A TORAH LOVE STORY (A BeEzrat HaShem Inc. Film)

2:32Signature of the Chata. I have the sig.

3:44I'm from Brooklyn, New York. I moved to Florida in my late teens, when I was 17. I grew up in Haiti. I was born in Haiti. I moved here to Miami about 14 years ago, when I was 13 years old, so I'd say it was about 15 years ago. Since then, I've always lived in Miami, and that's where I spent my life, went to school, and did everything. How did we meet? Coming to the shul, coming to the shul, I don't know, maybe about two years or more ago. Yeah, I started coming to the shiur, and... When did you guys get married? About a month ago. About a month and a couple of weeks. Yeah. Did you guys speak at all? Nope. The first time, as I was...

4:52Going through a process about two years ago, I started going to the Rav. After that first year or second, my cousin said, "Do you want to talk to the Rav? I mean, he can help you if you really want to convert and stuff like that." So, I was like, "Before, I thought, okay, that's the reason I came." I talked to the Rav, and he was like, "You sure you want to do this?" I was like, "Yeah." So, you know, all these decrees. I'm excited they're coming on you. you know, they're out to kill us and everything. I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm sure, for sure, no problem, 100%. So from then on, he gave me a syllabus to learn: what to learn, how to do so. From that moment on, I just started studying. Whatever I learned from before, I added to it and just kept adding on to it, kept adding on to it. And as I'm going to the shiur, she's there. And as I'm changing my life, whatever part of my life I'm holding back, I continue to embrace the process of transformation. I'm leaving my whole life behind. Every week I'm going, she's there. Then you start thinking. Maybe when you finally get into that process, and the rabbi was saying, after you get into the process, you have to get married. That's the first thing in Yiddishkeit. You have to get married and have children. So I was like, okay, you're there. You get into a community. What's there? And the shiur, she's always there. She's a tzaddeket there. So maybe you have my father.

6:21if I have the zechut, not my zechut, from somewhere, and maybe she'll be one of the candidates, and... Yeah, so I was there, I kept going and focusing on my studies and went through a conversion process after a year. As soon as we finished, we never spoke a word, but she baked. So the only words I probably said to her were, "Thank you for the cookies. They were delicious." And she would just nod and say, "Thank you." That's it. That's the only interaction I know we had. Yeah, so as we were learning and going through the process, then... the week after the conversion, the makeup and everything, then the Rav said, okay, you're finished now and it's time for you to get married. I was like, so, and we're here and this is a small group of us, so I have someone for you. You two should go on a date and see where things go. I was like, yeah, no problem. He was like, It's that person. I was like, oh, I have the zechut. Okay. Maybe it's because I have the zechut, I'm able to get the chance to go out with her. And she also said yes. I was like, how lucky I am. Yeah. And we went on a date and we clicked. Yep. Everything started from then.

7:39...but the first time we talked, when we were there together, it was like, "Now you guys go on a date and see how things go." And when we went on the date, that's the first time we actually talked. We asked, "What's your name? Where are you from?" and so on. From that first date, we clicked. We went on a couple of dates after that, kept talking, and a few months later, we got married. Yeah, it was a merit, it was a privilege, it's a blessing for me to marry this tzaddekes. As you guys can see, every day she gives me strength, she helps me push forward and try to be better. I know with her by my side, I'm blessed, and I thank the Ribbono Shel Olam for this perfect match. Words cannot express my gratitude to the Rav, to the shul, and to her, of course. Baruch Hashem, Hashem knows what He’s doing, and I'm glad He gave me this shidduch. I also went there and realized that my next step would also be getting married. I wasn't - I mean, I was brought up in a home where college is like a mandatory thing. You have to go to college for five years so you have a solid degree and make money, and that's the main purpose in life — to make money so you can live. The only way to live is if you go to college and make money, and I knew that was not the...

