Torah Modiin | Personal Return, National Ascent: The Ripple of Teshuva | Rabbi Tzvi Wohlgelernter

Rabbi Walente grew up in Toronto and studied in yeshiva at Shalaveim where he also served in the IDF's Nakal brigade through the Hezda program. He holds SMika from the chief rabbin of Israel, a bachelor's in psychology from the Hebrew Theological College in Skoi, Illinois, and an MA in Jewish education from the Hebrew University. He is also a certified psychotherapist through the family institute of usim. It's my pleasure to introduce him and I will just say that this year she has been dedicated very kindly and very generously by Zippor and Ellie Raisin in memory of their their mothers Marsha Miriam. May their memories uh be blessed and may very much. >> All right. All right. Nice to see uh some familiar faces, some new faces. Um it's great. It's an amazing thing that people are coming before Yam Kipper. We're on era of Yamiper right now. And the fact that people are taking the time to come and to learn and prepare for the particularly for yam kiper which is you know in itself such a such a meaningful day but to really get the most out of it you have to prepare and like everything else in life the more you prepare the better we get into it and therefore for me I find that every year there's some thought I have to have going into each hug but in particular yum kiper yum kipper is intense right the the buildup for it we've been starting already in lol the day it's so dramatic the fast besides for lowering lowering my caffeine intake which I'm not being so successful with this time but I have also to get really ready what am I thinking about going into this yum kipper now in general my focus or the focus of most people we talk about yum kipper we talk about chuva we talk about chuva in general the focus is usually on the individual not myself how can I be better. What were the mistakes that I made? What other relationships I need to mend? What is relationship? Where am I holding with Hashem? And how can I work on that? Make it better. Where are the stressors? But the focus a lot of the time is on me me, right? What can I as an individual do better? But over the last couple of years, we know that the focus for all of us has really been amish. And the question that I was going into this particular yum kipper with and really the whole time frame of chuva is is there a connection or not just a connection but a deeper um clistic connection to chuva and yum kiper or is this something that really is we're supposed to be focusing on ourselves and making ourselves better and like most things there are very very few things that are found within Judaism that are just focused on the individual. And what we're going to see is that the idea of chuva that is connected with the nation of Israel as a whole is something that's actually very prominent. Now, we'll start. I'm not we're not going to focus too much on a little bit. I didn't bring too many sources, right? There's only a couple sources I want to really go into, but just as a background in source number one, Rambam is talking about how we do vidi and how do we confess. I want to do chuva and when I do chuva what do I say? So what is my confession and if you look at the language how do we do this confession and he says right everything is in the singular right it's all about me I made this mistake I want to be better and that seems to be very logical when I make a mistake I say my bad I'm at fault I'm sorry it's about me and that is what I would expect it to be however if you see in source Number three and this is in the next pericam changes the language that we use and he says is [Music] we sin and as we know right it's au we did it we did it we did it we did it it's no longer about the I it's now about the we which is very different now what is the difference between source number one, rumbum in the first peric and rum bum in the second peric. The difference is is that in source number one, what are we talking about? We are talking about an individual who did something wrong throughout the year and wants to make amends for it. That is the confession that they should make in the singular. However, in source number three, we are already talking about the chuva and yum kipur and there the language change. There the language becomes plural which is a huge difference and we will see why. Now in source number two just as a little almost like a little hint without really explaining it. Raom also it's before the last we learned in source number two Ram says right it's a time of cha for all it's a chuva for the individual and for the community and for the for the for everybody so here we see that there is a coming together there is unification of the individual with the with the with the community at large. Now it doesn't really explain and what is the significance of that but we see that this idea is already hinted at and this is going to be something that is critical for us to understand. The other question the main question that we really have to have in mind is what are we doing now? Why are we asking forgiveness now? Meaning, if I go and punch my friend in the face at some point in January, I think that we would all be in agreement that I should probably as quick as possible go and apologize to him and not wait say I got a bunch of months till young Kipper. I'm good to go. I can wait. Obviously, we're going to need to improve ourselves now. I need to go and fix the relationship that I can have right now. I'm not going to say, "Yeah, I know that we're in a fight right now, but it's okay because I have some time to get you kipper. Then I'm going to go and ask forgiveness for you." Right? So why is it what is the significance that we are we that of specifically yum kiper and the chua that we're doing because I think rightly so if I asked you all you would all agree that a person should ask for forgiveness immediately right right away or as quick as possible right I heard a I heard a great expression I forget it's a it was a it