The man that gave up his six million dollar mansion for Jewish visitors in Brooklyn. Moshe Rubashkin

Hey guys, welcome to the fourth episode of Clappy and Frank. It's really really exciting to be back tonight with a legend legend superstar Rab Mosha >> from the famous famous Rabashkin family. Um Ramosa wears many hats. He is a philanthrop he was a big philanthropist at one point in his life. I don't know I haven't seen his book either. I'm not his accountant >> but is such an amazing individual, but you see him going by the telling he wants to be a millionaire. >> I don't think there's another person in the world on camera telling the Lava he wants to be a multi-millionaire. >> It happened. No, you're doing good. Today Mosha is very involved in he was always involved in but it's something that takes up his entire life 24/7 365 and his busiest season of the entire year of tish where he has >> coming upon us >> coming upon us in a couple of days where he hosts the entire world that comes to crown ice how many people sleep what's the record >> relax he's still talking >> I know what's the record of people slept in your house at once >> you don't give iron horror relax go Tish he has tens and tens of thousands of people that go through his um house his suka and throughout the whole entire year um he has many he opened up his home to Clius where it's a sim home free of charge for the community by the community the community being himself and was also in the vakult so what I think we should do tonight is first raha should tell us a little bit about his upbringing on how he turned into Mosha Raashkin where he grew up I believe in Bar Park and tell us a little bit about his upbringing and how he turned into the famous Maurashkin. >> We want to know how you turned your mansion on the fancy street in Crown Heights to a public uh horse stable. >> And you're still married? That's that's >> Oh, that's that's that's well well that's called the >> Where you from? What's your story? >> Okay. What's my story? We're going to jump around a little bit. Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um >> because we're talking to people that may have never met you before. >> I guess I didn't meet myself. >> Let's keep it like that. It's doing pretty good. >> Pretty good. So, it's very very interesting. Where were you born? >> I was born in Burough Park in my mother's hospital and I fell out of a bed at 6 months years old. >> Was it common for Kabad families not to live in Cranites and live in Bor Park? >> Did told my parents to live in Cranites. >> Did the >> to live live where the My parents came after the 1950 told my parents to live in Burough Park because the flesh chef is long hours. They meet business long hours and this and um summer is very hot, winter's very cold to live lean. So we went all my sisters all went to Baku. My brothers all went to Stone Stone Reb right now played in my house Monopoly. I remember and bicycle brother >> what >> was he good at Monopoly? I was too young to watch to see but that was the concept you know and he was u so he grew up in Burough Park and then I went to lab shiva for one year Bedford and Dean then I went to Ocean Parkway and then uh I went to Neov for two and a half years >> having to phat and I got to tell you and then didn't let me into Martha because He couldn't handle all the shilas I have >> the energy >> whatever >> shas in Gamara >> in Alzing and uh I thank him till today I love him >> and instead of Mars town you went where >> I went to work and >> what age >> at 17 I worked at my dad's store then I went on vacation to Florida label Shapiro saw I came every morning to Davin so he sent his brother-in-law Adam Lieberman that they will accept me in Yeshiva to learn >> Miami. And >> who's Aron Leverman in Fort Worth? >> Yeah. >> Oh, wow. >> Yeah. And I said, "It's too late. I'm done." And I don't know how to thank Disha till today. >> And how old are you? 18 then. >> 17. 18. 17 and a half. And I got married young. >> How How old? >> 20. >> Wow. >> And uh was very very >> How do you meet your wife? >> We're getting into a lot of different topics. >> Yeah. Obviously >> rabbits was my uh >> from campa. >> Yeah. Yeah. Sure. >> And u and uh yeah. >> And you working in the meat store when you got married? >> Yeah, I worked in the meat store. >> First of all, what let's back up today. When people hear of they think of this like massive tractor trailers, trucks in Iowa. That's a much much later thing. >> Your brother Sha Mat started that when in the 80s. >> No, it's not. My didn't start. Shamatra came in later. My father started in 1985. But but you're talking about you grew up in the 60s. >> Yes. >> So So what did what was Raashkin in the 60s in Burough Park? >> Self-service meat store. >> It was a butcher shop like a house like a butcher shop. >> Self-service meat store with like now 14th Avenue. >> 14th Avenue. We made our own salamis own hot dogs at everything wholesale federal. >> You didn't have house. You didn't do >> No, we did only in Iowa. That's when it started. >> So for 30 40 years it was just a butcher shop and you got the meat from whatever toys and then you were butcher shop. >> Right. Right. And then we got then we my parents owned a restaurant. my father on the textile business. >> I wanted to talk about crown. >> We're going to get there. We got to, you know, listen, I'm supposed to be nervous. Chill out, guys. We have a whole hour. So then you're going to cut it to slice it and then you're going to figure it out. It's very, very simple. Starts at home. Kids see everything what parents do. That means if you're talking in sh don't ask your kid at 17 not to talk in sh the most important business day of braha for a family is shabas kara. So at 30 years old my was never to talk to my friends during Davening >> at 30. >> At 30 that was my led aut because I watched and I had five six kids at that time already. Can I know and I lived at top of Salada the nicest people on Crown Street >> on Crown Street for over 20 years and I came home one night I lived in Borro the first two years and I came home one night and I says [ __ ] my father wants to help me build a house next door to him. She said, "Great, but we have to ask the Reba." That was the last thing I thought she'll tell me or myself. We wrote into the Reb. My told me my preference should be Crown Heights. So, we moved to Heights and we lived there for over 20 years. And I bought my house on President Street. And it was very interesting. It took me 11 12 years to get in. So, I never understood why it took me 11 12 years to get into the house for many different reasons. But the part I never understood. Then Rabbi Schl came into my house. It was pouring raining cats and dogs. It was maybe a hundred brim. And where the kitchen is now was the So we came in, I prepared crystal and wine. And he came with >> How many How many years ago was this? >> Oh, well, I'll get to it in a minute. I'll catch on to it in a minute. And I tell him, I don't know why it took me so long to move in. like he says he gave me a oneliner give a look what's going on by you and then I realized if I would have moved into this mansion in the 30s it would have been one type of house they have waited till like wine you know this your mindset your energies all your thing isb and there was nothing more important to the reb than the nothing in the 70s that paid for half of the tickets of older people. Now, let me explain to you something. I was 15 years old. I saw boys cleaning chickens, cleaning the mikvah, washing people's laundry, washing bathrooms. There was nothing they didn't do to save the $225 ticket to come here. And food the every household was open, but during the week they all starved. Friday night in Shabas everybody opened the houses but during the week there wasn't this type of food packaging and everything else so when Ab came here in the 70s he was starving starving starving now these things are what I remember so we all go to royal we all kash You know, and so when you know are not stupid are not stupid. Have that that extra you know like the extra energy. Now you can act to the Reb like aid or you can act to the Reb like a son or you can act to the Reb knowing what he wants. So how do you say thank you Rebba? Take care of the Reb's. It's simple as that. You take care of the Reb's orim. Wait, it says You can't go into how do you go into here? So you're coming. So when I got married, I was 20 years old and my father-in-law loved me for being the I had you know printed on the wall and I had all these goodies all these goodies. >> Not only you left your shield but you still did after you came. >> Yeah, sure. 99 $9.99 at Macy's. You know it wasn't me. I you know >> you had the paperwork. >> I had no paperwork. I'm marrying a Basco and he wanted me to marry I should learn a blam. So I said those days are over and I got to tell you something and that's the beauty of the Reba. The Reba takes every person if he's an onion or he's a carrot or he's a dumbbell or is it a shisha and who built all these shoes in Crown Heights are all the dropouts at a school where they throw out and all these boys are really the core of Crown Heights. All the I don't want to get into it because that's too it's not my thing. But I see and I smell has three things but the world doesn't have wanted he lost 50,000. You learned that as a little kid was the take any household. Oh, come home. Leave your shoes outside and take your friends to the garage and come never come back. You know, we have self-sacrificed. The Reb has shown us the unconditional have what's the Reb says if you want iced tea and I want coffee I shouldn't give you coffee because I'm enjoying coffee is great. No, I have to make sure you have the iced tea and this means I have a according to the and it makes a lot a lot of anyways you have a lot of questions but I but I'm on a double dual battery. How does the advertisement go? A double D. Okay. So, you want to know my history? It's very, very simple. I got married >> 20. >> At 20, 1978. >> You stayed in the meat business or how long? >> Yeah, sure. >> For how long? >> Another three years. Then >> let's not talk about me. Let's talk. >> It's about you. >> It's not about me. Let's I'm