guy that you know was like me when I left the Yeshiva system and I went into the business world and I wanted something a little bit more serious if you sit in one hour and sit in that game that we learn with him then circling back you'll feel that passion so I I have this question in closing Jack and I'm going to send it to you first then I'll go to yossi on it too you know not many people not not to say not many people but very often people don't feel this type of fire give me your advice to them my personal advice is to make learning fun you know some people sound it sounds like class oh you know I don't like to go to class right it sounds like an ancient term if if you take one foot into the tourist center if it's a night or a morning you'll see the fire that's in there you just have to be a part of it and what goes into that is the people that make it into that atmosphere it's not just people going to learn and for some reason it's just a fiery room right it's the people bouncing off each other I see people in the mornings talking to each other after saying I'll see you tonight eight o'clock I'll see you nine o'clock these guys are pushing each other to come and with that creates a fiery atmosphere that the whole room is if I could there's energy you you walk in crazy and you'll see in in closing give me your thoughts on this particular subject you have a device not necessarily to somebody who even will attend the Toro Santo even somebody who could attend Torah Center speak to somebody who's who's not in our Locale give me a concept give me an infusion give me a piece of advice from somebody who's done it who's been there in terms of getting themselves involved into this type of what we'll call mindset or even in quotations lifestyle go advice I ever heard in my life was there's two days you have there's days that you have are called Yom ahava and Yom sinach Dave means that where you feel hashem's presence the Omaha days where Hashem is in your life every step of the way you feel like every traffic light is turning green every traffic light is turning green uh every customer you're calling is uh is answering you everything is going well right then you have days that are called Yom sin ah where nothing is going you know and everything is falling apart we've all been there you got to remember the days of ahava the days that the passion was alive the day that you cracked that gamada the day that you woke up early and it was easy for you remember those days not every day is going to be a great day but if you remember those days those days come back they come they repeat itself and you build on those days and I just my advice everybody out there keep building on those days what he is saying is literally he may be a young man just like the three of us Allah but these are words of wisdom and these are ancient terms build on those days understand those days internalize them and drive them forward Jack we thank you joshui thank you this is what it means to be passionate what you are about to see is a direct illustration of the concept that we just spoke about this this is passion foreign [Music] what does it mean to be passionate about something sometimes you see a boy five years before then you're looking at five years after and you say wow how did this person get to where he is what made him stick through what made him pull through made him go to the top and the answer really is when you have passion for what you do nothing can stop you there could be no obstacle in the way there could be no wall that gets in front of you Torah is what gives us that passion when you're connected to it in a real way in a meaningful way all of a sudden you're you're filled with fire that nothing can get in your way aside from being the best you could be being the closest you can to Hashem and that passion is what keeps us going that makes us not stop to get to how far we need to get to in order to be passionate about the Torah you would have to be connected connected to a Torah Center so I've been part of this what I sent there for close to 10 years of my life and when I first signed up I would never ever think what a large impact being involved in the Torah Center would make on my life [Music] start to learn and something inside of you is ignited and once you've reached that moment it takes you to different places in your life now you go to work and you're carrying what you've learned in the morning the way you conduct yourself the way you speak the way you greet people and when you come home late at night after a hard day you carry that into the way you speak with your wife and the way you greet your children Toyota Center gave me an ability and opened up my eyes to be passionate about the things that really really matter in life not only spiritually and growing my nishama but made me so passionate about being a good husband being a great son conducting my business the right way you start to learn and something inside of you is ignited it's something within yunishama that is telling you that you found the right place and you are doing the right thing right now in your life we have such a genuine love and Brotherhood towards each other it reached the point where the families have become so close to each other where now all of our children are best friends with each other literally an army an army of people that are so passionate about Torah one guy doesn't come learn one day he knows the next day he's in for a big surprise you're gonna get a text from your friend we haven't seen you say sheikhiana where have you been and that energy and passion really is what drives us to keep coming back again and again the only way to understand the passion that we're speaking about now is to actually come and experience it for yourself get started because this is what life is all about if anybody would like to make a really really life-changing decision the decision would be to join the Torah Center because by joining the Toyota Center it channels everything you are passionate about it opens you up spiritually which will automatically turn you into a better person turn you into a better family member so I tell anybody that wants to join just try it make one commitment and I guarantee you it'll be a decision that you will never ever forget for the rest of your life you know you would think that the highlight of tonight is just our slew of incredible artists but you see here if you think that then you haven't watched this program before you see one of the highlights is the amount of support that pours in not just from our community but from across the globe because Torah is in Vogue everywhere and it is on everyone's palette tonight we celebrate those people throughout the night who support us year over year over year here is one of those people Mr Abe's son 72 hundred dollars Eli and Ellen Cohen one thousand dollars Anonymous twenty six hundred dollars Stephen Asher one thousand dollars Paula Marcos twelve hundred dollars Stanley Jaime Shira 26 hundred dollars Anonymous 2600 Isaac Hannon one thousand dollars twenty six hundred dollars from Anonymous Eddie's Roar one thousand dollars Isaac idea one thousand and one dollars Anonymous twelve hundred dollars you are going to hear numbers like this and numbers far beyond this throughout the entire night it's important to understand each and every dollar compounds to support this incredible institution you see imagine if you will for a moment Morning Noon night seven days a week 365 days a year nearly every single hour of the day Torah learning pulsating through the BET knesset and it's not just for one type it's not for two it's for each and every type of person and every type of genre your tax bracket doesn't matter your category doesn't matter your religiosity doesn't matter you just come on in these people get that and they come support and so do the myriads of others that follow them after we hope you will be a part of that you see moments since its Inception is known to each and every year bring aboard someone special and everyone tonight is special but we always like to bring someone from overseas so you can understand quite how eclectic The Ensemble is tonight is no different he is a new artist perhaps you know him but perhaps you don't but I assure you he will be on your playlist and ringing throughout your home in very short order a voice of an Angel we welcome small [Music] good evening but it's supposed to make the journey all the way from Israel to here tonight this next song is called stop the world so let's forget about everything for a moment stop the world just let ourselves be lifted up [Music] foreign [Music] that's what I love [Music] build some [Music] amen [Music] smaller [Music] ideas [Music] to me [Music] come with me foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] feel free to sing along from your house [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] honor [Music] what the hell is [Music] it human [Music] ity [Music] like I have the privilege of being called and he says that the most important thing is to look at the good points in others and in ourselves let's take a moment and look at the good points in others best points [Music] hello [Music] foreign [Music] let's go hello [Music] baby [Music] nobody [Music] tell me [Music] Google [Music] [Applause] thank you so much you know I don't think I was exaggerating when I introduced shmuel that was absolutely an incredible performance but there's way more that is coming our way later on tonight if you saw at one point if the camera could pan above my head and show you behind me you see not just an incredible staging area but you also see hundreds upon hundreds of vacant seats there is a reason for that you see this year we did something different normally this is a live stream performance however this year we decided to bring people in-house and have them partake and so just in about a half hour 45 minutes or so there will be people lined up outside the famous and iconic Gotham Hall in New York City and they will be entered into what is sure to be an absolutely incredible evening and so this year for the first time we have an in-person audience and we are waiting with great anticipation for their arrival and God willing it should be something very very special I also told you that you would see cards cards like this you will see them throughout the night and we hope yours is a part of these cards Anonymous twelve hundred dollars Joey bawabe 2600 in honor of his Club Isaac M cassen who's been infusing me with over a decade at tibero Chicago that is constantly devoting his time to our community this is true isn't a portal 1200 Ellie Rosario dear friend one thousand dollars Raya boxes fifty two hundred dollars Aaron abramo of two thousand dollars Anonymous ten thousand dollars Isaac wolf 1800 Anonymous one thousand dollars honored by David cash and Rabbi mayor the two people that God willing will be in attendance tonight you'll see them as well via the live feed Anonymous 5200 Anonymous as well 36 hundred dollars Eddie surroor two thousand dollars Israel schmalberg eighteen hundred dollars Anonymous 1400 and another anonymous five thousand dollars in honor of Joseph schwecky with gratitude for his dedication to instilling the love of Torah Gabrielle one thousand dollars Ralph zerdock 1800 Mark subog ten thousand dollars in memory of carolini sabog and Mark leaving an honor of Rabbi David a cash Anonymous one thousand dollars honorable cash and Rabbi may you Dean Anonymous 1800s 1800 Seymour escava 52 hundred dollars a beautiful donation Mr escalat to belly family eighteen hundred dollars Mark shemto six thousand US Dollars and tonight we are joined here in our studio by another friend of ours and somebody who is also a very devout participant of what goes on in Charlotte But first you see we mentioned first the idea of passion and how critical and how important that is in the development of a person and in their Torah Journey there's something else though this is an idea on an understanding that everything I do is for a purpose that I push at a higher level that I care more that I dig deeper that I learn something that we will call at a higher plane and a higher Plateau tonight I am joined here in studio overlooking This Magnificent ballroom with a dear friend in fact a relative of mine his name is Jaco Grazie yaakov has been a voluntary Center for a while now yes is also your you're also part of a specific haburah which one is that by Raymond shama Rabbi Raymond sham you see just to explain as we've mentioned before there are multiple different levels inside the tourism is one that if I may his particular vein of the Torah Center is an elevated level those who want to go deeper learn longer learn with more depth and kind of broaden their Horizons in terms of what they're able to understand and see but Jacob I want to ask you a fundamental question if I could it might seem very juvenile might seem very regular might seem very you know Elementary but I think it's not a question I think it's a question it's not asked enough to people who are considered what we'll call more advanced and that is what does Torah mean to you to me Torah means the world meaning what meaning that if you have Torah it will shape your family it will shape what your kids will look like and will shape who your friends are and it will shape your whole entire future right and and just speaking to this point about learning what we'll call more you know in depth you do gamara so for those who don't know there are three major components on the gamada page and that is obviously the center portion in the innermost section is in the inner margin is Rashi and on the outside is for some of you that seem like a very basic thing but for many of you that's a New Concept and a novel concept beyond the scope of the page though is even more commentary that sheds even more light so yeah on a daily basis what tell me if I may what is your learning schedule look like they start at six o'clock um six a.m you're in the building say um in the building wow okay turning sitting across from a covert before I get there there's many people there always people the room is full um but I get there at six I learn with my group at from six to seven um we praise the question gives a cliff um