was a it was um psychologist who said this um strike when the iron's cold meaning if you're really upset still about something it's not the ideal time. You want to wait till the passions go down. But then but still an hour, a day, a week, whatever it is, but don't let it sit. You got to you got to you got to work on it right away. You did something bad. You're not waiting a long time. So what are we doing now? Why are we even talking about a chuva that exists for this time of year? That's the overall question you want to see. And now I just want to see again three sources now. Each one just to ask a a short question on it. And then hopefully by the end we'll understand a little bit about how all these ideas connect and what we're trying to get out of yum kiper. We got to be careful about the time. Okay. In source number four. So the source number four it's also a gumar and yuma but it's there's different gear about how it's brought down. So I brought down how it is in the yakov. And again these these might be sources that you're familiar with. So verse number four it says is so great because it gets it reaches again this in the context right of yuma context of yum kipper right and chuva is so great that it gets to the sounds so beautiful it sounds inspiring but what does it mean what what does that mean it goes to the kav that's so nice that's that's wonderful so majestic and Hashem the king is sitting on the on the throne. What does he even mean? How does that affect me in my life? So that that chuva gets to the so that's an idea that we are going to have to understand. Secondly in source number five. So there this is also this is in again about so great that even for an individual that does that that the entire world is forgiven because this one person did chuva. Now this is a crazy statement also. It's so beautiful. It's wonderful. But it's a crazy statement. What does that mean? I do chuva and now the entire world has been elevated has been lifted up. How does that make any sense? If I do chuva, I can understand that I will be elevated. I will be lifted up. My relationships will be healed. But how does me doing chuva influence the entire world that I can literally elevate the entire world? Again, it learns it from au. So again, it's a from the all those the people that slid back, he will heal all those that slide that are sliding back that are doing wrong, right? And he will show love and and he will turn away his his anger from them. And it says specifically meu from him in the in the singular even though it's referring to even though it's referring to the plural. Okay, very nice. So it's a we can learn it from but still conceptually how does that make any sense? How does it make any sense that I as an individual by doing my own chuva can now influence the entire world and elevate it to a different level. And the last the last source before we we really start the idea is something that I'm sure many of you are familiar with. It's a also it makes sense everything be seeing is ina because we are dealing with and that is as the says the we're going to be saying meaning there's there's there's a certain magic about yamipper yum kipper has the ability the day itself is the idea the ability to to to transform us and to provide atonement which is why it's called it's a day of atonement there's a magical element of the day but that only works for that are right with our relationship with Hashem because there we're really influ I did something wrong that had to do with you know between me and my creator and now I'm fixing that and there's there's there's that and then that we're rebuilding our relationship and I'm kipper and that makes sense however the other problems that we do the other sins that we do are for that. You want yum kipper to have its proper effect and change you and uplift you. First, you have to go seek out your friend and apologize. All the people that you did wrong to this year, you have to call them up. You have to go over them and you have to make amends. Only after you do that can yipper actually have its intended impact on you. So now we have to understand the question that I kind of asked before which is why is it that if I do something wrong to somebody why am I waiting till yum kipper wouldn't I need to go and ask amends right away and obviously the answer is yes obviously you want to fix it right away so then why now is there this focus that we're going and asking forgiveness from our friends specifically now versus the rest of the year because it's something that really should be there's equality here should be every day is equal anytime I have this problem really I need to fix it there's obviously something unique about yum kipper that this is an element that's required obviously it needs to be done all throughout the rest of the year and you should not be letting fights simmer and sit and you have to try and heal them right away but there's something unique about yum kipper something that we have to understand about yum kipper that in order for it to have its magic in order for it to ultimately affect us we need to first ask forgiveness from those that we have hurt. Okay, so just as a summary to see all the questions that uh make sure everybody's following, right? Number one, why is it that on that by by true time where now we're using the language of plural, we're asking forgiveness on a plural level. I was saying we did it as opposed to which is what I do during the rest of the year when I make mistakes. I want to ask it to myself. Right. Number two, what does it mean to do chuva? Then it takes us it gets us up to the chair, the throne of God. Again, very beautiful statement but very vague what that means. Number three, right? How can my own personal chuva influence the entire world? And how can I attain atonement for the entire world just because of my individual uh chuva? And number four, why is it that we have this this extra idea of appeasement of our friends specifically now before yum kipper when we all know it's something