giving you I'm giving I'm giving you I'm giving you what you need to know. No, I'm giving to the fact >> we made $10,000 money. >> So, I stayed in the St. Moritz Hotel in Manhattan on 57 to 5th and I say [ __ ] the next day uh we made $10,000 but I want to give the rebba $18,000 let's start off our life with so she goes like this to me what do I know about money now you have to understand freedmans have no idea about money take any freedman from any any of the families money >> big guys >> the more than you can't you money is Turkish. Nothing. Not that. I went and sent in the $18,000. >> You had 10. Where did you get the other eight? >> You borrowed. >> You borrowed money the day after. >> Yeah. >> From who? >> Oh, from Sar's father. >> No, I was for my friends. $8,000. I gave it $18,000. Quiet. >> This is work from working in a meat store. Slicing salami. >> Not slice salami. We did breast flankin. We did middle chuck. We did rip steak. Minutes roast. We had all >> Where did you get this idea from to give the $18,000? You were 20 years old. >> If you ask me personally, it came from it came from zel come from. This is in the blood and DNA. And I'm not going to use the word ga because this has nothing to do with this has to do with family. Family you know in family. You ever see shim like family leave him come here. I love you. membership [ __ ] He was scream leave that bum alone. Remember those days? Paul Montgomery Street. He was He was so smart. He he did uplifting. Did I ever told my Weinberg my whole job was you know not because he wrote in why did he make down envelope and Shimshack was a PA system uplift to give the woman some color in the face feel wanted. Anyways, Mimega >> Yeah. >> came around the second first Russian Shan. >> You gave the $18,000. What was the represent response to a 20-year-old? $18,000. >> I don't know. I'll tell you in a minute. I don't know. Gave it to into mosquitoes. >> I'll explain you where it comes from. Then I went in the first year 21 years old and you know I learned [Music] the whole year. Yeah, I was a very goody goody boy. And now came what am I coming to with what? So I took another $18,000 loan and don't ask questions. Relax. And I send it into the lawyer. These were the words that did not let me sleep for weeks. And I walk from Burough Park to Crown Heights. I gave the another $18,000. I'm going to say laim. >> Okay. >> I'll get a wink. Not that nothing. Absolutely zero. >> Zero recognition. >> Yeah. Right. two three years later I'm married to four years five years and I come to in the outside the and the is walking through with the safet and I'm trying to reach and reach and I can't get to it impossible and that goes to mind does the know who I am no splitting yams that ever turned around with a safer and gave me a smile a simple smile I remember it till today the second night It didn't work. Went through it. That didn't turn around. >> He gave his smile. You were able to kiss the s. >> No. No. No. >> But a good smile. >> The smile was >> it's worth money. >> What I thought connected to the turned around. But why am I saying all these stories say the gets walked in to the safer and the cipher tried to tell him what how beautiful his the migill is that the Reb doesn't even have such a migill. So what did he do? He went and wrote a new brand new migilla with Rabbi Zerkin and brought it into the Reb. And the Reb took it. And not only the Reb took it, he he went and gave him a silver holder and label gave came gave $18 or $36. And they told me that if you're not going to take the money is not going to use >> the is not going to use it. So what did he do? took the money, went into mosquitoes and donated that the that money. So you're asking me >> where's the love gift from? >> So where did I get all this? It didn't come from >> DNA. DNA. >> It's embredded. It's embredded to the highest degree. So fast forward, life runs very quickly. My mother tells me her mother, she was one of 10 kids. Her mother died at 52. Kazanov her maid name was and told her why you crying yesterday I got married today you're getting married tomorrow your kids are getting married let me tell you a story about the zima one story and we'll move on the zim went to first anacles mitzvah and he got a letter from the rebab and it said It didn't say he packed up all his bags and he told everybody he's leaving. He did not stay for the bitzvah and they said that is a typo from typos and he passed away a short time later in Neville but that he was smart enough to see a letter from theb and pick himself up and leave his first mitzvah and go home and would say a great went to visit told him very thank you very touch you came to visit me. >> Wow. >> I'm preparing and this is the you understand. So you're asking me it's all in the you know I I went to buy today uh ovens for the we're opening a brand new bakery here now. We're going to be giving >> where in your Yeah. Yeah. Bakery bake full line bakery stuff. >> Last year the kdesh was the salt machines. >> No last year was sushi and salmon. So this year it's going to be sushi, salmon, and and and this year a bakery. We he want a bakery. We want a baker. We don't count. Don't count. The numbers don't count. Listen to me. This guy, this guy, we come from the same cloth. >> I'm giving you I'm giving you 50 years of life packaged here in 45 minutes. You're going to slice it up, but it's okay. Why did I agree to this podcast? First of all, you're very beautiful people. you both of you and the fact that you went to thank God they didn't boom bada boom came out alive you here I went to for two days a lot of [ __ ] I went for two days to then m picked me up in my ear it went out of my socket I was in Yaspala's class and yasi's class those guys learned gur not speed two I would see speed 10 is today what are you talking All of them. All of them. All of them. I ran back to Stal like this in Frankle Shaw. Yeah. I remember it like today. But it's okay. I love Yasul. There was nothing I did for yel >> got up got up my father and son and said we all want your kids who you have to go to the mikvah every morning. I made to go to the mikvah every morning from that mala. And I got to tell you from 1 to 10 it's eight nine not 10 but 1 to 8 nine going every morning to the mik >> saying you you're >> from from Rosenfeld but we want to pastor you are babysitting service that's all they are all they are and they know how to charge Bimal and they're getting better at that. You understand? But real life is how you talk to your wife. And if you're going to get angry at your wife, your son is going to get angry at his wife. And that's it. And so I came up with a new kadesh. I don't know if it's true or not. Friday night, 2:00 in the morning, I'm talking to a guy and I says I say to him, and I hope God doesn't punish me. And he says, "We're talking about dating this that." And I says, you know, they say aid panos is the wife. I says, I figured out why. Very simple. The whole is to have bit and bit brings the whole so the wife brings you all the bit. So you don't have to be a genius. Just get B, you know. Hey honey. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Let me see. You're running. We're going back. Izzy, Izzy, Izzy, you're running the Bash. >> You know why? Balcony. Yeshua. Balcony went into the Reb. And as the Reba, how do I bring my brother to Yiddishkite? Because he came from a home that the parents came in early. >> Bulky. Milton is your brother-in-law. >> Rabbi Ysef Yeshua Mosa Baly. How's he doing? >> We're talking about a story now. Relax. His parents came in early 1900s. There was no schools though in those days. His older brother Dr. Lub Balkan went to public schooly never went to public school. And he every Shabas as a little six, seveny old kid would go to different shabasum because his parents weren't shabas. So he walked into the Reb and asked the Reb in the 60s, how do I bring my brother to Yiddishite? And the Rebi used one word, not love, vomit. Vom kite. You have a chicken soup. Do you eat? You need a place to sleep. You need some money in your pocket. Vom kite. What happened with this brother? This brother, Dr. L, has two sons and a daughter. The daughter married Jaffy on Crown Street. She has 10 or 12 kids. Her kid that's 17, 18 years old many years ago did a seash. that that she's a graduate Columbia lawyer from from before she got married. Her other brother is Seattle, Washington MD with a kapata shabas and the other brother's in Bal Harour Surfside with a kapata in the campus all from the word vamkite. So if you're asking me what's the question >> you you went straight to the being hungry you got married >> I didn't go to the it's not about hungry it's not about hungry it's not about >> my question is what happened all the years from when you got married until you opened up your home to cla ro like andu in the in the desert and by the way I want to just uh I want to just patronize you a little bit although we never did any business I always tell people I say the whole world talks about because there was a town in Europe where they used to come seasonally to press the grapes to be able to make pasa and he saw that these guys that came seasonal to press these grapes were going hungry so he decided he's going to feed all these guests and make sure they have what to eat and where to sleep so I said he probably fed a few hundred people no during the year you're feeding thousands and thousands and thousands of people you're like on steroids, but you're right. I'll >> give you a good answer. >> So, no, no, so it's amazing. And also was worried about the guest in the in the in the desert. So, you're like the living um reincarnation of Abrau and to feed thousands of people. But with that beautiful compliment that I'm giving you, there were many many many years that you were probably like everybody else in class, you held him. When did you take it to steroids from to tens of thousands of people every what what happened? Two things. >> Hold on. Hold on. To top it off, I don't know if Charla had a $6 million mansion on President Street and he gave it up to the public. >> I I'll tell you two things. >> He probably had a small little house or not not to downplay. >> Show them downplay. >> Okay. If