on Sundays some days we just sit with our have right and um beautiful over the last 13 years we all became brothers so it's not just I go to shul I know These Guys these guys are all my brothers and that that I think is a huge component but I think that the development of that Brotherhood what we'll call it comes through the fact that you are all what we'll call brothers in arms in terms of what you're trying to do what you're trying to accomplish and that is to add depth that is to add meaning and that is ultimately to add purpose and so yaakov we thank you for involving yourself here tonight we thank you for always Center but mainly and most importantly gleaning from the words that he said is this idea that when you push higher you kind of develop this group of people that are kind of all running toward the same goal and running towards the same effort and that creates this level of camaraderie you'll see in nearly three four seconds what I mean you're going to see from two people very very very powerful remarks specifically on the idea and the concept of purpose this this is purpose so many people ask the question what are we doing here in this world what is our purpose why did Hashem create us the Muslim tells us that Hashem created us just so that we could receive pleasure he wants us to enjoy and to receive the most pleasure possible the problem is everybody is seeking pleasure but they don't know where to find the true pleasure the ultimate pleasure is in the Torah the ultimate pleasure comes from closeness to Hashem it's hard for a person to understand that or to see it if he never opened the gemara before there are some people they're learning one hour two hours three hours some even more through that learning they're finding the purpose of why they're here in this world the more we connect to the Torah the more we find true purpose and meaning in our lives the Torah Center has put purpose into my day your life has a purpose you just have to find the purpose my cousin called me up one day and he said we're getting the family together for a class with Rabbi adid once a week do you want to come I said sure I'll join I had basically never been to the charizion tourist center it started way back when we did the classes twice a week for uh an hour and a half yeah I felt like I need more so one day sees me coming out of Shadow so when are you going to take things more serious you have potential yes Robert how can I do it tells me I want you to come for one week six a.m in the morning if you don't like it go back do whatever you need it's on Broadway six o'clock it's hard for me to do me a favor just one week the rabbi you know what I'm gonna do it when I started I didn't know anything I did not know a word of gamara I did not know how to read opening again at the age of 28 it was a humbling experience slowly but surely everything just progressed from there I was learning in the morning then I started learning at night and then I wanted more I became more committed to the learning started coming every day I began to look forward to the learning I went for one week every day I came at six sharp since then 12 15 years I try not to miss a day of learning at six o'clock purpose that I was looking for I found it today we learned we have two cedarim in the morning and at night with maharuta and it's a feeling of gaining wisdom wisdom that helps me think every day in my life in work with my family with my children started learning six to seven then seven went to pray and then we started a class after prayers from 8 to 8 45. now we're doing also Baruch hashemi that led to uh to another about 45 minutes of learning then you have the night Center but in between your life is all about Torah the more you learn the more you upgrade yourself it changed my life not only with the learning not only with the knowledge that I gained but the way I related to my wife the way it affected my family the way it affected my children I didn't realize that this was the impact that Torah was going to have on me and my family but looking back that one small step was changed my life you think you know what family is until you learned Torah you think you know what a wife is until they learn you find something more than that you find yourself if you don't have to you Misses something and don't fool yourself for one second to say that no no I can I'm good the Sharma is looking for purpose and the purpose is Torah foreign the stories that you see here tonight either in person or played via video what you're seeing is just a sampling of what goes on in the Torah Center you see those two powerful powerful stories that you just witnessed and you just heard from that is but the tip of the iceberg of What Lies Beneath there are dozens and dozens and dozens of stories of lives of families of people of khaburot who have developed this life of purpose you see one of the beauties of Jewish music today in 2023 is that not only is there one two three great music stars or great music artists there are dozens and you know what's so special is each and every one has their corner has their need has their Niche and has their beauty that they bring to the stage one such singer he's not even a singer he's more of a performer also isn't the right word you'll hear it yourself this is a man who digs deep into the orifices of his heart and brings out the very best every single time the one the only atan cats [Music] talking [Music] even [Music] though [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you foreign [Music] I think [Music] I know I believe [Music] foreign [Music] please [Music] we love it [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] had I died [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Paradise [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign thank you so much everybody at home watching it's a big honor to be part of this wonderful night Hashem I've been always wanting to be a part of this special organization spreading the Torah where I should say Torah of the year in I want to sing a that I'm sure you all know and even though at this point in the night there's nobody in the crowd but I know in my heart that everybody's sitting at home watching and enjoying and singing together with me [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] darling never better [Music] I said no [Music] and darling against [Music] may I go [Music] my love [Music] ly day died [Music] foreign [Music] London [Music] of course [Music] foreign [Music] before [Music] foreign [Music] a lot of us [Music] thank you [Music] foreign like that the one you just saw I think it speaks volumes each and every frame if you took it in its Lonesome each and every one is powerful think of the numbers think of the facts think of the figures think of the digits think of the impact that you watch there on your screen the idea that somebody who's six years old comes to the Torah Center all the way to somebody who's 99. the idea there's 200 classes a week the idea that is over 700 daily participants these are not stats that are very very very very very common I could assure you there are many many many of Torah in the world but there's something about the Torah Center that has the right to be coined the premier tourist center of the Jewish world and I think the reason is this I think when you take people from every single Walk of Life and yet every single one feels comfortable and every single one feels at home that in and of itself is something that's extraordinary but what's more extraordinary is that people see it people feel it people understand and they respond in coin Shimon Haber 36 hundred dollars is that is one thousand dollars Albertson palaci one thousand dollars Sammy Catan one thousand dollars Morty Sardar one thousand dollars honor of his wife his son his parents and Rabbi El nadav magnificent thirty six hundred dollars eighteen hundred dollars in honor of Rabbi Isaac you did a very very unsung hero in the grand apparatus that is the charizion Torah Center Eddie s it's 2600 one thousand dollars sultan a delightful person and a wonderful contribution of 10 000 US Dollars Joey Ike Levy one thousand dollars Rachel hittery in honor of Isaac Kittery for all his hard work a beautiful donation that for now will remain numberless but we assure you it's beautiful just by the honor in and of itself a person who you'll hear more about but whatever you see here on camera is literally impossible without the involvement of Isaac Kittery dare I say it he's been our partner now for four years and this is a person who deserves thousands of Applause because the nuances and the detail that he is involved in you may not see for yourself backstage but I assure you whatever you see presented to you is painstaking work that goes into an Isaac is a gigantic piece of that Rachel zafrani of Ralph zafrani I'm sorry ten thousand dollars Mark Abe Franco a very dear friend and a participant in everything great in the community twenty six hundred dollars one thousand dollars Jimmy Raymond one thousand dollars Anonymous twelve hundred dollars Jack scaba one thousand dollars Danny Fox 1800 Avi Hulu eighteen hundred dollars Joey Duchess eighteen hundred dollars twelve hundred dollars Berkshire fashion one thousand dollars and now that takes us to our next segment and here is the segment you see I think personally this is maybe your own opinion and maybe if you want to ask higher authority you can but I think one of perhaps the biggest or the saddest moments in a person's life is when they look back and realize what could have been they think to themselves you know if only I had done this and if only I had done that if only I had involved myself in this only about myself and that what would have been you see the creators and the Crafters of some of the greatest companies in the world never asked themselves that question because they did it and in the Torah world the have deal it works the same way those people who choose to seek their potential ultimately look back and don't say look what could have been they say look what was and look what is two of those people join me here in studio and onset today one of them is my close friend that's Jack braja another one is Danny benhorn you see to understand what it means to reach your potential you have to understand each person here is in their own particular life's journey some were Advanced perhaps oh there's less so myself included were all on our own Journey but the special thing I think about the two of you if I may say is the fact that somehow someway somebody shows you something you open something you saw something you heard something that ultimately LED you to believe that there is more out there and there is a promising Paradise in future for each and every one of the people here and I have to tell you something had they not realized that the world would be far poorer for it but now we are richer because they do Danny I want to start with ufundi last year you were featured on this program albeit you look slightly different so congratulations however um the special thing I think about you is your involvement in a program called madrasion that is written young working men each and on what we'll call the curve of their Journey they're slowly making their way up tell me was there a moment or an episode or a year in your life when you said one second I could be that instead of this and perhaps I should get on the train now so that I can be that was this some sort of metamorphosis of Danny benhorn sure so I would go back I mean jacket and I have been learning together we actually the same age we know each other literally 40 years not many people because it's you know they're very typical americani hey me and Jim we go way back we know each other seven years Jack and I together 40 years not to mention we've been learning in the Torah Center since we're teenagers it's actually a picture floating around really of the both of us at his seum when we were 17 years old a bunch of guys in the picture downstairs in tourism when Rabbi Rani alava Shalom first started it of course we've been a part of the tour set today I don't mean to interject but of course I will because this is important Danny brings up Rabbi Rani received Rabbi Ron rafu he's a Rabb boy who's one of the founders of the Torah Center and his involvement but more importantly I think his influence still today is still felt and it's very very very very admirable that you brought that up because I'm happy we are upon it it's an important one and it should of course not go unmentioned but continue so you had that era so what was the but you would start off today I would say the turning point for me was you go to Israel After High School sure looking for a good time go with 20 30 your friends partying the first couple of weeks maybe first couple of months later to learn I didn't know that there was another side to it and I visited a few friends a few mag and David boys that ended up joining join them for Shabbat and I saw the Beauty and the learning that they were doing I never learned like that probably no we're probably 18 years old 18 years old coming straight out of high school I stayed for Shabbat never learned like that I never felt the kid who shot like that in my life I ended up switching schools I stayed there till after pesach for three four months changed my life took me on a different level and I saw one way where he can go a certain direction and I saw another way with these guys of what you know could have been and would have been and and how you could miss out on something like that just one wrong turn or one decision not to go incredible because to think had you not gone for that battle what have you who knows it would have been Jack you know we're friends and we go back a while and so I I you know I I know somewhat of the journey but the truth is this is you know a person who's obviously a respectable very respectable learns extensively on a daily basis I remember once I took a great Rabbi to Jack's house and I thought we were coming in to fundraise and I take him into the house and instead of fundraising they both open up again it's a great Rabbi from Israel and for nearly 45 minutes he's plugging away and asking the rabbi great questions impactful questions and insightful questions