1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,519 The holocaust is a unique thing 2 00:00:05,639 --> 00:00:08,779 The likes of which there is no other, in the history of human kind. 3 00:00:09,019 --> 00:00:10,000 to any nation 4 00:00:10,339 --> 00:00:15,280 to any culture, in any manner. 5 00:00:16,980 --> 00:00:20,460 When we take the wording 6 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:23,219 even of the title "where was God in the holocaust?" 7 00:00:24,420 --> 00:00:26,780 a topic that is very charged 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:32,719 a very wide topic, a very heavy topic 9 00:00:33,979 --> 00:00:37,519 I come from a family of holocaust survivors 10 00:00:37,659 --> 00:00:42,039 Both the family from my father's side 11 00:00:42,140 --> 00:00:45,320 and the family from my mother's side 12 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:48,520 were almost all killed 13 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,619 My father z"l 14 00:00:51,820 --> 00:00:55,219 didn't even have a first cousin 15 00:00:55,420 --> 00:00:57,920 and also not a second cousin 16 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,080 They were all killed, a very big family 17 00:01:01,420 --> 00:01:03,760 Very large 18 00:01:04,180 --> 00:01:06,320 That is why this topic 19 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,120 didn't give me rest 20 00:01:10,379 --> 00:01:12,599 and I dealt with it a lot 21 00:01:13,359 --> 00:01:17,219 and I still deal with it 22 00:01:17,599 --> 00:01:18,739 and 23 00:01:19,245 --> 00:01:22,185 almost every new reasearch, new book that comes out 24 00:01:22,185 --> 00:01:27,120 I look for it 25 00:01:30,260 --> 00:01:34,240 I've already discussed this topic 26 00:01:34,439 --> 00:01:36,959 we will try to dicuss it this evening 27 00:01:37,159 --> 00:01:40,439 from new aspects 28 00:01:40,540 --> 00:01:44,740 very new aspects, with a different approach 29 00:01:44,980 --> 00:01:48,620 We can split it to two parts 30 00:01:48,939 --> 00:01:52,259 One is- when we view 31 00:01:53,060 --> 00:01:56,680 from here, from a distance of time 32 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:59,580 towards the holocaust 33 00:02:00,019 --> 00:02:01,500 how can we identify 34 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:05,640 in a clear and sharp manner 35 00:02:05,939 --> 00:02:08,740 if "God is here in this place"? 36 00:02:08,860 --> 00:02:12,140 This is how our Father Jacob expressed it 37 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,840 "Indeed, there is God in this place 38 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,740 and I didn't know it" 39 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:19,920 But we can also test it 40 00:02:20,139 --> 00:02:24,119 on a different level 41 00:02:24,379 --> 00:02:26,900 how can it be identified 42 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:28,780 that in the holocaust 43 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,740 in the camps 44 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,700 in that hell upon earth 45 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:38,560 That one of the great authors of the holocaust- 46 00:02:38,740 --> 00:02:41,960 Katsetnik- in his real name Adinur 47 00:02:42,180 --> 00:02:46,500 called it " a different planet." 48 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:50,319 How can we identify in the behavior of people 49 00:02:51,659 --> 00:02:53,680 that truly 50 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,619 God was with them? 51 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,420 And we will try, with the small amount of time we have 52 00:02:59,659 --> 00:03:01,299 the small amount of time 53 00:03:02,479 --> 00:03:03,979 because also this topic 54 00:03:04,199 --> 00:03:06,359 with both 55 00:03:06,539 --> 00:03:09,859 its branches 56 00:03:10,099 --> 00:03:11,099 is wide 57 00:03:11,675 --> 00:03:12,675 is wide 58 00:03:14,180 --> 00:03:16,379 for a whole seminar 59 00:03:16,539 --> 00:03:18,620 But we'll try 60 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,180 to give a peak view 61 00:03:22,780 --> 00:03:26,599 into the interior part of it. 62 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,120 We will try to examine 63 00:03:29,879 --> 00:03:33,859 the development of events 64 00:03:33,860 --> 00:03:36,000 that happened prior to the holocaust 65 00:03:36,139 --> 00:03:40,059 and here, too, we will examine a small part 66 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,039 We can see 67 00:03:43,539 --> 00:03:45,479 the development and advancemnt 68 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,420 in a very clear way 69 00:03:47,599 --> 00:03:50,099 by an outline 70 00:03:50,340 --> 00:03:54,020 that Hashem already wrote about in the Torah. 71 00:03:54,199 --> 00:03:56,859 The Gaon from Vilna said 72 00:03:57,020 --> 00:03:59,300 that in the book of Deuteronomy 73 00:03:59,479 --> 00:04:01,519 in which 74 00:04:01,699 --> 00:04:03,935 ten Parashot 75 00:04:03,939 --> 00:04:07,680 because Nitsavim Vayelech are one Parashah 76 00:04:08,039 --> 00:04:10,340 each one of the Parsahot 77 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:15,080 represents 100 years in the 6th thousand (to the creation of the world) 78 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,000 That is the millenium in which we live. 79 00:04:19,220 --> 00:04:20,840 In order to illustrate the point 80 00:04:21,759 --> 00:04:25,459 from the year five thousand and one 81 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:32,779 we are today in the year 5776 (to the creation of the world) 82 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,240 from 5001 83 00:04:36,379 --> 00:04:40,759 which is the first century in the sixth millenium 84 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:46,439 and until the year 5100 85 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,454 it's against the Parashah of Deuteronomy 86 00:04:49,459 --> 00:04:53,259 And I'll change it to the gregorian calendar of which we are more familiarized 87 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,460 from 1239 AD 88 00:04:56,459 --> 00:05:00,779 until 1339 AD 89 00:05:00,980 --> 00:05:03,980 And in that manner, one Parashah after the other 90 00:05:04,259 --> 00:05:06,954 until we will arrive to our times, which are the relevent ones for our topic. 91 00:05:06,959 --> 00:05:12,139 which are the relevent ones for our topic. 92 00:05:12,579 --> 00:05:17,519 The year 5500 93 00:05:18,699 --> 00:05:20,779 until 5600 94 00:05:21,220 --> 00:05:24,540 which stands against the gregorian date of 95 00:05:24,740 --> 00:05:27,675 1739 AD until 96 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:32,220 1839 AD, which stands against the Parashah of Ki Tetse 97 00:05:32,439 --> 00:05:33,579 And indeed, then starts 98 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,119 the period of The Haskala 99 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:39,259 which we all know about from our history studies 100 00:05:39,420 --> 00:05:40,800 The Haskala movement 101 00:05:40,959 --> 00:05:44,219 means getting out of the ghetto 102 00:05:44,399 --> 00:05:45,919 means entry 103 00:05:46,139 --> 00:05:48,779 into the big world 104 00:05:49,019 --> 00:05:53,959 At a more advanced stage, emancipation, equality in rights 105 00:05:54,199 --> 00:05:57,300 and, continuing that, assimilation 106 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,900 half, third and quarter and also full assimilation 107 00:06:01,079 --> 00:06:05,699 In the year 1800, 10% of the Jewish population in Berlin were already christian 108 00:06:05,879 --> 00:06:09,680 who were baptised to Christianity 109 00:06:09,879 --> 00:06:12,379 and afterwards 110 00:06:12,384 --> 00:06:15,584 were created the Reform movement and the Conservative movement. The wear in the Jewish communities of 111 00:06:15,584 --> 00:06:22,000 Germany, Austria, Romania, Hungary was terrible 112 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,439 Indeed, this is hinted in the Parashah 113 00:06:25,605 --> 00:06:28,355 "When you go to war against your enemies 114 00:06:28,475 --> 00:06:31,725 and you shall see in her captivity a woman of beauty 115 00:06:31,725 --> 00:06:34,120 and you desired her, and you took her to be your wife" 116 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:38,519 This is exactly what happened "if you will go to war"- you went out to war 117 00:06:38,620 --> 00:06:42,920 against the western culture, but you failed, you failed in it 118 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,000 You saw foreign women, and you took them 119 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:50,120 Even if the price was to convert 120 00:06:50,220 --> 00:06:52,860 But we won't deal with those one hundred years. 121 00:06:53,060 --> 00:06:55,935 It's very interesting, very important, but 122 00:06:55,939 --> 00:06:57,860 we won't deal with it. 123 00:06:57,980 --> 00:07:05,600 This one hundred year period ends in 1839 AD 124 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:15,560 From 1839 AD until 1939 AD 125 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,040 That period stands against the Parashah of "Ki Tavo" 126 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,240 Here too, 127 00:07:20,459 --> 00:07:21,799 the Parashah starts 128 00:07:21,939 --> 00:07:25,560 "When you will come to the land that Hashem your God gives you to inherit 129 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,860 and you planted all fruit tree" 130 00:07:28,959 --> 00:07:31,639 That is when the settlement of Israel starts 131 00:07:31,819 --> 00:07:35,259 The first settlement 132 00:07:35,459 --> 00:07:38,334 of several places 133 00:07:38,339 --> 00:07:41,619 of building neighborhoods outside the Old City 134 00:07:41,819 --> 00:07:44,040 and later on 135 00:07:44,279 --> 00:07:46,439 1880 AD 136 00:07:46,579 --> 00:07:49,019 The building of the first seven settlements 137 00:07:49,259 --> 00:07:55,300 Mazkeret Batia, Ekron etc. 138 00:07:55,540 --> 00:07:58,520 At the end of the Parasha of "Ki Tavo" 139 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,240 there is the curse 140 00:08:02,399 --> 00:08:05,000 there is the rebuke 141 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,540 and if in the Parasha of "Bechukotai" there were 142 00:08:08,860 --> 00:08:11,600 only 49 curses 143 00:08:11,699 --> 00:08:17,159 only, here it is double- 98 144 00:08:17,300 --> 00:08:19,500 and we will touch this topic 145 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:20,665 This is the same holocaust 146 00:08:20,665 --> 00:08:23,560 that we are talking about 147 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:28,199 It occurs at this section in time 148 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:32,259 From 1939 AD 149 00:08:32,659 --> 00:08:36,000 and on 150 00:08:36,159 --> 00:08:38,419 So, as I said, if we will want 151 00:08:38,620 --> 00:08:41,039 only to look and peak 152 00:08:41,279 --> 00:08:43,659 we will see that the things 153 00:08:43,779 --> 00:08:45,559 were predicted 154 00:08:45,659 --> 00:08:49,959 in the Torah and in the Prophets, in the words of the sages 155 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:56,640 And even at the same time and period 156 00:08:56,919 --> 00:08:59,899 At the same time that Hitler, may his name and memory be destroyed 157 00:08:59,899 --> 00:09:02,799 wrote his book Mein Kampf 158 00:09:03,059 --> 00:09:05,379 one of the big sages of the time wrote a book 159 00:09:05,539 --> 00:09:09,179 An interpretation to the Torah called "Meshech Chochma" 160 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:14,379 And he writes there 161 00:09:14,580 --> 00:09:18,240 "We are in a bad situation 162 00:09:18,460 --> 00:09:21,580 a situation in which people are leaving their religious studies 163 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,320 to learn languages that are not theirs 164 00:09:24,539 --> 00:09:28,819 to think that Berlin Jerusalem 165 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,019 to be like the sour of the gentiles 166 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,700 Don't rejoice Israel 167 00:09:35,940 --> 00:09:37,440 A strong wind will come 168 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:41,559 and will extract him from his trunk 169 00:09:41,779 --> 00:09:46,799 His language, our holy language, and his language foreign 170 00:09:47,399 --> 00:09:49,419 he will change it like clothes" 171 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,299 Rabbi Meir Simcha HaCohen, 172 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:55,100 stands and predicts- 173 00:09:55,299 --> 00:09:57,740 your theory 174 00:09:57,919 --> 00:10:01,120 that Jerusalem is Berlin- that is what they said- 175 00:10:01,879 --> 00:10:05,379 Frankfurt is Jerusalem, 176 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,080 Berlin is Jerusalem 177 00:10:08,299 --> 00:10:12,199 and that is why the Reform movement called their Synagogues 'Temple" 178 00:10:12,639 --> 00:10:15,460 Temple means "The Holy Temple" 179 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:19,420 The Hebrew- they changed to German 180 00:10:19,659 --> 00:10:22,360 And in the United States- to English 181 00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:25,600 The Shabbat was changed to Sunday 182 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,399 The Chazan was dressed like a priest 183 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:29,679 and so on 184 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:34,340 Those things had been predicted 185 00:10:34,340 --> 00:10:36,340 But 186 00:10:36,779 --> 00:10:38,799 Here you have only 187 00:10:39,019 --> 00:10:41,120 a few points 188 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,700 And the moto is this 189 00:10:45,039 --> 00:10:47,519 Hashem warns 190 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,879 Hashem sent Noach to warn the flood generation 191 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,799 that a flood will come. He warned for a hunderd and twenty years. 