The Holy Rabbi Blumstein

When you love another Yid, and you spread joy, then you're going to come to Hashem, and you come to Torah. Because once a person loves another Yid, they realize that there's a Borei Olam, and we're all children, because we're sons of God. It brings to everything. >> Okay, we're here in Woodmere with Rabbi Bluestein here at Yesmach Moshe. Rabbi, what is Yesmach Moshe? >> About 10 years ago, we wanted to start a shul, which is of course founded in the foundations of Torah and tefillah. But we wanted a shul where simcha became one of the equal footings as well. Kodesh Boruch Hu said tells us that we have to serve God with simcha, and we wanted to have a shul where Yid can come in and smile. >> For those that don't know Rabbi Bluestein, you work in education. You work at Shalomas. You've worked at HAFTR. Where did this come from, this fire to be a part of of bringing Torah and Yiddishkeit to the community? >> I had the great zechus of learning in all the regular Litvish yeshivas, which I loved. It was a heilige heilige experience, but there was something missing from my life. And when I would walk into shul, I I wasn't clear. Am I supposed to be serious? Is it a Is it a mitzvah to be sad? Am I supposed to be happy? If I smile too much, people look at me like I'm crazy. I found that there are other people like me who in their nefesh they're chassidish, and their neshama needs that warmth and that love for them to be able to daven. So, um it talked to me, and and I knew if it talked to me, it'll talk to others, and that's why we started Yesmach Moshe. >> Is there a story or stories you want to share with us that happened under in this roof? >> It was shortly after I started Yesmach Moshe that the Thank You Hashem movement was born. Now, the Thank You movement was born independent of Yesmach Moshe, but now I had an organization that I could rely on. So, it was a godsend that Thank You Hashem is something that I could piggyback on, because it represented everything that I wanted to do in a shul. But now I have a national organization that's spreading Torah all over the world.