the rabbi turned to me after we left the house she goes you told me you were taking me to about it you didn't tell me you'd take me to a Cole guy so something to that effect he said I paraphrased but Jack tell me you know was it always like that so like Danny but I was two years before Danny okay we we uh I was introduced to Taurus hunt in the first year 1996 which was around October 96 and I had a habruta it was very smooth it was only 10 Abrahim was in this payroll we wouldn't have this event right and uh and the rest was history I met my Rabbi Rabbi Raymond Ava and he showed us the potential and like you said like when Danny alluded to when you see what's out there and then you see what's really in there and you learn and you have an attachment to the Creator could you can you can you um just highlight that for me if I may this concept you both contrasted it you know you see what's out there you see what's in there I don't need a description of what's out there but what does it feel like today and I toss this to you and then Danny you'll take it and then we have somebody else to introduce but what does it feel like today in contrast to that which means when you wake up in the morning you know I take it like this Olivia somebody who's you know who who drinks a lot of soda or somebody who eats a lot for instance right and then he stops right and he starts to lose weight he starts to feel healthier he can tell you I feel lighter I feel easier I feel fresher what's the feeling I'm going to tell you like this when I was 17 18 I had a vision of what I wanted it to be like and I said if I don't do certain things now it's not going to be like that now you could fast forward I'm a grandfather right and I'm looking yeah look at grandfather honestly I didn't know that I did but it just it still shocking to me so I have two generations now right and and what if I didn't do that what would these children look like and that's what I was worried about then and to answer your question it was the greatest move ever the minute fish the the the normal life of being the children are gorgeous beautiful children really beautiful children a beautiful wife the whole package that I wanted then you have now is what Hashem gave us and it was a gift but it was that choice like Danny alluded to like some people didn't make the choice then right and they're same as us no different we started together the beauty is it's never too late right and I think this idea of it's never too late segues directly into what we're going to see now you see Jack Danny you witness it on a daily basis but many people don't and for those who are tuning in live from across the world from Across the Nation what have you there's something I think is important to know Danny said it Jack said it so poignantly and that is the idea that there is no it's never too late you see there are people who never imagined their life would have any of the components that we're describing here today nobody some people who never saw the potential some people never understood the purpose and some people who never had the passion but then there were some who did this is an image and an illustration of those who saw their potential Hashem has a picture of us up there a picture of what we're supposed to look like picture of our true potential of your greatness of your accomplishments and we're here in this world to fulfill that potential and he's constantly comparing those pictures like when Hashem told Abraham Abraham Abraham why they call him twice says that he was comparing the picture of avraham here and the picture of Abraham and they're matching he's getting he's getting he's getting to his potential and this is our job in this world and the Torah will get us there nothing make you more happy than to start your day will start our learning there's a certain excitement that you get when you walk into the building of share design you go down the stairs and you go down to the lower level you go down those stairs and you ascend closer to Hashem [Music] I grew up in halam we have to learn Torah hiding it wasn't easy for us but still we did it I've been going to share Zion my entire life I was aware of the existence of the Torah Center it wasn't something that I thought could ever be part of my world I started this class four years ago when the class was 10 people small group and I see now today the class how grown to few hundred people one day A friend of mine said Jim do me a favor please come to one class I think you're going to enjoy it I went to that Sunday morning class I went to the very next Sundays class and the next one and the next one several years later I cannot emphasize just how much it impacts my life on a daily basis it's nothing like you start your day with the Torah learning it's give you energy happy and the way that Rabbi Meyer he received everyone the love that he gives to everyone he give us energy to be every day to learn more Torah and I learned very very important thing from Rabbi Mayo it's always not about what you finish the celebration always how to do and to give more there's a diversity and a camaraderie that is palpable at those classes that Rabbi indeed gives I know remember one thing I said the answer he said I love your answer write it in denote they call him I love it how he give you encouragement and everything to do more it's a very low intensity class but it's the highest impact you feel like every minute of the Torah is new you get to realize the potential of what you're capable of not just learning but in the relationships that you value most that by far is the greatest asset of this class we are very lucky to have in our community the tourist center that give us the opportunity for us for our kids for our grandkids for every single one who are very lucky for our rabbis in our community that really they are close to every single one I want to encourage everyone find the time to come to the Torah Center find where you fit within it trust me there is somewhere within the Torah center that is just right for you and you will find yourself tapping into a potential to be the best version of yourself that you could be a video speaks volumes and as they say a picture is worth a thousand words but being there in person is worth more what you just saw on your screen wasn't properly or adequately Illustrated because nothing could properly or adequately illustrate what actually takes place each and every morning you see there was once a group three four people that surrounded a rabbi and they got infused with heizuk and sometimes musar each and every morning and slowly but surely like a tidal wave it grew and grew and grew some more to the point that the room which seats 200 is nearly completely full every morning if you think that's impressive listen to this do you know who is a part of those classes people who by their own admission by their own statements as you saw on your screen never would have imagined being a daily learner if they can be there and they can do it so can you tonight there are people who want to support such efforts one of them is Dr Isaac madeb a wonderful doctor a wonderful person one thousand dollars Avi afriat 26 000 a tremendous donation you're gonna start seeing more of those as the night ticks on Stephen e Mamie 2600 Joe ns's 1000 average amount 1000 David Waba one thousand dollars Anonymous two thousand dollars Joseph towel 2600 Nathan 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just a little bit in a few minutes they will begin to file in but first a few things first Raymond day and 26 hundred dollars Gabrielle bar 2600 Isaac Canada thousand hundred thousand dollars aviarimi one thousand dollars Azar Pharmacy one thousand dollars Anonymous 36 Anonymous 5200 10 thousand dollars anonymously and another tremendous donation that is literally gas in a tank fueling this massive machine called the Torah Center of twenty six thousand dollars Joey sayag one thousand dollars Phil share somebody was recently joined the not even recently but has joined Robert's morning class that you just saw there on screen at one thousand dollars Miro Sutton in honor of Jack Asia hey bar one thousand dollars Anonymous thirty six hundred dollars in honor of a very special someone who you will see later on Dr fariwa you see tonight is entitled Limitless what does that mean how can I achieve it how can I understand it Limitless was coined specifically so that people could reach Beyond where they are and understand that they have enormous capability Beyond where they stand or where they sit today regardless of the plane where they find themselves and so whatever station you're at at life you two are Limitless but you know what don't take my word for it we have assembled rabbis that you will see soon people who can speak to this far greater than I can this is a discussion you see that really unpacks the idea this is a round table discussion entitled Limitless what does it mean to be Limitless how do I achieve such a lofty ideal what we brought together some of the brightest Minds that our community is blessed to have Rabbi David Sutton and Rabbi David Rosary of Yad Yosef Torah Center Rabbi Joey Haber of mag and David synagogue and the cashier organization Rabbi Raymond Haver of charizion and Rabbi mayor of chariz we assembled these rabbis in effort to help explain how much can one achieve If Only They seek it If Only They want it tonight we hear from them how one can be Limitless what makes people Limitless is if other people believe in them and they believe in themselves they can do it there are people out there who believe I could never change that over the last 10 15 years our community has been proven false when you get to the next place you can see foreign you have no idea what you could get you just have to get moved a little bit up anything good in life really requires an amount of sacrifice and anything that someone feels a sense of power and meaningfulness and purpose is because they had the toil in it it's been said that very famous saying woe unto man who doesn't know his or not right his uh flaws and double wall on the man who doesn't know who is my lot and his uh attributes and his potential So to that end what do you think and I'd open this question to the table but what do you think holds people back I have a son I'll turn to you what do you think holds people back always initially specifically when it comes to Torah I would say that they don't believe they can do it meaning they think maybe because other people tell them they can't they have a past experience I wasn't good in game around sixth grade I can't do it it's not for me people's image of somebody else the famous uh story of the young new teach they're walking to the classroom and she was given the most difficult class and she's teaching them and they're doing unbelievable right and she goes to the principal says wow you know these kids are gifted they're doing so well what are you talking about this we gave you the bottom of the barrel it says what do you mean 120 139 the princess those are Locker numbers those are my two numbers but since she treated them that way they became that way people many people have been treated in a way that it's not for you and that that's what limits them what makes people Limitless is if other people believe in them and they believe in themselves they can do it that's really what a lot of rabbis are doing for our communities they're letting people know that they can do it to that point exactly what does a rabbi do when you see a guy let's say even if it's a woman who looks at themselves and sees themselves in a limited way which I think is a is is a very very very very high amount of people to be honest what do you do what do you tell them what do you quote unquote for lack of better terms what do you sell them Rabbi indeed that will pull them in bring them in and make them kind of see that Vision the way Rabbi just mentioned so I I think that one of the great drives that give people the energy to do things is when they enjoy doing it and they see themselves feeling accomplished you know the way Hashem made the world is that when it came when it comes to spiritual accomplishments you can't really understand what it feels like to learn again until you learn it and you can't understand what it feels like to keep Shabbat the right way until you do it and it goes that way with everything with you can't really understand how beautiful it is to be modest until you live it if Hashem made the world where we could taste the beauty of spirituality beforehand there'd be no free choice which fool would not do it if they already taste the beauty of it right so in order for that to be free choice Hashem doesn't allow us to taste it before we actually do it so where the person is standing right now he never tasted learning he never tasted Shabbat he never tasted cinnamon he never taste it so now he's thinking what am I doing where am I going I'm going to suffer I'm gonna do things that I'm not gonna enjoy I'm not gonna like and of course he's gonna think that because he never tasted that but you know Hashem wants us to trust in him and to jump that's part of love you jump and you trust and you know that if someone loves you and they tell you I have something for you it's going to be beautiful it's going to be gorgeous but you need to have that leap of faith that you're going to succeed because Hashem is not going to give you anything that's less than awesome is there a tactic rubber Abram Joe is there a is there a tactic which means I think every Rabbi in this Myriad of rabbis across the community I'm sure everybody has their own tactic their own method and tactic I think is maybe it was a negative connotation it almost looked like you're bamboozling somebody but what is the if there is what is one of the methods of pulling people in it's not a simple process at all well first thoughts already said the mishna says that's talking about sacrificing for Torah the mishnah says praise in this world and the next world and that before that the mishna says if you do this right what do you mean this is what you should do but is saying is like Rob I just said that you're not just going to see it from afar you're not going to understand how when you sacrifice that this is going