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Remembering Danny Vaiselberg Z”L | Gathering After His Levaya | Rabbi Daniel Kalish
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We're coming together. I've just come
straight from a Levia and we're coming
together straight Danny's Levia Danny
Vaselberg's Levia ended a few minutes
ago. Now, truth be
told, truth be told,
easily, maybe easily is a gma, but truth
be told that we can, we can get together
and we all have different rooms inside
of us, and I could leave that room of
pain, that room that houses that leva
and the pain of Danny's Petira, and I
can enter in a different room. We're all
very very broad and have different rooms
inside of us. I can look at Mayor
Davidson's face and get a and enter in a
different room and speak to
you and I could I I can come and we
could meet in a different
room. It's not that I can't go to a
different room. I don't think I should
go to a different room. I want to come
to you from that room, my friends.
I want to stay in that room with
you by in the asum
intensifying. So we read that of ya the
ni and is running away from his mission.
He doesn't want to give moer to nve and
he's running away from his mission. He's
running away from God and he's on a ship
with a bunch
of a bunch of idol
worshippers is on a ship and a s a great
storm comes and it threatens to drown
the
ship and they're all wondering. They
make lotteryies. They make lotteryies to
to to to figure out whose fault is this
which one of
the which one of these evildoers is the
cause of the storm of the great S the
great storm whose fault is the storm and
they draw lots and they're trying to
figure it
out and tells them and says to all these
sailors these
I
know this great storm is because of
me. It's easy to point fingers. It's
easy and there many fingers to point.
He's surrounded
by but
knows the knows the
I know this is my fault.
The message is to me. It's not to
you at the heart
of
know there's a my friends there's a
storm. There's a a great storm in the
world. And aid doesn't point fingers. He
doesn't say it's others. A yid is taught
at the heart of yum kipper how to live
his life when he's so open when his l is
a bus buster at this point in yipper
late in the day when he's barely a
physical person anymore he's barely
physical
he's heard the voice come out of he's
bowed in front of he hasn't eaten he's
detached from the physical. At that
point, the Yiddu as a buser is taught
he's taught in his life when events
happen to take
responsibility to understand that to
take responsibility.
What always does is how can I improve?
What can I do?
This this great storm took a delicate
sensitive person. Danny Vasel was a
sensitive person, a sensitive
soul. He was in tremendous
pain. And we I didn't give him enough
cover. He wasn't respected enough to
free that soul. Covet is what frees a
person.
Respect. David cut the garment of sh.
And because he cut the garment, Sha
Amelik's he cut scholar and he had good
reasons to cut Scha's garment. But
because David Amel didn't respect the he
didn't respect clothing. He cut Schol's
garment for heaven's sakes. David
Aamelik was nervous for his life. He was
hiding in a cave worried that Shaw would
kill him. And he wanted to show the
Shaw. Schaw was looking around the cave
for David Melik and David was in a good
hiding spot and he cut the back of
Schaw's garment so that when they were
at a safe distance he called out to
Shaw. He said I am not a malus I'm not
rebellious look if I wanted I could have
killed you. So he cut his garment so
Shaw if you don't believe me I was in
position to kill you. Look at your
garment you'll see it cut. He had every
reason to cut the garment. But it's a
fact at David Amel's end of his life,
clothing would not warm David Amelik. He
had reason to cut the garment. And maybe
it's was going to try to save his life.
But it's a fact. If you disrespect
things, they don't have their strength.
The strength of clothing to warm is
robbed from the clothing. Since David
didn't respect the goddam they lose
their natural power clothing have a
power to warm the power to give warmth
to all that clothing cover but if you
don't respect clothing it takes away its
power mitzvah have power to uplift the a
mitzvah uplifts aid but tells us one
condition you have to Show reverence to
a
mitzvah. If you respect the mitzvah, it
unleashes its
kayak. Danny was
mole sweet, sensitive, the type wouldn't
harm a fly. Wanted people's goodness.
Didn't want to hurt one of the most
sensitive souls I've encountered. But
this sensitive soul was locked with s.
And it needed honor. Danny needed cover,
love, warmth. Respect to unleash
the respect of garments gives them their
ability to warm. Respect of mitzvah
gives mitzvah the ability to uplift us
to elevate us. Respect of a human being
unleashes the kus the massive godly
powers that are inherent in every human
being. But respect, tremendous
appreciation of unleashes
those. I promise you, Rabbi say, I
promise Danny Basilberg, Danil Yeshua
Ben Aman, I promise you, there will be
many people. I promise you. I swear to
you, there will be many, many people
that will have their powers unleashed
because of Danny Vaselberg. I promise
you and I promise him more important. I
promise you and swear to him there will
be many people who will be more
respected, more appreciated and more
loved to unleash their kus to bring out
the power that's so much in a
person. Danny will get the credit and
the and I ask you Rabai join in a
revolution. this sensitive soul, this
beautiful
Mishama, let us all not point fingers,
but
say let us take responsibility.
this storm, this horrible storm shali, I
take
responsibility and let us resolve the
greater strength to be mab the next
person to find deeper powers to respect
to appreciate to love the next person
stronger better authentically at more of
a cost to ourselves.
come out of oursel and respect the next
person must be the rallying cry for
Daniel Yeshua Ben for this precious
gentle soul. Respect the next person.