192 00:10:54,980 --> 00:10:55,980 It didn't help him 193 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:57,879 but the flood came 194 00:10:58,059 --> 00:11:00,399 And the result was terrible: 195 00:11:00,659 --> 00:11:03,500 the whole world was destroyed 196 00:11:03,700 --> 00:11:05,520 And the Rambam (Maimonides) writes 197 00:11:05,820 --> 00:11:07,700 in his book "Moreh Nevochim" 198 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:09,560 "Why did the Torah tell this? 199 00:11:10,799 --> 00:11:13,899 Do we deal with pre- history in the Torah?" 200 00:11:13,899 --> 00:11:15,480 But 201 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,519 The Torah wanted to teach 202 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,200 that there is justice and there is a judge 203 00:11:20,379 --> 00:11:22,539 "He curbs his anger" (Ma'arich Apo) 204 00:11:22,620 --> 00:11:26,179 Hashem sends another messenger, and another warning 205 00:11:26,279 --> 00:11:29,125 but eventually the account will be given 206 00:11:29,125 --> 00:11:33,799 even if it will be profound until the abyss 207 00:11:34,159 --> 00:11:37,419 The same in reference to our topic 208 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,160 Hashem warned in the Torah many times 209 00:11:41,519 --> 00:11:45,059 The prophets reiterated this again and again 210 00:11:45,279 --> 00:11:48,600 but the nation refused to listen 211 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:49,840 We find it with Yeshayahu 212 00:11:50,065 --> 00:11:51,065 Yirmiyahu, Amos 213 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:53,600 in all the words of the prophets 214 00:11:53,759 --> 00:11:56,460 And then came the destruction of the first temple in stages 215 00:11:56,465 --> 00:11:59,264 first the exile of the ten tribes 216 00:11:59,264 --> 00:12:01,779 then complete destruction 217 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,340 and the destruction of The Holy Temple 218 00:12:04,620 --> 00:12:07,340 and the destruction of the nation 219 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:12,940 This repeated itself in the destruction of the second temple 220 00:12:13,139 --> 00:12:14,620 here too, 221 00:12:14,820 --> 00:12:17,504 whoever will read in the book "Josephun" 222 00:12:17,504 --> 00:12:19,736 of Josephus Flavius 223 00:12:19,740 --> 00:12:21,340 wiil see the things, 224 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:23,759 how there was a spiritual deterioration 225 00:12:24,085 --> 00:12:26,865 in all areas, a social deterioration 226 00:12:26,865 --> 00:12:30,139 of terrible baseless hatred 227 00:12:30,399 --> 00:12:31,399 of mutual killing 228 00:12:31,580 --> 00:12:33,879 with no boundaries 229 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,940 of cruelty 230 00:12:35,940 --> 00:12:38,060 one person towards the other 231 00:12:38,399 --> 00:12:39,579 every day there were found in Jerusalem 232 00:12:39,740 --> 00:12:42,560 piles of dead bodies 233 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:49,300 that the Jews killed, one against the other 234 00:12:49,639 --> 00:12:52,144 in a cruel manner, that I will not describe right now 235 00:12:52,144 --> 00:12:56,279 If someone wants to know, can read in the book 236 00:12:56,519 --> 00:12:57,899 The punishment came 237 00:12:58,100 --> 00:12:59,920 exile came 238 00:13:00,159 --> 00:13:01,500 destruction came 239 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:04,680 The Holy Temple was destroyed 240 00:13:04,919 --> 00:13:06,179 all that 241 00:13:06,539 --> 00:13:10,759 was prophesied and written in the Torah of Moshe, happened 242 00:13:10,940 --> 00:13:13,240 We are, also here, 243 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,899 in the destruction of the European Jewry 244 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:21,560 In this, the world is guilty. The destruction of the European Jewry 245 00:13:21,779 --> 00:13:25,199 It happened slowly. When does it need to happen? 246 00:13:25,399 --> 00:13:29,980 If we take - and I checked it very thoroughly-- 247 00:13:30,159 --> 00:13:33,579 That same saying of the Gaon from Vilna 248 00:13:33,799 --> 00:13:35,199 It should occur 249 00:13:35,419 --> 00:13:38,399 in the same 100 years time span 250 00:13:38,620 --> 00:13:39,620 That means that the deadine 251 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:43,139 the last date 252 00:13:43,279 --> 00:13:45,360 is at the end of the year 253 00:13:45,620 --> 00:13:48,060 1938 AD (ending in 1939 AD) 254 00:13:48,179 --> 00:13:53,639 Before the next 100 years start 255 00:13:53,940 --> 00:13:55,700 Hashem gave warnings 256 00:13:55,919 --> 00:13:57,539 and not only through the sages 257 00:13:57,759 --> 00:13:59,319 from all the countries 258 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,120 who rebuked orally 259 00:14:02,379 --> 00:14:05,740 who wrote books, who published articles in the newspapers 260 00:14:06,019 --> 00:14:08,460 in the language of the people 261 00:14:08,460 --> 00:14:09,720 whether be it in Yiddish 262 00:14:09,860 --> 00:14:11,940 or in German, etc 263 00:14:12,279 --> 00:14:13,919 if in Hungarian 264 00:14:14,059 --> 00:14:17,479 or in any other way 265 00:14:17,779 --> 00:14:19,419 but the nation declined to listen 266 00:14:19,620 --> 00:14:21,320 not only that 267 00:14:21,399 --> 00:14:24,039 They " insulted the Angels of Hashem" 268 00:14:24,279 --> 00:14:26,939 They laughed and ridiculed the sages 269 00:14:27,179 --> 00:14:31,459 All of that Maskilim literature of Mendale 270 00:14:31,659 --> 00:14:33,319 and Shalom Aleichem 271 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:36,699 And more and more books, some from which you probably studied 272 00:14:36,899 --> 00:14:37,899 in high school 273 00:14:38,139 --> 00:14:39,779 weren't but ridicule 274 00:14:39,980 --> 00:14:43,060 of the sages that were in every city 275 00:14:43,179 --> 00:14:48,679 about the Torah, and about the old Jewish traditions 276 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,759 But we won't expand here either 277 00:14:52,940 --> 00:14:58,220 I have a lot of material in my possession in this domain 278 00:14:58,539 --> 00:15:03,019 in the year 1930 279 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:04,980 The elder of the generation 280 00:15:04,980 --> 00:15:06,340 when he was 90 281 00:15:06,539 --> 00:15:09,439 That you all have heard his name 282 00:15:09,679 --> 00:15:12,059 The Chafetz Chaim zt"l 283 00:15:12,340 --> 00:15:14,759 said 284 00:15:14,940 --> 00:15:19,220 that the war of Gog and Magog will have three parts 285 00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:22,659 The first part will be World War 1 286 00:15:22,860 --> 00:15:27,519 He spoke about it already in World War 1 and repeated it again 287 00:15:27,759 --> 00:15:30,360 It terrified the whole world 288 00:15:30,539 --> 00:15:34,679 The Second World War will be much worse 289 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:36,955 until the First World War 290 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:44,100 will be relatively compared to it like a child's play. 291 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,180 In 1931 AD 292 00:15:50,419 --> 00:15:55,099 We are counting down 293 00:15:55,679 --> 00:15:57,599 On the 21st of the month of Tishrei 294 00:15:57,759 --> 00:15:59,379 on Hosha'ana Rabba 295 00:15:59,539 --> 00:16:01,419 That is a day of judgment, as you all know, a day of judgment Rabba 296 00:16:01,580 --> 00:16:05,759 The Natzis enter for the first time with a big majority 297 00:16:05,940 --> 00:16:09,760 to the German Parliament 298 00:16:10,279 --> 00:16:13,000 The book of Hitler, may his name and memory be obliterated 299 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:14,820 was famous and known 300 00:16:15,259 --> 00:16:19,539 It has now been translated to Hebrew 301 00:16:19,779 --> 00:16:22,019 The Mein Kampf. What the Nazis wanted to do 302 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:24,560 they didn't keep as a secret. 303 00:16:24,559 --> 00:16:26,479 it was known 304 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,200 Therefore, the Jewish people needed to see 305 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,320 the traffic light lit in red 306 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,200 and use their breaks 307 00:16:33,299 --> 00:16:35,219 They didn't interpret 308 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:39,060 to understand that Hashem is signaling 309 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,639 When a person is driving on the road 310 00:16:42,860 --> 00:16:45,899 and a policeman signals him to stop, he must stop 311 00:16:45,899 --> 00:16:49,639 If not, he will later pay a dear price if 312 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:51,059 The police will start a persue to stop him 313 00:16:51,220 --> 00:16:54,440 and then he will pay a dear price. 314 00:16:54,799 --> 00:16:55,799 Hashem 315 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,259 "the sound of Dodi is knocking" 316 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:02,740 "return Israel to Hashem your God, because 317 00:17:02,899 --> 00:17:06,500 you've failed in your sin" 318 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,779 Still driving forward, driving forward 319 00:17:09,980 --> 00:17:15,519 The year of 1932 320 00:17:15,759 --> 00:17:17,759 The Nazis are getting stronger 321 00:17:18,059 --> 00:17:22,799 The Chafetz Chaim, who is already very old, is warning 322 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,880 I have a written testimony 323 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:30,560 of his student who was present on a Shabbat when he talked about it 324 00:17:30,819 --> 00:17:32,439 he said "I am all shaking 325 00:17:32,539 --> 00:17:35,839 I am all terrified. I see that soon there will be here 326 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,240 rivers of blood 327 00:17:38,420 --> 00:17:40,820 The only way to prevent it 328 00:17:40,859 --> 00:17:43,539 is by the Teshuva of the nation of Israel 329 00:17:43,539 --> 00:17:45,014 I am willing to go from door to door" 330 00:17:45,019 --> 00:17:47,599 said the old man 331 00:17:47,799 --> 00:17:49,700 But it didn't happen 332 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:51,080 The carriage kept 333 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,160 dereriorating 334 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:58,000 From the baseless hatred of everyone against everyone 335 00:17:58,279 --> 00:18:00,740 The baseless hatred kept growing 336 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:04,220 In all the factions 337 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,060 The 30th of January 338 00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:11,000 1933 AD 339 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:16,160 The third of Shevat, the Parashah of Boh. 340 00:18:17,299 --> 00:18:20,079 Hitler, may his name and memory be obliterated 341 00:18:20,279 --> 00:18:21,980 is assigned as the German Prime- Minister 342 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,319 Something that no one predicted. 