to be an unbelievable thing but once you do it you're going to see its beauty and you see how wonderful it is if a person feels a relationship with a rabbi and feels like the rabbi cares about them is there for them then they want to try and then they start to believe that what the rabbi is offering them is in their best interest because they they see that their right cares once they get involved they have to see that it's enjoyable and digestible and doable so maybe you give it to them in a to start at least in a way that they could appreciate and understand it and then you try to up it yeah they say there's a story about the uh the late uh reveal title bound there's a story about him that for after the war he opened up a small bedroom he didn't really have too many followers at the time so he's like you know try to collect as many people as he could and he had like what we'll call a ragtag teams so to speak of you know uh former satma hasidim and they all came together and they say this is the story as I've heard it that he opened up gamarot they say for a year he sat with all of them after work and for a year the gamara was open and they didn't learn a word for a year so somebody asked him like well what's what does this be too thought out he says first I need to nurture their soul then I can nurture their mind what holds people back on to what Rabbi Sam was answering is inertia people are just doing the same thing it's when you're going through life and wrote you mean yeah you're just you're not moving right guys he has a regular routine you come home you say oh he's in front of TV you do what you're doing you're not gonna stop I'm busy my wife I think and I don't have enough time in my life and you know I I spend more time at home right I gotta but the truth is once you start coming you the first thing is you got to take a step gotta get up and get off the couch leave the TV once you start coming you're gonna see I don't have to be home for four hours a night right it's actually a lot better when I'm not home for four hours a night there's less to fight about and my wife could hold the remote control or whatever it is it's fine and and that's that's one thing that's one important thing is to take the step you have to take the step and uh I also think people are held back from just other people's opinions that means you're gonna go learn people say comments maybe I'm thinking about younger people but I think everyone every age everyone's care scares about care about the image and scared that they're going to get some kind of comment yeah and they're going to label them people think that they're going to get brainwashed and they're going to become a different person and that's not who I am and the truth is you know everybody grows at their own pace nobody makes you change anything you could there's people that are learning for 50 years and they they just learn and then there's people that learn and they grow in a lot of ways and a lot of the ways you know the quiet it that nobody knows in a lot of the ways it's it's the growth yes is you it's only what you want to do you know he's probably seen every different flavor of human being in his life so what do you think in the community there are two types there's the one who suffers from the fear of change they're frightened for me right I know if I come learn Torah I'm gonna like it there are people out there that I've heard it from that a rabbi I'm afraid to come if I come I'm gonna like it I know somebody who said about a rebel in this table this is Rabbi the reason I do not go to your class because I know it's going to change me yeah anyway it's the fear of change I'm gonna have to change my lifestyle I'm gonna have to change my family I'm going to make all kinds of issues within my family of course they're mistaken of course life was just sent they don't have to change they have to just come to learn of course eventually they will be automatically good better changes in their life but that's something which I talk to people about openly right stop being afraid there are people out there who believe I could never change that over the last 10 15 years on community has been proven false there are thousands of people that have changed that have changed for the better just by coming to learn how do you get them to come how do you get them to come back do whatever you have to do beg bribe do whatever you have to do because you know when they're gonna come it is contagious and they are going to be a better happier person them and their family we have seen it over and over and over again there is a hunger out there there's no happier guy from a guy that starts his day in school there's no question nothing you come to school in the morning you come in you get a cup of coffee you sit with a group of guys and they're smiling what coffee before before yeah take your coffee you see the rabbi Smiles at you yeah sit with the people you go home it's magic like the rabbi said you don't know how good it is I want I think that the most attractive word to people that ever that I talk to that other people talk to is the same thing as if you know you're going to get happiness then you'll do whatever it takes to get happiness people constantly in that in that Pursuit as we call it Ravi did I I want to say specific I want to Circle back to what Rabbi Jose said I have a question app if you ask if you want to paint the picture for somebody about what they could expect when they start learning or what they could expect when they join a kaburra what could they expect because the truth is is not easy picture to paint but you're you're an artist of sorts Rabbi not not not illustration but in words so could you tell us what could somebody expect once they start once they grow once they develop what's to be expected because I I can I can bet I don't know if a certainty but I'm pretty certain that there are people who will see this program and say I'm that guy so what can I expect based on rosary and others mentioned here that one of the fears is also based on the fact that people see others who were like them 10 years ago they went to school right the guy and now he's light years ahead of them and they can't imagine that they're going to be that guy because that guy is Way Beyond I don't want to be that guy right because where they are today is but they don't realize that that guy took him 20 years and step by step he did things as he was comfortable and as he understood and as life brought him to different levels so a lot of times we see even younger people like that they see the older brother who's uh became a giant in Torah and I'm not that guy and they're ninth grade I don't want to be that but that guy in ninth grade wasn't also wasn't you so that's what we do sometimes we compare the finished product to where we are and we're nowhere near that and we say we don't want that and it's too much for us but we don't realize just take it step by step like rehaba said it just happens and I think that that the biggest challenge that you know going back to your question the biggest challenge probably is that you know anything good in life really requires an amount of sacrifice so the first sacrifice is to break your habit is to jump but even after that you're gonna have to start using your brain you know if it's if it's learned like there's no coasting it's just it's not that cozy I mean there is a level of coasting it depends how much pleasure you want to get but if you really want to enjoy what you're doing you're gonna have to put you know the amount of effort you put in that's how much you're going to get out of it so expect that if you you know if you're going to listen to a class of Musa like and like or Heber said the rabbi's gonna yell at you a little bit or make fun or like if you join teach you so then I'll be a little you could expect to enjoy that but if you want to go to another level open again expect if you want to succeed you're going to work a little bit you're gonna have to work you're gonna get a pencil and start writing and start reviewing but you know what the more you work the more you're gonna enjoy so worth it I just want to make one comment yeah Imagining the fellows listening to this and says you know what I started learning and I'm not enjoying it they're telling me it's delicious I don't feel it so avoba says it's important to stress what'll be saying is that you got to work it's not immediate enjoyment you're not going to sit down and suddenly it's great right you're going to enjoy it but you have to invest it's like a exercise you know suddenly you know you're gonna you're gonna have you be a little Charlie Horse it's going to take time until you build those muscles you feel great about yourself it's not instant gratifications no one should think that like I said how's it going to feel it's not going to feel like you're just walking on clouds after your first camera says that's why we say in our prayers what are you doing you're building a building who's the building yourself you're not going to see immediate results but you should your the satisfaction of being involved in building you got one tosaf vote good that's a celebration but I have a question I remember Joel direct this to you anybody else of course please welcome to to Ed to rabbi's son's point dare I say it but there are a lot of people who do not consider themselves gamara people say there are a lot of young rabbis that are trying to you know pull that wagon so to speak of gemara let's go join join and learn gemara what do you say to the guy who's just not the gemara guy I'm just not again if it's not that everybody has to be a game necessarily initially but but to take those necessary steps towards advancement I I think maybe I'm again I'm I'm the junior Here amongst amongst amongst people much bigger than me but I think that is one of the steps so first of all I think what the rabbis are saying here is important to crystallize is not that you're going to have to go through work in order to enjoy the enjoyment comes because of the work that means right when you want physical pleasure it comes from sitting back and waiting for things to happen like you know why let's sit on the ocean and watch the Sun but when it comes to spiritual pleasure meaningful things the meaningfulness is because there's hard work like if you took away the hard work and you got it without the hard work it wouldn't be so enjoyable and anything that someone feels for Journey nothing yes exactly and anything that someone feels a sense of power and meaningfulness and purpose is because they had the toil in it my advice to them would be start learning gemara the right way and the right way of gemara is for you to try and work it out and figure it out yourself that means go through the steps of reading a page reading a few lines not understanding it read it again and have the rock kind of Rabbi who has that patience read it again then understand a few words don't let the rabbi assist you a little bit on a few other words and then watch the lines come together and then you're like wow that's the question that's the answer it fits and then look how that she is adding something I think Rabbi in addition to what you're saying which is always that's the way it'll start to learn how to learn give my eyes all the steps you're saying think whatever you did in school most people don't enjoy it it's school there's tests there's teachers there's principles they're making me do it even if a guy never gets to a level of where he really becomes a guy I've learned so what you're talking about just come to the class and be fed the camera in on your own time and you're gonna love it is it again brother is there a guarantee do you ever see a person who made his first soon not ecstatic happy he wants to get a caterer all the caterer get a band attic he never knew again when I was his life he despised it when he was in school now he does it on whatever level it is the man is going out of his mind right there you know what that is that you have to tell them just come you'll see you don't understand this you know we have a Torah Center Hashem we have hundreds of people yeah it's not because we're so smart it's not because we're so talented it's because we have merchandise the merchandise is the best merchandise the Torah has a light in it that I can't explain whether you do represents and none of us could explain but it works at any level everything we said here is true you really want to get gamara work yeah I want to take it to you for a second what you know I think we said this a few times tonight but one of the points that people make is is time kind of time of time of time and one of the biggest cleansers my wife my wife I gotta give my wife time is there a message to the woman of the community that that vis-a-vis their husbands on this subject I've seen that most women in this community want their husbands right to learn yes right and they appreciate it or they heard that they should appreciate it when it happens because I think they see or heard the difference of a husband that goes out to learn and not only because he's not in the house like everybody said which is also a bonus but the person is different I mean I have a person now that I'm learning with and he never learned in his life and I said oh I said your wife is probably not so happy that you're leaving you know so early or he says are you kidding she's ecstatic once she's so happy and you know you want like where's that come from but I it's obvious any woman can can really see feel their husband more than the husband can feel himself they see that he's a great story the lady comes over to me I was learning with him I think was Miss she says what are you teaching my husband like what Shalom he comes out of the house a tiger he comes back a Pussycats I'm just learning she felt it just changed him because he was getting what he needed he was being fed what he needed and woman as a whole whatever woman as a whole or overall growing by leaps about the community I mean you go into any woman's class every Rabbi around here I'm you know is involved in that they're growing themselves so they're able to now see kind of like where it matters too are they wrong yeah first of all to that husband um yeah do you bring