I had a $6 million mansion on President Street and I wouldn't let anybody in. >> I would I would tell you I would tell you I would tell you like this. I would tell you like this guys. Guys, you got we we we we have to know where we're coming from. You asked me a very interesting question. So, I'm going to jump around a little bit. And m you still doing business or you still I'm in the real estate business. I'm in mainly in warehouses. >> Okay. Listen, let me explain you something so you'll understand. >> I as the Reb, thank you very much for giving me the So the Reb asked me three times. Did I use it out to the fullest? His then I turned around to the Reb. >> What year is it? around >> 9192 >> I think it was the last uh the last before development fund and you used to go by with your wife. >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So my mother would always tell me so I told I want to be by the a sweet soldier. I had the mind of somebody not to be like him. Beautiful sadic. But I want So the Reb went like this. If so, I'm a a general. And if you're a soldier, sweet soldier, then I'm a general. Like this point. And I picked up my hands like this. I always started my I really wrote to the Reb I would say. So the Reb said honey cake was right before his honey cake. That's one story. My mother told me that when she got married in Ne notville, in Samraant, they grew up in Neville, but they ran to Samra during World War II. So, Shamshaba would come to my mother after Shabas to take the talis because the fabringans were in the young couple's house. They had no kids yet. She would tell my mother river the raikman up and the bras blighten the dirt cleans up and the bras stay. So, when did it start? you asking me. All the years was over the limit. All the years. All the years. All the years. My basement could had a pool table. It had a ping pong table. But the best thing was mattresses and and and then we went from mattresses to to to to beds and then we went to bunk beds. You have to understand I just came back from Israel and I see the the the chuka to come to the Reba and they don't have a penny to eat and they'll starve to put together ticket to come to the Reba. So we have a to host them the the year of the corona. Why did I build a big suka? I built a big suka for one reason. We lost 70 80 people. They murdered during corona. A person dies like he was never here. Like never never here. I can't explain it to you. The the only one that stays with the the tragedy is the or the alman. The kids move on. Life isn't a fair cycle. This little machine is Tim 11. It it it it takes your brain and fries it. Wait, let me finish. >> You start with Almanus after relax. Don't jump. I'll get to everything. Okay. >> And I'm giving you a I lost my friend the thought. Give a look. No. So, >> so the suker >> the big sat down. I told I tell everybody you want go to the oil once a week. >> Go to the oil once a week. The mosha wolfson from Bora Park all over would come to every and tell his congrance and tell the world and I watched him going out of the he did not kissa. He stood on the side like this with his hands. I walked to the car. I couldn't believe that he just walked out. The driver of his is gissing and he's going with his sneakers into the car. I couldn't believe it. I called the Benji C from Florida to check with a show if it's true. Abi shows him go back. It's true. He goes to the he doesn't kiss when he goes out. What's the point? The point is We all need brahas. Whatever you earn, you're broke. I don't care if you earn a half a million dollars. I could certify you. I have a PhD. I'm a lifetime coach. I have from 17 to 67. I'm 50 years in the business with causes lamore. What doesn't break you makes you. So I have, you know, I'm What's a doctor? He looks at your eyes and he sees around your whites of your eye. what's doing your in in your kishkas, how your digestive system is going, how your mind is running, how white is in there. Dr. Strauss taught me this in Florida many many years ago. He said, "You're in the meat business." Yeah. When you see a piece of meat and it's all red, don't take it because it's rubber. It needs the white bloom in there. It needs the white fat in there to to the meat. Like why is everybody buy fell and flankin? Because flankin is the softest piece with the whites in the in the meat. you next time by the mar the marbling the marbling >> oh you speak English you come from those days you speak English that's Oxford English for me listen to me is this guy I want to make you the point so I decided a guy meets me on the Avenue and he says you going to the oil now I'm telling this guy go to ask me he's going to do you want to come I said sure I'm coming with you then this Rabbi Harik says MMA you're old enough whenever you go to the oil you should wear a kaputa I'm not a holy guy. I'm a normal guy. >> I'm not a normal guy. I just want to >> what >> I said. You said you're normal guy. I just want to set the record that you're not normal. >> Okay. Whatever you call that. I I'm all right with that. In that order. And me and you, I think, are very close. The three cup. This is real. I sit down by the and I write to the thank you for everything. Everybody was sitting in jail. That's that's my that's my letter and I want to build a suka this year 300 ft long 16 ft wide >> during co >> this year. I had no idea that nobody was going to let people into the house. had no idea the success that ever took me by the arm. I can't explain it to you. And 16 feet wide. Why 16 feet wide? Because a double car. It's two cars together. You'll measure the 16 17 ft and 300 ft long and 12 ft height. Everything is height. You build a house, make sure it's above 10, 11 ft. That's the beauty of everything. >> Tall ceilings >> or tall. It gives gives everything. The rest you fill in whatever you want to fill in, but it has to be height. And I write this should be a shir and no mira don't don't exist. The whole runs on community no such thing as a as a permit for this. They know 10,000 people are coming out in the streets. They better block off the street. There's no there there's no permit. Okay. Now >> the first the first >> Wait, let's >> cut one second. The first cut like the ending of covid was when bashkin led the the push that will restore to normal service. That was the first feeling of if I may say after men >> that's the first corona menal says >> I want you to handle some so what what for what reason? Wait, wait. You took the you took the juice out of the mouth. Wait, wait. You're good. You're good. I just want to give you the credit right there. >> No, you remind Yeah. Listen. >> The first taste of Google. >> I go I finish the page. No. No. Mira and turn the page. I get a tap in the back over here. I turn around wheels. Menab wheels. Yes. Mendle. I He brilliant guy. Vinnie is retiring from 71st precinct and the new guy is coming in. I want you to welcome him and bring him into the Reba and you'll run the whole show. >> No, this is this is just this is before >> cordal cordial >> cordial. You have to understand who could give me troubles the 71st precinct. I got you know you write a letter and they say but you wrote the letter already. You got all the brothers from the Yeah, >> we say that during time. Yeah. Anyways, anyways, I can't believe it. I walk outside. He can't be four policemen coming. The sergeant, the Vinnie, this is the new fronted fronted oil by the reb. And this is the guy who asked me going I'm going to you want to come along? If he didn't ask me this question, I would never be there. Men will miss me talking to somebody else. So I say to the guys, you know, by the way, I'm going to be building a circa 300 ft. Yeah. 100%. 100%. Papa, you here. What did they tell me? No problem. >> There's a during the heat of the co. >> Yeah. No problem. Just make sure there's a lane for the car to go through the other side. >> Don't totally block up. >> I said you're going to have an emergency lane. Don't worry about it. >> I walk in. I give him what the freed speaks about Crown Heights. America's no different. We're going to wear our pace. We're going to wear our kapat. We're going to wear our bed. And it's very very interesting what took place. I went into the oil. They Vinnie came to take his blue shirt like basketball players hanging it up. Throw it into the oil to thank the Reb for over 30 years of the aish to bless them that he didn't get hurt. >> Do you understand that he came and he was a friend? The next day I'm building the big black guy, nice guy, handsome man from the building department. Do you have a permit? By he says, "Go put the red cones." I went to go put the red cones. I ran the True Valley red cones. You know, you know, between Mudkanag's house and Zama Vasheski's house is the nicest house in the block. There two ladies there. The father mother died. Not anti-semites. Wonderful ladies. Mo, do you have a permit to do what you're doing? I says, "Come on. You meet me at Eric Adams at my house last. Come on, Mosh. You have a permit. I'm not going to lie, and I'm not going to talk. I knew within five minutes, she walks in with me in Eric Adam's house and she tells Eric Adam, "Let's go say hello to my mother." I know that this woman has juice. She has what it takes for my phone to burn up. And Kahava, the first day, I didn't answer no phone. Then I got a message. We gave permission, but not 16 feet, 8 feet. Cut it in half. already handling. I ran 4:30 in the morning and I said the hotel with I cried. I had no idea the success. I had no idea that a lot of my friends were screaming if I didn't make the for them to eat. They wouldn't come because I had nowhere to eat. That's backwards thinking. People come to the Reb. is during co and no come to the because it's >> not much food if they get for there will be no food and no beds and no nothing they still be becoming cuz that's the the sustenance of air of life >> just to give historical perspective they made 770 half the size was >> it was crazy restrictions at the time of this whole I'm trying to give >> yes it was very restrictive restrictive but I had no idea here. Let me tell you what happened. 3:30, a little blonde Russian lady came. ID, please wait here, please. 