9:00...what the Darach Hashem is. So that was also one of the things I had to overcome with my father more. He told me I would basically end up homeless if I don't go to college. Speaking with the Rav about it, I ended up working for him and leaving my job because I was looking for more meaningful work, and marriage was the next step for me. Going to the shiur for two years and staying there, he was always present every single time. It's like you think, but you can't fully commit yet because he wasn't completely converted yet, though he was very close. I would always hint to him, like, "Okay, so when?" And he would say, "No, you know, you should try out other offers and try to look. Also, you have to do your part; you can't just sit and not do anything and wait." But I felt like I wouldn't be giving anyone a fair chance because I felt like this was it. I need someone who is choosing to be Jewish because that is what he wants his life to be. And he knows that that's what Hashem wants from us. And we were created for this reason: to serve Hashem. And anyone else I'd go out with would never understand, ever.

10:24Yes, 100%. Like I said, Tzadikim, 100% felt it in the room every single time. I try to stay out of it. If anything, I was the crazy one, keeping on looking over. But he was always staring at the Rav's face. Yeah, that was my distraction. I had to stare. I was like, that's not the mission right now. The mission is to finish. Looking at the finish line can be distracting, and it was a distraction. However, you know, you put your eyes on the finish line, which was being part of the special people, the champion people. That was the goal; that was the mission, and I wanted to focus on that before allowing my mind to wander with anything else. I needed my mind to be pure, ensuring that I was coming in knowing that I was there to serve Hashem, with everything else following afterwards.

11:24Because I'm part of Hashem's people. So, yeah, like I said, I had the idea. That was the prospect. But the main goal was to be part of Am Yisrael. And after that, then everything else would come. So B'ezrat Hashem, I stayed the path and I completed it. And Hashem gave me the prize. At the end of the day, everything worked out. It's a long story. A little bit of background. Obviously, I'm a convert. I grew up in Christianity. Even as a child, I was always that kid who did things simply because my parents told me to. I went to church, but I can't believe it. because your parents told you that when you were a kid, and you went there just to play with friends. It was never really focused. So, Baruch Hashem, I was never deeply involved in Christianity because something always felt off. So, I was just there just because. When I moved here, I went to school like a regular kid, did what my parents said, and went to church whenever I

12:32whenever I could. And as I started getting older, I was able to make those decisions and not go every time. So I was good. And because of that, I was able to have my free choice, as you would say, to choose and find different things. So as I grew up after high school, I started learning about Judaism from one of my cousins. He was always searching and he found out about Judaism, and from then on he started studying. I caught up in the middle. We studied together; he was showing us proof of how everything else about "Jaycee," all those avodah zarah, it's fake. The story doesn't make sense. The fact that I was never involved in it myself, I caught on pretty quickly how everything there was just straight-up false, and now you can see why your soul never was caught up to it. With that, I was able to grasp into Judaism pretty quickly, and it felt from then on I was never into religion. now you can see why your soul was never caught up in it. With that realization, I was able to connect to Judaism pretty quickly. From then on, I felt I was never into religion until that point, but from then on, my...

13:39I could say that at that point on, I was attracted, and I have to say my first book, the first book I read, was a book about Judaism, completely from cover to cover. That was the starting point, and I started watching the shiurim online. Rav Mizrachi was the first one, and I remember he introduced Rav Reuven in one of the videos, or there was a suggestion of a different rabbi. I remember clicking on the video and watched part of the personal story. To my surprise, one of my cousins who had already converted was following Rav Reuven. One day, coincidentally, we went to that cousin of my dad who brought us into Judaism, and Betzalel, who had already completed his conversion, also came by. So it was me, my brother, my cousin, and Betzalel. Coincidentally, we went to that cousin of my dad who brought us into Judaism, and Bezalel, who already completed his conversion, also came by. So it was me, my brother, my cousin, and Bezalel. and his older brother, and we were just talking. He happened to share a story about Rav Reuven and how his rabbi went through a lot of hardship and overcame it. Now, he's better for it, and the Torah he's learning from him is unbelievable. I was like, "Wow, I remember hearing that story." I thought this rabbi was in New York.

