Torah Umesorah Event - Full Coverage

Heat up here. But it goes without saying that if there was no education, especially here in a country like the United States, we would all not be here today. We would not be observing Jews to say the least. But hashem for all the ishivot that we have for um for to mis for working and overseeing every single aspect. Whenever they are called upon, they come through. Somebody needs a principal. Somebody needs to set up a curriculum. I know firsthand many different teachers that have gone, their offices are based in Brooklyn, by the way, right in the heart of our community on Ocean Parkway in Foster Avenue. People go there and they do tremendous amount of work and they're able to build curriculums and help educate our children, your children, my children for many years to come. Of course, I want to should have said this first. I want to thank the host and hostess of course to Jack and Freda Shama for opening up their home. They did it with a smile. They did it without even a concern. They were just very very happy to host and happy to have such an event of course with the leading in the world coming was is a tremendous as well. I want to add that the we're going to hear today and the entire program and all the given today should be Not Ben Laura, the father of Jack and Mark and Leon as well. Of course, a man who I knew a little bit and really devoted his whole life to Torah means raising children in the ways of Torah and grandchildren in the ways of Torah. And of course, his wife is here as well. Good to give her point to give her a welcome as well. And the work that he put into his children should continue for many years to come and many generations to come. >> Amen. We're going to ask each one of the again it's a tremendous to be able to have these rabbis with us today. These that really we can learn so much from and in just a few minutes first. I want to give for the Sh family for hosting this beautiful event and I'm not the one to speak there and you did so much Every place I go, where do you go? Whatever. Why the hashem? And in Lakewood, we also have a very we're here today. Yesterday was I want to say something from my grandfather. Our grandfather says that there's a question. One of the first things that's mentioned the were broken on the day. What does it have to do with bes mikd? What does that have? What does breaking the have to do with md we these three weeks are days days of we don't make any we don't make any weddings we don't make any sim because we want to have a b mikdash we're see that we don't have mikdash but what does have to do with mikd so the baron says and it's brought down and I saw from that if they wouldn't have been a real sales we would have never died we would live forever and there wouldn't be a shy wouldn't be able to touch they wouldn't be able to do anything to we know that there's no nation says there's no nation that had as much service as the go chased us from one place to the other place that to we never we were in g besides the few years we were in a year is called a goal. He in America we see now also we're in goal. Who's who's taking over New York? New York. The most Jews are in New York. Who's taking over New York? People that hate Jews. Really anti-semmites. The mayor of the mayor of New York. The mayor of New York. The may of New York is a is anti-semite on Eden. And who is to who's who is now the the Democrats people won. Who anti-semmites? They win. They they win because they they hate Jews and that's the we're goless America. We think America we're we're living a good life but we there's that terrible goalless America that we're in and are always in Golas they go golus in Poland goas in Spain or is in golus but the thing that takes away golas is we have a cloud so I want to just read what I what was a list of shashib in America before the war they begged him please don't go back to Europe people already is there was a terrible and we know he's in the second world war and didn't listen he went back but he wrote a letter and the letter was written to I want to say about and he writes in the letter I have over here a copy of the letter I don't have the in which they he writes the in the beginning of the he was he was killed And I happened to be in Europe. I was in uh in Lithuania. When I went once to to Lithuania and I was there, they reminded me this and we went to the it's called the Ninth Fort. It's in it's in in Coven. It's near Ka and I was there. So somebody reminded me and the guy that took us to all the places in Europe, one of the places was the ninth fort. So somebody remind me today is the day that they killed I don't >> I don't >> Yeah, I was there that day. So, so say for and I said I can't get through this kale. I'm not going to get through it. Said we had a minion there and we did a candle and we said kadesh. I said the kadesh and somebody said molly. It was a day of I think it was the only time they had a minion there on the yan. They showed me where he was killed. He was there was shot and he says the the the guy said he never takes anybody really into. He took us into the the place we saw whereas and the last thing one of the last things he did he wrote a letter to and he writes in the last letter he says that writes he says I heard from that we don't understand what he's saying but he says it and I saw says it and other also say it he says the worst tragedy we had a lot of tragedies but the worst tragedy is