45 minutes later, she walks out. Please take off the suka after the holidays. These were her words to me. >> Building inspector. What was she? >> Yeah, building inspector from And then she walked into the suka. >> What do you think it was? Somebody told her something to get >> No, she was on the phone. the commissioner of the of of the the mayor's office must have said listen always talk about you understand that yeah >> okay so when she walked in we had here this the sanitation we had the masks we had the tables apart we had everything that it should be right >> 5t 6 feet >> whatever it was and and we did it right we did it right and let me tell you something when a bucka walks in today a sandwich is $14, $12. You get, you're broke. I don't know how the ladies go off up Kingston Avenue. Your coffee Danish is 19. A breakfast for two is 80 bucks. It's, you know, what do they put in there? Little onions there, a little white onion, red onion, and a little mushroom, little tomato there. You go a lot for 40 for $6.95. It's it's it's not to be believed what's taking place. When I b comes this, I want to tell you the most what what what gives me the energy. what energizes you. So I live by people. I see people I want to emulate you. I want to emulate you. I don't want to emulate you. And I learned one thing. The more nicer you do to a person today's God it's cause and effect. How you conduct yourself gives you and you get tested. So my son-in-law takes a picture of the Reba in the country that the boys got from and he reads behind it. Gave the Reba in 1969 the first key house. And what did the Reb tell him? Now that I'm boss, it has to be open 24 hours. What's my model? That my house is open 247 52 weeks a year. So I have this. So everybody says and all sorts of rumors. One of my closest friends, you're getting divorced. I'm getting divorced. I says, "What are you talking about? I'm telling you, my you know you Okay. >> He's jealous. He's jealous." >> No, I I didn't know. This is four or five years ago. You You don't understand. You then I bought a house for business in Florida. So my sister calls me up. Good. You can't sell the house. I hear you're selling it. You're flipping it. Your wife needs a house. She has no house. So I call that the Shalam Bayas house. You know what I'm talking about? >> In Florida. >> Yeah. Yeah. So this summer there isn't a bedroom. There isn't a room. There isn't a place that people don't come. We don't charge a dollar. Families come. Young ladies come for two days, for three days, for a week, for two weeks. 99.9% is allowed. Like today I had an issue with a lady. It says, "I'm sorry. It wasn't >> a >> It wasn't I I I didn't >> I just want to quote one line once told me. I was talking about business. I forgot something." Misha said, "You think we're here to eat another burger, another steak?" He said with such >> like such sincerity. And every time I'm thinking about anything about very often I think about winning, making this deal, that deal, I think most has this guilt thing. Oh, another steak, another like what are you hearing this world for? >> The Reba gave us the most beautiful way of life. Life is like chicken. Let me tell you how chickens grow. Chickens 12 to 14 weeks. The three and a half, four pound of chicken. Afterwards, it becomes a mother hen and then the price of that value goes down very fast. We're here to for a reason. We we got used to cafe cafeish mata. If a woman wants to stay young, I tell them to have a baby at 42, 43. She'll stay young till 70. Her husband's going to love her much more. Why? Why? Her whole life life is like fist. This has a little fizz. Shake this out. The fist goes out. >> What does America sell? Tattoos and earrings. Not only here, now I have earrings here. So I bother people said, "If I came home with an earring here, would my wife love me more?" So they laughed. a guy with a white beard. I have to be careful because I'm not I'm not flirting. The whole Yiddish kite when the Aisha gave us the first mitzvah to prove who was not forgive sleepless nights and not to have to lose the figure. It was to bring in real life. Real life. So when there's a large family, eight, nine, 10 kids, the generation is to have a family. So neb with all the tuitions and all the seminary course and everybody all the rent course say people want to have small families but at 35 33 years old you stop having kids what happens at 55 you don't you don't even know what to talk to your husband there's no conversation there's nothing nada nada watch and see you go into a Starbucks you look the guy they're looking at the how many cracks on the ceiling but when the life has and everything you understand now I want to say another thing It's very important. The rebu came in who ran away home because he said he came with two and the rebb said to him there's a laten twillin the kid was five six years old and the rebin so what's the story he became a general in world war ii in the brigade building bridges for the tanks to go over the water. He became one of the you you don't understand. So we see a kid that that that's wearing a green yamaka instead of a white yamak or a black yamaka. Everybody has their in life. They have to know you're they have to know and they have to know love is a dirty word. I love you. I love you. It's it's I could say it all day. It means nothing to an Israeli love and to American love. Two different words. >> Tell us about your porn in the background with the poor with your >> truck. Before we finish the interview, I don't know how much besides No, besides I want to hear what you do. I want to hear what you do for the almanus. It's becoming a world famous topic. What Mosher Abashkin does for the Almanus. It's a top conversation right now. >> People saying that people are being encouraged to stay on >> when I come in to money. It's okay. We don't run over time. We'll send you the check. Listen to me. There'll be part one and part two. Okay, don't worry about the money. We're going to use this credit card. I'm going to give him the mileage. You hear? >> We could talk. You can make when I walk him for money. He supports this the cuz he's so you know after this corona story mental mints I go to the oil two three times a week. All my trips and all that and everything I do is all from the oil. Listen to me. I I I you could cut it with a knife. >> I just lost my train of thought for a second. >> Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I walked in there not after Shabas. Not after I walked in there to the Reb. Listen to this. Who did the Reb give to bylavski? And that mashavski mushidski >> and the reb I walk inside and the reb the video the reb is picking up the whole cake and giving to the mushlavski. I just got after walk in at the same time. I can tell you hundreds of stories when I walked in >> I walked I I went to I used to do suits and hats. >> I used to do suits and hats for all the bakim years ago right after Gimmel Thomas till they took the mitzvah away from me which is okay. I went into next and better. Meanwhile, they ate the whole bill. We're not going to get into that. $180, $200,000. They thought they're putting something away. So, I went to the guy and he says to me, uh, if you're going to bring back of the never come to me for money. So, I told him, you do what you have to do. I'm going to do what I have to do, but the Reb wants everybody to dance together. And that was the last time he gave me a check. So, I came to him. You took away the whole he's doing all the suits and hats himself. He's cutting me out. She says, "You're right. It belongs to you. Bring me the money that laid out for the the letter of credit for Boselino hats and it's yours." I went back to my office. I said, "What the hell? Let him keep the whole thing go to the real." So, I went to do the suits and hats years ago. I went to up to New Haven died. You gave me $5,000. You're talking about 20 years ago. I give you $5,000. You walk in 20. I went to tell the Reb exactly what's what. And then the Reb is giving dollars. The Reb is giving dollars. And I say to myself, I just got a dollar from the Reb. The way I'm sitting in front of that video, come to Crown Heights. Rabbi Yasi Simpson from Labavaj on Crown Street called up that he found Sha Malvi Rabashkin my older son Mer with the Reb's dollar what the Reb gave me in you can't make this up call up Rabasi simply call up my son my my when my when Shalom got married my the gave me then $8 so the so he so so my wife gave hit him cover this wedding's dollar leapt the with Now coming back to LA is very very simple. I you know taught me how to learn life. You know what I'm saying? They graduated me young. I graduated young. I saved my father seminary money. I saved my father a bundle of money. I gave him different tax losses. You know, I always get up and say, "I want to thank my father for being born before me." 100%. 