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Rabbi Kalish
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To share what somebody Avi Per is a guy
I learned from in Yeshiva. If you know
Avi Per, he's a very colorful
personality. He's very colorful. He
wears funky clothing. He's a redhead,
flaming red hair. He's he's a musician.
He's from the best musicians we've ever
had here. He composes songs, incredible
music. Very very talented, creative,
artistic person. Avi Per said over that
in the morning he gets dressed. He wears
funky clothing. He wears cool pants.
Yeah, yeah.
That's amazing, right? He wrote a song
on the Gemara. He's brilliant. So, he
wears colorful shirts, pants.
And my she observed, he said that every
morning he like thinks what to wear. And
and he wears cool shoes, different
colors. He's a colorful guy.
And he said one garment I put no thought
on, the tzitzis.
Just simple and I dump it on. And he
said I asked myself and I'm bothered.
All my other garments are so loud
and the tzitzis are so quiet.
The tzitzis are so like I just put on my
tzitzis, no thought. He said I'm like
bothered, am I a thoughtless person?
Every other garment like I put on my
pants, he picks a nice pair of slacks.
His shirt, his tzitzis thoughtlessly
puts it on. He said it bothered him. So,
he started thinking about it. He said
something brilliant. Truly, he said like
this.
Beged clothing, beged is beis gimmel
daled. What's striking? Two, three,
four. Beis, gimmel, daled. What's
striking? Where's the aleph?
Allo, the aleph is missing. Beis,
gimmel, daled. Beged is missing the
aleph, the essence. It's two it's
missing the one cuz it's not who you
are, it's what you show. Beged is what?
Perception. It's a world of fake.
Beged is hmm, let me show everybody I'm
very stark so I wear this. Let me show
I'm chill so I wear that. Let me show
I'm cool so I wear that. Beged is what
you're showing, not who you are. It's
two, three, four. It's missing the one.
Doesn't have the aleph. It's bet, gimel,
dalet. Beged also means what? Treachery.
Ashamnu, bagadnu, beged. Bet, gimel,
dalet means clothing and treachery cuz
it's disloyal to the one.
Treachery is when that people are
disloyal to the king, a traitor. Bigad
them is disloyal to the essence. It's
what you're showing, not who you are.
Said Avi Per brilliantly, he said the
reason he thinks you put a mitzvah at
the corner of your beged
is if the whole beged is what I show,
after everything I show, mitzvah, I want
to know if you don't know who I am, I'm
connected to God.
Deeper than all my shows is I'm a soul.
Under all my bigad them is a soul that
wants to connect to Hashem. So the
corner of the beged, the corner means
the achlus.
The corner represents what's beyond my
bigad them. Deeper than all my bigad
them, our body is a beged. The body is
referred to in Sefaria as a beged. It's
the external. It's the external. Deeper
than all my bigad them, mitzvah,
connection to God.
That's the deepest space of me, my soul.
So at the corner of your beged, put
tzitzis. So Avi Per said, "I like that.
I don't think about that one." All my
other bigad them is a conversation. Hey,
what should I show? There's one that's
quiet and consistent that just true. I
don't think much about it. It's the
deepest space. He said, "Sometimes I
even forget about that space. Just goes
on like absentmindedly." He said that
the that that's like an unchanging
truth. The deepest space me at the
corner of my bigad them.
Deeper than all the things I show,
mitzvah.
But I want to That's what Ari Perl
brilliantly shared right here at this
Musaf that he came to visit one day and
he shared this mitzvah of tzitzit.
>> Gorgeous.
>> I want to share something else to the
chevra. Mordy, I want to share something
else to the chevra.
The purpose of tzitzit is to remember
that's open. We say it in Krias Shema.
The purpose of mitzvah of tzitzit is to
remember all the mitzvahs. We remember
we're loyal to Hashem and to remember
the mitzvahs.
That's the purpose of tzitzit is to
remember all the other mitzvahs. We say
this in Krias Shema. The words we say in
Krias Shema about tzitzit
>> Very good.
>> We say on tzitzit
U're'isem oso, you shall see it,
u'zchartem, and you'll remember as kol
mitzvos Hashem, all the mitzvahs of
Hashem. So tzitzit remind us of all the
commands.
Now why tzitzit remind us of all the
commands is is very, very difficult.
What's the gematria of tzitzit, chevra?
