Shmorg 6: The Oorah Journey

my name is mayor Zuckerman I'm a psychotherapist and private practice in Lakewood New Jersey I'm also a professor of Social Work at Long Island University in Brooklyn I was invited to attend an event of Shabbos IDI at the zone and it was such an amazing experience from beginning to end my name is Sora Levithan ski my family had the unique opportunity to spend Rosh Hashanah thisone for a number of years it was a very unique and special experience for all of us by way of introduction my name is minashi Miller I had the opportunity to spend Shabbos Hanukkah with my entire family at the remarkable zone who risk in the previous two years I had spent Shabbos Hanukkah overseas with the United States Air Force and Iraq and Qatar and all you did I graciously took this opportunity and in my wildest dreams couldn't have imagined how great of a Shabbos would have been just from the moment you walked in the the atmosphere from the physical atmosphere to the atmosphere of the people was it was just outstanding whoever did something that I believe is unique and something that really nobody else has ever done they effectively brought together two different worlds there were many people there that were experiencing their first Rosh Hashanah never having experienced it in its full environment of Torah of Fela of pseudo sand meals in the way that we know was meant to be and there were many others there that were born from had the opportunity and benefit of a strong terror education and we were all brought together for one purpose in one goal of growing in terror together it was so moving to see everybody go from being just strangers to being friends and and connected in such a special way it really moves me here I was coming to their Shabbos at the zone to give his ook and it's done I walked away my family and I we walked away totally my cousin being in a Chaba zone is incredible people come up on Friday and you see them and they look very ordinary then through that or journey over Shabbos when we come to reflections at the end of the event and people say what they've done and how they've changed over Shabbos it's amazing for me and my family there was a four-hour journey from Lakewood up to the mountains but for these were campers it's a uber journey for life what Rosh Hashanah at the zone taught me is that the or journey is not just about a camp it's not just about a young tip it's not just about building a Sukkah it's that the word journey is about the Torah way of life walking down this road on my journey through life I don't know which way to turn or which path is right the distance the darkness seems to pie journeys not so far cuz the truth is in my heart I know that I I know that I'm right at home here in the zone I'll reach my destiny on my journey to eternity [Music] I know that I'm at home here in the zone I'll reach my destiny it's my you Roger knee [Music] before me - fine I never my worth it's beautiful it's not my journey [Music] my rubies and now I've reached up I know that I'm [Music] reach my destiny on my journey to eternity [Music] alone I know that I'm right at home here in the zone I reach my destiny it's my you return [Music] oh here [Applause] on my journey to eternity [Music] reach my destiny on my journey through I know ha I know that here in the I reached my on my you journey no soul we tried on my you Roger [Music]