14:57So I was like, okay, I was like, oh, interesting. Then that day we talked, then we left, we went our own ways. And probably a few days later, I clicked on one of the "Unravel Roven" videos and I was listening, and I heard Betzalel's voice. I was like, wait, what? He's here in Miami? And I replayed it. I was like, I know that voice. It's familiar. I replayed it. I replayed it. I went to my brother. I was like, do you think that's Betzalel? He was like, Yeah, I think so. I was like, okay, let's see where the address is, and I listened to the rest of the shiur. Then the next time there was a shiur, I went to it. I just walked in and decided that day I'm just going to get up and make sure I make it to that shiur, because before... We knew about Judaism, but we weren't really taking that step until one day I remember I was watching one of Rav Mizrachi's shiurim. He said that even though you think you're doing whatever you're doing, if you really want to do it, you're going to take that extra step and do what you need to do. So that's what I did that day. I went to Rav Reuven's shiur and my life changed from then on. And I could say it's the best decision I made in my life.

16:10the first decision, and now I'm a convert trying to do my best each and every day to give, uphold, and follow the Torah. I found out about Rabbi Rubin through a friend's cousin who sent me a flyer to attend a rabbi's shiur. I recently returned from my trip to Israel, having spent a year there in seminary, and I was looking for something more. I felt like I was... Seminary: I didn't belong there. It was everyone trying to fit you into a cookie-cutter kind of place, and I was looking for more of the passion in Judaism and finding out why you're doing everything. Because most people look at it as something traditional, you're just keeping everything, and you know, why are you doing it? It's not okay if the whole religion is just following certain traditions, and I knew there was something more, and... So I was open to learning more, and I wanted more opportunities to go to different classes. I went to this class, and my friend's cousin didn't even end up coming. I just went alone, and that was my first time going. I became addicted to them, and I haven't missed one—maybe only twice—in the past three years since I started attending. I could never miss one for anything, and it changed my life completely. It gave me

17:35a whole new view on Judaism. I didn't realize that I wasn't even, compared to how I was before, I felt like I wasn't really embracing my Jewish identity. It was just about keeping certain traditions, but there was no understanding of why I was doing it. It was just following it because that's what my family told me to do. Okay, every Friday night you say Kiddush and that's it, and there's no passion in it. To say the least, I can't remember myself before these lectures. I can, but I don't want to, because that's how much of a difference it made, man. And from this moment on, whatever he was saying caught up to me. And I wasn't ever that person who would just... Of course, you heard that it may take some time for it to sink in, but right away I felt that, okay, that's something I needed to do, whatever they were saying. There were proofs, and at the end of the day,

18:37The Torah said it, and whether it's the way you behave, how you dress, how you speak—whatever it is—it's according to the Torah. So, at first sight, it caught on to me, and it was the truth. So those things I took to heart. Whatever could have been difficult, at the end of the day, I tried to do it the best that I could. And you can fail, but still try again and make sure you do it. And the stitching, I have to say, my character has changed tremendously. I was never a wild person, but this pretty much just kind of keeps me on the path and just gives me direction in the right direction to have a purpose in life. We never finish with our purpose until we die, like the rap always says. So each and every day, whatever show I listen to, I try to take something from there. I always take something from it and apply it to my life, trying to be better. Whether it's hard or difficult, of course, you're going to still be happy, and so on, but still, you just apply it and do it. If you fail, try again tomorrow because that's what life is about: learning and growing. have a purpose in life. We never finish with our purpose until we die, like the Rebbe always says. So each and every day, whatever shiur I listen to, I try to take something from it. I always take something from there and apply it to my life, trying to be better. Whether it's hard, difficult, of course, you're going to be still happy, etc., but still, you just apply it, do it. If you fail, try again tomorrow because that's