100%. Listen to me. This is real. This is real. Real real real. So, you asked me, "Where did it start?" I walk down the steps of my house and you see my wife is not in a good mood. Now, the freedom men's always in a good mood. Normal. Normal. Hey, I saw nishik nishik. I says, "Oh my god, if she looks this way with her husband home, you imagine how the woman look when the husbands never come home." >> That's how it started. >> Blink of an eye around 9:30, 10:00 in the morning on a regular morning. And this means education is in your shoe. Don't let nobody talk. Take a hose of water. You talk, give him. There's no more talking. There's no talking during the no talking. No talking. We only need how much people earn is not enough. It became a different world. They took the whole burden of the yeshiva fundraising money and give it to the family. The family is falling apart and you shalom by. So now they're into mushrooms. They're into all swas and chocolates and fubo and and and MDA. I could give you a whole podcast for 10 hours about that. You hear? I was offered all sorts of money for me to try ABCDE. But it's not for now coming back. Don't let nobody talk in your sho make a buddy system. You you go become a sugar. There's no more talking because why? Because the burden look at the fam. I go I go up King Navia. I see washed out with the carriages pushing and they're trying and they're holding the baby hair and they're holding the baby in the carriage and whatever they touch is you can't touch nothing no more. It's priceless. Go ahead. How does your due to your very abnormal lifestyle? How does your family your kids etc? They proud they love >> tell you two things they have they rather have a normal father like do you care? Do we care? >> Listen to me. You know, an American father that's always home. He comes from 9 9 to5 because he works in the post office. The kids don't have time even to look at him. That's number one. That's what life shows you. >> What do you mean? They don't >> exactly what you mean. They they the father's nobody. The father that's always there for the kids. The father's a nobody. So we starting off nobody. >> Okay. >> Now kids kids as they grow older and raise their own family, they're finding out that their father is really into the real into the real stuff. Now you have to show time. The devil show the go always go t I worked the hardest for my family. It's like running the himl. You you you're a believer. You do. The monk came to the steps. You didn't have to walk two miles. So I worked the hardest for my family. That's what I tell them. Now no kids like all these type of guests and all these things. But as they grow older they see that their father has the to do what he's doing. And that's how they're getting older. My wife was very against it. She comes from a galatiana family. Freman. Yeah. Bowl of soup. Come come come come come come come come come come come come come come for a meal. But this you know the rest you know move on cuz you know in my house I saw my father and mother go away from their bedroom go sleep at my mother's my sister's house and they gave away their bedroom and give a look. My father killed in corona almost 92. My mother I we saved taking her out of the hospital. So, so who like my my father gave away every every dollar to take out all the Russian Jews out of Russia. So my mother tells me we came to to to France without a dollar. So the people that couldn't give look at my parents is footnote and look at the family every single brother and sister does and my sister get forget about it. She adopted kids and her whole life is mink. No that's the youngest. She's in Vegas. >> She's a superstar. Go meet my sister GL. >> She was born in Austria. She's >> Where is she? >> She's in Florida. >> Distributor >> there. Yeah. Best value. I don't know. You don't a superstar and everyone my brother all of them. >> She gave him a blood transfusion. You don't get it. >> Mink wants to do what he's doing. What do you What are you nuts? It's a blood transfusion through through love. Yeah. >> Your neighbor. She became your neighbor. We let her on the block. We let her on the block. We let her on the block. >> Nobody else want >> Nobody else. Okay. Says >> the values are dropping enough. He's a very nice guy is you have no idea. People don't understand. He is the only thing we have an issue is the the vacations. Now what's what's these trips? Who gave me the first trips? Sh. >> So I just want to introduce Hold I just want to let people know cuz me is going to go all over the place. So measure Bashkin a few times a year. How many times a year do you do your trip? Cruise. >> We try to do the trips once a year. >> Once a year he >> Last year we did two times. We did a crew Russia. We sp No, but people participate. People Misha puts it together. This >> Misha organizes a trip for people whose husbands passed away. >> Yes. >> He he does these fivestar super fancy trips. And >> it's not the word fancy. Do you know? Do you know how long they fly in from Israel or Europe to come in? They said they can never miss this trip. It's the highlight of the year. >> You know, I'll explain you something. I'll explain you something so you'll understand. I had no idea. All I know when I did it the first couple of times, they called me visa spending money. We pay I go to a guy, he says, I give money for money, for electricity, for mortgage, for a doctor bill, >> milk and eggs. >> I never went on a cruise. I went to a big guy. A big guy. Very good guy. A good friend of mine. Mia, get out of here. I never went on a cruise. Wait a minute. I also never went on a cruise. You understand? I never went on a cruise. 60 ladies went on a cruise during Corona. Okay, wait. Listen to this. Nobody understood me. But after a while doing the trips, one lady writes me, "My kids, the daughter was writing, my kids never saw their grandmother smiling the way she's smiling. One lady got up this year. We went to Israel. We went to Abjan and we went to Al Mata. Al Mata was the hit of all of of of everything. Al was the hit. >> Yeah. The de Freriedman did a job fab with them >> related to your wife or different Freedman. >> No, that's not Friedman. Cohen Cohen. >> Cohen. You said I'm sorry. Cohen Co. >> He did with the ladies and I'll tell you a second. In in Israel, they slept in the Leato Hotel. >> What's it called? >> Lad, the old class. Leonardo. >> Okay, you speak better than me in English. Okay. Anyways, here two in a room first class. We took 60 rooms. Listen to me. About 115 180 18 ladies gather. Then we went from there to Arban for four nights. Treated them food. We went to the old on the hills they call it. I forgot what they call them. >> Alps. >> Not the Alps. The the the shoes from 150 years ago. I was there for 4 days. I My wife told me, "You can't go. You can't let them go themselves. There got to be somebody there with them." >> Your wife didn't come along. >> No, my my wife doesn't go on these trips. It's it's it's doesn't make any sense. Anyways, and then from where they went to Al Mata. So in all these places that two in a room a nice a five-star hotel in Israel every night they ate in any restaurant they want to eat wineries mimula everybody went to the restaurant first class Shabas was Friday night in Shabas every morning 11:00 there was two coach buses 60 people at a time to go travel we went to kar we went >> what does a trip usually cost you >> this trip ran close to 600 and change >> 600 but you don't hear me it's not about money put away It's so one lady gets up and says like this. I came here with two friends. I'm walking away with 100 sisters in our m it's it's they bond. They bond. They bond. >> Then one second. If a lady gets married, could she still come on the trip? >> It's a different question. If she's divorced and the husband dies, is she not? That's the question we have that we let him. We we when it don't work >> for me for anybody you always try to give look to I had a friend told me get away from me you all you he turned tables on me a good deal a good friend he didn't want to write a check >> no no no no I'm telling you no he's winning he became an illloy he's telling me what the book's read you're learning I'm doing what the book says you don't get it you're learning and I'm doing the book. >> One lady got up and said, "I just lost my husband. Just lost my husband. I have everything in life. I'm can't stop crying how lonely I am." And I watch over 100 ladies how they cope after all these years. I get tremendous to go on. This is Mata Blavik. The blavik mata was the biggest biggest success for the ladies more than Israel in more than a I hope to go back this year to the blik again with the ladies the trip is not necessary with therapy you have to understand ama the kids forget about listen to me carefully it's not because the kids people gravitate the only gravitates with the when somebody's not I can be your best friend here now you're going come visit me more than one time and I'm not going to say Misha how are you next time he's not coming back she's old Misha got old she's tired >> no energy no energy >> no energy and you walk away kids don't know what to do with the mother >> so and the daughter ma come for shabas after the second time the the daughter doesn't invite the mother to come for shabas she's not coming taught me something very young a person doesn't die from hunger he dies from busha So when a parent doesn't ask three time and then a mother feels a burden on the daughter I I learned that I learned a lot and I don't talk about these things. It's it's it's private. I don't put see well what we do I don't advertise what we do. Maybe I have to but I don't do it because it's kids and his grandparents there's grandkids but you should know the reb gave me the most beautiful to do what I'm doing. >> You could advertise it on c without putting faces >> deno. Listen to me carefully. You have no idea. I have a fancy I have a crazy idea to do rent out a whole cruise, 4,000 people, and take all the children and everything together. You know what I'm saying? Misha is going to hit it big. How of course is going to write out a million dollar check. We're going to rent a whole big boat and we're going to take the the money and all their families. >> Maybe they don't want to go with the kids. >> Listen to me. You're getting down to me like an American boy. I I deal with the old city where family's family. >> Go ahead. in the ground. Great restaurant. I'll tell you bathtub. >> So my father happened to be that Sunday afternoon in the house. My mother's telling me if you're not stopping to splash water outside the bathtub, no more spending money. I remember like now my father called up my mother, never take away money from a kid. Never make his mind. What my father gave me was a what my father gave me. I can't explain it to you. Everything you do is my father and my mother. So I'll tell you two stories. Mikl Rascin when the sanitation didn't help me. He was the bunker where all the garbage went next door. Yeah. Best uncle. If he didn't say his best uncle, he lost their hand. Who was the best uncle? Kids growing up. But he was a hot of gold. So he tells my father like this. I forgive Mi for all the as a neighbor what he did to me. Why? Because what I see the boys going in Hungary in coming out with happy faces I forgive him as you should know that Moshe is bringing out the and you should know in life everybody knocks you in the beginning whatever you're going to do it doesn't do with me anybody the moment somebody does a knock you know we learn it from we learn it from