we need to be doing throughout the entire year? What's the unique element of doing it specifically now before yum kipper? Okay, clear any question till now? Okay. So, what I want to do is I want to go to a certain bait midash. The reason why I'm saying it's a certain bait mij is because um all three of these people had relation to each other, right? We're going to see kind of three pieces and they're all I believe in a sense they're all building off of each other and they're all related. So they're all saying something a little bit different, but I do believe that there is some there is a holistic picture by putting all these pieces together and these are all people that had relationship with each other. So the first is Rashar Yash Cohen. Rashar Yash Cohen was the son of the Nazir of David Cohen. The Naz the the Nazir was the one of the prime talidim of Rkok. He then he became ultimately the chief rabbi of Kyifa for many many years and he passed away in 2016. So relatively recently. So he has a safer called Shai Cohen and he says there's something fascinating. This is a source number seven. And he makes a differentiation between two concepts that the only difference between them is one letter. And what is that? He says okay there is in the community and there's a of the community. So you see that the difference between the B the in versus the H. Again, very little difference, but he's going to explain that there's a there's a huge significance here. And he says throughout the year, what do we need to do? We have right three times a day. We have obviously people can add, but we have a concept that we do three times a day. And ideally, we should be doubing in a minion, right? And in that minion, and the more the marrier, right? So the more people that join the greater it is to to have as many people as possible in a minion. But still in those that we do in throughout the year three times a day, right? That is a of an individual that is joining a meaning we come to sh we sit in the sh as individuals that are you know uniting in and and and joining together with the community at large but with the community at large. We're still standing there as individuals. Obviously there needs to be a minion a limit of at least a minion but like I said the more the merrier the better it is. Now this idea what is theore in this context meaning every single that you go to minion every day whenever you show up in you go to a minion that what is that meaning it is a collection of individuals that because we are a collection of individuals and we're not just standing by oursel we have the ability to say what's referred to asimusha kadesh kadusha kazarat Very nice. Why? Because but there's nothing inherently unique about the this is just when you break it down is just a bunch of individuals that have come together but we remain as individuals and that's our throughout the entire year. And then he continues on the third line. But there's another type of and that's the type of where the individual is trying to join and connect with it to become one with it with the community that is ding to join together and to to to gel together completely and become one unit with that community. And that is why this idea of which is on the is a completely different essence right meaning when you have you have but at the end of the day through when we throughout the year we have our own private which ultimately is thearray that we're dinging and then we also have aan that leads us in and we answer but that is not the essence. We still remain as individuals and you could say that that the Kazan's there to be yay. Those that cannot be yay don't know how to do and nowadays we we're much more fluent and most people could do themselves. So it still remains but we're still just individuals that are doving but it's completely different on the has a completely different essence. And he says It's not just the sum of individuals who it now represents the Jewish people as a whole. We are now not standing as individuals. When we stand on Shaunipur, when we stand in our we are not we are no longer standing now as an individual. We are standing as representatives and completely united of Kalis of the entire Jewish people. That is the essence of what the is on. It's completely different than the rest of the year. It's also much longer, but it's completely different. meaning whether it's blowing the chauffear and we're blowing the chauffar together as one united people the saying or whether it's the confession that we're making. So therefore it's very logical that the confession that we would be making is not being said in the singular as an individual but it's being said as a community. It's being said in the plural because I'm not just representing myself now. I'm representing the entire Jewish people. I'm not standing alone right now. So I don't even have to be afraid of my own sins because I'm not alone. It's not it's not just me. It's the Jewish people. And for the Jewish people, right, as the Jewish people, we can we're all as a as representatives of the Jewish people, we are all sadikim. As individuals, we can be very flawed, but as the Jewish people, we are united. We are one and we are all righteous. And then he says, then he goes to explain that mission. He says, So this is the deeper understanding of why on that on these days right now Kipper is not going to have its influence until we go around and personally ask forgiveness from the people that we harmed. Why? Because now it's it's not just the chuva during the rest of the year that I want to repair my relationship. That's the minute I I I I have those I have a fight I should take care of it. This is now not about that. It's about our ability to join together as one people. But if I'm not asking forgiveness, then there are there are walls, there are partitions between me and my friend, between me and my wife, between me and my children, whatever it is. And and we can't join together anymore. We can't join as one people. So therefore the work has