19:42That's the whole purpose. I can't thank him enough for everything he's done, and I thank Hashem every day that I found him. One of the best ones that's doing it in this generation, and I think without his teaching, how he's saying it, with the passion that he has for it, I don't think anything else will really resonate in my soul the way it does. The teaching is what made me what I am today, and it's me trying to be a better person and trying to do the will of Hashem. I mean, it's just unbelievable what the Word of Torah can do. And the way he said it, there's nothing better than that. trying to do the will of Hashem. I mean, it's just unbelievable what the word of Torah can do. And the way He said it, there's nothing better than that. Before I started attending Beis Yaakov and shiurim, I thought I was doing everything perfectly. I thought of keeping Judaism exactly how it's meant to be. I wore my skirt that covered my knees, dressed in what I thought was modest attire. I kept Shabbat. I thought I was keeping everything perfectly, and then the first shiur I went to, I realized that I'm not keeping anything, even though I was, because there was no heart in it. Judaism is your life. It wasn't just a religious obligation.

20:48something that you did in your life, but it wasn't really your everything. It wasn't your purpose. It was just something you did on the side. Yeah, so when I heard him talk about modesty and saying how you're supposed to cover your legs completely six inches below the knee, I had no idea. I've been raised in a Jewish home that was observant and Orthodox and everything. And I've gone to Jewish schools and to be six inches below the knee, and I never even heard of that as being the lowest. Seventy-five percent, or a big chunk, of women think that covering just the knee is modest. When I found out that covering your knee is not going to cover it and that you're supposed to cover your entire leg, I decided to throw out all my clothes, start fresh, and only wear long dresses from now on. Also, with the tightness of clothes, people think that just because their clothes are... Covering your body parts is an essential aspect of tzniut (modesty). It might feel like the clothes are tight, but it's important to understand that the true essence of modesty is not just about covering but about not revealing the actual shape of your body. It's not something meant to be displayed to everyone. It's concerning because 95% of women in the Jewish world wear tight clothes and believe they are adhering to modesty standards, but they don't realize they aren't, and they should strive for genuine tzniut.

22:03Nothing that's worth it comes easy. So, not me myself, but seeing someone you love suffer, that's hard in itself. And even before I met the Rav, it was the beginning of everything. And, of course, during and after I started learning about Judaism, you started seeing things in your life differently because you had to change your whole environment, your way of living. So, even family, friends, and the people you used to hang out with might not be the same. It can make you feel the need to seclude yourself initially to truly serve Hashem. When people see you differently because you've changed, it can be challenging. But this transformation is necessary in order to grow and strengthen your relationship with Hashem. your environment, your way of living. So even family and friends, the people you used to hang out with, you can't really hang out with them. So they start seeing you in a different light. You have to really seclude yourself in the beginning just so you can serve Hashem. People look at you differently because you are different, but at the end of the day, you know what you are doing it for. You are doing it for Hashem, so just kind of block everything and keep going forward because you know there's a reason for it, and there's a good reason, so nothing can really block what you're trying to do. Whatever came my way, whatever it could be, I just went and blocked it. I was always that person who doesn't dwell on things. If it happened, I deal with it at the moment. at the end of the day, you know what you are doing it for. You are doing it for Hashem, so just kind of block everything and keep going forward because you know there's a reason for it, and it's a good reason. Nothing can really block what you're trying to do. So, whatever came my way, whatever it could be, I just went and blocked it. I was always that person to try not to dwell on stuff. So, if it happened, I dealt with it at the moment, and אני עובר הלאה.