called that we forget the we don't we're not he says that's the worst tragedy of and and then wrote the same thing says and says in the name of the reason we're all in call language all the terra and he says the ones that are building that's he writes that they don't have them here but the ones that built build schools and build flourish over America years ago or 50 you go over America was full of Eden there's nothing left of them they all assimilated the only ones that are left is the m snfish of those Eden of those Jews that built Yeshivas and gave to the children. Those are the ones that are left. Everybody else vanished. And he says the biggest you could have is and that's what does built over the United States over the last we say it's an organization 100 years with tremendous. It wasn't easy. Today it's maybe easier but it wasn't easy in those days to make and they built and these children and we have today we have today because of say that's the biggest the bringing back to that's what I want to say. We have a big scholar come here. You're doing the biggest you're keeping up because the worst thing is and is bringing back to that's what I want to say. >> Not much. Okay. We find in the beginning of the par the says that took away the wrath the anger of Hashem's I didn't destroy soul therefore he came with a special priest peace which means he live forever and these many things the peace the that he gets. So tell us it's a for the he did that he saved him. So he deserve it. So the question is every mitzvah can every so what does it mean? We know the truth is that even though Hashem does give us that's of we don't deserve you gave us a house we put up we make a gave us a child we do who who can say that I didn't owe that I'm doing so therefore there's no such thing that someone deserves but here it says that he deserves Why is it deserve but says maybe one thing they can say that it's very if a person does miss but person that preserves the person has a special preserves says I I don't I don't count him just as he's doing say was not they would have lost their would they would have became they would became like all the if not they preserve so that for that says that I have to give that is deserve it's just a private and I think deserves without the chairman said without where would anyone be? Where will we be? Of course, you know, in 100 years day schools all over the country and and and today what the quality of that we have today behind it. They they set curriculum and they they help teachers and they they preserve clients. should be the nation is because they preserve. They have they have their hands and everybody that helps is having a hand in preserving is especially such people such people. So we're here and hope that we should have to this and this bringing he's bringing that's very ripe for he's preserving the client always and I forgot to mention mention any special thank you to signing basically should have started the but I'm just a continuation of so it's okay to mention anyway but you know besides the actual opening the home and heart we're doing it on a Friday afternoon there's also in the middle of and it's We heard the wonderful from the I just want to add a personal note. We'll leave the that we just heard a very personal note. I came in here before a little bit before the event began and the Balatabay the Balabay Balatabay turned out to be a student of my wife Allah Shalom in Magen David many many years ago and she told me I asked her people around so I was able to have a conversation with the volunt. I asked her if it had a lasting effect being in the third grade by Mrs. And she said that that's the first time that she came from I think the way she told me her parents were not in this ashkaf of of a tora home and that's that lit lit a ignited a spark and lit a fire by her and that from that came out this balabaya today was zer together with her husband should live and be well and their children. All right. From the init one of their children is a son of a may and they have now a son in the shiva that the may has here in Lakewood. Her son their son is a tal and that she by Mrs. Rabi Herzko was with us and so we need an exhibit. What means a school mag David and Flatbush? A girl had a light. A fire was ignited within her of havat Torah and it went and went continue till she went on in life till she finally married a person like with the similar day and together they dedicated their life to raise a family theor and have children that are topofthe line borraim who all because of all because of it started with a third grade teacher. She even mentioned that she remembers when she was in Mrs. Brun's class there's a little girl that used to accompany her sometimes to school. Turns out that that little girl was my daughter who's married to Rabbi to Rabbi Herzka was the rebi of their son. This is I don't feel worthy of adding the Torah to those but adding a personal note where you see an exhibit a live exhibit what means what to doing it's not only one school and it's not only in one community to is doing this all over the country we don't know how many more Shama children sha shama Yeshiva are out there because of the day school movement in America. And there wouldn't be a day school movement if not for the Gdole that made Torah Misor and the Ms nephesh of the people that are today running the nephesh keeping Torah a vibrant organization an effective organization and such a relevant organization. So