343 00:18:25,619 --> 00:18:27,679 Something that doesn't have an equivalent 344 00:18:27,779 --> 00:18:29,460 in the histoty of humanity 345 00:18:29,660 --> 00:18:31,360 There are biographies 346 00:18:31,579 --> 00:18:33,899 that come out all the time 347 00:18:34,059 --> 00:18:36,519 biographies about Hitler 348 00:18:36,660 --> 00:18:38,680 that each one of them shows 349 00:18:38,799 --> 00:18:41,339 to what extent the man was a zero squared 350 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:42,759 lacking education 351 00:18:42,759 --> 00:18:44,059 lacking knowledge and experience 352 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,880 In the history of humanity there was never a thing like this 353 00:18:47,079 --> 00:18:49,899 In addition, in the nation that was the most civil and most educated 354 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,840 in the history of the world 355 00:18:52,980 --> 00:18:55,079 Hitler was unemployed 356 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,939 He lived on an unemployment allowance 357 00:18:59,759 --> 00:19:02,579 lacking any attribution 358 00:19:03,099 --> 00:19:05,159 lacking knowledge in any area 359 00:19:05,339 --> 00:19:09,720 In Germany whoever didn't have a Doctor's degree couldn't get far 360 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,860 The first salary he received 361 00:19:13,019 --> 00:19:15,339 was that of the Prime- Minnister of Germany 362 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:18,099 Where has something like this ever been heard in politics? 363 00:19:18,279 --> 00:19:22,579 You start as a member of a municipality, Assistant to the Mayor, the Mayor, a member of parliament, head of a commitee, Assistant to a minister, advance gradually 364 00:19:22,759 --> 00:19:25,059 head of a commitee, Assistant to a minister, advance gradually 365 00:19:25,059 --> 00:19:27,059 He didn't 366 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:32,079 "From the rubbish, He will lift the pauper" 367 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,720 That's not a natural thing 368 00:19:33,819 --> 00:19:36,000 It was proof 369 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,680 Here, I have it at home 370 00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:44,799 "The newspaper of the smart people" . You understand who I mean 371 00:19:44,799 --> 00:19:47,319 Writes in an editorial section then, 372 00:19:47,559 --> 00:19:50,339 January 1933 373 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,440 The Hitler who became Prime- Minister, is not the Hitler of Mein Kampf 374 00:19:54,539 --> 00:19:56,619 That he wrote to make an impression on the people 375 00:19:56,740 --> 00:19:59,515 to get the votes of the antisemites. Now he'll be 376 00:19:59,519 --> 00:20:01,139 a civil person 377 00:20:01,259 --> 00:20:03,920 stable, will forget about everything 378 00:20:04,039 --> 00:20:06,639 won't cause the Jewish people trouble. Well, like the rest of the prophesies 379 00:20:06,799 --> 00:20:14,659 of these smart people, this one also "came true." 380 00:20:15,940 --> 00:20:18,759 The steps that he took 381 00:20:18,980 --> 00:20:20,240 were in stages 382 00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:21,319 But swift 383 00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:26,900 Swift steps 384 00:20:27,579 --> 00:20:29,919 On Shabbat of the Parasha of Zachor 385 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:34,080 that is the Shabbat of the Amalekites, may their name be abolished 386 00:20:34,079 --> 00:20:35,899 In the year of 1933 387 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:37,799 a month after he was elected 388 00:20:38,039 --> 00:20:40,980 February 1933 389 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:45,019 There was terror in all of Germany. The House of Representatives 390 00:20:45,019 --> 00:20:46,920 was burnt by his people 391 00:20:47,019 --> 00:20:53,160 That is the Parasha in which Amalek is referred to 392 00:20:53,519 --> 00:20:56,420 A few months later 393 00:20:56,599 --> 00:20:59,639 March 1933 394 00:20:59,819 --> 00:21:06,319 Pogroms start against all the German Jews 395 00:21:06,539 --> 00:21:09,240 During Shabbat, the Parashah of Parah 396 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,039 Shabbat, the Parashah of Parah 397 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,400 And what do we read about in the Haftara? 398 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,000 And I shall spread them in the foreign lands 399 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,380 And they will be planted in the lands 400 00:21:18,519 --> 00:21:22,720 "as their deeds I will judge them" 401 00:21:22,940 --> 00:21:25,620 In the Haftara of that week it says exactly what was happening then 402 00:21:25,839 --> 00:21:27,839 In the Haftara of that week 403 00:21:27,980 --> 00:21:30,120 "as their deeds I will judge them" 404 00:21:30,339 --> 00:21:31,740 You are in the synagogue 405 00:21:31,799 --> 00:21:35,539 and you hear. what the agenda for the day is 406 00:21:35,740 --> 00:21:36,960 And you ask me 407 00:21:37,099 --> 00:21:39,199 Where was God? He spoke to you 408 00:21:39,380 --> 00:21:40,980 He spoke to me 409 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,400 He spoke to all of us 410 00:21:44,559 --> 00:21:46,619 The letter is a letter from God 411 00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:49,939 In a simple language, that is understood to every child 412 00:21:50,059 --> 00:21:55,539 Where was God? 413 00:21:58,660 --> 00:22:00,220 The next month 414 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,240 April 415 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,039 April 1st, 1933 416 00:22:05,420 --> 00:22:09,000 Suddenly, spontaniously 417 00:22:09,420 --> 00:22:11,180 The wheeler and dealers 418 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:12,359 of the Nazi party decided 419 00:22:12,619 --> 00:22:14,259 to ban 420 00:22:14,599 --> 00:22:18,500 all the Jewish businesses 421 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:24,339 Next to each Jewish business, were posted two guards that wouldn't let any buyer enter 422 00:22:24,579 --> 00:22:27,599 and that's how it was 423 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:30,799 What day was it? Shabbat 424 00:22:31,339 --> 00:22:32,339 April 1st, 425 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,259 1933 426 00:22:35,579 --> 00:22:38,659 All the businesses on Shabbat 427 00:22:38,819 --> 00:22:40,159 couldn’t work. 428 00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:42,319 the grocery man sat inside his store, and nobody came in 429 00:22:42,579 --> 00:22:45,619 That's not a hint? 430 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:50,240 Actually, the boycott was supposed to continue 431 00:22:50,380 --> 00:22:53,560 Suddenly, at the end of Shabbat 432 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,920 Heiterich announces that the boycott was 433 00:22:57,019 --> 00:23:01,519 so successful, that it doesn't need to be continued anymore 434 00:23:05,220 --> 00:23:07,779 It was on Shabbat Ha Gadol 435 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:13,079 And what so we read in the Haftarah of Shabbat Hagadol? 436 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:17,259 "You said you served Hashem with no gain 437 00:23:17,559 --> 00:23:21,919 and what did you gain from guarding His post?” 438 00:23:23,140 --> 00:23:26,780 And what do we read on Shabbat HaGadol? 439 00:23:27,059 --> 00:23:30,079 "And he will return the hearts of fathers unto their sons, and the heart of sons unto their fathers 440 00:23:30,420 --> 00:23:33,160 or I shall come and strike the earth with a ban" 441 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,960 Do you hear the word "ban"? On the same Shabbat that there was a ban 442 00:23:37,059 --> 00:23:40,279 on all the stores, it says in the Parasha "ban". 443 00:23:40,559 --> 00:23:45,139 If you won't let the return of the hearts of fathers unto their sons 444 00:23:45,319 --> 00:23:51,419 If you won't allow the return of the hearts of the sons unto their fathers, Hashem says, he will come and do a ban. 445 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,259 So where was God? He spoke to them. 446 00:23:54,559 --> 00:23:58,960 What, the timing is all coincidental? 447 00:23:59,339 --> 00:24:02,359 Everything happens exactly as is written in the Parashah and the Haftarah 448 00:24:02,740 --> 00:24:04,799 Can a man say 449 00:24:04,940 --> 00:24:05,900 that it is coincidental? 450 00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:08,780 If there are among you some people who understand 451 00:24:08,779 --> 00:24:12,379 statistics, they may check it. 452 00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:18,680 April 21st 453 00:24:18,759 --> 00:24:21,259 1933 454 00:24:23,259 --> 00:24:24,920 The decrees continue 455 00:24:25,180 --> 00:24:29,440 They get stronger. 456 00:24:30,859 --> 00:24:32,639 the 26th of April 457 00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:36,019 The Parashah is Tazria Mezorah 458 00:24:36,140 --> 00:24:39,140 What does it deal with? The leapers, and all the people 459 00:24:39,140 --> 00:24:41,840 who were sent out of the city, all the impure people 460 00:24:41,839 --> 00:24:44,079 The Gestapo is established 461 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,305 which is the one that is supposed to start finding the Jewish people 462 00:24:47,305 --> 00:24:51,860 and send them to different places 463 00:24:52,099 --> 00:24:58,059 You see that everything is in a very defined manner 464 00:24:58,519 --> 00:25:01,180 May 1st, 1933 465 00:25:01,319 --> 00:25:05,480 The Parashah is Achrei Mot Kdoshim 466 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,339 What does it say? 467 00:25:08,539 --> 00:25:13,119 Nadav and Avihu die when they sacrifice a foreign fire 468 00:25:13,420 --> 00:25:21,640 In the various German cities, all the holy Jewish books from synagogues and private houses, are collected in an organized manner, and bonfires 469 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,740 bonfires are made in the streets 470 00:25:23,740 --> 00:25:25,740 fire 471 00:25:33,339 --> 00:25:38,079 and I can continue more and more. I will skip. 472 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:42,880 March 16 473 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,640 1935, the Parashah of Zachor 474 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,080 I want you to follow and see that in each Parasha of Zachor, it is as if 475 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,759 Hitler read the weekly Parashah 476 00:25:51,940 --> 00:25:55,519 The key points 477 00:25:55,980 --> 00:25:56,980 in the Natsizm 478 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,339 in the strengthening of Germany 479 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:01,980 and the libels 480 00:26:02,180 --> 00:26:05,000 and the abuse of the Jewish people 481 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,660 the key is always in the Parashah of Zachor 482 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,059 "Remember what Amalek did to you" 483 00:26:11,140 --> 00:26:14,900 The Parashah of Zachor 1935 484 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,359 Germany announces that it 485 00:26:18,424 --> 00:26:19,424 ignores the Agreement 486 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,320 of Versai 487 00:26:21,579 --> 00:26:24,639 and that from that day it is starting to draft sodiers 488 00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:26,120 The Agreement of Versai 489 00:26:26,654 --> 00:26:28,004 forbade Germany- 490 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,900 it was an agreement that was signed after WW1- to build an army 491 00:26:32,180 --> 00:26:34,519 Hitler announces "I don't care about the agreement" 492 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,240 "I am starting to build an army" 493 00:26:37,460 --> 00:26:45,559 Exactly on the week of the Parashah of Zachor. 494 00:26:45,559 --> 00:26:47,859 A month after that 495 00:26:47,859 --> 00:26:48,859 The month of Iyar, 496 00:26:48,980 --> 00:26:52,480 the year is 1935 AD 497 00:26:53,019 --> 00:26:55,799 We see in the Parashah of Bamidbar 498 00:26:55,940 --> 00:26:58,400 From the age of 20 and up, all the men who served in the army 499 00:26:58,539 --> 00:27:01,200 in Israel, you will count them in Israel 500 00:27:01,279 --> 00:27:02,940 A Jewish man serves 501 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,059 only in a Jewish army 502 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,480 Hitler announces 503 00:27:07,779 --> 00:27:08,779 that it is forbidden 504 00:27:09,559 --> 00:27:12,759 to draft Jewish people to the German army 505 00:27:13,140 --> 00:27:15,840 The Jewish people sign a petition 506 00:27:15,839 --> 00:27:18,159 Hundreds of thousands Jewish people sign it "What is this?" 507 00:27:20,079 --> 00:27:24,039 In World War One 12000 Jewish people were killed for their country 508 00:27:24,339 --> 00:27:27,019 "How is this possible that you don't draft us to the army?" 509 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,579 Do you understand? 