Tzadi and yud is 100.
90 and 10, see? Tzitzit, tzadi and yud
is another 100, 200.
Plus the taf is 400 is 600. The gematria
of tzitzit is 600.
Add to that the five knots, 1 2 3 4 5
knots, 605. There are eight strings,
four and four eight, is 613.
Oh, there's a gematria there. Cool.
Tzitzit is 600, five knots, eight
strings is 613. So good as a gematria.
Wow, that's like a little bit
far-fetched. Tzitzit remembers the
mitzvahs.
I want to share a midrash with the
tzitzis is a rope.
It's a rope. I like people like holding
on different times in my life. I like
holding my tzitzis.
It's a rope. Grab onto it. It's a rope.
Throw out. The madrish says that the
tzitzis is a rope
is that a person it gives a musha a
person is drowning somewhere. Somebody
throws him a line and he holds on he
pulls up to safety.
They're all different visuals. My I have
a nephew who's very into repelling.
And he takes people he is in his artsy
thrill seeker. He is wildly adventurous.
And my dad was a very adventurous My dad
had a motto that is a wild motto. If it
ain't dangerous it ain't fun. That was
like his motto. He liked very extreme
things. So with my Don't do dangerous
things.
But he went with my nephew
>> [clears throat]
>> and they went repelling. My nephew is an
artsy thrill seeker. He does wild
repelling. He's very talented and does
it in crazy places. He had
There's a picture of my father once like
something didn't work and my father was
hanging over some like crazy area and
something broke. And my father was just
dangling. But the picture of somebody
holding onto a rope and being pulled to
safety is the madrish says is the
tzitzis.
And the sense that on this earth there's
something you can grab on. We all want
eternity.
In a world that seems just
We talk
three-dimensional that which is eternal
connection relationship a connection to
the eternal one.
Tzitzis are a rope
that hold on to and you could have
something that's lasting things that
matter we can connect to Hashem. We can
connect to the eternal one and be
eternal and shachus to eternity. That's
what tzitzis is is the rope that you can
connect to eternity. It's a chevel, it's
a rope. The rope that one can hold on to
and be pulled to safety.
Connect atem atvekem bashem. You are a
dovik bashem chaim kolcha mayom this
life.
I want to express saying
Dovidel's song my king many times. One
of the greatest times that to my
estimation, has his own story to
tell.
But when he sang it's sitting about here
of Shalom Rubashkin who had just gotten
out of jail a few weeks before.
And sang don't ever let Rubashkin
was pouring tears. Not emotional. I
couldn't believe that he had so many
tears after being in jail 8 and 1/2
years. That speaks about a man of faith.
He was pouring tears. Don't ever and we
asked him like what hit you? It's a
gorgeous song but that wasn't the
typical reaction. He was pouring tears.
And he told us that for 8 and 1/2 years
in jail he said to Hashem
don't let go of me. I'm never letting go
of you Hashem. I'm holding on for dear
life. Hold on to me.
And he said how am I going to hold on to
you Hashem mitzvahs?
He's a Yid who's sitting in jail 8 and
1/2 years maximum security. Not like a a
picnic small security is not not great
either jail but okay. He was a maximum
security with murderers afraid for his
life. People are dangerous. Fights break
out. Craziness. He was with literal He
was sitting in jail but one point his
roommate was a hitman. A guy who for his
parnassa would kill people.
What?
Amazingly little. Amaze If you hear his
story amazingly little. It was a
financial It was a The reason he got
maximum security is cuz he was he was
Israeli like the foreigner piece. His
crime was was crime was hard to like
The kids are at Bar Mitzvahs of Shalom
Rubashkin.
Said to Hashem, "I'm holding on to you.
How am I going to hold on to you
mitzvahs?" The man made kiddush every
single week in jail, got grape juice,
made kiddush. The man sat in the sukkah.
The man shook a lulav and an esrog. The
man put on tallis and tefillin every
single day. He said to Hashem, "I'm
holding on. I'm going to do mitzvahs.
I'm going to do that which you
commanded. I want to relate and connect
to you. I'm going to be loyal to you."
And he prayed to Hashem, "Don't ever let
go of me. I'm holding on to you. Don't
ever let go of me."
And when played the song, he
said, "This is what I've been praying
for 8 and 1/2 years." Don't ever let
ever let He said him, "I mamesh been
saying this for 8 and 1/2 years." He was
crying like a baby when sang
Tati, My King.