to be that I'm knocking down those partitions before we get to Yumiper in order for Yipper to have its effect. The last line is the last. Oh, I just realized it's not the last line. I have a separate print out. Okay. Because the whole that we're trying to do of the confession oner is to all join together to become one unit the bim and all the while that there is a mountain I'll switch back the ones that everyone else has right all the while that there is a mountain between them it's not going to work we cannot be we cannot join together and yipper will not have its influence that it's supposed to have. And then he continues, so I see now we're on the we're on the flip on this on the second page. Uh third line because of either things that I did or I said, we need to break down those barriers that that caused us to fight. Therefore, it is a condition for Yum Kipper to have to for our service on Yumiper is the mutual appeasement that we're having for each other. It's not just a cute thing that we're doing. We need to become one. We need to let things go and feel is together. And then the individual joins together with its seabboard. As it seabore, we could do no wrong. as it's sib and our we are we are holy as individuals we make mistakes as we know and then he ends by quoting his saintly father as again this is like one of the themes of of we sing it praiseworthy are you the Jewish people in front of you who in front of whom do you become purified and who purifies you and And this obviously has that influence on us. That is the whole work of us to do on which is what to awaken our sense of love for the Jewish people. That is what the Nazar said. Not asking for forgiveness, not mending my relationship with God. The whole of Oda of of Yum Kipper is to connect with the Jewish people. which is it's unbelievable. It's a it's a very strong statement. It's a very strong statement. Right? But let's take it a step further. Right before we get there, I I brought up Rambam that that uh that we're going to see the next source is kind of basing off of where he's also talking about the challenge of the fact that that we brought up before where if Chuva exists the entire year, which we know it does, what's unique about the time frame that we're in right now? So he says outright that Even though in general and calling out to God is good for the 10 days, it's even better and it's received right away. Okay, very nice. So, but again, what does that really mean? Why why is it so powerful on these days specifically when it has to be something that we're doing throughout the year? So, the next source is Ul soiel is he was he became the chief rabbi of Yafo in 1911 which means he was Rafuk's counterpart thei counterpart the Rook's as Ashkarazzi and he was a Sardi and he was very close to Rkook right and uh that's why I'm saying that the all these sources kind of go together in a sense like they're in this that same world and I saw even this book he he'll quote Ruff Cookook as well um I believe he passed away in 195 1953. At that point, he was the he was the chief uh he ended up becoming the chief the the the chief sardi rabbi of Israel. Well, before in 1939, meaning which is after passed away, but he then became the chief rabbi of of British mandate Palestine. And then in 1948, he became the first uh Rishel Nition of of Midat Israel. also a phenomenal thinker and someone who uh we need to be learning more from that a lot of these figures that they're they're they're really incredible and we don't hear enough about them. We're not learning enough of their Torah. But he says like this, he also brings two concepts, right? So now we have the concept of and the difference between them and he's saying something else. He's going to say there's two types of chuva and that's how he's going to differentiate between the rest of the year versus the uniqueness of yum kipper. And he says like this. Oh, I tell you to outsider. He says there is one type of chuva that is called means healing chuva. Right? Now what does that mean? That is the chuva that we're all familiar with. Right? If I hurt myself, okay, I don't know, break my arm, right? So now I it has to heal. I have to go to the doctor. I have to take care of it. Maybe put it into a cast, whatever it is. And then eventually it'll heal or I have a cut. But even after it heals, it could be that there's a scar. Could be if I have a deep cut, maybe there's a scar even after it heals. Now the chuva that we normally talk about is this type of chuva. We have a spiritual body, right? And we have cut or uh you know wounded that that spiritual body and we need to heal it. Very nice. That's spiritual healing and that's something that we understand. It's very clear. But then the novelty is a separate type of chuva and that is called chuva which is of the source going back to the to our source and this is what he says. So this is already now the third line of course it's also we're also focusing on on our on our personal sins and the things that you know and improving ourselves. It's not like we're not focusing at all about approving ourselves. Of course, that plays a part in it, but that's not the unique part, but it doesn't it's not limited to that for just uh uh confessing things and and um and uh regretting, you know, actions that I've made in the past and trying to get comfort over the past, but rather the regret we're having now is to actually to completely uproot or completely uprooting the sin. It's not like I'm healing it and I'm left with the mark. I'm going back to the source so that I can completely uproot and get rid of it as if it was never here in order to give direction to my life or to life in general. life of peace and love and a life of exaltedness to get into a transcendent type of life, a holy type of life. And now here's the bold line. This chuva is not just about a person returning to themsel and dealing with himself and fixing themsel. It's the chuva of us returning as individuals and uniting with the community, uniting with the