510 00:27:30,319 --> 00:27:31,539 But no, it is written 511 00:27:31,559 --> 00:27:34,595 Iin the Parashah, that it's not like this, a Jewish man goes only to the army of the Jewish nation 512 00:27:34,595 --> 00:27:35,595 See how it's all written 513 00:27:36,464 --> 00:27:37,464 and see to what extent 514 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:42,140 the Jewish people were stuck from the bottom of their souls 515 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,279 to be the poodle of the Germans 516 00:27:45,420 --> 00:27:50,960 They were more patriotic than the Germans 517 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,059 In other times in history 518 00:27:55,519 --> 00:27:56,920 the Jewish people didn't have a choice 519 00:27:57,019 --> 00:27:58,619 they were drafted with force 520 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:03,859 but that he would want to get drafted, and protest that he wasn't , this had never happened before 521 00:28:13,980 --> 00:28:17,240 September 1935 522 00:28:17,420 --> 00:28:19,400 The Parashah of Nitzavim Vayelech 523 00:28:19,579 --> 00:28:21,720 The laws of Nuremberg are being published 524 00:28:23,085 --> 00:28:24,085 What is written there? 525 00:28:24,539 --> 00:28:26,159 Almost all people don't know 526 00:28:26,380 --> 00:28:29,860 Not almost, all people don't know. 527 00:28:30,019 --> 00:28:32,680 It included three sections 528 00:28:32,900 --> 00:28:36,560 A Jewish man is forbidden to marry a gentile 529 00:28:36,859 --> 00:28:39,379 A gentile is forbidden to marry a Jewish woman. 530 00:28:39,599 --> 00:28:40,599 Whoever will do it 531 00:28:41,099 --> 00:28:44,279 will sit in prison for years 532 00:28:44,559 --> 00:28:47,494 A Jewish man is forbidden to have in his house a gentile woman 533 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:52,039 under the age of 45 as a servant 534 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:56,460 Well- isn't this written in the Torah of Moses? 535 00:28:57,079 --> 00:29:00,559 The first section is assimilation, the second section is the prohibition of men and women to be together by themselves. 536 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:01,500 537 00:29:02,339 --> 00:29:05,220 But whoever doesn't live by what is written in Shulchan Aruch 538 00:29:05,220 --> 00:29:09,039 He gets rules done for him in Nuremberg. 539 00:29:09,039 --> 00:29:12,519 The third section- a Jewish person is forbidden from hanging a German flag in his house 540 00:29:12,519 --> 00:29:13,019 541 00:29:14,805 --> 00:29:15,805 Who needs it? 542 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,019 A Jewish man who keeps the Torah and the Mizvot needs a German flag? 543 00:29:21,220 --> 00:29:24,799 Had a gentile woman in his house? 544 00:29:26,140 --> 00:29:30,720 Understand, all the laws were aimed against the assimilated Jews 545 00:29:31,299 --> 00:29:34,480 Hashem is speaking with them. 546 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:36,779 But their ear 547 00:29:37,380 --> 00:29:38,680 is plugged 548 00:29:39,019 --> 00:29:42,940 Their ear is plugged 549 00:29:43,279 --> 00:29:46,579 Shabbat of the Parashah of Zachor 550 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,440 1936 AD 551 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:57,820 Jewish doctores are prohibited from working in health institutions 552 00:29:57,819 --> 00:30:10,779 I will skip 553 00:30:12,319 --> 00:30:14,639 The Shabbat of Zachor 554 00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:17,480 1938 555 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:19,720 תרצ"ח (in translation- you will murder) 556 00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:22,279 ,תרצ"ח 557 00:30:24,259 --> 00:30:28,000 The German nation is built of two parts 558 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,339 The first part is Germany 559 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,460 the second was is Austria 560 00:30:33,599 --> 00:30:34,839 Whoever knows 561 00:30:34,940 --> 00:30:36,860 German is spoken in Austria 562 00:30:37,059 --> 00:30:40,299 And they both belong to the same nation 563 00:30:40,460 --> 00:30:42,500 To the same race 564 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,579 On Shabbat 565 00:30:44,859 --> 00:30:48,679 The Parashah of Zachor, the year of תרצ"ח 566 00:30:50,119 --> 00:30:51,259 Hitler invades 567 00:30:51,619 --> 00:30:54,514 Austria, with the argument that the nation of Austria 568 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,860 had asked him to come 569 00:30:58,220 --> 00:31:02,019 This is called in history, "The Anschluss" 570 00:31:02,539 --> 00:31:04,359 In short- it's like putting the detonator 571 00:31:04,519 --> 00:31:06,252 into the 572 00:31:06,252 --> 00:31:07,119 bomb 573 00:31:07,299 --> 00:31:08,859 Now it's united 574 00:31:09,079 --> 00:31:10,919 A large German nation 575 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,799 Amalek has united 576 00:31:14,119 --> 00:31:15,519 And the Jewish people 577 00:31:16,259 --> 00:31:17,680 continue to block their hearts 578 00:31:17,980 --> 00:31:21,259 blind and deaf 579 00:31:21,359 --> 00:31:25,139 they don't hear the voice of Hashem speak to them 580 00:31:25,740 --> 00:31:26,740 No 581 00:31:27,220 --> 00:31:28,220 The voice of Hashem in nobility 582 00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:31,300 but there is also the voice of Hshem with strength 583 00:31:31,299 --> 00:31:34,240 There is also the voice of Hashem who breaks the Cedar trees 584 00:31:34,740 --> 00:31:38,839 "and He will break the Lebanon Cedar trees " 585 00:31:41,279 --> 00:31:43,319 The clock 586 00:31:43,599 --> 00:31:48,119 is ticking, the time is running out 587 00:31:51,380 --> 00:31:55,140 Several months after that, on Shabbat of the Parashah of Chazon 588 00:31:55,380 --> 00:31:58,620 which is the Shabbat of the ninth of the month of Av 589 00:31:59,119 --> 00:32:00,500 Adolph Eichman 590 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,380 is appointed to be in charge of the matter of the Jews 591 00:32:04,539 --> 00:32:07,555 And I assume tht some of you this name means something 592 00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:12,700 The trial of Eichman- he was the one in charge of all the destruction later on 593 00:32:20,079 --> 00:32:23,779 1938, The Parashah of Vayira 594 00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:29,279 Kristallnacht 595 00:32:30,259 --> 00:32:33,599 Why was it called with that name? 596 00:32:34,359 --> 00:32:35,619 On that night 597 00:32:35,839 --> 00:32:38,220 and on the following day 598 00:32:38,500 --> 00:32:39,859 1200 Synagogues were ruined 599 00:32:40,099 --> 00:32:41,199 broken 600 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,440 and burnt 601 00:32:43,619 --> 00:32:44,619 602 00:32:46,515 --> 00:32:47,515 Germany 603 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,740 Austria, and in all places 604 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:50,980 This is a book 605 00:32:51,380 --> 00:32:56,340 That is all about the Kiritsllnacht bythe Proffessor Martin Gilbert 606 00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,100 And why did it happen? 607 00:33:00,559 --> 00:33:02,419 Why did it happen? 608 00:33:03,140 --> 00:33:04,140 On October 18 609 00:33:04,140 --> 00:33:05,840 1938 610 00:33:06,059 --> 00:33:09,000 Hitler decides to exile from Germany 611 00:33:09,259 --> 00:33:11,740 12000 Polish Jewish people 612 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,340 Who had lived legally 613 00:33:13,740 --> 00:33:16,140 in Germany for many years, and he told them "that's it, go" 614 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,440 from now to now 615 00:33:19,839 --> 00:33:21,779 The ghestapo came 616 00:33:22,019 --> 00:33:23,779 Each one could take one suitcase, like for a flight 617 00:33:23,819 --> 00:33:26,059 and that's it, they were kicked out 618 00:33:26,220 --> 00:33:28,579 Some of them- The Polish government agreed to accept 619 00:33:28,819 --> 00:33:31,359 and some were refused 620 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:34,500 One cople that was exiled 621 00:33:34,759 --> 00:33:36,599 stayed by the border completely bare 622 00:33:36,759 --> 00:33:40,740 They wrote to their son, a 17 year young man, who lived in Paris 623 00:33:41,119 --> 00:33:43,839 Herschel Grynszpan 624 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,000 They sent him a letter 625 00:33:46,079 --> 00:33:51,240 about their miserable situation, asking for him to send him some money, so that they would have something to eat 626 00:33:51,519 --> 00:33:53,160 He heard this 627 00:33:53,319 --> 00:33:54,994 He got furious 628 00:33:55,279 --> 00:33:57,839 He went and bought a pistol 629 00:33:58,119 --> 00:34:00,859 with five bullets 630 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,160 got into the metro train in Paris 631 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:05,520 to the German embassy 632 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,820 And he told the guard outside thet he has a special mission to tell the consul about 633 00:34:08,824 --> 00:34:10,764 634 00:34:12,204 --> 00:34:14,944 He was taken not exactly to the Ambassador, but to the third secretary 635 00:34:15,019 --> 00:34:17,099 He took out the pistol 636 00:34:17,099 --> 00:34:19,380 "you are a dirty German 637 00:34:19,380 --> 00:34:21,559 and here is your document 638 00:34:21,699 --> 00:34:22,939 "in the name of 12000 639 00:34:23,019 --> 00:34:26,880 Jewish people who are being persecuted, and he shot five bullets at him 640 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,960 He was badly injured 641 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:33,439 Hitler heard about it, and said to send his private doctor immediately 642 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,680 He was in critical condition 643 00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:37,279 for a few more days 644 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:38,619 Already on the following day 645 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,840 there started very severe decrees 646 00:34:40,940 --> 00:34:45,539 towards German Jewish people 647 00:34:45,539 --> 00:34:47,539 After two days 648 00:34:47,539 --> 00:34:49,539 he died 649 00:34:49,860 --> 00:34:52,180 On Wednesday, November the 9th 650 00:34:52,179 --> 00:34:53,679 he died 651 00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:55,500 the wounded man 652 00:34:59,639 --> 00:35:03,000 In a seemingly spontanious manner 653 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,900 there started pogroms, riots 654 00:35:05,039 --> 00:35:06,039 fires 655 00:35:06,159 --> 00:35:09,159 of all the Jewish peoples' businesses 656 00:35:09,380 --> 00:35:12,920 Of all the synagogues 657 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:17,079 And there are descriptions here from hundreds of cities 658 00:35:17,079 --> 00:35:19,860 from hundreds of villages 659 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,019 There wasn't a place that was missed 660 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,280 Many Jewish people commited suicide 661 00:35:24,619 --> 00:35:26,219 Many Jewish people commited suicide 662 00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:27,500 I'll read only one source to you 663 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:29,500 In the village of Hengel 664 00:35:29,599 --> 00:35:32,679 which is on ghe border with Holland 665 00:35:32,679 --> 00:35:34,619 a person who was there describes 666 00:35:34,619 --> 00:35:37,525 how the rioters are throwing 667 00:35:37,525 --> 00:35:38,485 from hand to hand 668 00:35:38,485 --> 00:35:40,400 until they were outside 669 00:35:40,579 --> 00:35:42,299 gentile women 670 00:35:42,519 --> 00:35:43,519 tore the velvet coverings 671 00:35:43,659 --> 00:35:47,019 and everyone tried to grab some of the silver decoration 672 00:35:47,099 --> 00:35:48,819 of the Torah scroll 673 00:35:49,079 --> 00:35:50,779 bare 674 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,780 and open 675 00:35:53,019 --> 00:35:56,599 the books were scattered in the muddy alley 676 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,220 children stepped on them 677 00:35:59,559 --> 00:36:02,480 others tore pieces from the high quality parchment 678 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:03,880 on which the law was written 679 00:36:04,119 --> 00:36:07,039 The same law that the people who