So, the tzitzis as a picture of a rope
that you can hold on to
can hold on to.
A bachur described to me at a moment in
his life that he was tempted a very big
temptation, he held the tzitzis.
I couldn't believe it cuz it must have
been to a gemara. The gemara says about
a student of Rabbi Akiva who went to be
over his nose, and it says the tzitzis
smacked him in the face.
I don't think it means literal. Though,
if you want to learn it literally, I
don't mind. I think it means that he
held on to his tzitzis.
I come from somewhere. I have deep
connections behind my begadim.
I have a deep connection to Hashem. I
have a purpose. I'm about something. I'm
connected to the creator. I live with
mission. The tzitzis occurred to him,
and he held back from his aver. A bachur
was literally mechaven, told me he
grabbed the tzitzis when he had a
challenge.
So, that's the tzitzis as a rope. This
mitzvah that we such interesting people,
we have ropes. A chevel at the corner of
our garments is that we're told that
something we have we can hold on to.
Hashem, loyalty to Hashem, their
mitzvahs. We actually in strange places,
I won't eat that. I like kashrus a lot.
There's many deep things about kashrus,
but the Kuzari writes at the simplest
level, I love that I'm in crazy places
and my wife and I get off the plane,
we're starving and you see a store and
we turn to each other and not kosher, I
like that.
It warms me. I'm loyal. You feel like
you just arrived and who knows where.
I'm very tied to something. I know who I
am. A special diet is like so cool, you
remember yourself, what you're about. I
remember there's a world that's me. I
find that in airports and crazy places.
I like checking out and not kosher. I
like looking, oh, this food here not
kosher.
But I don't want to just like be a
robot. No, I want to like go through the
experience. Oh, there's a I I like
telling my wife, oh, there's a
restaurant.
And not kosher.
What?
That's funny, that's funny.
But the the tzitzis is a very grounding
experience that you have a rope. It's a
connective experience that I'm connected
to something, that there's something I'm
part of. I have begadim, I have things I
show all the time and begadim make me
forget who I am.
Begadim are the essence that I could
just dress anyway I want and be anything
and tzitzis are deeper than all the
things I show is there something I am.
Yeah, I have the possibility of begadim
and begadim [clears throat] as a space.
I could look like this and look like
that and look like the third thing is
actually something that I am. It's
something that I have. There's a deep
place in me. I'm a neshama that's very
connected to all the right things.
Tzitzis is that rope that reminds that
that binds us to, connects us to the
other side, the one holding the other
side of the rope.
It's funny the possuk speaks about us
Yaakov gave on a loss I there possuk him
that sound a little like this but this
is the madrish that speaks about tzitzis
that I wanted to share with the chevre.
Is it possible today weirdly we would
sing Tati my king maybe? Wouldn't that
be so weird like in the back row?
>> What's
why on tzitzis does it go 7
>> Excellent question.
>> 7 9 10 13 like
>> I don't know. I don't know. I don't
know.
Good question. Fair question. Those men
hug and mug are very interesting. What
you say?
From what every mom is from whatever you
want.
Same material it says.
Judah thanks for being here. I know it's
one of the slide before I go.
>> You're a great guy.
So
>> I was told speak to you.
Maybe you can
tell me who
I am.
I've been long
to know
where I go.
In the end,
my only hope is that
you
hold my hand.
How am I supposed to see
your path?
So many questions [music] I have to ask.
Now I'm standing here alone.
I'm losing
hope. And in the [music] end,
my only hope
is that
you
hold my hand.
So touchy, my king. [singing]
Father, I plead.
Don't [music and singing] ever let ever
let go of me.
Ever [singing] let [music] ever let go
of
me.
Touchy, my king.
Father, I plead.
>> [music]
>> Don't [singing]
ever let ever let go of me.
Ever let ever let [music and singing] go
of
me.
I need you to know
that I'm lost in my [music] life. So
pick me up. [singing] Help me stand.
Don't let go of my hand. Touchy, [music]
[singing] my king.
Father, I plead.
Don't [singing]
ever let ever let go of me.
Ever let ever let go of
me.
>> [music and singing]
>> I am here to speak with you,
Usher.
Starting to see now who I am.
I've been lost before, I know, but here
I stand.