Love him. Don't judge him. Don't put
down the next person. Don't fall for the
tough veneer, the tough external. Don't
be fooled. Don't be fooled by what you
see. See better. See deeper. See more.
See beauty.
Unleash by respecting, by appreciating,
by seeing deeper, by valuing, by
understanding.
Unleash. It's my commitment. I ask you
to join in a rallying cry of respect.
Rabbi say of greater respect. Don't let
rest on your laurels. Sure, we're good
at this. We're fair at this. Get better.
Get more. Stop being so comfortable that
we're good at this. better,
more greater levels. Ya also could have
said, "I serve Hashem." He was much
bigger than everybody else in that ship.
Much bigger. And he could have said his
a
was it was full
of But he
said, he said, "I have to strengthen. I
have to be more exact
with throw me overboard. I take
responsibility and I say to us Rabbi say
let us all be mazik let us all
strengthen ourselves in the merit of
this sensitive sensitive delicious
uplifted elevated soul let Danny get
tremendous we will do for him let me
resolve that there's somebody in your
life who's going to be
unleashed unleash a person with respect
with love, with appreciation. Unleash a
person in your life and do it for Danny.
Do it for Danny. Rabbi say unleash
somebody in your life. It has to be a
quiet campaign for he was quiet. It has
to be subtle. It can't be a billboards
and posters and stamps. Do it for Danny,
but you're not let it anywhere. He was
way too sophisticated and subtle and
sensitive. This revolution goes from my
heart to your heart. I ask join me
please Rabbi say unleash somebody's kus
with a revolution of respect your sister
your brother your cousin your uncle
unleash somebody's kus with love with
appreciation
of and it should be all that should be
an elo for
Daniel's gentle and precious soul and it
will elevate him he will receive that
gift yes I didn't call him enough yes I
was not in touch with Danny enough. But
I will give him gifts. He is there in
Abu and he will get gifts in Abu. I will
call to him there with gifts that he'll
appreciate. He was gentle. He didn't
want to see anybody suffer. This gentle
soul who loved his siblings. The way
Yoni and him related was something
nobody will forget in Yeshua. The
enduring memory I have as two brothers.
Tremendous love. I will ask Yoni to come
and speak to us. I will tell him there's
a campaign that I I beg everybody. It
can't be written down anywhere. It has I
want it deeper and more. It can't be
written anywhere. A do it for Danny
campaign or be somebody. I don't want
anybody settling with just the slogan
and a wristband or anything. It's not
going to be written anywhere. There will
be a campaign, a sensitive campaign.
Unleash your spouse's kus. Unleash your
daughter, your son, your brother, your
sister, your mother, your mother-in-law
by appreciating somebody, by valuing.
Because
when it allows the that can warm so well
to warm
when that can uplift people, it gives it
the power to
uplift. The yid the massive kus endowed
in every yid is
unleashed. This will be our way. Danny
was a
powerhouse. Massive kus were in there.
Massive. It can't be that it's going in
the ground. It can't be. It's
impossible. There was massive kus and
we're going to unleash them. There will
be many people walking around. Many. I
promise you there will be many people
walking around who are stronger, better,
and able to unleash their inner self.
That self that's so there, that power
because they're respected. That is the
force that unleashes the in every single
person.
And I ask you my my friends I ask you
coming from this to this I ask you I beg
you all join in this campaign of
respecting people of appreciating the
next
person. I'm going to ask and I feel
badly these sadikim are not my they
don't owe me to do anything. I'm going
to
ask
if
sing these
people were crying but with resolve. I'm
going to
ask if they can sing to us Please
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I wanted to tell thera a
story years ago in Durham a few years
ago I think Jacob Hill good was laning I
believe it was our precious Yakov it's
definitely appropriate that he's the one
who gave gave me this muser. But I want
to share a story. This is what happened.
Well, I'll ask Jacob who happens to be
with us right now if he was the one
laning. I think he was. And Jacob
Goodman was laning from the it was
parash. And the gab calls up. He says
and he
calls Beni. He calls me up for Sheni the
second Ali and
Pares and Yakov Hill is laning the Tyra
and Yakov who is a caring and concern
for the next person. He reads the
following words. It was a few I
read. It was the fourth P in my aliyah
and the fourth P he
says Yehuda says how can I face my
father and I don't have my brother with
me I can't face my father if my brother
is not with
me how can I look my father in the
face he's going to ask me I'll say
Look, I'm here. I'm at Shakas. I'm
learning. I'm serving. I made it. Tata,
I'm here. And the first question dad's
going to
ask. I've gone recently on some hikes
with my children. And they, you know,
they run off on a little bit, a little
this way, a little that way. So, I
always make sure an older one is with a
younger one. If an older one would go a
little off the path and run back and
say, "Tat, I'm back. Don't worry. I say,
"You're back. I love you. Now, where's
your
brother? How can I face my
father? And I don't have my brother with
me in the yeshiva. The call is to grow.