cut it to pieces tied in vain to understand 680 00:36:07,335 --> 00:36:09,704 over that a1000 years 681 00:36:09,704 --> 00:36:12,694 In this city Jewish people had lived for over a thousand years 682 00:36:12,699 --> 00:36:15,299 Jewish people had lived in Germany for over two thousand years 683 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,119 from the period of the Second Temple 684 00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:19,260 Writes Rabbi Yehuda 685 00:36:19,380 --> 00:36:21,300 The Hassid 686 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,900 in The Book Of Hassidim 687 00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:27,099 One of our greatest elder Rabbis 688 00:36:27,199 --> 00:36:30,539 Eight hundred years ago "You should know 689 00:36:31,159 --> 00:36:33,039 that the gentiles will never desecrate 690 00:36:33,139 --> 00:36:34,139 a Synagogue 691 00:36:34,420 --> 00:36:38,420 unless the Jewish people desecrated it first" 692 00:36:38,739 --> 00:36:40,479 You've all heard 693 00:36:40,539 --> 00:36:42,159 about The Kristallnacht 694 00:36:42,260 --> 00:36:46,000 But you just don't know that these were Reform Synagogues 695 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:49,359 Because the number of the non- Reform Jews had reached 696 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,640 only 2% 697 00:36:52,039 --> 00:36:54,000 And even hardly that 698 00:36:54,219 --> 00:36:55,619 hardly 699 00:36:55,860 --> 00:36:58,180 Reforms and Conservatives 700 00:36:58,679 --> 00:37:00,399 Those were people who 701 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:01,260 had desecrated the Synagogue 702 00:37:01,425 --> 00:37:04,385 I'm not only talking about the fact that men and women sit together 703 00:37:04,385 --> 00:37:07,435 and that there is no observance of the Shabbat, but of the Sunday 704 00:37:07,434 --> 00:37:10,525 and that they used the organ like in church 705 00:37:10,525 --> 00:37:12,720 and dressed the cantor as a priest 706 00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:15,380 all the abominations 707 00:37:15,380 --> 00:37:16,380 Says Rabbi Yehuda Chassid 708 00:37:16,414 --> 00:37:18,244 eight hundred and fifty years ago 709 00:37:19,739 --> 00:37:21,539 That the synagogue which the 710 00:37:21,619 --> 00:37:24,319 Jewish people desecrated, the gentiles will destroy 711 00:37:24,599 --> 00:37:27,159 and that is what the Prophet Jeremaya yelled 712 00:37:27,619 --> 00:37:30,420 "Why am I destroying the Holy Temple" says The Holy One, blessed be He 713 00:37:30,639 --> 00:37:32,239 "Has it become a cave of promiscuity?" 714 00:37:32,460 --> 00:37:33,460 715 00:37:34,619 --> 00:37:35,739 You, the Jewish people 716 00:37:35,860 --> 00:37:39,620 have made my temple a place of promiscuity and idol worship 717 00:37:39,639 --> 00:37:42,599 I don't need such houses. I will burn them 718 00:37:42,599 --> 00:37:45,759 I will send Nebuchadnezzar to burn it 719 00:37:46,199 --> 00:37:47,939 This is what the prophet Jeramaya said 720 00:37:48,219 --> 00:37:52,239 And that is what happened, and that is also what happened here 721 00:37:52,559 --> 00:37:53,719 A whole book 722 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:57,940 with an accurate historical research of the Professor Gilbert 723 00:38:05,539 --> 00:38:08,420 Elul 8. 1939 AD. The Parashah of Ki Tetseh 724 00:38:08,579 --> 00:38:11,400 There is also the Parashah of Amalek 725 00:38:11,539 --> 00:38:12,539 726 00:38:13,594 --> 00:38:15,625 "Remember what Amalek did to you" 727 00:38:18,514 --> 00:38:20,634 The agreement of Riventrop Molotov 728 00:38:21,179 --> 00:38:24,019 that was the key for the opening of World War One 729 00:38:24,019 --> 00:38:26,019 The Parashah of Ki Tavoh 730 00:38:26,019 --> 00:38:28,019 less than two weeks before the deadline 731 00:38:30,659 --> 00:38:31,659 17 of Elul. 732 00:38:31,780 --> 00:38:33,400 The year- 1939 AD 733 00:38:33,679 --> 00:38:36,619 There are 13 days remaining 734 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:38,619 The nation did not do Teshuvah 735 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,000 There is no other option 736 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,659 The Parashah of Ki Tavoh has to be implemented 737 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,019 Friday afternoon 738 00:38:48,940 --> 00:38:51,800 Germany attacks Poland 739 00:38:52,039 --> 00:38:53,039 At 2:00 p.m. 740 00:38:53,045 --> 00:38:55,974 Suddenly arrive hundreds of black planes 741 00:38:55,980 --> 00:38:58,599 Messerschmidt airplanes 742 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,840 and bomb. Who do they bomb? 743 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,179 The Polish army? No 744 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,240 In a war you first attack the enemy's strongholds 745 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,240 No, not here 746 00:39:10,639 --> 00:39:14,279 The towns where the Jewish people lived in were attacked first 747 00:39:14,619 --> 00:39:17,359 The Jewish people usually congregate 748 00:39:17,599 --> 00:39:20,634 There were towns where the Jewish people were 40% 749 00:39:20,639 --> 00:39:22,980 50%, 60% and also 70% of the population 750 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,460 In Bialistok 70% were Jewish 751 00:39:26,485 --> 00:39:29,515 So, in the afternoon, when the Jewish people are getting ready for Shabbat 752 00:39:29,519 --> 00:39:30,019 the planes 753 00:39:30,019 --> 00:39:31,179 already killed in the first wave 754 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,980 tens of thousands of Jewish people 755 00:39:37,119 --> 00:39:39,420 Everyone understands what it is 756 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:42,780 The bombs fell coincidentally on Jewish neighborhoods? 757 00:39:43,119 --> 00:39:45,119 Where was God? 758 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,860 Indeed, you see it in every step of the way 759 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,320 You see it in an organized manner 760 00:39:52,719 --> 00:40:00,679 How can a person even ask such questions? 761 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:08,080 April 1940 AD 762 00:40:08,079 --> 00:40:08,579 763 00:40:09,500 --> 00:40:15,760 Himler gives the command to build Auschwitz 764 00:40:17,619 --> 00:40:20,159 And what did they read on Shabbat then? 765 00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:22,539 "And I ruined your high places 766 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,965 and I destroyed your idol places, and I put your dead bodies 767 00:40:25,965 --> 00:40:26,965 on the dead bodies of your idols 768 00:40:28,184 --> 00:40:30,505 and my divine Spirit will leave you" 769 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,320 The Parashah of BeChukotai 770 00:40:34,639 --> 00:40:35,639 "And I gave 771 00:40:35,844 --> 00:40:36,714 your dead bodies 772 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:38,919 on the bodies of your idols 773 00:40:39,599 --> 00:40:41,860 The largest house of bodies in the history of humanity 774 00:40:42,159 --> 00:40:44,219 is Auschwitz 775 00:40:44,679 --> 00:40:46,019 Three million 776 00:40:46,199 --> 00:40:47,699 Jewish people 777 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:52,760 were murdered in all the strangest forms of murder 778 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:57,200 In a cruel way the likes to which there is no other 779 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,875 I have given only several several examples 780 00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:03,960 a very little amount of them 781 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:08,039 As I have mentioned, the greatest author of the Holocaust 782 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:09,820 who wasn't famous 783 00:41:10,079 --> 00:41:13,054 who he was, until the trial of Eichman 784 00:41:13,054 --> 00:41:15,364 because of how he wrote his name , Katzetnik 785 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:20,679 He was called to testify in court 786 00:41:20,820 --> 00:41:23,940 He didn't want to, but he didn't have a choice 787 00:41:23,945 --> 00:41:24,945 He came 788 00:41:25,139 --> 00:41:27,559 And he fainted in the court 789 00:41:27,739 --> 00:41:28,739 He couldn't 790 00:41:28,940 --> 00:41:30,720 talk 791 00:41:31,079 --> 00:41:34,134 He's a whole story in itself 792 00:41:34,139 --> 00:41:35,960 but I won't get into its details 793 00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:39,104 When he was young, he was a Yeshiva Bachurr 794 00:41:39,105 --> 00:41:41,300 In a Yeshiva of the Sages of Lublin 795 00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:46,000 Already before the Holocust he was a very talented man, very literary 796 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:49,460 He befriended people who were rebellious 797 00:41:49,659 --> 00:41:52,460 who didn't keep the Mitzvot. He also left the religion 798 00:41:52,579 --> 00:41:57,599 and went their heretic ways 799 00:41:58,380 --> 00:42:00,880 This is the last book he wrote 800 00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:05,559 It's called "The Code" 801 00:42:06,519 --> 00:42:07,940 He never 802 00:42:08,039 --> 00:42:09,380 left the Holocaust 803 00:42:09,539 --> 00:42:12,679 He couldn't sleep. Every night he would return to Auschwitz 804 00:42:13,079 --> 00:42:13,574 805 00:42:13,579 --> 00:42:17,039 He used to shout and scream 806 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:19,320 All the treatments he got 807 00:42:19,860 --> 00:42:22,780 with different means, nothing helped him. 808 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,460 So, in this book, "The Code" he tells about 809 00:42:25,780 --> 00:42:29,180 that after his wife and others pressured him a lot 810 00:42:29,179 --> 00:42:29,679 811 00:42:30,199 --> 00:42:35,139 to get treatment from the biggest expert in the world 812 00:42:35,619 --> 00:42:38,099 Professor Bastians 813 00:42:38,099 --> 00:42:38,599 814 00:42:39,579 --> 00:42:41,779 who succeeded in healing people 815 00:42:41,780 --> 00:42:43,320 many people 816 00:42:43,519 --> 00:42:47,559 with LSD 817 00:42:47,559 --> 00:42:48,679 drugs 818 00:42:48,900 --> 00:42:51,220 He's a professor of Psychiatry 819 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,400 he injects the material to his clients 820 00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:57,219 and then he succeeds in returning them 821 00:42:57,659 --> 00:43:02,099 to the traumatic events, and that's how he cleans them 822 00:43:02,500 --> 00:43:04,360 So, he tried to treat him too 823 00:43:04,599 --> 00:43:07,779 He was covinced and he travelled to that Professor 824 00:43:08,099 --> 00:43:09,779 And here suddenly 825 00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:13,420 It was all recorded, because at the time he isn't conscious 826 00:43:15,045 --> 00:43:18,335 He got into a trans, and shouted and yelled 827 00:43:18,434 --> 00:43:21,634 And he saw Auschwitz 828 00:43:21,635 --> 00:43:23,405 And afterwards he gave the stanograma in the book 829 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,580 the full quote of 830 00:43:27,699 --> 00:43:31,559 the things that were recorded, the Professor recorded him 831 00:43:32,199 --> 00:43:35,079 And here too, it's a very interesting thing 832 00:43:35,340 --> 00:43:37,380 very painful 833 00:43:37,579 --> 00:43:41,639 It's painful to read, you must know that these are not easy things 834 00:43:42,260 --> 00:43:45,280 I usually read thungs like this on the 9th of Av 835 00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:48,120 It's hard for me to read it throughout the year 836 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:50,519 The old stories from 2000 years ago 837 00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:54,879 don't succeed in making me feel the feelings of the 9th of Av 838 00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:55,380 839 00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,100 These books 840 00:43:58,219 --> 00:44:01,079 do. I sit and cry 841 00:44:01,599 --> 00:44:03,239 sit and cry 842 00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:06,240 These are very horrifying things 843 00:44:06,340 --> 00:44:09,559 And I'll read you only a few sentences 844 00:44:09,559 --> 00:44:12,779 from that man, who had no faith 845 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,360 He suddenly sees the chimneys of Auschwitz 846 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:19,760 and on them he sees the name of Hashem 847 00:44:20,079 --> 00:44:20,579 848 00:44:21,614 --> 00:44:24,854 "I saw the Shiviti et Hashem (I always see Hashem in front of me), I saw in a cloud 849 00:44:24,860 --> 00:44:26,500 The spirit of Hashem roaming 850 00:44:26,679 --> 00:44:29,599 in its letters. His Eminence filling the horizon 851 00:44:29,860 --> 00:44:32,480 from the land of Auschwitz up until the skies of Auschwitz 852 00:44:32,539 --> 00:44:35,759 The letters of Hahem 853 00:44:36,039 --> 00:44:37,320 854 00:44:37,619 --> 00:44:41,000 A cluster of snakes was making noise in the middle of the sign of Shiviti (I always see Hashem) 855 00:44:45,159 --> 00:44:46,119 That is how 856 00:44:46,119 --> 00:44:48,799 section after section, he went through a long series of treatments 857 00:44:48,980 --> 00:44:51,539 And it repeats itself each time anew 858 00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,300 He wasn't conscious when he said that 859 00:44:55,699 --> 00:45:00,119 he heard it later only in the recordings 860 00:45:00,599 --> 00:45:04,039 "I turn my face not to see the terrible sight, but then I see 861 00:45:04,219 --> 00:45:06,099 the Shiviti( Hashem is always with me) in the horizon 862 00:45:06,260 --> 00:45:11,120 There ahead of me, with the letters of Hashem 863 00:45:14,139 --> 00:45:15,139 Oh 864 00:45:16,414 --> 00:45:17,815 God 865 00:45:19,059 --> 00:45:22,320 I see the light of Your Spirit in your letters 866 00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:23,940 I see Your Face 867 00:45:23,980 --> 00:45:24,579 In Auschweitz 868 00:45:24,619 --> 00:45:25,859 God God" 869 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:30,059 He describes that he shouted horribly, he wasn't aware of that, 870 00:45:30,679 --> 00:45:34,199 he was in a transe 871 00:45:35,820 --> 00:45:38,539 Now he returns to the faith. 