up your wife when you have a leak on Tuesday night do you bring up your wife when the football game is on when the NBA Finals is on like like you only bring up your wife when you have something you're not so excited yes anything that's B2 is what so the the hour or the hour and a half that you're taking a night or early in the morning and if it works too early in the morning may be better it's not it's not taking away when you're not you're not doing anything else that you should be doing then maybe it's taking so let me ask you this if you have somebody and we'll get to our last point right after this but if you have somebody who who who in fact is you know I don't go missing the husband but you know the husbands are out we're talking you know the watch knows me out an hour and a half sometimes two hours a day and on occasion if it's Weighing on them is there a message to that woman not saying that there's many of them but I'm saying that some think about well the first thing I would say is identify what before I even get to the message of how they should appreciate Torah is identify what you need that means if you do need something from your husband that then say what you need and you might you might just say I need him home you don't just need them home you might be that you need them home on Sunday nights well you need him to give you attention on Friday night and not fall asleep on the table like well you might need him when he comes home to be to focus on you and not go right back to his emails for another hour so if you could understand what you need I think a wife should have the courage to articulate what she needs in order for the husband to be able to address it right and in nine times out of ten you could address the needs whilst if you care about Toronto still learn Torah and the second thing I would say is that the world has a lot of things pulling them and in in most cases following everybody and if if the husband is not getting pulled to this he's gonna pull to something else and there's nothing in the world better for you and for your home than him being pulled to this you know by Simon said the story my my father-in-law started to learn as many years ago for the first time and he came home and he says well I said my mother-in-law says okay so what do you start learning he says I was learning about a chicken a chicken coop she's like I understand you went out for a chicken and a chicken coop and now she looks back and she says that chicken could change my whole life yeah and really changed my whole family so I'm telling you to the wise that if your husband is a person with the right me Dot and the right personality and he learns you want him out there guaranteed you will he will enhance your home in in so many ways that the wife gets when the husband is learning is awesome there's no Mitzvah that a woman could do that compares to this that she gets when a husband is learning Torah one misconception and then and then the last point so this is a very big misconception and the rabbi's here I I you know I asked this question knowing that I'm going into territory if you don't want to go into it don't go into it but I'll go into it so this is a big misconception that misconception is that rabbis were always rabbis that's the misconception like a person sees a rabbi we were born and they were born with a beard right there has to be you know this program is called moments so there has to be a moment or a time not necessarily what you decide to become a rabbi I don't know if that ever happened but the moment that you realize that this is what I am I mean this is my well if a lack of better word this is my calling this is what I was meant to do in the summertime I went to Baltimore and I came back and so then Ralphie Gable had Automotive City Beverly all right I'm Beverly and you me and a few other fellows myself and if you're on the ground we were pushing Targets in the summertime he gave his jobs right a a warehouse right attached to it and we would load tires and take down tires and lift batteries and you know you might have been a mechanics maybe transistor radios in Times Square okay but on the other hand I went to Baltimore and then Rabbi Benelli opened up mcnishments and he took us all together and then that summer he told we learned in the mirror Yeshiva the first man he went to school Burnham he said he's opening Yeshiva needs a place cleared the back row for us and he says he didn't sit here with Robert and O'Neill and then it was from Pierce to the service okay guys we're going back to work Guatemala City well he said no no I'm taking you to camp camp we're 18 years old and that we're going to Camp right and he took us to camp we eventually ended up became virus and that was uh the beginning of the beginning I wanted to work in Hades Sutton and Sons my family business yeah um my father was raised in the Syrian Community was a second graduating class of mac and David and there was no Yeshiva High School in those days there was no yeshivas at all so my father said he wants to raise his children in a better atmosphere but he told us when we were kids in elementary schools is one day you have to go back I'm not I'm not taking you out to to disappear forever who said that my father told me says I'm taking you out because I want to I want you to go back one day and then I went to bariakov and revolve used with drill and he says you're not learning Torah for yourself I went to Israel until I was 30 and then of all this rule was when you hit 30 you have to start giving back doing something that was his date he says he doesn't agree with people you know staying till just forever so you know my father's uh put the seat in and revolver gave a push and that's that's uh that's what made it happen I don't know a specific moment but I definitely didn't grow up thinking I would be anything near a rabbi rabbis but for other people we were businessmen and then by the time I finished high school I went to panovich but eventually as you start to learn and you you love it and you do it and you you feel a dedication and you are eventually it comes but it definitely wasn't born to be a rabbi far from it I don't know if this is going to be a disappointment to the segment but I think I kind of did grow out to your rabbi but it is my father was a rabbi and we always and all my classmates were kind of on that that level of that mentality have you ever told to them no I never told that way but but I'm saying it was just sort of it was you know it was and I I guess if I could give one moment where I got some of the education to be a rabbi we live with my father's Robin Lawrence have you sure and we live very far so we lived next to the Western my father is two miles so that's two miles home on Friday night we drove there to show before Shabbat then two miles home Friday night two miles there so I wanted two miles back then two miles back in the afternoon eight miles in 23 years in those eight miles every week we would talk about things and we would talk about sure when we talk about the speech and we talk about um you know just sort of relate to the people and Torah and things like that and I think that gave us a lot of understanding of the community and how to appreciate the community and love the community so I think that was a big part of the inspiration to wanna get back to the community because in those in those moments in those walks there was like I said a lot of understanding and a lot of love for what for all the different sections and all the different levels within the community you know Hashem gives assignments in life in the form of UH responsibilities you never know where those responsibilities come from depends on the person where they grew up what were the situations that and then somehow if a person takes on that responsibility then Hashem will give them more responsibility and Hashem knows where to put people in the right place and who to put in front of them it doesn't really matter if we're rabbis or were you know famous you have to get off the couch when the opportunity presents itself you just don't have to become a rabbi right you have to become an evid Hashem a servant of God and the way you become a servant of God is through you learn Torah you will become that Hashem that Shaman wants from you as we close what we close with is this to those of course who are watching and those who are watching live or listening to it afterwards the idea of this program is called Limitless the idea of it is essentially to express to people that they have the capability of breaking through we use the example here of the generals around the table on the other side of the table that are leading the pack and leading the way and who have seen themselves evolve into people evolve into people who break through and ultimately become Limitless and I think that the idea that we carry forth not myself but during this discussion from the rabbis the collective rabbis our behavior of a son or a behavior of azerian Rabbi Hadid is essentially to say to people that you have enormous capability and with in you the rabbis are expressing within you is the ability to grow and to advance and to build and to go beyond your wildest imagination so like Rabbi you can only see as far as you can see from where you are right when you get to the next place you can see you could see a little further and again you have no idea what you could get you just have to get moves a little bit up and already there's a different different view take it from people who have done it taking people who have witnessed it these rabbis around the table could speak to the concept Limitless rabbis thank you okay thank you please find your seats the program will begin in two minutes once again please find your seeds the program is about to begin foreign I'll take a nap okay I need them right after this [Music] welcome to the most anticipated event of the entire year [Music] foreign [Music] every dollar that is contributed to tonight's event goes directly to charizion Torah Center nobody gets to Greatness without falling and without learning this is adults and young men who come to learn because of their own inspiration this is what brings a person to Greatness consistency and serving because [Music] thank you [Music] please welcome your host Rabbi David Haven good evening Gotham all [Applause] 364 days out of the year we wait with baited breath for this incredible experience tonight is not a concert tonight is the opportunity for us to reach deep into a special place in our soul and release ourselves from a limited place that we're in tonight is the time when we have the opportunity to grow to reach higher to expand and to achieve lofty goals through music and through words of inspiration my name is Rabbi David Haber tonight is about charizion Torah Center you are Limitless and this this is moments four congratulations [Music] [Applause] thank you [Music] I hope you are seated and we hope you are beginning to understand what tonight is about to be about but however above all else tonight is a night of support support for a Monumental organization that does work in the community that quite literally Powers the lives of over a thousand families in that journey of Torah and there are people in the crowd and thousands watching live via live stream who want to help and want to assist eighteen hundred dollars Fred Wendy 3 600 Jack Joe Carey 10 000 Joe arbitesh eighteen hundred dollars Abraham thousand thousand dollars Freddie Ranny one thousand dollars Nathan R Shalom thirty six hundred dollars Morris dewek fifty two hundred dollars Joey said to our thousand dollars Charlie safadi one thousand dollars Anonymous twenty six thousand dollars Lee Cohen who I saw just a minute ago ten thousand dollars in Anonymous twenty thousand dollars as for Shaman Thirty percentage but one thousand dollars Israel Brothers in memory of Israel Ben Raquel thirty six hundred thousand Ralph chatter six thousand and forty eight dollars ladies and gentlemen each and every person here those watching live and those in person have a life's journey each of us take twists and turns and Ebbs and flows the best way to say how we journey throughout this life and how we try to navigate is through song this is Joey Newcombe with journey at sea [Music] thank you [Music] far away Eagles escorted the tall gleam Glee mass as the whole board right grew the way Sailors aboard have all been there before a proud weathered sea loving crew crew no land lovers welcome to steer her across the silk mirror sapphire blue their bellies are tight from the galleys the light and there's more than enough room to drink so hard and they raise up their mugs and they see it's our life a journey at Sea before you just faith and Destiny the waters challenge a fortitude the courage of every man [Music] [Applause] follow them faith till we finally [Music] gathers the might of the wind in herself behind her a proud wake of foam forging head through the Still of the Night We'll receive monsters feathers below foretold of a storm setting chills down the old Captain's spies darkening clouds amassed high above it was only [Music] pulling ropes tie in sales as the violin always dance and they offer a prayer being fully aware that no mortal can conquer the big it's our life a journey at Sea a voyage of faith destiny the waters will challenge to encourage every man stop light up tonight follow them true follow them Faithfully till we find less thank you these things arise if they fight off their feelings of dread for they know and believe there's a path through the sea and that will lead to clear sailing ahead it's our life a journey at Sea before you jump faith and Destiny the waters will challenge the fortitude a courage of every man and the stars the light of the night they'll be our map our compass and Faithfully till we find land [Music] thank you [Music] all right that was an easy avoida right there Arab knock them first of all this night is going to be Hadid you know what I'm saying we got the right lashawnas here Hadi and a big shout out to Rabbi Haber the haliger I behavior and charizion Torres Center for spreading the light of Torah in the world Islam is amazing and a big shout out to revnakman over here whose top three guitar players in this