Yeshua we learn all this right away. Knock. But the people that stay steady, people see that you're real. People see that you're sincere. You have no idea. You know how many kids come to me for two nights of sleep, three nights of sleep, one night to sleep, five nights sleep. An average mother is worried where the boys going to eat during during and here I I went to Shabas. I was in Israel. So I met I went to Shvas. I heard you made and he gave me two times the hotel for free when I brought the ladies. Phyllis Mintz brought them out there. Phyllis Mintz 23 ladies went the first time 26 now on the list. >> Shout out to Phyllis Mintz. My mother's close friend for 60 years. >> She's the smartest lady. She is the smartest lady in Crown Heights. Smart. There's nobody smarter than her. >> 100%. There's nobody smarter than her. Nobody. >> Why? She has a pulse. She has the pulse of people. She understands. She once called me up, "Forget about this. Forget about that. You have to take care of the divorces. You have to take care of the divorces. They're hurting more. More more." And she went in my case. I said, "You know what? Let me see." I picked up a sheet of paper and she gave me a list of 50 ladies that have to do it. That moment when I picked up the 56, a guy that throws me out of his office all the time. He talks to me about the weather. He's funny. Moish, come pick up a check for 36 grand. >> It's for divorces. >> Yeah. He didn't care what I do with it. I told him what I'm doing with the money. You here? Then I went to his office. It was closed. He says, I see it's closed. I'll come back to office. Let me tell you a story about your mother. I'm eating Crowns restaurant. And she's taking care of all the people that are hungry. And there's a man telling the waitress, "Where's my food?" And he says, "You have to wait, but I'm paying." So she says, "Go talk to Mrs. Rabashkin." So she went to talk he went to talk to Mrs. Rabashkin. So my mother tried to explain these people walking the streets all day. They're hungry. And he doesn't let go of my mother. I'm a paying customer. I'm a paying customer. What did my mother tell him? Next time when you come, don't pay too. My mother, I remember like today, she would go across the street to give it to a Goya from Italy, a Dr. Browns and a Kombi sandwich in a brown bag because he was embarrassed to come in. She would come and bring it. She'd pull up in front of the battery tunnel. At that time was called the battery tunnel and buy every newspaper what the kid was selling, the New York Times, the New York Post. You you don't understand. This is the education she gave and gives all my sisters and brothers and everybody. It's not Mosherashkin. I didn't coin it. I coined one thing. When I got married, I went to look for a house on President Street. Dr. Feldman's house was selling for $95,000. Minagal's house was selling for $165,000. So I came to my father tells why one, buy two. I bought for my house. I paid for my house 525. about 11 years later, President Street was then whoever born in President V, you know, you have to but that was it's an in one thing and my father really helped me be who I am, but he let all his kids fall. He was never there like an American father putting a padding underneath or or stand up. It felt good. You'll get bruised. And the most important thing what my father taught me, I got a phone call from my son Shalom teacher Ason. What kind of parent are you? Another parent came to school and gave your son a patch and you don't make believe like nothing happened. What kind of parent are you? Lane the printer's son and my son called Axelat Fatso. Fatso. Now Axel is a Ben. So the father came down and smacked my son Shalom and who's my and smacked lane that best friend. >> Best listener. Smack them both. You can't you can't make this up. Uh >> yeah here. So so so so this this is all part of I'm trying to tell you. And uh Lane came the next day and smacked Axelat to keep the score up. Rab Moshki threw out lane. They went and didn't they didn't let this kid back in school. I was smart. I didn't I was in I was on Park Avenue taking my wife out for dinner date and he's talking to me. I said listen Rabbi Esson. Let me explain something. I was a very wild young boy in shore in Simpson Shaw. When a parent smacked me, my father would look the other way like he doesn't see. That's the I have he cattle which is 500 lb. He sat down on me. He made me into marshmallows. You understand? And my father, we as kids would play three hours later like nothing happened. And if my father mixed in, there'd be fights in the sh forever. That's called That's letting your kid get a smack. Oh, I would let another parent hit my kid. Yes. look the other way because the kids will make up. So you're asking me the kids have to read by the shabas table to be put to sleep. I'm a me by success. I look at all these holy holy holy I'm not impressed. I'm not impressed. Why? There has to be a giving away from yourself. If you don't give away from yourself, why are the Israeli soldiers the best? who's in the front lines. They're on the front lines and the are on the front lines coming here. So if you want to do anything for the first more than anything else, more than anything and the second thing, >> what about giving your kids attention versus giving attention to the do they need your attention on Shabas? I mean, how do you balance that? >> I'll tell you, my father told me a woman is like a shadow. Could you catch a shadow when it's walking? It runs away. When you walk the other way, it comes to you. Why did he tell me that? He says, "Every time my wife called in the butcher store, I jumped." Figgy, fake on the floor. F. Relax. Relax. We saw we saw love like this before. Relax. You ask me about the kids. Remember one thing in life. If you're Ems, you get beaten down a little bit, but everything swims to to the top. Remember that. Remember that. your parent if they see that you are dedicated you're real that everything goes everything works out everything works out everything works out everything works out I see myself I see the my parents gave I see what did for me he saved my life you legit I'm not making fun >> if you if you >> if they accept me yes all the people that know how to learn never said >> all the people fought with the rebba The reb was giving us and giving us and giving us and begging us and pleading with us and I'm a peasant, a black >> saying the smart people don't listen. >> No, no, no, no. The smart people listen, but they're too smart. >> Too smart. >> They understand better. >> I want I want to be say the you don't say the say the shim say the per these are people that only it was all reb. And give a look. Give a look. Everybody that sticks with the Reba, where they are today in life. What would I have without the Reba? What would I have today without the Reba? The vacations I went with my wife. Where would Where would I be today? Where would I be? So my house I have a You don't understand. You're walking into my house now. They threw all the boys out of lab created free. >> No money. A police guard has to be there for food in America in 2006 26. You're crazy. The people are crazy. I keep my mouth shut, but it's it's a crime of all crimes. Free now up to $850 or $800 for everybody. How could Israeli family afford $800? They started with 300 went to 500 now to now to $800. It's a crime of all crimes. Think about it. You need a tomatoes. I give you a trailer of old tomatoes tomorrow for free. It's a felt Essender. It's not me. People want to donate to people for kids like this. It's not only money. So to have a police car I walked through last week. I saw a police not a police policeman like security a fingerprint finger. Oh no. We have to raise the money because now we need security. >> It it's not to be believed what's taking place. And it's I I feel bad for the Reba to watch I I I I did four and a half years in in Vad the best years of my life. The Reb gave over Kesson and that's why the came into the bezon to fight with his foot. The best years. >> Why do you say the best years? >> My best years. My best years in life. >> You don't have a lot more impact now than them. >> My friend, we don't know what means impact. We don't know nothing. I went stalked. I went like this. I was walking down. I'm going You give me a $10,000 pledge, I'm already spending 20. You give me a $5,000 pledge, I'm spending 25. I meet the men and I say, you know, pashes walking out of 770. He was a very nice man, extremely nice man, good man. I says, you know, I swear we got some letters in the the council. He said, you took my job. I says, "Remember, tell me a story." I live on stories. He says that the freed sent to during World War II to somebody in in the Jewish center, a big rabbi gave me the name that there's a woman very much hurting that she needs some help. Please help the lady with with a donation. What was the message to me? I'm getting tired asking you for donation, asking you for donation and going around. What was the freed busy? helping a lady in Manhattan. Misha, continue doing what you're doing. That's how I live. That's how I live. And it says two things in you're not allowed to hear. So your wife tells you the right thing. Yes, honey. Yes, honey. And when she tells you the wrong thing about other stuff, it's real. It's real. It's 100% 100% 100%. This is 100%. Yes, that's uncomfortable. It's okay. People don't like only sweet wine. Sometime people like like a little dry wine, a little sour wine. >> Expensive. >> Yes. Yeah. And Alesh Pa Migum usually I got a phone call from Ami Pakovski. >> Ami Pakovski. >> California. >> California. I was in Israel. He called me up when I was elected vad. I came in number one. I had no idea. Shai Bramble Green pushed me to run and says, "Mo, you got to run." >> So what was your best series? You didn't tell me. So my wife opened in Bad member got a smack across the face. So the Reb is telling the Vad member conduct yourself with the wasid was I told my wife a she said what are you talking about? The Reb is telling me how to conduct myself. I went to and opened up. It was 20 days after the Reb wrote a private letter and the Reb says it's dark you got to do. So I went I ran I want 