872 00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:40,179 To that same wonder 873 00:45:40,340 --> 00:45:44,340 What it really was 874 00:45:46,039 --> 00:45:47,039 This is 875 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,440 truly terrifying book 876 00:45:49,619 --> 00:45:54,000 but I would say it's important. 877 00:45:55,659 --> 00:45:57,219 The book "The Torch of Light" 878 00:45:57,420 --> 00:46:00,599 is a book I would recommend everyone to read 879 00:46:01,039 --> 00:46:02,340 It's the biography 880 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,000 of a Tzadik, who lived here with us 881 00:46:05,139 --> 00:46:08,359 The Rabbi from Kloizenburg zt"l 882 00:46:08,519 --> 00:46:10,719 Who founded Kiryat Tsanz 883 00:46:11,039 --> 00:46:13,259 in Netanya 884 00:46:13,739 --> 00:46:16,139 He was in Auschwitz 885 00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:17,460 He lost his wife 886 00:46:17,659 --> 00:46:20,779 and nine children 887 00:46:20,900 --> 00:46:23,599 and he remained alone 888 00:46:23,780 --> 00:46:25,740 remained in his faith 889 00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,500 remained with his Simcha (happiness) 890 00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:29,880 remained serving Hashem 891 00:46:30,179 --> 00:46:32,299 in a manner that there is no likes to 892 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,639 and I will read only one thing to you 893 00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,900 I said that I want to draw the attention now 894 00:46:39,059 --> 00:46:43,139 to where God was during the Holocaust on the subjective level 895 00:46:43,260 --> 00:46:47,140 of the people who were there 896 00:46:47,539 --> 00:46:49,960 When the Tzadik arrived 897 00:46:50,599 --> 00:46:53,920 to Auschwitz 898 00:46:54,460 --> 00:46:55,860 In Auschwitz 899 00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,180 when a person entered he was shaved 900 00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:02,019 no beard, no payot 901 00:47:02,059 --> 00:47:04,059 he had to wear the Auschwitz uniform 902 00:47:04,300 --> 00:47:05,300 903 00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:09,840 A long gown with stripes, that's all 904 00:47:13,199 --> 00:47:16,099 When he entered the gates of Auschwitz 905 00:47:16,099 --> 00:47:20,219 he suddenly saw three young men 906 00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:24,640 They made the impression upon him that they were probably from a religious background 907 00:47:24,639 --> 00:47:26,519 As I said, there is no beard or payos, nothing, 908 00:47:26,539 --> 00:47:30,159 everyone is the same 909 00:47:32,739 --> 00:47:34,479 He started talking with them 910 00:47:35,019 --> 00:47:36,199 and asked them this, I will quote him 911 00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,340 from the book, page 167 912 00:47:42,940 --> 00:47:44,679 "Tell me 913 00:47:45,019 --> 00:47:47,360 That the creator of the world, blessed be he, 914 00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,860 is here with us, in Auschweitz, 915 00:47:49,860 --> 00:47:51,860 in the camp?" 916 00:47:52,039 --> 00:47:53,840 They answered him 917 00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:55,639 "Yes, we believe 918 00:47:56,119 --> 00:47:59,440 Yes, we believe" 919 00:47:59,880 --> 00:48:02,599 The Tsadik answered them, with great excitement 920 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:05,179 "Remember, therefore very well, 921 00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:06,700 and don't forget 922 00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:08,139 that the creator of all the worlds 923 00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:09,239 is also here 924 00:48:09,260 --> 00:48:12,600 with us, and he will save us 925 00:48:13,079 --> 00:48:15,279 I promise you that in the merit of your faith 926 00:48:15,599 --> 00:48:16,880 you will also be saved 927 00:48:17,019 --> 00:48:18,519 and you will merit to be released 928 00:48:18,579 --> 00:48:19,579 and to get out of here alive" 929 00:48:20,340 --> 00:48:22,300 And that promise was fulfilled 930 00:48:22,579 --> 00:48:26,219 All three of them survived Auschwitz 931 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:30,060 And that's a very rare thing 932 00:48:30,059 --> 00:48:33,519 One time 933 00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:34,880 A Jewish man 934 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,000 told the Rabbi 935 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:37,500 936 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,019 Poor man, he shouldn't be judged 937 00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:44,360 "We will all stay here" 938 00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:49,199 The Rabbi answered him firmly 939 00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:50,880 "Don't say we. 940 00:48:51,139 --> 00:48:54,019 You don't have the right to talk for me, if you want, talk for yourself 941 00:48:54,199 --> 00:48:56,960 whatever you want to say 942 00:48:57,099 --> 00:48:59,279 I believe 943 00:48:59,579 --> 00:49:01,679 with all honesty 944 00:49:01,679 --> 00:49:05,599 that both you and I will get out of here 945 00:49:05,599 --> 00:49:06,099 946 00:49:06,380 --> 00:49:08,980 If you don't agree, say what you want 947 00:49:09,099 --> 00:49:10,819 about you 948 00:49:10,820 --> 00:49:14,160 I am sure that we will get out of here" 949 00:49:14,159 --> 00:49:15,839 This man 950 00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:19,400 asked him "how do you know Rabbi? 951 00:49:19,679 --> 00:49:22,299 that you will get out of here? 952 00:49:22,539 --> 00:49:28,059 The Rabbi answered him with might "God is with us here 953 00:49:28,099 --> 00:49:30,319 and He will surely save us" 954 00:49:30,420 --> 00:49:32,220 "You, who stick to Hashem your God 955 00:49:32,380 --> 00:49:34,320 are all alive today" 956 00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:37,440 And this too, 957 00:49:37,445 --> 00:49:38,445 I have testimonies of people 958 00:49:38,619 --> 00:49:41,940 who were brought eight times up to the doors of the 959 00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,420 crematorium 960 00:49:43,420 --> 00:49:45,220 the gas chambers 961 00:49:45,219 --> 00:49:48,419 and for various reasons they were suddenly sent back 962 00:49:48,599 --> 00:49:51,139 and these same people say 963 00:49:51,460 --> 00:49:54,619 that they were, and they told it to eveeryone, 964 00:49:54,619 --> 00:49:56,759 they were sure they would survive 965 00:49:56,860 --> 00:49:58,940 that they have faith in Hashem. 966 00:49:59,079 --> 00:50:01,699 And it happened 967 00:50:01,820 --> 00:50:07,519 "Even when I walk in the valley of death"- says king David- "I will not fear because you are with me" 968 00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:10,454 Those people who saw 969 00:50:10,460 --> 00:50:12,720 God there 970 00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:14,200 in reality 971 00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:16,780 who lived with him there 972 00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:21,059 really were saved 973 00:50:21,219 --> 00:50:22,919 It wasn't easy 974 00:50:23,139 --> 00:50:25,199 It's like climbing a wall 975 00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:30,280 but I have many testimonies of people 976 00:50:30,599 --> 00:50:31,599 who didn't ask 977 00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:34,160 where God is, becuase he was with them 978 00:50:34,820 --> 00:50:38,400 Also when they didn't understand why He brought them there 979 00:50:38,619 --> 00:50:40,380 because you can't ask God 980 00:50:40,519 --> 00:50:43,139 questions 981 00:50:44,059 --> 00:50:47,219 "My thoughts are not your thoughts" says the prophet 982 00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:50,039 "and not my ways are your ways 983 00:50:50,300 --> 00:50:51,360 because the sky is higher 984 00:50:51,559 --> 00:50:53,759 than the earth 985 00:50:54,079 --> 00:50:56,319 that is how my ways are different than your ways, 986 00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:59,240 my thoughts from your thoughts" 987 00:50:59,559 --> 00:51:03,539 But the man who in his heart felt 988 00:51:03,679 --> 00:51:06,699 that God is with him 989 00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:08,780 he was really saved 990 00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:10,880 Where was God? 991 00:51:11,079 --> 00:51:15,900 he heard Him, he saw Him 992 00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:18,360 The Rabbi succeeded 993 00:51:18,460 --> 00:51:20,420 with tricks and cunningness 994 00:51:20,739 --> 00:51:24,299 to avoid from desecration of the Shabbat 995 00:51:25,099 --> 00:51:29,139 But he didn't agree to let anyone do the job for him 996 00:51:29,460 --> 00:51:30,460 He did it and 997 00:51:30,635 --> 00:51:33,835 he said, whoever knows the Halachot of Shabbat well 998 00:51:34,199 --> 00:51:35,799 can get along without transgressing a Torah prohibition 999 00:51:36,099 --> 00:51:40,000 How to do, how to work without transgressing a Torah prohibition 1000 00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:43,115 And he's one of the only ones who succeeded in different ways 1001 00:51:43,119 --> 00:51:47,219 to hide Tefillin and to put on Tefillin everyday 1002 00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:14,400 One of the researchers of the Jewish nation in the days of Nazi Germany 1003 00:52:14,635 --> 00:52:17,905 counted the number of anti- Jewish laws that the Nazis instituted ever since they 1004 00:52:17,905 --> 00:52:19,880 rose to power 1005 00:52:20,099 --> 00:52:22,659 How many laws in each year? 1006 00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:28,079 in the last year before the war started- 1938 1007 00:52:28,079 --> 00:52:31,819 The numbers of laws against Jews was the largest 1008 00:52:31,820 --> 00:52:33,039 1009 00:52:33,119 --> 00:52:34,960 Listen carefully 1010 00:52:36,639 --> 00:52:38,940 Forty nine laws 1011 00:52:39,320 --> 00:52:41,500 among them 1012 00:52:41,940 --> 00:52:43,079 In that year 1013 00:52:43,085 --> 00:52:46,135 came out a law that every Jewish man and woman's name that is a foreign name 1014 00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:48,940 will have a name connected to it that is Jewish- Sarah or Israel 1015 00:52:49,079 --> 00:52:53,539 not Phillip or Richard etc 1016 00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:57,920 In Egypt, they were saved because they didn't change their names 1017 00:52:57,920 --> 00:52:59,579 In Germany? 