building that's right [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] did he not enough [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] over there [Music] what is this hajas I don't know [Music] foreign [Music] . [Music] foreign [Music] hello hello [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] faster [Music] foreign [Music] thank you myself [Music] here we go [Music] la la la [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] incredible man a round of applause please thank you there is more where that came from but first here is the entree of the night and why we are here Joey Waba 52 hundred dollars and ladies and gentlemen let me explain to you like this there are many special groups in Charlotte each their own entity onto themselves and collectively they make up This Magnificent Torah Center however tonight there is a group here that have made multiple pledges in honor of their Rabbi Rabbi Joey soror and it begins with Joey robot fifty two hundred dollars Toby adid at fifty two hundred dollars thirty six hundred dollars Stephen Novick eighteen hundred dollars Eddie Missouri slowly and David Bowie 3600 Josh Cameo twenty six hundred dollars Eddie surroor one thousand dollars Isaac Cannon one thousand dollars Joe will leave you one thousand dollars Jimmy dab of one thousand dollars Hank and Richie dewek my wonderful cousins one thousand dollars obvious me a thousand dollars triangle Capital 52 hundred dollars there is some new Talent some fresh talent in the world of Jewish music those who are watching live before saw the scintillating voice of our next performer but tonight those who in person I give you shmuel [Music] thank you [Music] thank you all so much for coming [Music] girls make it to be here [Music] thank you [Music] I wanna be hanging by a thread in the middle of the sea calling save me give me just one good prayer that'll open the gates everywhere give me just one honest [Music] in the forest outside calling to you foreign [Applause] [Music] thank you so much there is a lot of moving parts and there's a lot of things going on in this Ballroom tonight but please give it up a small ladies and gentlemen our raising continues and this time this that you see in my hand represents yet another group in the charizion Torah Center and that is known as Bene Aliyah a group of young businessmen who fallow their Rabbi to a T and each and every day come in learn grow build and develop David I seal seven thousand dollars Charlie Donna thirty six hundred dollars and many of these are in honor of their Rabbi Rabbi David nakash more he said a thousand dollars foreign thirty six hundred dollars Robbie facts 201 Eddie German 251 Charlie Safari one thousand dollars Elliott s ELO 501 Ralph Shadow once again with a generous donation and Maya Dana Mayra day and I'm sorry twenty six hundred dollars Aaron to have two thousand dollars Steven beta 76 hundred dollars you see the world knows our next performer as a superstar perhaps they know him as one of the elite to ever do this trade but we know him as one of our own please give it up for yaakov shwekey [Music] a mission in the desert we started out of slaves [Music] so many tears that you know that you really know thank you push to the ground through our feet we are found standing strong now the Spanish acquisition they wanted us to bow about our backs ain't gonna Bend never there to never know oh so many so many tears don't you know that you really know push to the grounds standing strong a miracles [Music] my son the mission was the plan right now but the view carried on the Millions [Music] I'll be recorded [Music] every day we fight a battle all the news we are the stars as history repeats itself that makes us who we are it is all around us hope it will be here that's right we're here in New York singing this all together come on for moments let's go [Music] play who we are the most amazing miracle foreign we want to hear you guys we are [Music] we returned with love and embraced from above now we are a miracles [Music] you know what's amazing is first of all good evening good evening everybody what is the who to be here tonight [Music] and I just want to say you know talk about we are a miracle I'm thinking as I'm singing this song just had to go to you know charizion for a wedding and sing just walking downstairs and seeing the Cultura and feeling that the children are all learning every single night the greatest miracle in the world is the fact that I'm Israel the Syrian community at large you know of a diamond always talks about it look look at what we have we're here in America after everything we've been through as a nation [Music] and you go downstairs and you hear the Cultura of neshamote that are going to grow up in the Torah path that is an amazing amazing Miracle so you guys supporting here tonight every single donation and every single dollar going to toraki himeno this is what it's all about [Music] hoodie [Music] yes honestly snowman machines it's only unfortunately [Music] father [Music] light the fire now that we get the edge [Music] foreign [Music] together [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] that fire that fire of TOA this is what we're talking about here tonight you know just to explain the next song in about 30 seconds is to realize that Hashem judges in a way like no other judge you know they have deal in sports they have a banner I remember riding with my son on the Jersey Turnpike it said you don't get medals for trying you get medals for results and that's not how we think we know that the effort you put in no matter what type of head you have with the gifts that you have and every single person has those gifts to learn the Quran we want our own portion and just go there and try and you get the medals for trying that's how Hashem judges and that's where this song was born your time seeing your moment for moments take advantage of the moments looking through a crack in the glass it's hard to see how you gonna shake off the dust ever break free you see them reaching for the stars but you're too slow little do you see it little do you know who wishing you can fly but it's clear you're stuck in place [Music] can keep it you hear them calling your name but you can't go who do you see it yes [Music] but the moment face the world and show it [Music] [Applause] glory is celebration story this is your time this is your time this is the moment [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] the world and sure this is your time [Music] [Applause] moment to grab the moment [Music] sometimes you feel you've reached to the end of the line sometimes you just don't got to try but that's the moment when you're strong is still fall ing [Music] watching us the dreams fade away where have they gone face the world and sure [Music] this is your time [Music] [Applause] [Music] this is your time [Music] [Applause] foreign grab the moments this is what we live for this is what we say this is the Torah medley dedicated to moments dedicated to all the work all the work that goes on to break Torah so many lives and to the Future foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] horses [Music] foreign [Music] we say these words every single day [Music] save anything in heaven around the house [Music] [Applause] [Music] Maya playable [Music] foreign [Music] says [Music] a great start for my dear friends [Music] could be polluted [Music] foreign [Music] yeah yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] the words of Torah should be sweet in our mouth [Music] first we shall be ourselves a grab a diamond says when we devote ourselves future Generations will have the sweetness of Torah as well as we see today amazing the holidays [Music] a song written by my older brother [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] my best sister [Music] thank you and I know [Music] yeah [Music] I could foreign [Music] of course we stress the importance of songs that really bring out the Holiness within the children it's everything we hear today especially today we're inundated with so much and so much going on but at the end of the day they come to learn Torah and they hear songs of Torah how important is that for the upbringing of the children today that's right it tells the life [Music] we toast to life to the Torah life [Music] Mommy [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] through my life [Music] says [Music] shifting [Music] [Applause] life [Music] talk to life [Music] we have a nigging over here that I got so into lately [Music] they call that the Negan bardichev you know sometimes you hear a song and you hear the kadushao of a song and it makes you contemplate [Music] it makes you think that's why a lot of the Reb is a lot of the sadikim compose their own songs including mahosha Shiva but this is a song We contemplated lately that I sing a lot [Music] [Laughter] [Music] ah yeah foreign [Music] [Laughter] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] that I know [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] one more time [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you I feel like I have nothing [Music] I don't see you tomorrow foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] even when I'm feeling down even when I'm on the ground that's glowing glowing close my eyes and hold on tight ready on to take the fight go and go away The Wonder of life Wonder of life [Music] I [Music] don't believe what they say I I can't feel the Sunshine [Music] but a wise man told me the sun reached deep within was falling down as the only winds [Music] we're fired or inside [Music] and I'm gonna feel my heart open wide [Music] even when I'm feeling low even when they tell me no I'm going go away places only I can see Reaching For Eternity I'm surely showing [Music] The Wonder of life [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] places only I can see Reaching For Eternity I'm surely showing your life [Music] it's a beautiful life [Music] [Applause] [Music] I don't know foreign [Music] that's what it is it's a wonderful life and it's a wonderful night thank you who is that Harry that's him he doesn't even need a microphone he's louder than me without a mic Harry that's right you put everything you got all the talent you got to help people and that's what it's all about here tonight every single person with their own cohort we want to say thank you to David Haber to Isaac to so many people to zura and all the staff that is helping putting such a night together the fraila orchestra here tonight thank you guys you guys sound fantastic thank you guys all the sound Engineers everybody the Gotham Hall you guys are fantastic we say it's time to dance for the Torah [Music] [Applause] [Music] together [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] look what's going on look what's going on Dancing [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] houses [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] time to dance [Music] thank you so much once again give it up for yaakov shwekey you will be seeing more of him tonight but stand by there's a lot more to get to yaakov there's a special pledge that came in in your honor and Robbie your Deeds you'll understand why in a minute this is a very very very very important person to Yakov to myself to many people his name is Ellie Carey Eli Carey from Deal New Jersey 101 a special donation from a special person honor Robbie Hadid and Jakob we see you we love you and to scale them and sword Seymour and scava 5200 Jack J safety 15 thousand dollars Marnie Ranny ten thousand dollars David Edelstein 5200 and Anonymous ten thousand dollars twenty six thousand dollars twenty six thousand dollars why would someone work 20 hours a day why would somebody go from Pillar To Post leaving absolutely zero time or energy for himself or his luxuries why would someone give up everything in their life simply for the sake of others why would somebody visit Homes at the wee hours of the morning why would somebody treat every single person that walks through that door like a VIP I don't know the answer to the why but I do know the answer to the whom we may never know Dr Victor fariwa we love you [Applause] doctor on behalf of myself and the tens of thousands of people who hold you dear this this is for you thank you he's constantly thinking about everyone else the only thing on his mind is everyone else there is no him he loves what he does he he dedicated and devoted his life to help the people he really cares about the patients honestly there's nothing you can say more he really cares about every single person there is no end to what he will do to help people in need [Music] the time is way too short to describe what this man means to the community and to so many more the heroic part of Dr fariwa may not even be in what we see him doing day to day everybody knows that he works 18 hours a day he feels a high for the whole Community he's seven days a week 24 hours a day there's no limits there's no sure bad there's no Yom Kippur I don't know any doctor regular general medicine doctor does what he does could be the most amazing story of Dr fariwa is before all of that happened you see Dr fario was a very successful doctor in Damascus he was treating princes and kings they would come from different countries to come visit him back also in sham I hear the same stories people lining up outside his office and then he moved to this country he no longer has a license he has to go study everything again in a new language an older man should he even try is it worth it but try he did a new language a whole new study you're 60 years old and what many people don't even know is that he failed but he tried so many times years of doing this again and again until he was able to pass the test he was committed he did it I believe in 2001 he opened this practice and the rest was history he goes to the office around I would say 4 30 5 o'clock and now we're talking now years ago he used to drive to the hospitals first to check on his patients then come to the office they come because they trust them it really does his best from his heart that's why people love him he's always available even though it's hard for him he'd call him at two o'clock in the morning he'll answer