23:19I let it go. I tried to, whatever hardship came my way, I try to deal with it as best as I can and then keep moving forward. Baruch Hashem gave me the strength to deal with it, and now I'm here. I thank Hashem for that, and the teachings were one of the reasons that I was able to overcome it, because I've always talked about it. I mean, whatever happens, because Hashem has a plan, it was meant to happen. If you see the positive in it, then you're overcoming. Because of those teachings, I was able to overcome them. And with Hashem, now I succeeded in what I wanted to do. I've always talked about it. I mean, whatever happens, because Hashem has a plan, it was meant to happen. If you see the positive in it, then you're overcoming. Because of those teachings, I was able to overcome them. And with Hashem, now I succeeded in what I wanted to do. I mean, at the beginning, they were always saying, "You can't really be a Jew in this world. It just doesn't fit you. It doesn't suit you. You were raised a different way. How can you just live the way you weren't raised?" It was like questioning something you knew your whole life. But I responded, "Okay. I mean, sometimes people change. Even you yourself, if you see something that's better for you, you're going to go ahead and change whatever it is, if it's going to be to your benefit. So why is this any different?" The way I was raised, the religion I was raised in, they thought they were keeping the mitzvot. They called themselves Seventh-day Adventists, thinking they were observing the Ten Commandments, but they didn't truly understand how to do so. They would tell me, "Oh, we're close to Judaism," and things like that, but they were really fooling themselves. In that way, they would say, "Oh, it can't be. You'll always return," and when you don't receive that support, it becomes really challenging. But like I said, that person was able to...

24:44At that moment, see it. I didn't really have to cut anybody off, but I needed to take my distance and do what I needed for myself. Whatever happened afterward, whether they liked it or not, it was my decision. In the end, it worked out. Everyone now accepts it and understands it. We're adults. We're all friendly, just separating our beliefs. Whatever is allowed, we're doing. That's it. I was never the person who would give in to peer pressure. did everything I wanted to do or whatever I felt was the right thing to do, I did it. I didn't care what anyone else was doing. In high school, for example, other girls were doing things that they shouldn't have been doing, but I never gave in to peer pressure. I didn't care. I would just be that girl on the side who didn't participate in the wrong things they were doing. So for me, standing up for what I believe in and That was never a really difficult thing for me to do, which came in handy when it was time to change my entire life. My mother and my sisters were fully on board when I started learning Torah. In the beginning, they were a little hesitant because they thought I was being a bit extreme, going to shiurim three times a night for three hours and coming home at 1 o'clock or 2 o'clock in the morning because I was so eager to absorb more Torah. It was never enough. Even after three hours of learning, I would sit at work all day, in my 9 to 5 job, and continue immersing myself in Torah study.

26:06I have my headphones in and listen to the whole Mussar Pirkei Avot series from the first one until past 100, and all day long from 9 to 5 straight, no breaks, done with that to charge my phone. That was for the first year, year and a half. I was fully into watching everything. It changed my entire life. Thank God my mother and my sisters were fully on board. The rest of my family, not so much, pulling me apart, saying it's a cult and I'm being too extreme. This is not the case. Religion, you know, no one else is speaking like him. So, why are you listening to this one rabbi when 99% of the other rabbis around the world are talking about the opposite thing? You try to explain to your family, "No, they're not providing sources. They're not..." They're not speaking the truth. You could show people sources, but it doesn't mean anything. If somebody wants to believe, they'll believe. If somebody doesn't want to believe, they'll find a million excuses not to accept it. I lost a few family members because of it. But, on top of other family things that happened along the way of getting closer to it, you have more problems coming into your life to test how strong you're going to stay with it.

27:16One of the things I know for sure is that, growing up as a person who wasn't religious, one thing that was always close to me was watching TV. When the rabbis started talking about how you can be wasting your life watching TV, it really resonated with me. I was never very particular, but I did have specific interests: I liked action or sports. I grew up playing sports and watching basketball. Soccer and when the ref started talking about it, it was difficult to do, but it was, I mean, little by little, you started cutting it out. That was one of the difficult things I had to do, like stopping watching TV altogether. It was hard, but at the end of the day, when you know the reason, you see the reason why. difficult or not, you just have to do it. I was able to. I mean, to this day, you fight with it; the urge comes once in a while, but you just remember why you did it and the reason behind it. It gives you the strength to continue. But that was one of the hard things I had to do. Personally, the time that I wasted—I'm trying to get it back, even though you can't really. But now I've learned to write and...