1018 00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:02,599 There wasn't one Jewish person with a Jewish name 1019 00:53:02,980 --> 00:53:05,699 All of them had gentile names 1020 00:53:06,099 --> 00:53:08,860 Came the Nazis, may their name be oblitereated, and made a law 1021 00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:10,500 Everyone bring your IDs 1022 00:53:10,820 --> 00:53:13,120 quickly, go tomorrow to the Ministry of Interior to update them 1023 00:53:13,199 --> 00:53:14,039 Every Jew 1024 00:53:14,039 --> 00:53:16,320 had the name Israel connected to his name 1025 00:53:16,380 --> 00:53:20,800 Every Jewish woman- Sarah. Period. The party was over. 1026 00:53:21,019 --> 00:53:25,340 So you ask where was God? 1027 00:53:31,820 --> 00:53:34,300 On that year, everyone was told to bring their passport 1028 00:53:34,659 --> 00:53:38,420 and every Jewish person had written in his or her passport the letter "J". 1029 00:53:38,599 --> 00:53:41,299 Jewish 1030 00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:42,480 Enough 1031 00:53:42,619 --> 00:53:46,119 From now on you will live as a Jewish person, 1032 00:53:46,460 --> 00:53:47,980 and if you don't want to out of your own volition 1033 00:53:48,139 --> 00:53:51,500 then you'll do it against your will 1034 00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:54,835 On that year there were new laws that were intended to take Jewish people out of 1035 00:53:54,840 --> 00:53:58,660 all the German economy 1036 00:54:04,099 --> 00:54:06,559 And if we'll move on 1037 00:54:08,039 --> 00:54:09,279 to the issue 1038 00:54:09,599 --> 00:54:16,019 of how the Jewish people feel God in this situation 1039 00:54:17,199 --> 00:54:18,199 The Jewish 1040 00:54:18,199 --> 00:54:19,539 bravery 1041 00:54:20,099 --> 00:54:21,034 The Jewish 1042 00:54:21,039 --> 00:54:22,039 bravery 1043 00:54:22,159 --> 00:54:24,519 with every blow and in every situation 1044 00:54:24,719 --> 00:54:26,019 I'll give you only 1045 00:54:26,179 --> 00:54:27,980 a few examples 1046 00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:31,080 from hundreds and hundreds things that 1047 00:54:31,300 --> 00:54:35,519 I have. A few examples 1048 00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:41,240 One person is telling this 1049 00:54:41,639 --> 00:54:43,099 that he was 1050 00:54:43,300 --> 00:54:46,160 in a children's shack 1051 00:54:46,559 --> 00:54:50,179 young boys 1052 00:54:51,059 --> 00:54:52,420 and suddenly he sees at night 1053 00:54:52,639 --> 00:54:56,219 when everyone is already sleeping on the boards made of wood 1054 00:54:56,219 --> 00:54:57,819 They all slept several "floors" one on top of the other 1055 00:54:57,920 --> 00:54:59,780 you've probably seen, cells in the concentration camps 1056 00:54:59,780 --> 00:55:00,280 1057 00:55:01,199 --> 00:55:05,059 suddenly he sees the head of the shack 1058 00:55:05,059 --> 00:55:05,559 1059 00:55:06,980 --> 00:55:09,179 walking with a thick rubber hose 1060 00:55:09,340 --> 00:55:11,559 So one can see that he is about to hit someone 1061 00:55:13,199 --> 00:55:15,279 He came to one of the benches 1062 00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:17,940 and he tells one of the children "get down, quickly" 1063 00:55:18,199 --> 00:55:19,559 The child comes down 1064 00:55:19,639 --> 00:55:22,574 and automatically he bends to get hit 1065 00:55:22,579 --> 00:55:24,519 He knows why he's being called 1066 00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:29,679 And that goi is starting to hit with all his force with the thick hose 1067 00:55:30,059 --> 00:55:33,799 Children who were standing on the side started counting 1068 00:55:34,300 --> 00:55:35,740 one two 1069 00:55:36,619 --> 00:55:38,599 the child isn't screaming 1070 00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:40,840 the child isn't crying 1071 00:55:41,380 --> 00:55:44,400 the teenager isn't even sighing 1072 00:55:44,460 --> 00:55:46,500 and everyone is surprised 1073 00:55:47,099 --> 00:55:50,759 And this murderer continues hitting, he already passed 25 times 1074 00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:51,260 1075 00:55:52,039 --> 00:55:54,179 passed 30 1076 00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:57,340 When he passed 40, he flipped him to the other side 1077 00:55:57,440 --> 00:56:00,440 and started hitting him on the head, on the stomach 1078 00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:02,800 on the face, everywhere 1079 00:56:03,099 --> 00:56:04,639 The boy doesn't respond 1080 00:56:04,760 --> 00:56:06,980 He doesn't cry or sigh 1081 00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:10,079 After 50 times, he left him 1082 00:56:10,139 --> 00:56:11,940 "go back to bed" 1083 00:56:12,059 --> 00:56:15,940 They went to him and saw him all swollen 1084 00:56:16,500 --> 00:56:18,440 They asked him why? 1085 00:56:18,619 --> 00:56:21,579 Why did he hit you? 1086 00:56:22,139 --> 00:56:25,400 The boy answered quietly "it was worth it" 1087 00:56:25,619 --> 00:56:28,400 I brought my friends some Sidurs 1088 00:56:29,985 --> 00:56:32,675 And he got quiet, and climbed to the board 1089 00:56:34,579 --> 00:56:37,380 Well, if the boy would have yelled 1090 00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:40,420 most likely that the gentile would have stopped hitting him 1091 00:56:41,534 --> 00:56:44,085 If the boy would have cried, there is a good chance that he would have stopped 1092 00:56:44,085 --> 00:56:47,164 Look at the bravery. He didn't want to let the non-Jew 1093 00:56:47,164 --> 00:56:50,384 the satisfaction that he's breaking him 1094 00:56:50,385 --> 00:56:52,300 Only a fourteen year old boy 1095 00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:56,280 So can someone ask where was God? 1096 00:56:56,735 --> 00:56:57,735 In the soul 1097 00:56:58,000 --> 00:56:59,699 of this boy 1098 00:56:59,960 --> 00:57:02,400 Show me in another nation 1099 00:57:04,239 --> 00:57:07,579 The Germans caught 20000 1100 00:57:08,300 --> 00:57:10,720 Russian soldiers 1101 00:57:10,719 --> 00:57:13,139 slaughtered them 1102 00:57:13,420 --> 00:57:16,280 There are testimonies 1103 00:57:16,599 --> 00:57:19,764 The Russian officers cried, begged 1104 00:57:19,764 --> 00:57:22,639 "I have a woman, I have children" 1105 00:57:23,059 --> 00:57:26,360 "Have mercy on me, pitty me" 1106 00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:30,280 Not one Jewish person said that 1107 00:57:31,019 --> 00:57:33,900 No Jewish person ever begged in front of the Germans 1108 00:57:34,059 --> 00:57:37,199 Ever 1109 00:57:37,559 --> 00:57:40,259 Ever 1110 00:57:41,659 --> 00:57:45,039 There's a very famous picture 1111 00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:49,920 Of a Jewish man wearing Tefillin 1112 00:57:50,119 --> 00:57:51,319 That the Nazis, 1113 00:57:51,559 --> 00:57:54,000 may their name be obliterated, around him are laughing 1114 00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:56,000 Beside him, one can see on the floor 1115 00:57:56,300 --> 00:57:57,300 a long row 1116 00:57:57,519 --> 00:57:59,800 of children, who were killed 1117 00:58:00,500 --> 00:58:02,679 and in one minute 1118 00:58:02,940 --> 00:58:06,619 they will also shoot a bullet in his neck, and lay him down in the same series 1119 00:58:06,940 --> 00:58:10,579 This picture is hung on Katsetnik's room 1120 00:58:12,539 --> 00:58:14,259 and he writes here 1121 00:58:14,460 --> 00:58:18,519 Katsetnik 1122 00:58:19,579 --> 00:58:20,735 You can see this person 1123 00:58:20,735 --> 00:58:23,525 with a smile, with serenity 1124 00:58:23,659 --> 00:58:25,859 with peacefulness 1125 00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:27,660 I see light 1126 00:58:27,679 --> 00:58:28,980 from his Tefillin 1127 00:58:30,099 --> 00:58:33,699 I see a huge light coming from his face 1128 00:58:33,755 --> 00:58:34,755 a light that cannot be described 1129 00:58:35,054 --> 00:58:36,054 This is what Katsetnik writes 1130 00:58:36,340 --> 00:58:41,780 and that's not that he's influenced by drugs, he's sitting in his room at home 1131 00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:47,880 I see a reality that isn't human, that is angelic 1132 00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:51,099 This was the great bravery 1133 00:58:51,099 --> 00:58:55,019 This was huge bravery 1134 00:58:55,820 --> 00:58:58,980 Of Jewish people who lived with God there 1135 00:58:59,519 --> 00:59:03,059 there, in the valley of death 1136 00:59:04,780 --> 00:59:08,440 One woman's story. 1137 00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:11,940 She was in a camp 1138 00:59:14,159 --> 00:59:16,319 in the same camp 1139 00:59:16,619 --> 00:59:20,400 they were in a shack, 500 women 1140 00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:24,260 all of them with shaved heads 1141 00:59:24,559 --> 00:59:28,039 All of them wore the same dress with stripes 1142 00:59:28,039 --> 00:59:29,579 night time 1143 00:59:29,579 --> 00:59:32,940 They are sleeping on the stones, on the floor 1144 00:59:33,539 --> 00:59:36,420 Suddenly they hear a sound 1145 00:59:37,219 --> 00:59:38,219 1146 00:59:38,679 --> 00:59:41,799 One of the women says something 1147 00:59:42,840 --> 00:59:46,460 There started a noise, as if by an order 1148 00:59:46,699 --> 00:59:49,779 the heads were lifted and turned towards the voice 1149 00:59:50,340 --> 00:59:51,820 In the darkness of the night 1150 00:59:52,039 --> 00:59:55,500 it was hard to see the face of the woman who was talking 1151 00:59:56,119 --> 00:59:58,759 But her voice was heard very well and clearly 1152 00:59:58,980 --> 01:00:00,940 and this is what she said 1153 01:00:01,280 --> 01:00:03,500 Listen to me 1154 01:00:03,940 --> 01:00:06,260 According to my estimated calculation 1155 01:00:06,579 --> 01:00:08,699 Tonight is the night of Kol Nidrei 1156 01:00:09,039 --> 01:00:13,539 and tomorrow is Yom Hakipurim 1157 01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:16,659 Quitness from astonishment fell 1158 01:00:17,179 --> 01:00:19,419 No one responded 1159 01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:23,559 No one tried to reject, because no one knew anything else 1160 01:00:23,559 --> 01:00:24,059 1161 01:00:24,824 --> 01:00:26,474 The days of hunger 1162 01:00:27,139 --> 01:00:28,500 cold 1163 01:00:28,739 --> 01:00:29,859 fear 1164 01:00:30,414 --> 01:00:32,945 and fatigue, caused the heart 1165 01:00:32,945 --> 01:00:35,360 to forget the computation of time 1166 01:00:35,619 --> 01:00:39,000 Auschwitz, said Katsetnik, is a planet that has no time in it 1167 01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:39,500 1168 01:00:41,840 --> 01:00:46,539 After seconds of silence, another voice was heard again from another corner 1169 01:00:46,820 --> 01:00:49,780 Doubtfully a question, doubtfully a message 1170 01:00:50,199 --> 01:00:52,460 Tomorrow we won't take the soup 1171 01:00:54,039 --> 01:00:56,400 And again there is no response 1172 01:00:57,079 --> 01:01:00,259 An agreement of silence 1173 01:01:00,639 --> 01:01:02,500 The heads went down 1174 01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:05,360 and the silence continued 1175 01:01:06,679 --> 01:01:09,739 Only when the sun rose, and the rays of light came in 1176 01:01:10,199 --> 01:01:13,239 they all stood on their feets 1177 01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:16,119 and it seemed like it was a routine day 1178 01:01:16,320 --> 01:01:18,039 like everyday 1179 01:01:18,239 --> 01:01:20,859 But something was different 1180 01:01:21,480 --> 01:01:23,719 The looks 1181 01:01:24,519 --> 01:01:26,119 a whisper 1182 01:01:26,300 --> 01:01:28,720 A quiet and excited sound 1183 01:01:29,574 --> 01:01:31,654 Everyone was whispering with everyone 1184 01:01:32,085 --> 01:01:34,905 in words without words. What are we going to do? 1185 01:01:35,480 --> 01:01:36,860 What will happen? 1186 01:01:37,059 --> 01:01:39,360 They will probably punish us 1187 01:01:39,719 --> 01:01:42,584 A gerneral avoidance from taking the soup 1188 01:01:42,585 --> 01:01:44,639 is like an organized mutiny 1189 01:01:44,860 --> 01:01:47,740 And the expected punishment is to be hit 1190 01:01:48,460 --> 01:01:51,840 Lengthened hours of the assembly, and other demonic inventions 1191 01:01:53,505 --> 01:01:55,505 And still, we won't take 1192 01:01:56,775 --> 01:01:58,175 We'll show them 1193 01:01:58,860 --> 01:02:02,320 That Yom Kipur is more important 1194 01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:05,140 Meanwhile the time passed 1195 01:02:05,460 --> 01:02:08,139 It was the time of the soup distribution 1196 01:02:09,344 --> 01:02:11,134 No one stood in line 1197 01:02:11,594 --> 01:02:13,125 Women who were hit 1198 01:02:13,934 --> 01:02:14,934 shadow of a person 1199 01:02:15,079 --> 01:02:17,039 and starving 1200 01:02:17,420 --> 01:02:18,900 discovered courage 1201 01:02:19,460 --> 01:02:21,420 and a mental strength 1202 01:02:21,760 --> 01:02:25,120 And took upon themselves willingly 1203 01:02:25,125 --> 01:02:27,775 not to take the portion of soup 1204 01:02:27,780 --> 01:02:28,820 their main nutrition for the day 1205 01:02:29,960 --> 01:02:33,159 It's hard to describe the size of the concession 1206 01:02:33,900 --> 01:02:37,300 and the power that was needed for that 1207 01:02:37,679 --> 01:02:40,480 and there is no way to describe 1208 01:02:40,945 --> 01:02:42,515 what this portion of soup was for them 1209 01:02:43,900 --> 01:02:46,420 They restrained themselves 1210 01:02:46,719 --> 01:02:48,799 coped with the hunger distress 1211 01:02:49,855 --> 01:02:52,324 overcame the fear of punishment 1212 01:02:52,835 --> 01:02:55,585 and that is how they showed that indeed 1213 01:02:55,585 --> 01:02:57,784 Yom Kipur is more important 1214 01:02:58,244 --> 01:03:00,664 So, can someone ask where God was? 1215 01:03:01,219 --> 01:03:03,659 In the hearts of those women? 