73% of the community at that time I was getting I was getting to something about this I was getting somewhere >> that's four years of your life. >> Yeah well no no about what we talking about we're talking about okay I slipped my mind anyways >> about the energy. No, no, it's not a G. Listen. So, >> Pakovski, Avi Pakov, >> Ami Pakovski tells me like this, Moi, and within 30 days, you're going to lose all your good friends. Guess what? It didn't take 30 days. One week, I lost all my friends. I walked the streets like a loner. The only thing I had was the not my wife was against it. any of these people are your friends anymore or all >> wait wait wait I got to tell you it hurt you know inside it hurt to say it didn't hurt would be >> what you do what you do to piss them off >> nothing they couldn't handle you said listen my friend meashkin de Russ chairman of community what are you crazy he finished he finished all this he a dropout >> he graduated Moher wasn't happy. >> No, he was. Oh, he's very happy. Is happy because I turned around. I traveled the world. We gave out saddaka. We gave out so much money. You have no idea. I You have no idea what we did. We made sure that get paid. We I did. I did. I didn't take no shenanigans. I I can't explain it to you. It was real. That's why they came that ever says that Dimma would say the bigger the lie, the more people believe. So they came out. I sat down one time with Abu Patil and I showed him the books how every month I give out money. Every month 15 grand, 18 grand real money. Shy immigrine gave me $160,000. A person walks into the office between $300 and $500. You give them a check and you would supplement it. I I >> They couldn't handle it. You were a good guy. >> I gave people even the people that fought me. I once asked Kayn for a check. She says, "We don't give a check. I need a check. >> And she gave it. >> I made I wrote out a check for somebody's mortgage. $2,500. >> $2,500. >> Yeah. To pay his mortgage. He was embarrassed to walk into the office. So I called up. >> Yeah. >> She was like a bookkeeper. She's still a bookkeeper. She's the smartest lady. She's after Phyllis Smith. She's next. You hear me? >> Her son's a big guy today. >> Listen to me. >> Ellie's a big enough. >> Okay. I'm not talking about him. She is so smart. I can't explain how smart this lady is. She reads energy. She reads how you breathe. She'll know who you >> she Yeah, she's not she she's marriage name is commonson but >> she's 007. You know 007. She's 007. Listen to me in a woman version. Anyways, listen to me. And uh we did crazy things. We gave Seducka like there's no before. Then we sold a building on on Kingston Avenue. Mendelax bought it. an honest guy say I went to one of the people and he says to me you got to give it to men 11 for 650. I says I'm sorry I'm getting 675. If he gives me 675 I'll give him the deal but for 650 there's no reason the community has to lose 25 grand. They wash the floor with me not because bad just just you know try to you know I stood my ground. I sold it to Medal Rocks in 675. I brought the money in. You're going to laugh what I'm going tell you now. I rubbed I got the uh all the money went into and it all went out to the people like $300,000. I had money to give out. Then this guy tells me [Laughter] if I show you where the money is, you're going to calm down. Says 100%. I won't. He says, bring me the paperwork. I'm sitting in a good puts on the glasses. He reads the paper the bank account. He read the had all the bank all the bank statements. >> All the No, not the bank statements itself. Our paperwork shows where the money is. >> He took the community's money and gave it back to the community. >> That's Yeah, but the money was deposited here. That's one. He went he went he went he went he went >> realistic. You know, he was very nice when he saw what I saw. There was some Oh, so remember one thing. When you help somebody, you don't help him. You help yourself. Shia, you got to be Gestavana. Uh uh Willie Raprole needs a Gestavana. Tavern on the Green. Okay. Well, don't the community needs it. You want me to be? How much do I have to give? 50 grand. I said, okay. He says, okay, put me down. Listen to this. >> They gave you guest of honor. >> No. Shy Bagrin >> is he's going to be guest of honor. But he asked me to help him get him cuz the one really pushed me to be vad. >> Yeah. >> So I sit down the shai old at that time Liberty Liberty Banker. >> Liberty Bank. >> Yeah. So Liberty Bank guys tells me, "What do you what do you have your banking system?" I said, "What kind of line of credit do you have? What's your overdrafts?" He says, "As long as there's money in one account, I don't care if you overdraw in any other account." That was music to my ear. Real music. Why? Government money you can't touch. Can't touch government money. But if government money is sitting there a million dollars, they let you overdraft another account, a million dollars. I ran for two or three years overdraft took account over $325,000. And this is real. You could verify it. When I left, zero paid it up. paid it up. But you don't understand it's a duck that we gave. So I showed abil what we're doing. So they came up I don't it's not about old stuff to get back. You have to I you know I'm glad my father gave me you know my father would joke. He was very heist. So one day told me is a joke. You mean you mean you mean it or you don't mean it? So my father tells me he has a cousin inad every morning when he made the he would hold the sting to make sure he doesn't make a of you know what I'm saying I made this made this nation yeah my father's telling me this he's g me giving me you know >> what's your message for someone who wants to emulate you in your but doesn't want to get thrown out of the house >> I'm not thrown out of my house why would you say that to rephrase the question house in rephrase the question. >> So, how does someone do like a 1% of you any advice? >> Listen to me. It's very simpat. It's >> they want to invite two four guests on chavas and you know it's what would Let's like break it down. Let me try to break it down here. >> Listen to me. >> I look at women I look at a mother. She has to be a mother. She has to be a husband's a wife. She has to be a cleaning lady. She has she carries 10 15 things. She has to be a nurse for the kids, a listening, a therapist for to uplift her husband, the kids. You stop and think what a what a wife goes through to be a wife. That's why Ter tells them they don't have to dment because they're carrying so many things. People don't understand you give and I tell people like this. You're looking to get married. The woman that you're going to date and the woman after she gives child birth are two different women. Why? How do you torture a person? How do you torture a person? You don't let him sleep. You don't have to hit him. You just don't let him sleep. A woman that gives birth, she can't sleep. She never has a night's rest. And you expect her, you just came back from sh with six gas and you going to stand there like you diaper the baby. You put the baby to sleep. It's not a message. It you have to understand when the Reb tells me Zen is under I didn't have five sense to my name. When the Reb told me I'm 15 years old to be init like this >> power of >> what does it mean? If you're a you be part of yeah I don't know don't work that way. So he knows the robashkin DNA. He knows the de we're extreme people. Whatever we do all in >> I went to Binois to learn. I went to Binoir to learn. I went to Biden to learn. I saw a gorgeous scarf, mo hair, five different colors, 10 different colors. He's right now 14 and a half. They're thinking leather gloves. Forget about it. I said, "Okay, when I come back here, I'm going to buy it." I went working for Yingi Bitzky selling a shinyness. Selling a shinness. Gave me 50 bucks. My father gave me 50 bucks. I'm going to I'm 15. I'm writing my pan at 7:49 and now I have a whole debate. Do I give that both 50s or money in my father's? >> So people used to give money the pardon. You put >> I don't know. My father gave me $50 in 1974. How much time? >> Half a month's rent probably. >> Yeah. Half month's rent. Exactly. >> Everyone used to give money. >> I don't know. My friend My friend My friend you asking me stuff like you're from Montreal. I remember you from Montreal. He's asking me shyness. I grew up in Burough Park. What do I know? I came here. I had people holding me with eyes. Yeah. I >> question. I'm sorry. >> Anyways, hello. >> Yeah. >> Come here. >> I thought it was a shot. Everything you given this and that. >> I'm sorry. >> Were you abused as a child? >> No. No. No. No. Okay. Okay. Relax. You know, I said I wasn't abused. You know why? I went out with girls. I didn't go out with boys. I wasn't abused. I am >> I have to go to the bathroom for a minute. >> Yeah. Okay. Okay. Make a deposit. Anyways, listen. >> I walked in I walked in to the I was shaking. Legitimately shaking. >> You were like 17, 16, >> 15. >> Oh, 15. >> Fasting quarter to 12 at night. I'm walking in and I'm putting down the both. I put both 50s inside. The one I worked all day for and the one for my gloves. My father gave me the 50. I gave that both 50s. The put on his glasses, picked up the 250s in his left hand, put it in his right hand, bent over the table, and put it on the top. Put it in a tub. Didn't mean nothing to me. Gives me a bra. I left. The following year, I go in again. My father gave me $50. This time, the reb doesn't even touch the money. Puts on his glasses. opens his drawer, picks up the letter, and the money goes down. Doesn't touch the money. It took me a year or two or three years later that I started reminiscing. When a person what does say when you have to you how do you do you take your tears you wash your forehead that's you wash so what the see the saw what's mash mash is going to smell the people he saw the nephish of a young little kid giving away two 50s the 50 that he worked hard he gave away he showed me. I see it. I know it. And the next year, okay, very nice. Tat's guilt. So life built >> put across the table means he gave it where do you put >> on top? On top on top. What does on top mean? >> On top of the table. On top of