New Insights From Wall TeShuva Story (Congregation Zichron K'Doshim - NEW YORK)

Rabbi Yaron Reuven shares his personal story of transformation from a successful Wall Street stockbroker to a dedicated Torah learner. He describes his initial disconnect from tradition, his pursuit of wealth and material success, and the painful health challenges that ultimately led him to seek spiritual guidance. Rabbi Reuven emphasizes that HaShem often uses adversity to draw us closer to Him. He recounts encounters with various messengers, including his wife, mother, and a cousin, who each played a role in guiding him towards Torah observance. Ultimately, it was through learning and connecting with the Torah that he found true meaning and fulfillment in life. To Donate and Support our Kiruv work please visit us at www.BeEzratHaShem.org. If you'd like to invite Rabbi Yaron Reuven or Rabbi Efraim Kachlon to give a lecture at your synagogue, home or office please email Yaron@BeEzratHaShem.org to see availability and make arrangements. Rabbi Yaron Reuven is based out of Florida, but travels around the world to give lectures to different groups. Click here https://soundcloud.com/yaronreuven/sets/daily-chidush To Listen to our very popular "Daily Chidush" short audio series on soundcloud.com Join one of our interactive "Interesting Torah" Whatsapp groups to get daily messages of short Torah clips that can uplift your day by texting the number above. Please join our Facebook page Be'Ezrat HaShem page and join our group "Torah Lessons To Help Our Lives". This Group is solely about publicizing HaShem's holy Torah from my lectures as well as great Rabbi's such as Rabbi Efraim Kachlon, Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi, Rabbi Zamir Cohen, Rabbi Pinto, and anyone else that is teaching interesting and relevant Torah. We will also bring you some brand new lectures directly from a Kollel in Jerusalem you won't find anywhere else. Torah posts will be in Hebrew and English. There are plenty of places to find entertaining stories that sound great, but this group is about showing you Torah that can impact your life, hence the name Torah Lessons To Help Our Lives. If it's not impactful, then it won't fit in. I watch and read all that I personally post, so I promise to do my best to bring you only the best quality of Hashem's amazing Torah. The Torah is the only thing in the world that you can learn and have an outcome that makes you SMARTER, WISER, And a BETTER Human Being. If the Torah you're learning is no longer impacting your life in a positive way, than its time for a change. If you haven't learned Torah in a long time or ever, then its time to start friend. I guarantee you will enjoy the journey and life will never be the same, if you just give it a real chance. Kiruv and Kiddush Hashem is our #1 goal. So please feel free to contact me if you are interested in getting more FREE material. We would be have to send you Torach lecture DVDs, CD's and a Book for FREE to anyone that is serious about learning them. If you are far from Hashem and His Torah, our goal is to get help you get closer. Thank you for the opportunity and May Hashem bless you with a life full of Torah 00:00:00 Intoduction 00:00:12 Introduction and Torah as Life 00:01:23 Connecting to Hashem: Why Change? 00:03:26 Being a Vessel of Truth 00:04:23 Grandfather's Test of Faith 00:07:04 Adapting to Secular American Culture 00:11:11 Chasing Materialism and Success 00:14:32 Early Career and the Brokerage Business 00:17:49 Post 9/11 Success and the Meaninglessness of Wealth 00:24:02 Searching for Meaning: Poker and Health Crisis 00:28:44 The Last Train: A Call to Teshuva 00:33:51 A Harrowing Health Crisis and Hidden Face 00:39:06 Yosef HaTzadik and Hiding Face Explained 00:43:34 Repeated Surgeries and a Worsening Situation 00:49:03 Desperate Measures and Contemplating Suicide 00:52:04 Breaking Point and Finding Emunah 00:54:48 Guidance through Messengers: Wife and Mother 00:57:47 Meeting Efraim and Learning Torah 01:01:06 The Power of Torah Answers and Keeping Shabbat 01:05:36 Learning Halachot and Children's Book 01:07:54 Knowing Your Student 01:11:35 Late Bloomers And Visuals 01:13:29 Rabbi Meir, Converts and Wife Decision 01:15:20 Scams, Lies and More Religion 01:18:59 Prayer and A Sign 01:21:05 Torah Codes 01:23:34 The Sign and the Conversion 01:25:53 Importance of Good Deeds 01:27:16 Difficulty Reading and Mom's Dreams 01:29:34 Beset With Mazikim 01:32:04 Final Thoughts 01:34:00 Opportunities Around the World 01:35:23 Final Thoughts Before Conversion 01:37:21 After the Mikveh Miracle 01:39:17 Life Post Wall Street 01:41:22 Questions and Answers 01:51:59 Continuing Questions and Answers 02:11:32 Mitvah, Tzitzit, and Final Greetings