The crawl is to climb. But bring your
roommate with you. 12th grader.
Beautiful. You're staging. Bring the
10th grade with you. Where's your
Where's your camera? Where's your
friend? Inspire, encourage, bring the
next person with. When Jacob Hill, that
person, it was a combination of the
words and that precious who lives these
words. When he said to
me, "How can I face my father?"
Ask Jacob Hill if the story is true. He
tried to
turn. We got you could look in a safe
when you get a chance. In middle of this
Ali, you're supposed to turn columns and
I was stuck. I had already read three. I
couldn't go on. I was inus. So the
balky, you should read along. Don't do
my supposed to read with the balky
silently when you get aliyah. But this
was my fourth p. And I couldn't leave
this
pac motion to be turned. When you're the
so you turn it and he unrolls the next
column. I just shook my head. No, he
thought something was wrong with me and
he unfolded and by himself did the next
column. I wasn't leaving these words.
Let's rais these words for our precious
friend Danny. We're not leaving our
We're not leaving our loyalty to Danny.
The older knows Danny. Many of the know
Yoni. Yoni is a the older brother and
the way he cared about his brother was
sensitivity with care and concern. Yoni
is
aas of arvos of responsibility. Yo yi
can answer the question
of yi cared about his
brother let us be greater love of our
brother greater respect grow and bring
others with us bring others to the tat
it's the obvious question the tat as
I'll tell you a min that ramstein has
started in durham I love this
minug before kabal Shabas right
Brownstein always endur weekly so their
guests people come to yeshiva for shabas
kesh whether it's an alumnest whether
it's a
a and bram all week are on different the
12th graders learning the bish the 11th
learn in the classrooms one over so well
shabas were all in the bish and right
brownstein started a minute before kaba
shabas begins he wants
to greet each
other and it was such I I so appreciate
it. Rabbi say you ever had guests and
old guests I'm picturing in a few years
comes to visit me. He comes with this
beautiful mishb everybody knows it will
picture you and Casper in a few years.
So you come with your precious family.
Everybody knows that before you two are
comfortable. You've been friends for
years, but you settle in the children.
You make sure they're playing with the
right games. I visualize Casper knocks
to my door. Ah, before we hug quickly,
but then he he hasn't told
the boys, girls, I need to make sure his
mishbah is comfortable. and he wants me
if we would just start sch smoozing me
and Yisf we would talk about old times
and we would talk about our friendship
and his kids are sitting there restless
uncertain y would be I thought we're
good friends the first thing to do is
let's settle the kids here let's get
this one playing Lego you throw we'll
play Lego with your oldest y this one
will let's set them settle everybody in
everybody settled all the children are
settled now the two sit down for an
intimate discussion we all times it
would be a strange person to ignore all
the kids that's not
a and brownstein was ka we're greeting
thems here let's settle down all his
children everyone should be
comfortable set up well with the right
in the right mind frame then together we
Let's also prove our medal as greeters.
You're greeting by are you a good
greeter? Are you each other
properly each
one? I call all our
precious let us be able to answer that
question.
Let's answer that that arous was that
responsibility we have one for another
cause that I bring along my brother in
my ascent in my growing in my
care I bring along I bring along
my I have to read I'm sure is if it's
there's a long text here a long comment
that looks good from the bladders he
says I'll read it to you I went the
bladder say something Everything stops.
Every year when reading
parish, the preeminent student of the
holy, we overcome with
emotion. Yehuda unabashedly exclaims,
"For how can I go up to my father and
the lad is not with me?" I to ask
myself, said the mayor, how can I go up
to my father in heaven, the lad is not
with me? What will I say to my venerable
father when he asks what have I done for
the youth of my generation? Thank you
the bladders for always always getting
it right say I
ask that precious diamond that sensitive
soul I ask that all of us unlock
somebody in your life. I beg
you. I guarantee I promise Danil I
promise Danny I guarantee people will be
unlocked that I will try to respect and
appreciate and love and see through
veneers to help unlock I'll be something
which will give it some
person it gives it to
warnab gives it to
give a human being it gives it unleashes
its I ask everybody to join to join me
Let's unlock people around us. Let's be
able to answer that precious question
that Yakubo will ask me on that Shabas.
Let's be able to ask answer that
question that here Dati my brother is
very much with me. That is the gift that
we'll give to Danny because he's very
much coming along with us. I want to
thank the guys. Many people came
straight through Leva for joining the
creas of of learning. I told the rasha
that I didn't I didn't know how many
would come today many after the but it's
it speaks about the I thank the for
joining and coming I want to wish us all
we should
hear we should continue to grow and
together 8:30 tonight will be learn
tomorrow at two I wanted to share
something today with the that's like
extremely fundamental we'll push it off.
Today was a different sub, but we'll
push it off tomorrow at 2. Have an
outstanding day. Rabbi say have a good
day.