the table. >> He gave it prestige. >> Yeah. He put on top of the desk. >> Okay. >> The point is this all part of >> And then next year you downgraded. No one >> I downgraded you. You you your journalists like to go in to get me crazy. I'm crazy without it. You don't have to go in. He downgrade. I gave 100 before. Not my father gave me only 50 the second time. >> What do you do with the 50 b? You got a scarf and friends? >> No, I gave both 50. >> Oh, and you g I would gave both 50. I gave both 50. The picked up the bunny, put it on top. The put it on top of his desk to show me. I did not realize that till two, three years later because when I went in the second time the $50 bill that I didn't touch you picked up the paper and the went into the drawer guys. It all comes from parents and of course your own a but it all comes through. You have to d everything I tell people everything I have is through everything through. You have to cry, you have to beg, you have to plead, you have and you have to be kind. You have to try to be kind. Now, thank God I was born a kinder person, a caring person. Some people born more learning. My wife could sit and learn three hours every Shabas afternoon. I can't do it. I can't. And it's interesting brings all the writ. >> I could have had much more. I'm into learning now. I meet a very good friend. >> I told you 70. >> Come on. >> 67. >> Yeah. I'm going to be 67. >> 67. >> Well, is 911. >> That's exactly right. >> Hey, a mathematician. I taught you how to be a mathematician, too. >> Yeah. You understand? >> Spring chicken. My what I would like I would like to go this like I did years ago paid half a ticket every should get a new suit a new hat was coming into the I'd like every lady young lady they get a beautiful dress or two dresses for young >> between the dresses there's no today because the boys get married because they have to get married it'll work out and then the other 20% or 30% they're looking to have better marriages than their parents and then you understand I got to push it got to push it and they they feel they can't make a mistake and what's really what it is people can't take pain no more years ago people took pain >> they stuck it out >> they stuck it out to handle pain >> today right away >> today they can't it's not that they don't want to they can't because the growing up zel facetime everything's at the moment instant gratification the body is wired everything that Now. Now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now. >> Quick fix. >> Quick fix. Everything now. >> Disposable. >> And when a guy gets married 22, what we Oh, we got to wash the dry was a big thing in 1979. Today, the guy wants everything. He wants a young couple wants to be at the same level as a 45year-old with six kids, seven kids. >> Luxuries, >> not luxuries. Necessities, not luxuries. A car, a vacation, everything they want. It's like it it it's that's the norm and it's pressure is that's where the stress is. It's real. We're living in the best of times in the world. Oh, the Eden lived in Spain. Good times. >> Same thing now. But the stress level. So when you eating organic food, they ain't learning learning to you know a guy came to me. I told him in six months don't touch the bed. You're going to going to get engaged. He listened to me. What did I tell him? You get married. Don't go double dating. Go triple dating. Call yourself with your wife. Don't go. Don't go. It's a bring It doesn't bring out good stuff. Doesn't mean don't go ever. You know, you want But whatever. >> Ma, any of your kids taking on your uh legacy or into that world or not? >> All my kids. All my kids. All my kids. All my kids. My sister, my son David has a full table all the time. Every Friday night, she cooks and bakes. My my my son Shom has a full-time raisey is in Woodmir in in he has a he went into the kabad house and runs the minion for little kids and prizes he brings them and everything yeah >> is it your hope or dream that your your kids will be as crazy as you come those terms I don't think I don't think I I don't I really don't go there I don't think they for the I don't think I do you understand but I I'm more I'm more much more >> the only one I with Shalom and he's very proud of what you're doing. He's very proud. >> Okay. Okay. Okay. Just You want to hear the joke of all jokes? You know Sholy Shapiro. >> Yeah. >> He's He's a Nicaragua. >> No. No. He He's graduated since then. Shimoly Shapiro is the best. >> He grew up in my house in my closet. >> He's in my class. Listen to this. This is This is good for the books. >> He's similar to you, but he's on steroids. Yeah. Good kid. I meet him a Thursday night. >> I do have a heart out at 11. So, >> okay. Okay. Seven minutes. >> Okay. I I uh you won't believe this. I meet him on Thursday night during Corona. I said somebody called me in. He's given me $100,000, but not for and not for the clothing for the community. $100,000. We'd like to match it. He says, "Yes, I'll match it under one condition. You go to therapy." >> You go to therapy. >> I said, "Sure." >> Dance with the bear. I'm going to dance with the therapist. Right. Right. This is real. This is real. He gave me 100 grand. You don't hear me. I called the therapist. Now, he went to his therapist because my good friend is in his late 30s and he he's he's not getting married. In fact, my therapist says, I said, "I got to meet your therapist." I meet the therapist. "No, Jay." And he says, "Tell me your friend can't get married yet." Why? He has so many things in his head. It's not fair that the young lady he's going to marry with all this fleging cup. >> Trauma. Trauma. >> Trauma. Whatever. He wasn't trauma. He was chasing ghosts. Trauma. It was two-legged trauma. Yeah. and he's all over and I said, "You go to the oil." Anyways, we kicked it off. Beautiful. I call him up. I said, "There's $1,000 on the line." Okay. So, every time I went there when my WhatsApp hit by the therapist. So, I went there five, six times. I learned a lot. I was talking about the weather. He was talking about >> I think the therapist now needs therapy. 100% 100%. We walked away friends. So I believe in this whole therapy. See our therapy in our house would be matzah shabas. My father always had lava mala but my mother and my brothers and sisters come you know my brothers and sisters come and there's always you know >> action >> action action action >> social action >> social and my father took both sides keep the thing going and and that was therapy. Here we have a thousand families, 2,000 families dedicated their lives for the Reba brought up beautiful families, really gorgeous families, and they're lonely. They're really lonely. They're lonely. There's nobody to talk to. There's nobody to go out to. And we never needed therapy. So, I I learned a lot that about the therapy. >> You got the 100 grand? >> Yeah, sure. We paid it. But the money we gave out we gave out we gave out we gave out to every Mana girl $500 worth of clothing. Every Aaliyah boy got $300. Uh uh families got $1,000. We get we made cards. This is during Corona five years ago. We I ran it for one or two years. I ran clothing many many years ago. Every every year girls got $300 $500. I'll finish with this. What means I read's memoirs. >> I decided I'm writing a safety for uh >> you wrote a lot of super >> two >> two. >> Yeah. So >> you wrote one when I was a kid like 2002 2003. >> Yeah. That was that was 2001. think it was it was it was for the Rebs going out after 25 years from uh uh >> I remember there were two kids in class left and they said that there was good sesame chicken and steak and I was jealous. >> Listen, we'll make it up. We'll make it up. You hear? And and to make a long story short, I'll tell you fast. We had a hundred Argentinian people eating by me last week. For me, it cost $1,000, even less for the whole Shabbas. If they have to cater, it's $5,000, $50 a plate, $60 a plate. >> Which the restaurants complain of that, right? >> No. No. this I wish I could do more but I want to finish with the story >> I call up uh Rabbitovski and I say listen is on my build block couple houses away it's not right that the should go out of my house if the should be finished's house this is basics basic 100% >> 100%. >> I said if you open up a safe potato is yours. She called me back two weeks later. She wrote to the she got a part of the answer. Rabi Lurman opened the [ __ ] safe there. It went out of and that's the story. The story is you read something to put a sad deacon your heart that's warm fire >> execute >> and you execute and and and and what can I tell you and and I'm I'm the crazy one call me crazy all I know is that loves crazy people you in a good way you understand and you try never to hurt people along the way you make mistakes you learn from your mistakes you understand and and and Crown Heights is is the We as kabadnik are the chosen of the chosen people. The Jews people are chosen and kabadnik are the chosen of the chosen. I came to Israel France. The reb has emissaries around the world that we don't even begin to understand. You think kabad is crits. It's a joke. A joke >> in life. What's your biggest? >> Yeah. I'll tell you the is I didn't get married earlier. That's it. Only only what I want to say. So I want to finish with this. My aunt my aunt just passed away. I am pissed away. Mabala Mum Bala Kison. She was the first one to get license for driving a bus >> a few days ago. 95 years old. >> Yeah. She drove a bus in the 50s. The school bus. She was a camp. She was the cook in the school. She was the nurse. She was the cleaning lady. She was everything. Her husband was a to keep the school going. They wrote into the she did their man open up a day camp July and August. Yeah. every time. Guess what happened? July and August, she went to work. The day camp turned in the school into such a big school cuz the kids coming to the day camp. The Reb took us to the maximum because needs our you need to do the for you to stay connected. The Reb wanted us to stay connected and that's the Reb. Thank you so much. >> Thank you so much. It was beautiful. >> This is just the beginning. We're warming up. We're warming up first. 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