28:31finding entertainment in the books. There's plenty of it. So, a passion, a passion. Each and every day we're doing better. That reminded me of one of the things that I had to eventually cut out was non-Jewish music. Music was my way of relaxing and letting go of everything, like a therapy, if you will. like listening to the same song that came out 500 times until you know all the lyrics and it's in your mind. That was me. I was addicted, I guess, to music. It was something that I really connected to, and... I realized that I can't keep coming to this shiur and still listen to non-Jewish music. You can't sit in the shiur for three hours and then go in your car and put on non-Jewish music. It's not going to work. You can't sit for three hours in a shiur and then get home and watch Netflix. It's not going to connect. It's like you're fighting yourself. You feel it. You feel your neshama fighting. It was hard to cut out the non-Jewish music, so what I did at first was I would only listen to the instrumental versions.

29:35clean non-Jewish music, which doesn't really exist, so that lasted maybe a week or two. Then I decided, okay, you know what, I'll just listen without the lyrics — instrumental music. So, I have that because I like the musical parts. Okay, fine, I won't listen to the words; I'll just listen to the music. you still know the lyrics, and those things are going to pop up in your mind, so that's not going to work either. It could help you get off of it, and it definitely is better, I think, like, in my opinion. Instead of going cold turkey, at least listen to the instrumental. So you're letting go slowly because it's hard to just... cut it all out in one shot. Then you end up going back to it even more. I tried it once, and you know what? Forget it. I'm deleting everything. I'm going to have no music on my phone. But then you end up going back because you hear it in a store, and then you're like, oh my gosh, I miss it so much. So, slowly getting off of it, and you have to keep listening to the shiurim, and you have to keep on. That's the only way to really... let go of it completely is by breathing it every single day, all day long. It's the only way to fully let go of it. And now when I hear the non-Jewish music, there's nothing in my mind that's like, "Oh, I miss it," or anything like that. Or if I see Netflix, I don't start thinking, "Oh, I wish I could just sit and watch it for the full day." It's like...

30:49watching Netflix again. But reflecting on it now, I see how much more fulfilling it is to spend those moments learning Torah, engaging with meaningful shiurim, and participating in spiritual growth. The energy you feel when you're part of a live shiur is incomparable. Yeah, the only way to fully change is by going to the shiurim live. You have to go live. Listening online works for when you're at work or can't attend because there's no live one. However, if you live in Florida, you should go in person. It's a completely different experience. When you're there in person, you are listening to something akin to a different shiur altogether, as you can feel the energy in the room. It helps your neshamah connect to it more, and you're more likely to be able to let go of all the secular things. You'll become almost disgusted by the secular things because you're fighting yourself if you think that you can stay. With these secular things like the music and the movies, if you listen to Torah and try to become closer to Hashem, it's not going to work. You're just going to end up feeling very confused. If you keep in mind the question, is this action going to, if Mashiach comes in a second, am I going to be saved or not going to be saved? If you always have that in mind, then that should help you when it comes to making little decisions.

32:08Don't take things lightly. Look at everything in your life and examine it closely. It is a big deal if I play a non-Jewish song because it really does affect your neshama. You'll hear it in the background in a store, and it really does affect you. All of a sudden you feel a certain way, and you're like, why do I feel this way right now? It's because you remember your past and listening to it. There's good Jewish music, too. You can find it. It exists. You just have to work hard. Start your Jewish music playlist. You'll end up being able to listen to these shiurim longer, and you'll be able to actually internalize them and start keeping up with the rest of the teachings. For me personally, to see where I came from and where I am now, the changes that have happened have been profound. Like I said, I've never felt better, and now I'm doing things that I never did before because I never had the drive to do them. Becoming a Jew and being involved in all this spirituality has deeply affected me, and everything that I'm hearing that I need to do resonates with me.