it's not only the of this event is and it's the of what is just want to give me. Amen. Amen. It's such a great honor to have the Shivot here that are bringing ducha to our to our city. They're very appropriate that should be in this home. Jack and Freda Shama and the entire Shama and Dwak family that are really always in the front doing it with full. You walk in, you know that it's being done with all their heart. They just want to be there to help. They want to be there to strengthen. And it's a very appropriate that it should be in this home, this this event. Just there's nothing to add obviously to what was said just from another perspective from a smaller perspective you know when a person is a kan when a person is young sometimes it's young in years and very often it's young in in mindset they view things as they happen as they see them the way they happen they go to school kid goes to school what does he see his teacher Yeah, she's a she's a building. And as people grow, they just keep on seeing more things in the world. And some people as they grow older and grow bigger, they start realizing that these things that they see, someone thought about it, someone put money into it, someone dreamed of it, someone was worried about you, that little boy. You didn't even know who and who they are. and they never spoke to you. And then you start getting bigger and bigger and you realize that so many things that you benefit from every single day was already poured the foundation by many people that thought and dreamed that you would be able to become that person that's becoming part of becoming a bigger person. And I think when we see that bigger picture, we see an organization like Masara that really we don't know what they do fully because we're not in every every meeting that they have in every school that they go to and every curriculum that they're working out. But just the fact that we have a place that they network all the we have a convention where thousands of people come and they're networking and they're trying to be better. Just the fact that you have a place as me people to become better that became a thing that people know that is a very important part of our life and it's worth it to be a rebi and it's worth it to be a mor and it's worth it to be that person that's giving over the just that alone if all they did is just give that you're part of a much bigger world that is working to the future of Kalis and therefore that support and that feeling and that networking that in itself says the story and all the other things that are going on in each individual classroom in each school that we don't have to talk about but so big things are the big excuse me big people they see what's behind things and we went to schools when we were younger we didn't know to mis we had no idea thousands of kids going to school, they didn't know to surah. But you know what? Now I remember I think all the signs in school it said to Masur I whenever I see to Masur I remember I I know that that emblem that logo where did I see it? Because my whole life in school I saw it in every picture in every it was there. Someone thought about it. Someone said this is important for these kids to know in every school or every all these things. Someone thought about it. someone invested in it. And we are all of us here are definitely a recip recip recipients of this this tremendous kindness that was put into us and our community keeps growing and keeps becoming becoming greater and greater and realizing who is giving us who's helping us and definitely we could thank to for a lot of the good that we have in our community for many years and going forward forward. >> Thank you. The time is late. Just want to share uh one more point before we start the fundraising on this uh Friday afternoon that this morning and truly just happens to be I thought of it now. Uh I was sitting learning a little bit, reading a little bit and an elder man, older elderly man comes up to I'm going to say he's 85 years old, but we would call an old-timer. Says he was always a religious man in his traditional way. And he tells me, I have to tell you, you guys are unbelievable. I go, who's you guys? It was your generation. When we were younger, we didn't have this. We just did not have all of this. And he's showing around the room. So, I don't know what got into me. I asked him, I said, "What do you think it's from?" He goes, "One thing, Torah learning." He tells me he goes if we had the rabbis and the yeshivot that you had when I had it in the 1940s and50s it would be it would be to I would be totally different. So I think it's something we don't really see in terms of of course today we're seeing it more but it's something that we don't really see so tangibly and I think to is a big part of that just really being on top of being on top of education and uh really hoping that every single one of the 800 schools flourish um and really make a difference and an impact. Okay. Um the time is late. Shabbat is very soon. We will uh announce some of the pledges right now. Anybody stay here for >> I'm going to I'm going to announce some of the pleas. >> I want to just say one thing though. >> We're almost done guys. We're almost done. Just continue. The uh Torah Misura is launching a what they call a DLI diverse learner initiative. It helps they're going to each school and establishing an initiative to help all struggling kids trying to see local places. Mr. $18,000