Taking part
in your plan.
And now [singing] I'm walking down your
path.
Even with the questions [singing]
I have to ask.
It gives me hope to know
[music and singing] that
I belong
in the end.
>> [music and singing]
>> I'll reach out for you
and take your hand.
>> [music]
[singing]
>> Thou art my king.
Father, [music] I
pray
don't ever let ever let go of me.
>> [singing]
>> Ever let ever let go of me.
>> [music]
>> Thou art
my king.
Father, I pray
don't ever let ever let [music] go of
me.
Ever let ever let [singing] go of me.
I'm [music] starting to realize that
you've held me [singing] so tight. I'll
follow your plan, [music] just don't let
go of my hand. Thou
art my king. [singing]
Father,
I pray
>> [singing]
>> don't ever let ever [music] let go of
me. Ever let ever let go [singing] of
me.
I LOVE YOU. HERE.
>> [applause]
>> SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
>> TWO TWO THINGS WHAT hit last night is
the
the way guys respect each other and want
respect for each other and want like
each one to look good. And then the
quality of our guys.
The quality of the guys is
People will say that this 12th grade,
this 13th grade. The quality guy by guy
by guy is mishuga. It's mishuga.
I feel like it was it was late and I
couldn't properly like express. There
There books could be written on the
guys. You try to like say a blurb, like
some statement. It doesn't doesn't
barely do justice. It doesn't like in
touch. I'm going to say a guy who's not
here. The guy is not here. You see a guy
walk by Yehuda Yehuda Peneth.
He learned with his grandfather. He
learned with his grandfather
for about a year and a half every night
on the phone. He learned Mishnayos.
Finished entire Seder
Shisha Sidrei Mishna.
There's so much There's so many things
that aren't seen. What I love about the
last night in Waterbury. Waterbury is a
hidden place.
It's a It's a It's a sneaks place. What
happens you don't see. After last night
guys are like that what was what was
going on. You can't see Waterbury. A
secular school you could see. Go to math
class and that's the school. What you
see is what you get. Math class,
science. I laugh when people come see
the Yeshiva. I give guys long times to
the upsetment of guys that are here.
What's a guy just coming?
A guy's visiting the Yeshiva. I want to
tell him there's a whole inner world and
if he doesn't know the inner world, he
didn't even see the Yeshiva. You can't
look at the Yeshiva
cuz you don't you're not privy to the
conversation of Bachrus having with
Rabbi Shapiro. Unless you listen into
the conversation with Rabbi Wisnicki,
if you're not in my house, I have 3
hours of conversation with parents and
guys at night. So, unless you bug
phones, unless you listen to private
conversations, unless you're late night
in the dorm two friends talking to each
other,
there's just so much that it's not a
place you can see. The last night, I
feel like the yeshiva gets peeled back
for a minute. It's like Megillas Esther.
There's a world happening of Hashem
running and we just like don't see it.
Then it's peeled back and it's like
shoot.
Whoa, I didn't see this. I didn't have
this. I didn't know this.
Things are peeled back. The last night's
like a peeling of the yeshiva and a
little bit like a taste is like revealed
that that's what was going on. There's
like a world. Each guy's journey and
story and processing and healing and
figuring out and coming to grips is not
happening at a math class.
It's happening in here and it comes
slowly.
The one of the funniest lines is a 10th
grader who needs to just rest. Needs to
be loved with nothing. He needs When
you're 3 years old, you don't got to do
anything. Sometimes you need to be 3
when you're 16. There's an age you're
just good. There's motherly love,
fatherly love. You managed hugged and
embraced. The guy says, "Rabbi, I know
it a bad year. Next year, you'll see
it'll be better." That's like the
funniest. The guy is mad
came here. He didn't like himself. He
didn't know Hashem. He didn't want
Torah. And after year, I want to learn.
I want to go to shiyur. I want to go to
Rabbi Silverman's shiyur every day. I
know I wasted my year. Waste of year.
You moved more this year than you'll
probably move any year in your life.
Your whole inner world, you're saying
that it wasn't an external thing.
I hear. We're very pnimiustic place.
What was your story? If I accept myself,
we're more in touch here. If I'm more
comfortable, I'm more I just feel better
about my own life. I'm actually thinking
thoughts. Before I think about God,
there's a me. It's me and God. Bain Adam
Lamakah. There's Adam to the Makom, who
is me. I Till I feel me, don't tell me
about Hashem. There's first to me a
little baby. There's a me.
