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Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS) Semichas Chaver Program 2019

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the Shulkin Arif disputes with the Roma the shock argues with the toss so much disagreement the best part of Smith had father is that when it's over I get to come home to where there is only one opinion sharona's make it sweet for us Mazel Tov Mazel Tov STP Boca Raton you should all be incredibly proud of yourself [Music] until we feel it in our buns and we want the past six months of sneha's lubber have really been amazing and life-altering news I find it hard to learn a lot clan I often rely on knowing that I can ask my rabbis who are wonderful the different holistic questions now sometimes there are basic ideas that I feel comfortable with I feel much more comfortable with Judaism and I feel that there are important points within our alotta that we should really know I love glad to see us suffer it's an amazing journey into Halawa from the original sources the Gemara the Shahada of the rama went to modern-day post command practical Holika Kyla's and the bottom-line halakha that comes up it's an amazing way to learn the rabbi did a great job in explaining the sources for the helios and how they apply to different situations some of which I'd never considered before motivating each other the speaker's cover program has been an amazing experience to be able to delve into all sorts of topics in Jewish law and the depth that we've been learning has been amazing it's so cool to come home and my wife asks me something about the kitchen and I finally know the answer first I was very somewhat reluctant to take it let's just say I took the what I would call a short bus to Hebrew school so I didn't have a background that a lot of guys huh but guess what I beat them all over a 90 of my test baby and guess what now anytime I walk in the room I expect everybody to stand up we went to New York Trisha huis and my friend and I were gonna be planning on the night and tomorrow together and if you guys near us in the basement in New York we're learning same sucker's hover that we were up to so we decided just to learn with them instead and to me that was awesome because we were able to just pick up right where we were learning in Boca start wedding at New York with the guys that were learning there and it was very similar to me to Mayor Shapiro's a dream of having people in Europe getting on a boat and picking up learning the same dock that they were up to where they left off in Europe and for us to have that also to incorporate the Lima hood and various communities throughout the country throughout the world I was awesome Seneca scholar is among the most rewarding fulfilling things I've ever done the rabbinate from sook in Mishnah Mara which out of my frenemy suka did this case mine a new to really take practical things and really watch it developed a lot process from beginning to end what I enjoyed most about this mucus cover program is not only that it's given by our own rabbi Goldberg but also the level of detail in which we learn these questions and answers may otherwise not come up what I've said to many people since enjoying the program at the very beginning here is that Han I had the benefit of a program like this and the way it's taught in a way of the the texts are into woven with everything else I would have spent far far more time over the past several decades learning and being involved in programs with all kinds of learning it's just a very very exciting program and this helped me get the motivation to learn and really excited about the fact that I was able to do it what I love most about the program is the Fabri of guys that get together we learned together we laughed together we enjoyed our time together what I found to be very very exciting very interesting is that we cover both Ashkenazi foreskin as well as funny quotes dude we talked about largest probe stocks we talked about 200 bushels per sock it was just just amazing all inclusive program and I learned a lot that I really appreciate the opportunity to learn how love is the most important thing you know my my the rabbi always said we start out with malakas and then we grow from there and thank God for this opportunity and for a makeover for both we're told synagogue for everything everyone knows that I love this place and I'm passionate about my learning ever since I'm thinking about the zoo over 20 years ago thank you very much rabbi and having the group chat has been an amazing resource to see the types of questions people are asking from their personal experiences and how we all can learn from them has been just amazing from going from the Kemara through the rishonim and acronym until we get to modern deep shock and practical Halawa it's really been a roller coaster of going through the holistic process a woman everything love the mentor program unit honor program the study for the cleanup you know we have a group of people all dedicated to one goal it's really it's fastened to be hard like that Costas I was you know I would talk to people living with them in the interesting places like I was a board meeting we wanted board members admitting we're starting to feel as calum and a bar mitzvahs you catch Turkey to them and you know it's so nice to be part of this thing together and help to grow and look forward to the next part of the process what about most of us make us feel there is it's not just a weekly office here that starts and ends on Sunday morning the discussion continues during the week we have a lively discussion chat where your phone will light up in the middle of the day with 20 messages because someone has a question whether something should be told or not and there's a lot of different opinions based on our learning phytochrome accomplished altura and your questions about peaceful outcome and the discussion continues during the week guys interested talking to each other in learning reviewing what we learned together it's an amazing group of guys all from different backgrounds different ages they come together to learn every Sunday and continue the conversation during the week I had situations come up in the past where I wasn't sure if I Nina told me something but thanks to this meet fest other program I'm able to identify what needs to be told with or without a so as one who was not a yeshiva before so to speak I've been in the food business for 30 years what attracted me to Smythe's however was to learn more about kasia learn more about things that I do in my business every day of the week and it was eye-opening because I thought I knew a lot but I learned a lot more a lot of different things where I could take certain things that I learnt to be able to apply it to my business to make things easier I think it's a great program it's a guy who's not a regular Warner this is definitely something I recommend everybody to be able to spend every Sunday morning with dear friends learning Torah inspired touched enriched elevated growing to be able to be a witness at the front lines to people whose lives are changing by engaging Torah in a deep deep way in a transformation away is something so exciting so exhilarating it's literally emotional for me I've got a new confidence in my level of learning by being able to text people who like who are smarter than me and have them say me wow that you're right and I've had an opportunity to learn and continue to learn in growth and revive over who I can't thank enough for all the corporation who does for the program I don't think it's any coincidence that the works of their means both someone achieving a level of learning and also a friend the specialist cover program has been perfectly designed to nurture a friendship that I think we've all felt through appreciating each other's personal growth in our own unique ways and collectively contributing to any discussion every week that we all really look forward to of course for the learning but also for the ability to connect with each other on this incredible level the other day we're having family swimming as we were getting at the pool my father-in-law asked me hey did you see the question that was on the chat the group chat that from the spaceless cover and so we had it back and forth I shared my thoughts he shared his thoughts he showed some of the comments that we spoke about that and it was just such a nice back and forth conversation where if one of us weren't in it we wouldn't have had that conversation see here my daughter my wife my mother-in-law I've got to see this kind of this interaction there was about something that we're both excited about what both learning about who both got really like passionate about that conversation even though it seemed like a question that Allah filled for us it was home it was something that we both appreciate it we dealt with four topics and we don't we don't real deep on to all of them it was like being in achieve I haven't been any Shiva for thirty years and this was just brought back sort of great memories and I would recommend it to everyone in this community stardom and Ashkenazim alike this is just the taste you got a taste the five six months of what do you learned - luckily my girls came and passed I can fish Lancome the world of Torah is now open in front of you and we're all just so lucky to have participated in this program with the rabbi and with our group I also like the atmosphere in the class there's a lot of give-and-take with the participants and I really learned a lot I'm looking forward to the next one Rami Goldberg was absolutely amazing I felt like I was back in law school again in a good way I'm very much looking forward to the next semester as opposed to the other groups with it's also amazing and they're all incredible they're having a good time in Boca there is a passion in the air people are texting me people are calling me it's it's a lot it's vibrant people are living breathing Torah every second and it's thanks to your marta ashram and it's thanks to you guys for taking the program seriously so i want to bless you all the real news of the gosh - that whatever you do should be much yeah I want to thank ravelli Adel for introducing us to this amazing amazing program for putting it together and most of all I thank you the cover of who I get the privilege to learn with whether the opportunity to study with to grow it we look forward to continuing to do that together for many many years to come we did it together I'm so proud we're happy motivating [Music] keep him [Music] in the love [Music] [Applause] yeah you know [Music] you