33:14I'm doing it, and believe me, when you're doing it, it's not a burden. It's a blessing. It's a relief. Your soul will finally feel free because it's doing the will of Hashem, as that is our purpose in life. So don't fight it. Don't think anything out there is better. Believe me, I was out there. I had the opportunity to do a lot of things. Whether I did it or not, which I never got myself involved in anything, but it was there. You experienced, you saw things, you experienced little things, but nothing was really anywhere close to the feeling that I get now. Just reading a sefer, finishing a sefer, and after reading the stories in there and seeing how people live and what they did for Hashem and their emunah in Hashem, it's just unbelievable. These people do nothing compared to them. So all you can do is try to be as close to the dust and leather field as possible. And that gives you drive, gives you a feeling. It's unbelievable. I can't really describe it. It's just amazing. Believe me, nothing out there can match it. And from my perspective and from my point of view, from where I came from to where I am now, worlds apart, there's no shame. Everyone will really get into themselves, really see that nothing out there is really worth it.

34:33... they'll come and do the will of Hashem and serve their purpose in life. At the end of the day, everyone feels empty; they feel that emptiness. That's why they're trying to fill it with everything out there and keep going from one thing to another. If you feel like you keep doing all these different things and the result keeps making you feel more empty, it's because you're not doing the right thing. So get close to Hashem. Do His will. You'll feel that drive. You'll feel that purpose that you're looking for. And believe me, you won't regret it. It'll be the best feeling in the world. You'll regret the fact that you didn't do it sooner. Let us stop being hard-headed, stiff-necked people, as we know we are, and start listening to Hashem and do His will and we'll get the pleasure that we're looking for. So, in the name of Hashem, may we all listen and do teshuva. you'll regret the fact that you didn't do it sooner. Let us stop being stubborn, stiff-necked people as we know we sometimes are, and start listening to Hashem and doing His will. We'll receive the pleasure that we're seeking. So, b'shem Hashem (in the name of Hashem), may we all listen and do teshuva and and help our neshama get that feeling it's looking for. And the Rav is doing a great, fantastic job. It doesn't even cover it. The message he conveys each and every time for shiur, for Am Yisrael, lets us truly keep strong and support him in everything that he does because

35:45doing out of pure love. I thank him, but I know it's not enough. However, I'm going to send it anyway, and Hashem will reward him for the blessing he has bestowed in my life and in this world in general. As he's working hard, let us work hard to do what we need to do. That would be my wish for us all. I don't think I can top that. We are Lel Chamishi, 5780.

36:49Signature of the Chatayin. I have the sign.

39:02Put the tallit on. Put the tallit on. Where's the other hand? One, two, okay. This ring. Your ring? Yes. You bought this ring? Yes. With your money? Yes. You didn't find it? No. Are you sure? Maybe. Did it fall from the sky? No. For sure? With your money? Okay. If it's somebody else's ring. Okay, that's it.

40:22Where's the other head? One, two, okay. This ring. Your ring? Yes. You bought this ring? Yes. Your money? Yes. You didn't find it? No. Are you sure? Maybe. Did it fall from the sky? No. For sure? Your money? Okay. If it's somebody else's ring. Okay, that's it. Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha'olam, Borei pri hagafen. Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha'olam, Asher kideshanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu, Al arayot ve'asar lanu et ha'arusot, v'hitir lanu et hanesuot lanu, al yedei chupah v'kiddushin. Baruch atah Adonai, Mekadesh amo Yisrael al yedei chupah v'kiddushin.

41:31and you give it to her. You don't drink too much, you get drunk. Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha'Olam, Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha'Olam, Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha'Olam, Yotzer Ha'adam. Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu, Melech ha'olam. Asher yatzar et ha'adam b'tzalmo, b'tzelem d'mut tavnito, v'hitkin lo mimenu binyan adei-ad. Baruch atah Adonai, yotzer ha'adam. Zos ta'aseh v'tagel ha'akara. Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu, Melech ha'olam. Asher yatzar et ha'adam b'tzalmo, b'tzelem d'mut tavnito, v'hitkin lo mimenu binyan adei ad. Baruch atah Adonai, yotzer ha'adam. Sos tasis v'tageil ha'kalah.