We call them selfish. There has to be a
me. A me meets God. They don't meet God.
They meet God. The me wants God and
meets God.
So, I the the the pnimiyus, the inner of
this place that is so pnimiyus-tic. The
guys are incredibly special. When you
call up the names, Mordy Sam would say
it to me late last night. And Mordy
always he is the Yeshiva and nails the
Yeshiva. Late last night he's just
freak. He said, "Do you see the seniors?
Like do you see what" He was bugging,
like freaking excited. He's right.
There's no There's nothing to say to a
visitor, like "Wow, okay." You can say
nice thing like The guys are ridiculous.
Amazing guys. Honest, good, beautiful
stories.
To speak about Avi Reichman for 3
minutes here is it's like almost silly.
There's a person. How nice, how many
guys has he been kind to? How many guys
say open up and he's kind and present to
them and encouraging. His own His
conversations with Rabbi Weiss Sneaky
for years now. A rebbe that he that
there's a there's an engagement to the
rebbe. Beautiful. His own journey is
closeness to his own grandfather. You
have often you learn with Zayde?
>> Every night.
>> Every night. A guy learns with the
Zayde, you don't need to say more. The
man has a chavrusashaft him and Zayde.
That's For how long have you been doing
that?
>> Since I got in 3 years ago.
>> 3 years he's learning with his
grandfather. You know YOU'RE AROUND,
THAT'S
>> [applause]
>> THAT'S A PERSON. THAT'S A TYPE OF
PERSON, that's I've been watching in the
last couple of some reason I got to see
all the beauty of Ari that that's on
display. Ari Steinman, I've got to see
him a lot with his father. I like
watching him with his father. I see
friendship and love.
Just care. I see such a mutual respect.
I see a son respecting a father and a
father I like a lot when a son prides in
his father and the father prides in his
son. I watch his father have a pride as
he should from Ari Steinman. It's like
it's wonderful pride. Pride in his son,
it's a beautiful thing. He's like proud.
He's proud to be near his son to That's
my He loves saying that's my son. That's
That's the That's That's my bracha to
everybody here. You should have
beautiful families. You should have a
pride to show people that's my son. I
want to say in the chevre here, I want
to show you off to the world. I That
there were only like there should be
billions of people like graduate. I want
to show you to the world. I want to show
how I am leaving this growth. Your
growth is connection to his mother. His
connection to Ari with Sneaky is is
wild.
We have to show him to the world.
Honest, authentic, working, growing,
figuring out, developing. The world
needs to see but the world will see.
A 10th grader in whatever he wrote a
song. An honest song, Tati My King.
Millions of times it's been listened to
by our people. Men, women, and little
children vibing to a 10th grader's song
here that he just wrote a song a few
people together. Dovidy Dell, Yaakov
Hill, and I was a dorm counselor.
Massive thumb chacham. He worked on the
words. They were like writing the words
of the chevre and millions of Yidden
grabbed onto the song. So you will be
heard from.
You wrote in building your own family
and enjoying your own communities. The
guys here. I respect that Beach came
back is wild.
>> [applause]
>> I like
I [applause] like when people make I
love when people make their move. Don't
copy, don't imitate. He made I like when
a guy made such a cool move. To come
here, he's in the middle of working like
make a taste him. His friends in there
it's a stroll. How do you define it?
Where are you? My I remember when I saw
my she switched to Ref Fishel's Yeshiva
from Torah V'Yirah.
See people I get embarrassed I'm 51 I'm
in 11th grade I'm in Waterbury.
Like a trick I have No no no I teach
there. No I'm I'm not a teacher I hold
on that. I learn here I study I'm I get
to it here. I like what Beach did. He
I'm not like taking polls what people
say and think. This is who I am this
what I'm doing. I want to express
gratitude to what we owe all the dorm
counselors. I'm thinking right now about
Yitzchak Dovid ben Yitzchok Dovid and
what you brought.
>> [applause]
>> WE TALKED ABOUT HUMILITY. HERE'S A
HERE'S [applause] AN old He's older than
a lot of the guys. Good looking guy cool
guy. He came back here there many places
he could have gone.