you walk into that little office and you come out you feel better mentally you feel better physically it's available it's there for everyone holiday Roshana please have people just walk into the house everything that's abnormal by normal doctors is normal by him as a family person he's very very passionate all he cares about is his family are happy all he does is his family he doesn't do anything for himself he loves my kids and my kids love him my mother is just as dedicated as my father for her to do what she's doing is also an accomplishment my mother-in-law is side by side with him on every moment and every step he lives with Hashem there's no question about it I mean I never got a shot that he didn't say the question it's not him he's a shaliach doing his job and it's a Godly job Dr freewa God bless you nobody in the community deserves this honor better than you Dr fariwa we love you your compassion that you showed to my family and to the community is amazing and thank you for taking care of all of us God bless you we wish you only the best long life health happiness Prosperity forever to you and your family I want to tell you that I love you and I want to thank you for all the Magnificent years all the beautiful things that you've done for me and for my family if you should live to be 120 years old we love you in good health you have done nothing but show love for our community and we in turn love you thank you for all what you're doing for our family for all our community and for Allah on behalf of our community we cannot thank you enough you are a gift to this community doctor we have never ever met a person like you passion and your love for that when I pull it up here to cure the patient the amazing diagnostician that you are the Seattle that you have it is incredible thank you for everything that you've done for us and we admire you and we proud to be your children I'm very very proud to be a part of the family hopefully many many years at Hashem 220 to my mother-in-law as well as I said you are unbelievable person you are the biggest support of my father-in-law and as they said the backbone of the family my dear father no Dr friwa there are no words that we can link you as a family for not only caring about us and doing for us but for setting an example for us forever we love you and we thank you for everything that you've done thank you and thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you for everything [Music] there are some very special people that join us on stage the doctor's entire family I don't think I'm out of line by saying that they share in the honor because of the sacrifices that they collectively have made as a family before we introduce tonight's honoree a few words from Harry add me David you're doing a good job now I can see why you didn't wave at me I can't see anybody uh before I ask Dr fariwa his wife and his wonderful family to come out we must say thank you to the mother of all shuls of all synagogues that ever came to our community on she embodies all the glory and the gifts can give you just have to come down with synagogue on any one of the seven days a week especially Shabbat and see the thousands and thousands of people to you our President Jimmy Tower thank you for all the hard work that you do on behalf of the rabba may you deed thank you is not enough to tell you the Glorious work that you are doing rabbi and to be at the helm tonight's event center is in honor unto itself rabbi I don't know that we've said before statistically the hundreds of rabbis that come through these doors that are part of the 2.5 growing to three million dollar budget of our charizion Torah Center these men are the teachers I call them The Guiding Light of our youth they Embark them on their journey to Torah to be giving back to our community like their fathers and their grandfathers to my dear friend to Dr fariwa I want to add because I wasn't on the video doctor but I just want to say a couple of things I think everybody knows these things but it's important to call them out the doctor is not a man of a lot of words it does not speak a lot his action is through his hands and his mind that heal the sick his mind has no value of money he takes on all the needy all the people of our community no matter what they have the doctor does not care he only cares to heal them and the healing he knows comes from one power the power of the kadosh the power of above and that's what he relies on and that's what he knows is where his energy and all the love that this man has foul Beloved Community there is no one too young there is no one to hold for Dr fariwa to care for him lastly before we call the doctor and his wife out during covert three years and some months ago there was no one nobody that came to the aid of our community but the doctor did it a little differently what he did which is quite amazing if you think back he had zero fear you look at everybody we're all bundled up we're all tightened up we don't talk we don't shake and here you have Dr fariwa tending daily to hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of our community people that were sick whether it was covered at the time or any other illness that came through those doors and he did item he did it with all his heart I want to just give thanks to his wife for giving us her husband I know it's not easy but hopefully this summer all of you don't know but I walk out my front door and there's the front door of the fariwa family Hashem put them the Macomb of the house that they bought in dealers on Parker Avenue right across the street from us so we're not just friends we're neighbors and hopefully we're going to be neighbors with the family for life my wife and I Adore You doctor you know that and we trust you if the doctor and his wife can please come out we'll be honored to have them please give us a standing ovation the doctor for real and his wife shella [Applause] doctor they have a small award for you I think if it was the size of the Empire State Building big enough and we're looking forward as I said when you heard media see you in your brand new home right across the street from us and we're going to be good neighbors together for so many so many Summers and years to come I'm gonna read it now David I'm gonna read it now the words could never be enough give everybody a chance to take all of this in I will say before I read it also that probably the last place that this man wants to be tonight is on this stage he wants to be on Avenue and the corner Beast Third Street because I'll bet you he's going back there when he leaves here so this is what embodies the presence of this man your dedication and your love for this community will always be remembered for so many years to come that you'll continue to use your hands and your brain to heal us that is small in honor of Dr Victor very well whose unparalleled commitment to health and well-being of our community knows no bounds May Hashem bless you with many more years of strength Vigor and happiness presented by the charizion Torah Center at the moment for event 6 12 23. I hope there's some Kabbalah in those words 6 12 23. [Applause] leave the stage with your family and the night resumes there are some very special people who would like to honor you with some very very special things and that is this the dedication of a few not just a few but the dedication of thousands of dollars in your honor to support Torah and the Torah Center forty thousand dollars in honor of Dr fario from his children and grandchildren Isaac and Elena Haber and family Jack and Bertha Sardar and family is Zach and Shirley fariwan family Rabbi Teddy and Katya fariwa and family Marvin azerac 2600 in honor of the doctor and his wife Aslan safety the same five thousand dollars Danny's threw a fifty two hundred dollars in honor of Dr freeway Jojo and Terry bought ten thousand dollars in honor of the Doctor Martin Irani ten thousand dollars in honor of the doctor and his wife Anonymous ten thousand dollars Anonymous twelve thousand dollars esri rowney in your honor doctor and in your wife Mrs fariwa eighteen thousand dollars Anonymous thirty thousand dollars in honor of Dr Peru another anonymous thirty six thousand dollars in honor of Dr freiwa and lastly this was just handed to me as I came on stage there's one other in honor of Dr fario by his son-in-law Jack and his wife 52 000 and one more to match that number Elliott Rachelle Franco Elliott who's here in the audience tonight in honor of you Dr Nui 52 incredible now we ask all those who are watching live and all those January is one last one last round of applause for the doctor I'm sorry there's been a change one hundred thousand dollars in honor of Dr ferio and his wife unbelievable and now before we do that rabbi I would also my wife Alice and I would like to give and honor the farewell family the doctor and his wife an additional eighteen thousand dollars to the Torah center tonight to keep the fundraiser going and the doctor would like to dedicate eighteen thousand dollars to the Torah Center and now we asked the doctor to remain on stage we asked the others to descend now we welcome back yaakov shwekey to honor a man who performs through Hashem Hashem gives him the ability to perform Miracles before you bring on yaakov please 30 seconds if the doctor would like to say something I'm sorry to interrupt yaakov he'll forgive me thank you ladies and gentlemenim thank you very much for your appreciation I appreciate what you're doing and I am very happy to help the community any anytime day and night and from my my heart I love the community and thank you for everything [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] barely see them again [Music] [Applause] [Music] small little yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] I need money [Music] [Applause] [Music] International [Music] foreign [Music] standing on the shoulders of giants how can we even compare to Elders wise and sometimes no generation has ever seen to you know what one pure deep could mean [Music] it [Music] [Applause] all depends on me [Applause] [Music] today the way you behave can make tomorrow's front page is there anything you would change if you knew you were on the world [Music] is waiting for you to hear the call will you make the choice to change it all right [Music] now it's true [Music] all depends on Earth that's right heads on me and you [Music] [Applause] stop taking yourself for granted all the gifts you have been handed an act of kindness to another he felt across the planet [Music] to the people you come from they're all hoping you'll be the one the one [Music] is [Music] we know it's true [Music] it all depends on me [Applause] foreign what's that yes it all depends on us right [Music] it could be you it can be us what you can do is glorious the world is waiting to see can be you could be us we know it's true we have to trust it all depends on me and you it all pens on me and you one act of kindness Hashem right learning Torah every single night we could be the generation to bring mashiach we could be it could be us right is what's next my friend okay we got my dear friend bring them back on stage Unger please come on foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] you know [Music] what an appropriate song for tonight moments we gotta sing the Tour all right we gotta singer yes he can come up of course he can Mastery right foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you know [Music] universe [Music] [Applause] [Music] singing the song of Liberto [Music] come on every dollar counts let's go what could be better than that [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] in the world hello [Music] everybody [Music] [Applause] [Music] I'm fine [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] say hi guys [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] was away [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] baby name [Music] [Applause] [Music] the best thank you so much sound fantastic we like to bring on to the stage my dear friend who was on here before he has such nishama in his songs and he told me some beautiful words of Torah before backstage I want to bring him on stage my dear friend etan cats [Music] thank you it's got a lot of cards here which is a very good sign with a lot of zeros fantastic the zeros are after the numbers [Music] it is a wonderful sign yaakov because we have some very significant pledges to announce here tonight those of you who are watching live at home you are indeed responding because of a shock and you are coming through as you do each and every year another 52 thousand dollars for Charlotte Center Jimmy kesri 18 000 Charles Dewitt ten thousand dollars Michael R towel ten thousand dollars Joseph Sam gindy twelve thousand dollars another anonymous at fifty two thousand dollars Rabbi Isaac adid at fifty two hundred dollars Anonymous eighteen thousand dollars gave kezria ten thousand dollars the hittery family Bert whose son Isaac is the orchestrator of what you see before you at five thousand dollars Sammy and Stephen orfalli eighteen thousand dollars victim and allowing my friend ten thousand dollars Anonymous twelve thousand dollars Michael Escala eighteen thousand dollars Joseph Gabrielle JoJo sihabar ten thousand dollars Anonymous thirty six thousand dollars Anonymous thirty thousand dollars another anonymous at fifty two thousand dollars and lastly before yaakov and etan Regal us with the Beautiful music that they know so well and they know how to synthesize and sing together there is a very special dedication tonight and that is memory of somebody very special who we recently lost a woman who was very dear to many many many people this dedication is in memory of Haya salad 52 000 May how memory be blessed gentlemen yaakov aetan do what you do best come on [Music] a man [Music] foreign [Music] fish before [Music] who wash an animals [Music] [Applause] [Music] what's your name is [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] washing [Music] emotionally foreign [Applause] [Music] thank you thank you so much thank you so much to all those that need it amen once again give it up rate on cash yaakov I only interrupt to make money for the Torah Center I don't just interrupt