42:41B'kibbutz b'nea letocha b'mehera b'simcha. Baruch atah Adonai, mesameach Tzion b'vaneha. B'kibbutz b'nea letocha b'mehera b'simcha. Baruch atah Adonai, mesameach Tzion b'vaneha. B'kibbutz b'nea letocha b'mehera b'simcha. Baruch atah Adonai, mesameach Tzion b'vaneha. Baruch atah Adonai, mesameach Tzion b'vaneha. Baruch atah Adonai, mesameach Tzion b'vaneha. Baruch atah Adonai, mesameach Tzion b'vaneha. Baruch atah Adonai, mesameach Tzion b'vaneha. Baruch atah Adonai, mesameach Tzion b'vaneha. Baruch atah Adonai, mesameach Tzion b'vaneha. Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha'olam asher bara sasson v'simcha chatan v'kalah gila rina ditza v'chedva ahava v'achva shalom v're'ut Meheira Adonai Eloheinu yishama b'arei Yehuda u'v'chutzot Yerushalayim kol sasson v'kol simcha Kol chatan v'kol kalah, kol mitzilot chatanim me'chupatam v'ne'arim mi'mishteh v'nigneitam. Baruch Atah Adonai, Mesameach chatan im hakalah, v'matzliach.

44:08If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill, may my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy. Okay, before you go, give me the Ketubah. Where's the Ketubah? Ketubah? Okay. He's going to give the Ketubah to the Chatan now.

46:02You win the Wedding of the Year Award, Baruch Hashem. A very holy wedding. Whether you're Jewish or non-Jewish, when you arrive at this wedding, you know it's holy. I don't seem to like it, no, but I do like it. I've always liked it. If you want me, please tell me, because that's the way it should be, as you may know.

47:12I don't seem to like it, no, but I like it, I've always liked it. If you want me, please tell me, because that's the way to be, you may know. Oh, my G-d. Oh, my G-d.

48:30I didn't think it was going to take that long, believe me. I thought it was going to be 10 minutes, that's it. But baruch Hashem, like the Rav always said, the Torah will bring you, the time will pass you, you'll never know what's happening, but we just experienced it. I didn't think I had it in me to talk this much, but it just happened. And it's because of the Torah, believe me. I never thought I'd be talking in front of a camera, but... For Torah, to bring Hashem's children back to Him, I'll do anything, whatever I can to see how much I can help Am Yisrael to do Torah and come back to Hashem. Because, like the Rav always says, bringing back Hashem's children is the only thing we can do for Him. So, if I can be a part of this, whatever my fears, my phobia, whatever it can be, I'll put it behind me and then just do what we need to do, which is what everyone else should be doing: put your desires aside, put all your wants and needs that are not according to Hashem's Torah, and then just do His will. Like I said, you'll be rewarded for it, but, as we know, we're not really doing it for the reward because... whatever my fears and phobias are, put them behind me and then just do what we need to do, which is what everyone else should be doing. Put your desires aside and all your wants and needs that don't align with Hashem's Torah, and then just do His will. Like I said, you'll be rewarded for it. But as we know, we're not really doing it for the reward because...

49:48That's what the Mishnah says, but Hashem always gives us incentive to do more. This is why Hashem helps us and strengthens us to do what we need to do, and we'll be rewarded for it. Even though we don't want to do it for the reward, that can be our incentive to finally do it. Then, at the end of the day, we'll do it for the sake of Heaven. It's just for us to do our part. to have Am Yisrael basically, because that's all we can do. That's the only thing we can do for Hashem after all He's done for us—giving us life and feeding us every day, and whatever we really need, He gave it to us. So the least we can do is to do His will, bring His children back to Him, and serve Him and thank Him for everything He's done. So, with Hashem's help, we will do the little bit that we can.