entire uniting with all of the Jewish people and obviously to our creator who is oh that what does that mean? [Music] This chuva of the individual who is alone and lonely now reunites with the reunites with the community reunites with his state with the national and all of humanity actually the entire world because we everything is really only one one united body. because an individual we have to understand this right now for me one of the one of the scenes I love uh watching is the end of Schindler's list right when he realizes that he gets the ring that says that he who saves one life as if he saved the entire world and like breaks down and says I could have gotten two more people with this pin and with the car I could have gotten it's a very emotional scene but it doesn't just mean because what how we normally understand it that one person you know from that one person now generations which is beautiful and look at all the generations that came forth from that person which is true and it's beautiful but it's deeper than that it's that the person themselves forget about the generations that come afterwards a p each person themsself is anal is an entire world because each individual person contains within them has in them the entire of existence right the essence of the entire existence is in each and every single one of us and And therefore we are now returning to that essence. Why is it that Judaism is so focused on monotheism? Why do we care so much? If we want to be good people, maybe we can just have a bunch of gods, but those gods are ethical gods who want us to do good. Why is our mantra right? That that's it. That that unity, that one of God, that is the most important thing because that is our entire mission in this world. Recognizing that everything in this world is really one and connected. And once we understand that, that's how we get rid of evil. That's how we get rid of bad. Because I don't see you as threatening me. I don't see I don't get jealous because I recognized I don't one arm is not jealous of the other arm. Right? I'm not going to have revenge from one limb over another limb. When we recognize that we're really all connected spiritually and as we asem again this obviously very coalistic but as the world becomes more physical in order for it to become physical we now that creates boundaries and therefore I perceive myself as a separate entity and if I'm separate from you then you're getting in my space you're taking away from me you're challenging me you're competition to me I can be jealous of you but the minute I recognize that really we're all connected If the entire world is really one, then I want what's best for you cuz I want what's best for me and you are really just also an extension of me and I'm an extension of you. We're all connected. We're all one. So when we return to that mur youth, we recognize that we're all really one in our source. Then what? All the sins go away because they're all it's all nar. It's all like why would I fight with one hand over the other hand? Doesn't make any sense because I I I know what I really am. and and of course my my my my my connection with the Kushbar also because he is the source of the source. So obviously that's going to go away also that is chub. So now I just want to end with with a piece from Rakook because this is actually the piece that like sparked my sparked my interest in this in this topic and he said something fascinating and I I think it's so relevant to the time that we're in right now because we've seen the news constantly about about the the Jewish people the name of the Jewish people being dragged in and whether that's the name of Israel or the Jewish people we see it being dragged. I saw something even something silly like there was a there was a concert maybe in Belgium and it was a Coldplay concert and uh so Chris Martin called up this girl to the stage and she said where are you from and Sham a horrible thing she said Israel now he's not even a bad guy this is not even like an anti-semit I was talking to someone actually met him but whatever I don't know I don't know this is not me I've never met him I have no idea but I'm assuming I'm I'm giving him benefit of the doubt but he's like he had to point out I don't know if he called up also a Palestinian person or he had to it's like you can't just be like, "Oh, that's so sweet. That's so nice. Great. Nice to meet you." Like, why is it that we have to we have to be embarrassed to be a Jew? We have to be embarrassed to be Israeli. Like the name of the Jewish people is being dragged in the mud. So listen to this cook. He says we have to have kavana. What does our intention have to be? We have to have intention to elevate the Jewish people. That the status of the Jewish people should be fixed, should be elevated, should be beautiful. Because when we do that, we're going to be able to have our influence, bring that those values and influence the world to have them recognize Hashem and all the values that we want them to. But he says, meaning we want to elevate ourselves to that desire, that spiritual desire for the salvation of the of all of Israel, but we can't get there. I first have to do chuva myself and fix myself in order for that to take effect. I can't do chuva for you. It's not my place. I can only do chuva myself. But here, what's the what's the novelty here? What's my intention? Is my intention because I want to be better? No. My Yes. But my intention is not just that I want to be better. It's that I want the Jewish people to be better. I want the state of the Jewish people to be better. I want people to look at the Jewish people say this is how I want to be. Right? I want France to look at Israel and say, "Oh, that's how an army conducts itself. That's how we deal with economic issues. That's how we set up a healthare system. This is that's what I want. But I can't get there if I don't work on myself." And he says, and this is what he says. And if an individual who works on himself and with this in mind, Kulo