But he came here and gave such
friendship to guys. Guys have described
you on an off time in Yeshiva calling up
so available. Let's chill let's hang
out. You want to go somewhere. He get
you gave friendship here beautiful
friendship. The place has matured by
worlds and I attribute it to people like
Yitzchak. The more dorm counselors more
close more conversation has much more
maturity here. And I appreciate what you
brought this year is you have a chelek
in everything. Everything you saw last
night and there's a lot to have a chelek
in. To watch each guy coming up there's
a story there's a family there's like a
Yeah. I felt maybe to watch anybody you
saw last night Yisroel Wablasky's father
get hug him.
LIKE
>> [applause]
>> 17 YEARS FOR that hug of your tot, the
running to his son, love, respect,
celebration. That hug his father
wouldn't let go. 17 years of Yeshiva is
like validated from his father running
over. He like made a beeline to his son
and grabbed him and you saw he's pretty
strong. He held on tight.
But that hug your father gave you last
night
there's no no no cam. I promise no video
can capture what what I saw, but I felt,
what I experienced. That was wild. I saw
a lot of that last night. Siblings like
celebrating. To have Avraham Miller's
two brothers here like really proud of
their brother, like really respect.
>> [applause]
>> It's a long night. It's a long night.
Nachman Nachman [applause] is a young
kid. How old is Nachman?
What?
Find me a 12-year-old sitting there
hours and hours and hours till like
9:40. Then he comes up to me and says,
"Do my brother next." that. Like I can
then I was like, "You're right." Nachman
he was sitting Avraham Miller went next.
But here's this here's brothers who are
looking up, who respect. He sees
Avraham's journey and growth and
respects it deeply. And I like that a
lot. I like the siblings that are there
like priding, celebrating, and seeing
like that there's there's so much to be
proud of and to express, to really
experience.
I got a letter like a text that's way
beyond the text after from Akiva
Gugenheim's parents. I don't know if the
momma wrote or dad or it was from both,
but clearly they both just expression of
of what they've seen their son, the
growth, describing in detail the growth
of their son.
And just the family's pride.
Anybody who's seen the movie Ushpizin,
when somebody grows, the last ones who
believe it are guys brother and sister
and family.
And in the movie Ushpizin this guy is
like a frum. He used to be a gangster
and he becomes a big frum in
and his old friends are like, "Yeah,
yeah."
Like, please.
They're too close to like buy something
fake. Like, you can't flip out and fool
your sister. She knows the kishkes of
who you are, you know?
The close ones, you don't fool. And when
siblings like acknowledge, you know,
this respect, that's like
things are deep. You've accessed deep
space. It's with siblings. Like, when
close people acknowledge, like, respect,
this is not a show. This is not I liked
that a lot last night. Parents and
siblings, like, there was respect all
through the room, like, an
acknowledgement. I loved that Iron's
family members came with those shirts
with pictures of Iron on there, but I
promise the whole family has a deep
respect. His father wrote writes before
every Shabbos.
Wrote something about Iron. I loved that
together with his sons, they watched the
Nick game. I think that's gorgeous. Him
and his sons. And then he said after the
game, Iron's going back to Waterbury.
You're running state to the morning. I
want to get back to Yeshiva.
He writes like the value of that, the
respect to that, the appreciation to
that.
I liked that the family members had
shirts. I appreciated that a lot.
I I look I'm looking back there at the
pergula. I'm saying it wrong.
I keep thinking I The name has to
change. For anybody who knows, Gehenna's
world purgatory. I don't The word's a
bit
>> That's the word you talked of.
>> That's the word I was talking about.
What?
The word The word pergula, just like too
too similar to that. I don't
Well, promenade. That's I'm calling it a
promenade. Exaggera promenade. That much
The word pergula, I don't know.
Purgatory, it just keeps reminding me of
that. I don't know if I heard the word.
It It's too close. me. Maybe I should
use that word
instead.
No, but I think something is prominent.
But I want to express
anybody watch Sheka.
The man is determined beyond. If you
gave me about 16 years, I can't build If
you gave me the rest of my I can't build
this. It's not It's not an idea. But the
the talent and the skill and the
determination is amazing. But really
what he gives to Yeshiva, the the the
energy you brought this year, the love,
the friendship, the humility. You're a
humble person. What Sheka has BROUGHT TO
US.