just like that so please forgive me but there's a very special Dedication that was just made and I am obliged to announce it otherwise I would unless I was forced to in honor of myself and mainly in honor of Isaac hittery and all the salespeople that you don't see here that are working behind the scenes by Albert schwecker who himself is one of those people fifty two hundred dollars Anonymous 5200 Jack Edmund yadid who of course responded here at dear friend of the Torrance Center and everything good in our community 52 thousand US Dollars Charlie Gamal ten thousand dollars Anonymous twenty six thousand dollars let those pledges continue and let them come in everything you've seen tonight is only in an effort to support Torah more Torah and more Torah the more we do here the more they can do over there pledges 5252 dollars fifty two thousand it all counts and it all adds up keep it coming yaakov take it away can't say it better than that we had a new song that has made waves around Hashem it's Shabbos call up Joey Newcomb on the stage my dear friend Joey Silverdale hi Lincoln Joey from nine to five the wheel just keeps on turning transformation [Music] within our soul time to unwind The Daily Grind is over and we can find the Peace of Mind the light inside that makes us whole in a moment that dates back to Creation hashems in control we let out a sigh and look up to this so happy it's finally [Music] good service [Music] right the healing is special children over there foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's shopping [Music] [Applause] tonight [Music] [Applause] he's got it Joey stay with us for just a couple of minutes yaakov we thank you for that incredible performance once again and we continue to raise more and more money just to support Torah I've said before it's like the gas in the tank to power the machine that is the Torah Center my mind just imagines more rabbis more Torah that call Torah permeating throughout the entire building and you can be a part of it and these people have chose to do so it's 2600 in honor of Rummy Schreiber and Kobe natano yes Kobe natano behind the scenes do incredible work who I saw in the crowd eighteen thousand dollars Mercury Innovations 5200 5200 Albert J Franco 20 000 Dr Joseph 75 000 Toby Isaac yadid 5200 Jimmy atis eighteen thousand dollars Danny our dear dear Danny soror 5200 in honor of Dr fariwa Isaac hadry fifty two hundred dollars Isaac Pardo ten thousand dollars Anonymous 26 thousand dollars ten thousand four hundred dollars fifty two hundred dollars and here is a big one very significant in honor of Rabbi yadid and Rabbi Raymond Haber to generals at the helm of this Army of Torah Anonymous 100 000 give a round of applause and now Joey is joined [Music] the Joey Brothers yes [Music] yes foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] attention [Music] foreign [Music] somebody [Music] baby [Music] thank you Joey brother Joey what a performance [Music] [Applause] let me hear you soon foreign [Music] what's up [Music] [Applause] [Music] did nothing though [Music] Buffalo honey [Music] honey honey [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you Square [Applause] but later right but more money to be raised there is but more to do gentlemen have no fear there's plenty of music coming [Music] foreign [Music] ladies and gentlemen the foundation that holds up This Magnificent Palace of music that you heard here tonight is the incredible Fray look Band Please give it up for these gentlemen [Music] in a moment we're going to introduce something special but as I read off the pledges I ask all those who are in person to come join us here at the front for something that is special and perhaps you have never experienced but first Nemo give me eighteen thousand dollars Michael Patel ten thousand dollars Joey are a country twenty six thousand dollars Anonymous eighty two hundred dollars twelve thousand dollars Abe Shalom 26 000 Ezra any ten thousand dollars Maurice Isaac Cason a friend twelve thousand dollars Abraham J cassen 7 800 Anonymous eighteen thousand dollars another anonymous at forty thousand dollars twelve thousand dollars twelve thousand dollars Abraham Albert ten thousand dollars Bobby Jersey seven Georges as your family thirty six thousand dollars and by the elementary families twelve thousand dollars in memory of Gene but sell her grandma Jean and matriarch at the Helm of the Torah Dynasty and one last I hope not last but definitely another hundred thousand dollars in honor of Rabbi May the Zach Aaron and Daniel three thousand dollars in honor of Joey Newcomb you can do that too you can do that as well please join us here in the front those who are standing please if you would mind take a seat there is a special performance that we have here tonight it is not just music we have coined it as an immersive musical experience you have been accustomed to singer singing on stage and projecting outward tonight there's going to be a reciprocation coming from the audience the singer will sing or the singer is rather will sing and you will perform with them on their cue get ready to sing get ready for a motion get ready for feeling please get ready for Aton cats thank you [Music] foreign everybody how's everyone doing tonight [Music] so I know that you've been singing the entire night together with all the wonderful performers out here I don't want to ask everybody to take it up a notch right now okay we're gonna sing a together but I need you for this thing and I need you to know one word one word and that's ruach let me hear everybody say ruach a little bit louder all right so when I point to you I want you to say that word in in the melody you'll get it right away I'm positive here we go [Music] foreign [Music] it all right [Music] together with me I've been awesome [Music] I know I found shares forgive [Music] us [Music] he does [Music] oh all right they need your help now everyone together here we go foreign [Music] kind of workers answers [Music] foreign [Music] I'm enough of our love [Music] I love [Music] you [Applause] [Music] eitan it is hard to put into words what you do and the feeling that you evoke in the masses we appreciate your presence here and we're looking forward to hearing more and I could say that not just from myself but just watching the faces out there in the crowd and I have no doubt that the thousands who are watching us and being simulcast across the Jewish World feel the exact same way it's a very very special experience listening to you Eton cats rabbitai [Applause] the Torah Center is now inching closer to the goal where they want to be in terms of their fundraising support and right now we're at 2.3 million dollars but I will give a quote that I heard once from you rabbi yadid somebody once asked what the budget is you said the more money you give us the more we'll do so if the number is 2.3 million dollars if everybody here contributes 4.6 they'll do all the more so with the money and so that's our goal tonight the goal is to get more support for Torah and Torah alone despite the spellbinding experience that you have now it's all for Torah the Hoffman Family ten thousand dollars ten thousand dollars Alan R Ashkenazi a person was featured last year on this program in a video in a very raw and inspiring message who I heard from a person personally he said that video changed my life Alan to scale in its vote for your thirty six thousand dollars Eddie J shammy ten thousand dollars Victor Edmund side there fifty two thousand dollars Jack Edmondson fifty two thousand dollars Daniel Seton fifty two hundred dollars Anonymous fifty four thousand dollars another anonymous at a hundred thousand dollars Jack ajmi Foundation six thousand dollars enough from me more from you a time take it away thank you [Music] I keep hey [Music] repeat [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] let's go everybody [Music] this is for all of you comfortable what's in for our sitting and learning Tyra every single day [Music] like everybody together let's go [Music] let me hear the harmony [Music] I love I lost [Music] are you available [Music] thank you [Music] let's go baby [Music] foreign [Music] fishes [Music] just you guys [Music] I die [Music] you'll forgive me and our crowd will forgive me as well when I see you it's a good sign it is a good sign it's a good song it's a good sign too as well ten thousand dollars and sunny safety Anonymous another incredible hundred thousand dollars this is now a record for the Torah Center the amount of a hundred thousand dollar donations it has received by the end of the night I'm sure he'll give us a hundred thousand dollars eighteen thousand dollars Ellie Ezra and Joey Levy twelve thousand dollars Ellie alcata ten thousand dollars in honor of his wife Anonymous eighteen thousand dollars Joey mamrut and only eighteen thousand dollars and now now a friend of the program and a friend of the tourist center you've seen him here once before tonight he'll join us again Joey Newcombe Joey Newcomb let's go [Music] okay [Music] everybody else let's go everybody stand up let's go [Music] all right everybody [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] I'm done [Music] huh [Music] one more time [Music] foreign [Music] as the night moves along there is much more music to be played but there is a particular acknowledgment I'd like to make there is an incredible team at work as we enjoy ourselves here in this ballroom and as you enjoy yourselves there at home there is a team at work literally non-stop pressing ahead for the last few weeks and now today to bring you what you see before you but more importantly to bring you what you the Torah Center sees on a daily basis this incredible team is compiled of many men and dare I say who they are because a they won't let me and B I may miss one or two but behind those men that join us in the mezzanine please give them a round of applause they've sacrificed their husband's time they sacrifice their energy and their family life all for the benefit of the Torah Center the next song you know life has its ups and its downs and its Ebbs and its flows sometimes it's easy sometimes it's challenging but of course life is life throughout it though and throughout our journey alarm is by outside there are times we need to be reminded of that this song is one of the most powerful songs in the Rolodex joining etan and Joey is a magnificent person with an even more magnificent voice shmuel oh good evening everybody how are you doing [Music] Joey oh why your brother's fooled over here let's do this give it up for brother spool cover over there [Applause] [Music] I can't miss something [Music] mayday [Music] mayday [Music] I have loved you for this [Music] I have loved you for this I have drawn you with my love the mountains [Music] [Applause] [Music] will not end [Music] s will crumble and the Hills [Music] Light It Up [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the mountains what's up with faith [Music] [Applause] the mountains [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] friends morning numbers [Music] [Applause] [Music] painted [Music] I see [Music] I investors [Music] foreign oh you've ever remember [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I I [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] gentlemen we're going to say goodbye for just a moment to each one of you we'll see you back in just a minute say goodbye for just a second to eitan Joey and shmuel if that is all we brought you here tonight that alone Diana but there is more left in the chamber we have more to share with you for those still watching live at home we thank you for your presence we see you on the ticker we appreciate your support a few things tonight just because figures are being thrown around maybe they become frivolous and maybe they become almost unimportant but if you recognize that each one is staggering in and of itself the idea that you can have a thousand people that have actual jobs and real families that spend their mornings and their nights immersed in Torah is a near Miracle the idea that you can have dozens and dozens and dozens of the highest quality rabbis who cater to their every spiritual win that as well is a near Miracle but the idea that this has been going on for decades and the idea that the best is still yet to come that is the biggest Miracle of all in a community that has grown by Leaps and Bounds over the last few decades we are Baruch Hashem experiencing a spiritual and a Torah Renaissance we must appreciate the moment that we're in and appreciate the time that we get to experience we are holding they tell me at 2.6 million dollars we have officially exceeded last year's amount however we are not yet done there's more money to be raised there's more Torah to be learned and there's more music to be heard for the grand finale I welcome back to the stage first yaakov shwekey shmuel younger schmuel Joey Newcomb and a DOT Katz [Music] [Applause] [Music] yeah [Music] this is [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] let's go [Music] smoothie [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] laughs [Music] oh listen to me we're missing eight times [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] down [Music] here stop it enough [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I don't know foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Hallelujah [Music] [Applause] outside [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] we never forget Jerusalem [Applause] Where We Are [Applause] [Music] Frozen [Music] [Applause] I live [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] what a magnificent evening here tonight we thank you so much everybody that's looking on through the screens or whatever it is [Music] guitar Guitar Center continue to raise funds to learn to run hold up the world thank you so much for having us on behalf of all of us here thank you good evening thank you [Music] as we close out the night please join me in thanking the Frederick Orchestra yaakov shweki eitan cats Joey Newcomb shmuel Shmoe younger Isaac Henry Zuna zafrani [Applause] Stephanie s's Michael Jamal from Gotham Hall told us at the team thank you all good night [Music] [Applause] thank you foreign [Music] foreign