My EMET Experience - Emanuel Isanov

[Music] about 20 years ago my friend Roman introduced me to Emmett Rabbi Rutenberg and Robert Kraft they were the only staff at the time and we had a great relationship from the very beginning so Rabbi Rutenberg and Robert Kraft were the witnesses at my wedding or by Kraft helped me capture my home for the first time Rabbi Rutenberg gave my wife and I our first Katana kala class they were at my son's bridge and they've always been there to help me with any questions that I may have they were always supportive and never pushy they did everything with love and they were always trying to give give a give a chance for you to understand and accept and be closer to to Judaism to Hashem so Emmett really introduced me to a lot of my firsts in in Judaism learning Shabbat the right way giving lectures that really gave us a broader understanding of what is the meaning of life and why we're here what is the purpose of your everyday struggles and I believe that Emmett really is uh one of those organizations that when you start to engage with the staff and go to the lectures the shabbatons the different the different avenues that you can explore your yourself and your connection to Judaism it's hard to kind of stop and then just just uh disconnect we always want to be connected it's like a big family and you always have somebody to talk to somebody to really appreciate the beauty of Judaism Emmett really um I believe it really made a huge impact on the buhari community a lot of people that you can see in show in the different shows around Queens Forest Hills Fresh Meadows Jamaica Estates Briarwood Main Street as many young Jewish adults that have come closer to our faith because of Emmett and I really believe that they've changed the face of the community and I'm really proud of that and I'm proud to be a part of Emmett so it's really I would say an honor and a privilege to be able to be a part of an organization that is always looking to do more and to bring people back to the service of Hashem it's like if you if you imagine you had a child who was lost and somebody came and brought you that child to your home and said hey I found your child and here here's your son here's your daughter and that's really what Emmett does in my eyes they go and bring hashem's children back to him and that's I think that's the most uh meaningful way to to really live your life is to reconnect people to to their creator so I really just want to express my gratitude and appreciation to the MS staff to the entire Emmett family and you know I do what I can because I believe in the mission I believe in in the vision of the Emmett Founders and the people behind Emmett who run it every day it's the most opportune generation for us to to Really impact this is the time because we still have a connection for the buhar and Jews who came here in the past 20 to 30 years we have a connection to our grandparents we have a connection to our parents to our traditions and we may not follow the laws according to the Torah but we do know the values of the Torah and those are what we hold dear and that's why it's easier for us to connect so I I really do believe in this Mission and I I want to encourage others to also be a part of it you could be a part of it by giving your time by donating money by donating your resources or just by spreading the word so I I think that it's an opportunity of a lifetime and I want to spread that message because I believe in it [Music] foreign [Music]