>> [applause]
>> WHERE'S MOISHE? THANK YOU, MOISHE. WHAT
YOU DID, MOISHE. Thank you.
>> [applause]
>> As real AS YOU ARE.
IT'S FUNNY. WE MET I MET Avraham
Lowenstein came for his brother-in-law's
afras.
Just so long, Avraham.
And what Avraham has brought this year,
maturity. He's a deep person. He's crazy
at everything, but humble.
To watch him play baseball. I happen to
like softball a lot. He is wildly good.
A fielder, a great arm, but just good at
everything. A musician, sings, but
humble. I love the humility. There's no
Not arrogant. Just good at everything
and then kind and sweet, respectful of
people. You told me about Aiza and
Muchubad on the Chabad of Sabrias. This
place matters definitely this year cuz
Avraham was here. I thank you and
appreciate YOU TREMENDOUSLY.
>> [applause]
>> IN MOST WORLDS I KNOW, A GUY WHO'S more
talented and learns more is at feel with
you. Look at other people, guys like
you.
I talked like that and then I I never
talk That's the typical.
You have to be so clenius, so developed
in the clenius thick way. Avram's eyes
and people were.
Guy can come here at 4:11. Avram looks
so nicely praying.
It's like space for your prayers, yeah.
We can go guy by guy. Yes, I had my turn
already last night. I was very feeble.
So, I don't really deserve that. Kaylis,
you had your chance last. I know second
chances.
But I really really want to give Sheva
play down. Hashem what he's put
together, the team that we have. This is
like very unlikely. From Houston to
Connecticut to Baltimore, Eretz Yisrael,
Queens, New York, England, Monsey,
Oceanside, nuts.
For Africa.
Should we forget our hometown?
Johannesburg.
Yeah, amazing. Really really remarkable
remarkable that there's a GM here. When
I fit when we're all we're all enjoying
the Knicks run and an intelligent
observer says, "Who put this team
together? It's well constructed." Like
it's a very unique team because most
teams that win have a specific
superstar.
The Knicks are a unique team that does
not There's There's a guy who's great,
clearly the point guard is special, but
he's not a top five, not top three.
Oh, I'm not counting no politics. Top
five. They have a top five Yeah, no no
no I'm not being political. I have no
idea.
But the kids who is that it's a team.
So, you think about who constructed this
group. I started
top guy.
But but the
100% But that somebody constructed this.
It's actually a Yid. It's pretty cool
that a Jew put this together. So, a Jew
constructed it is cool. Somebody sees
our Yeshiva. It's like wow, but it's
been constructed by the one above
Hashem. It's like so unlikely for us to
be together. A betting man would have no
chances. Like it's this whole Yeshiva is
unlikely. When I wanted to start this
Yeshiva 17 years ago, a big big tavern
who actually liked me a lot called me
up. He's in my butt today and he
screamed for half hour. My wife's a
witness and he said don't start. I know
what you want to build. It's impossible.
It's impossible. Impossible. And the man
was right. The man was 100% right. And
he did it. He was screaming, but he did
it to our benefit. Said I understand
what you want to build. Don't do it.
Impossible. 100% right.
Except as you want to show them. Except
as you want to show them. Throw it up.
Hashem is a finisher that is what I want
to show them. sings to Zamin.
There's a justice schedule today.
There's an artist. Yeah, what time is
the artist going to be here Kevra?
>> Artist? What?
>> Yeah, there's there's I think I think
now. I think 1:20 sharp. So there's an
artist. Do you know where the artist is?
Guys, there's t-shirts that you can
paint welcoming you to my shoes offer of
cool t-shirts. Tell all the Kevra 1:45
in 5 minutes. That's in front. At 4:15
I'm asking my family to come early.
There's going to be a special amount
with Reb Aris Levine singing.
Everybody's invited to join a beautiful
amount that's going to take place at
4:15.
And then
Mincha is going to take place at 8:10.
8:10 is
a good nerve session.
What do you say?
>> What?
>> We're going to do an inter canal.
>> What?
Uh I don't have anything to do this
summer. I might have to get on a trip.
What? I want to work together? I want to
work. Period, but I don't I can't find a
job.
The guy just got back from Canada.
>> What even is this?
What even is this?
>> That's the phone that that records
everything.
>> Um that was that was uh insensitive of
me. I'm sorry.
I didn't know what was uh
Sorry. Oh, mighty phone.