that's the person who he gets who he gets elevated he or she is now is able to now influence the entire world and get appeasement for the entire world and not just for themselves because that's their intention when they're working on themsel and everybody can be elevated many people can be elevated now because we are all connected we are all one I can influence other people because spiritually we are all one as we saw for and that's what our that's what our kavana has to be our intention when we're doing chuva now we're so upset of what's going on with the Jewish people to name the Jewish people throughout the world right we have to have that in mind that's what I'm going to have in mind this kiper right but that doesn't mean that I'm going to tell people well you're you're a Jew so I'm going to tell you but by the way you do a lot of things that are wrong and let me give you a list of what's wrong with you I'm going to focus on myself I'm because that I'm the only one I can I'm the only one who can fix myself but my intention is I don't want to just raise myself I want to raise all the Jewish people that's also fascinating but before we start kij what do we do we permit ourselves to d within right we're joining together everybody come in we're all one let's let bygones be gons let's let's and let's join together and become one so now if I go back and we can see all the answers I can see all the questions that that that we discussed and we can try to get an idea of it together right why is what's the uniqueness of yum kipper versus the rest of the year the rest of the year I'm working on myself on yum kipper to focus is now not on myself. It's on Claw Israel. It's on the entire sib and I'm joining together with that sib and I'm becoming one. And how am I becoming one with that? By I'm returning to the where our souls are from. That's where it's hidden to recognize that we're all really one. We all come from there. We're not separate. And once we do that and we return to our source, all the petty fights, everything that we think that the that you're in my place and you're I'm in your place, it falls away. It goes away because I recognize that we're all really one. We're all really connected, right? And that's also and the the and that's why again for us to gel together. So that's why we need appeasement specifically on before Yum Kipper in order for Yum Kipper to have its influence because otherwise we're going to be divided and won't be able to have that influence. And so I want to I just want to end with one with one thing you might have heard before. It was it came out a while ago. I think maybe I think at least a year and a half ago. I think it was near the beginning of the war. There was a farmer in northern Saskatchewan, right? So again, I'm from Canada. I'm from Toronto and my mom's from Edmonton. So that's closer, but Saskatchewan is not a place you're going to find too many Jews. Right? So this is not a Jew. And he sent a voicemail. Has anybody heard this voicemail? No. So I'm I'm going to read it for you. He sent a voicemail to uh to Rabbi Mayor Dubrowski who was in Toronto because Toronto was going to host some big like walk or not the walk-athon. I think it was a it was a special uh a special event, you know, to support Israel. And he and he and he and this is the voicemail that he sends. He says, "I see you're going to have a walk today, a Jewish walk in Toronto, and I wish I could be there to support you. We're busy spraying here and farming. I've been donating some money to the Christian Jewish Fellowship Fund over the last year and I know it's not I know it's not enough. I know it's not enough, sir. And he cracks in the You hear him. He gets like he's getting emotional in the voice, man. I just I just wish I could help more. I've known lots of Jewish people in my lifetime, and they've always treated me with such kindness and respect. And I'm so sorry for what you people are going through in that lousy big city, Toronto. And I'm very sorry for the Israeli captives and all the people that were killed in October 7th. I'm 70 years old. My knees are shot, but God, if there was anything I could do to help over hop over to Israel, I would jump on a plane in a minute. I love you guys. I wish you all the best. I had four uncles in World War II, sir. One of them didn't come home. He was killed in northern Italy on December 27th, 1943. The other three were in the RAF, the Royal Air Force, and they made it home by some bloody miracle. They made it home. And they did not go over to fight Hitler and to fight Stalin, to fight that hatred, that horrible, horrible hatred. They did not risk their lives and give their lives to that fight and then have us come home and their grandchildren dealing with this. Anyway, like I said, lots of love here from Saskatchewan. There's lots of support out here, sir. And if there's ever anything I can do, please let me know. Now, it's a very emotional it's a very emotional message. And I was thinking, what if we were like that? We were some instead of instead of it coming from, you know, some faroff non-Jew who's a clearly a righteous person, what if we had those sentiments, right? That that we feel it's it's it's so painful and we do we feel that pain of the Jewish people. So, we but it's an opportunity that we feel that pain of the Jewish people because we can walk in to this Yum Kipper, right? We have another day to ask forgiveness, to break down those walls that we built up between our friends or whatever it is, to break them down, to join together with the Jewish people, and to feel to feel that pain of the the state of the name of the Jewish people of how it's being dragged in the mud and to do that chuva to to work on ourselves, but with the intention that we're going to not just lift up ourselves, but lift up the Jewish people and with that to lift up the entire world. And with that, we're going to see tremendous tremendous this year that are coming and a unity that we've never seen before. And everybody should have