1216 01:03:05,079 --> 01:03:08,420 And these weren't necessarily religious women 1217 01:03:08,820 --> 01:03:10,740 They were Jewish women 1218 01:03:11,619 --> 01:03:13,019 That there 1219 01:03:13,244 --> 01:03:16,045 In the valley of the dead felt God 1220 01:03:16,045 --> 01:03:17,860 with them 1221 01:03:18,780 --> 01:03:21,660 They raised to very very 1222 01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:24,579 high levels 1223 01:03:25,579 --> 01:03:30,799 that don't exist in any nation 1224 01:03:33,500 --> 01:03:34,500 And in this manner 1225 01:03:34,724 --> 01:03:35,724 stories 1226 01:03:36,500 --> 01:03:38,800 in a large quantity 1227 01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:42,679 In different situations 1228 01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:45,639 In the book "I believe" 1229 01:03:46,079 --> 01:03:49,319 there is a concentration 1230 01:03:49,639 --> 01:03:52,554 of hundreds and hundreds of facts 1231 01:03:52,559 --> 01:03:55,659 with people's names 1232 01:03:55,760 --> 01:03:57,940 In Treblinka 1233 01:03:58,059 --> 01:03:59,340 one of the reugees 1234 01:03:59,539 --> 01:04:01,900 told 1235 01:04:02,199 --> 01:04:06,339 From one of the shipments arrived 1236 01:04:06,460 --> 01:04:07,760 The Rabbi from Pvinitz 1237 01:04:07,960 --> 01:04:11,079 Rabbi Mendele Alter 1238 01:04:11,500 --> 01:04:12,500 Brother 1239 01:04:12,500 --> 01:04:14,420 of the Rabbi of Gur 1240 01:04:14,659 --> 01:04:17,379 and the President of the Association of the Rabbis in Poland 1241 01:04:17,679 --> 01:04:23,219 This Rabbi was the President of the Association of the Rabbis in Poland 1242 01:04:27,199 --> 01:04:31,379 When the Rabbi of Pavinitz heard the order to undress 1243 01:04:31,760 --> 01:04:34,580 he understood what was going to take place 1244 01:04:35,099 --> 01:04:38,239 He begged to one of the Jewish Kappos 1245 01:04:38,239 --> 01:04:38,739 1246 01:04:39,179 --> 01:04:41,859 "Bring me some water" 1247 01:04:42,679 --> 01:04:44,719 I promise you the next world 1248 01:04:44,820 --> 01:04:47,640 for some water that you will bring me 1249 01:04:47,894 --> 01:04:48,894 That is how the Rabbi 1250 01:04:48,920 --> 01:04:50,840 begged him 1251 01:04:51,559 --> 01:04:54,039 That Kappo 1252 01:04:54,539 --> 01:04:57,514 who excelled in his cruelty 1253 01:04:57,519 --> 01:04:59,539 towards the other Jewish people 1254 01:05:00,119 --> 01:05:02,619 as if lost his senses 1255 01:05:02,920 --> 01:05:05,400 and completely shocked 1256 01:05:05,539 --> 01:05:08,340 he ran to get water 1257 01:05:08,340 --> 01:05:09,700 for the Rabbi 1258 01:05:10,420 --> 01:05:12,340 thinking 1259 01:05:12,500 --> 01:05:14,480 that he is thirsty 1260 01:05:14,840 --> 01:05:18,820 and that he wants to drink before 1261 01:05:19,239 --> 01:05:20,639 he will be executed 1262 01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:23,960 But the Rabbi didn't need the water to drink 1263 01:05:24,739 --> 01:05:28,619 but for a totally different purpose 1264 01:05:28,960 --> 01:05:34,179 He washed his hands with the water before his last prayer 1265 01:05:34,460 --> 01:05:37,039 And called in a strong voice 1266 01:05:37,139 --> 01:05:38,719 to the crowd of the desperate Jewish people 1267 01:05:38,980 --> 01:05:42,380 who gathered around him 1268 01:05:42,780 --> 01:05:47,340 "Let's say the confession (Vidui) before the death" 1269 01:05:47,679 --> 01:05:51,119 The Rabbi immediately started saying Vidui, confession 1270 01:05:51,380 --> 01:05:53,559 and all the many Jewish people who were half dressed 1271 01:05:53,940 --> 01:05:55,800 suddenly woke up 1272 01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:58,039 and said (it) with him 1273 01:05:58,300 --> 01:06:01,660 from their mouths came out a horriffic wail 1274 01:06:01,820 --> 01:06:04,400 So horriffic 1275 01:06:04,639 --> 01:06:08,159 until the German murderers ran from every direction 1276 01:06:08,159 --> 01:06:11,980 and screamed at the Jewish people "What is this, a house of prayer?" 1277 01:06:12,139 --> 01:06:15,440 That's how the SS officer yelled at them 1278 01:06:15,579 --> 01:06:17,440 He was the head leader 1279 01:06:17,619 --> 01:06:20,599 of the department to destroy the Jewish people 1280 01:06:20,760 --> 01:06:23,960 and he opened with shooting barrage towards the Jewish people 1281 01:06:24,380 --> 01:06:28,360 who cried in the prayer of Vidui 1282 01:06:28,619 --> 01:06:30,299 Berl Katsanelson writes that to him 1283 01:06:30,679 --> 01:06:33,739 the big spiritual man of the Labour party 1284 01:06:33,920 --> 01:06:35,720 in the 40s 1285 01:06:35,880 --> 01:06:39,180 He was the only man to whom Ben Gurion 1286 01:06:39,380 --> 01:06:41,559 gave respect 1287 01:06:42,440 --> 01:06:44,179 He writes- in my opinion 1288 01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:46,200 the bravery of the Rabbi from Pavinitz 1289 01:06:46,199 --> 01:06:47,139 is greater 1290 01:06:47,300 --> 01:06:48,980 than the Partizan fighters, 1291 01:06:49,300 --> 01:06:51,840 the rebells in The Warsaw Ghetto, or Vilna 1292 01:06:52,019 --> 01:06:53,340 who ran with a gun to kill 1293 01:06:53,420 --> 01:06:58,000 a German, this is much greater bravery 1294 01:06:58,179 --> 01:07:00,819 of a man who stands for his principles 1295 01:07:01,099 --> 01:07:02,480 stands for his religion 1296 01:07:02,699 --> 01:07:05,279 in any situation 1297 01:07:05,460 --> 01:07:08,639 in any situation 1298 01:07:10,440 --> 01:07:13,059 Warsaw Ghetto was surrounded 1299 01:07:13,360 --> 01:07:16,140 Warsaw Ghetto was lost 1300 01:07:16,139 --> 01:07:17,679 There were 3 Rabbis there 1301 01:07:17,679 --> 01:07:18,699 Great Rabbis 1302 01:07:18,719 --> 01:07:19,704 Rabbi Menachem Zembar, 1303 01:07:19,704 --> 01:07:21,304 Rabbi Shimshon Shtockhammer 1304 01:07:22,119 --> 01:07:23,579 and Rabbi David Shapira 1305 01:07:24,579 --> 01:07:28,199 By means of a Jewish engineer, the clergy offered to hide 1306 01:07:28,380 --> 01:07:29,780 the three Rabbis 1307 01:07:30,659 --> 01:07:31,659 They would hide them 1308 01:07:31,840 --> 01:07:34,460 in a church 1309 01:07:34,900 --> 01:07:39,820 and they had to say right away if they accept the offer or decline it 1310 01:07:40,360 --> 01:07:43,760 After a thorough consideration 1311 01:07:43,760 --> 01:07:46,520 Rabbi Shapira answered and said 1312 01:07:46,940 --> 01:07:49,720 Among the three of us, I am the youngest 1313 01:07:50,260 --> 01:07:51,740 That is why my words 1314 01:07:52,094 --> 01:07:54,714 of couse don't obligate you 1315 01:07:54,715 --> 01:07:56,905 you are older and more educated 1316 01:07:57,260 --> 01:08:00,660 I'll tell you my personal opinion 1317 01:08:03,139 --> 01:08:05,174 We know very well 1318 01:08:05,179 --> 01:08:08,779 we don't have the ability to save the Jewish people in Warsaw 1319 01:08:09,019 --> 01:08:10,579 The Ghetto is surrounded 1320 01:08:10,985 --> 01:08:13,745 It's just a matter of time 1321 01:08:13,744 --> 01:08:15,739 until all of us will be killed 1322 01:08:16,159 --> 01:08:18,739 But just by us staying with them 1323 01:08:19,340 --> 01:08:21,400 and not deserting them 1324 01:08:21,739 --> 01:08:22,739 will strengthen and encourage 1325 01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:25,180 their spirit and hope 1326 01:08:25,760 --> 01:08:28,780 This is the only encouragement we can give them 1327 01:08:29,359 --> 01:08:30,599 to our brothers 1328 01:08:30,659 --> 01:08:33,699 That is why I have decided not to leave the Ghetto 1329 01:08:34,005 --> 01:08:36,654 I simply don't have the courage to desert 1330 01:08:36,659 --> 01:08:38,859 these miserable people 1331 01:08:39,479 --> 01:08:41,619 After Rabbi Shapira spoke 1332 01:08:42,024 --> 01:08:44,934 everyone felt relief, they agreed 1333 01:08:44,939 --> 01:08:48,179 with Rabbi Shapira, and they all stayed 1334 01:08:48,439 --> 01:08:50,519 This is bravery 1335 01:08:50,760 --> 01:08:53,220 Where was God? Here 1336 01:08:53,340 --> 01:08:55,100 There is no such behavior 1337 01:08:55,399 --> 01:08:58,420 a parenthetical clause, without getting into that topic 1338 01:08:58,420 --> 01:09:01,180 Because It's worth a coversation in itself 1339 01:09:01,500 --> 01:09:03,000 When here there was danger 1340 01:09:03,239 --> 01:09:05,359 that Romel would occupy Israel 1341 01:09:05,944 --> 01:09:08,654 and in the Newspaper Davar there was a headline 1342 01:09:09,399 --> 01:09:11,359 "we will fight for our lives" 1343 01:09:11,640 --> 01:09:12,640 There were prepared here 1344 01:09:12,975 --> 01:09:14,745 plans in Israel 1345 01:09:15,220 --> 01:09:17,039 by the Hagana 1346 01:09:17,319 --> 01:09:20,319 that all the Jews in Israel will go to do 1347 01:09:20,324 --> 01:09:22,354 a new Masada 1348 01:09:22,664 --> 01:09:23,805 on the Carmel mountain 1349 01:09:24,295 --> 01:09:26,154 and there they would fight 1350 01:09:26,154 --> 01:09:29,634 until the last bullet against the Nazis, just like in Masada 1351 01:09:29,960 --> 01:09:33,859 Except for the political eaders 1352 01:09:33,859 --> 01:09:36,819 There's a special plane for them 1353 01:09:36,979 --> 01:09:38,419 that will take them to England 1354 01:09:38,420 --> 01:09:42,640 And they will build there a government in exile 1355 01:09:42,640 --> 01:09:45,240 like the Polish people did 1356 01:09:45,239 --> 01:09:49,079 They didn't say "we'll stay here with the Jewish people in Israel " 1357 01:09:49,079 --> 01:09:50,019 No No 1358 01:09:50,020 --> 01:09:50,520 1359 01:09:51,359 --> 01:09:53,359 There are VIP 1360 01:09:53,500 --> 01:09:56,479 The VIP will go to England 1361 01:09:56,659 --> 01:09:59,460 The Rabbis were offered to leave Warsaw, and they refused 1362 01:09:59,720 --> 01:10:01,520 "We won't leave here" 1363 01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:04,780 The captain leaves the ship last 1364 01:10:05,079 --> 01:10:06,680 So where was God? 1365 01:10:07,960 --> 01:10:10,380 There 1366 01:10:10,380 --> 01:10:13,980 There, in the valley of the dead 1367 01:10:13,979 --> 01:10:15,979 1368 01:10:17,119 --> 01:10:20,420 Heroic actions, that can't be understood 1369 01:10:22,460 --> 01:10:25,079 The poet of the Holocaust 1370 01:10:25,500 --> 01:10:27,079 Maybe you heard of him 1371 01:10:27,399 --> 01:10:30,219 Katsanelson 1372 01:10:30,819 --> 01:10:35,920 The greatest poet from the period before the war 1373 01:10:37,119 --> 01:10:40,220 No, not a religious man, completely not 1374 01:10:40,319 --> 01:10:43,840 A man from the left wing, a man of the Poalei Zion 1375 01:10:44,380 --> 01:10:46,440 He devoted his songs to 1376 01:10:46,600 --> 01:10:48,940 there he had a re- evaluation 1377 01:10:49,239 --> 01:10:51,779 not to the rebells of the Ghetto 1378 01:10:52,159 --> 01:10:53,340 not to the Partizans 1379 01:10:53,960 --> 01:10:56,140 He did appreciate them 1380 01:10:56,500 --> 01:10:58,260 He belonged to them 1381 01:10:58,539 --> 01:11:01,840 But they didn't ignite the poet in him 1382 01:11:02,220 --> 01:11:04,440 He wrote two wonderful poems 1383 01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:07,760 magnificent 1384 01:11:08,060 --> 01:11:10,860 The one is called "I will sing about Shlomo Zelichovski" 1385 01:11:13,100 --> 01:11:14,980 He's a Chassid 1386 01:11:15,279 --> 01:11:17,219 who went 1387 01:11:17,539 --> 01:11:18,640 to die 1388 01:11:18,899 --> 01:11:21,319 with a sound mind 1389 01:11:21,640 --> 01:11:25,220 and gave a lecture in front of all the people before he died 1390 01:11:25,220 --> 01:11:26,480 That he is about to die Al Kidush Hashem 1391 01:11:26,619 --> 01:11:29,559 and that is a tremendous level 1392 01:11:30,060 --> 01:11:34,280 And he wrote the second song about the Rabbi 1393 01:11:35,680 --> 01:11:37,440 of Ratzin 1394 01:11:37,619 --> 01:11:39,260 I will read only a few lines 1395 01:11:39,579 --> 01:11:42,140 because of lack of time 1396 01:11:42,520 --> 01:11:44,720 A song about Shlomo Zelichovski 1397 01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:48,199 Sing sky and earth, sing 1398 01:11:48,479 --> 01:11:49,479 Hashem will sing 1399 01:11:49,619 --> 01:11:51,019 The Name of Hashem Meforash 1400 01:11:51,140 --> 01:11:53,579 From His place 1401 01:11:54,079 --> 01:11:56,979 Sing all of you, the living of below 1402 01:11:57,840 --> 01:11:59,800 sing above 1403 01:12:00,020 --> 01:12:02,900 the living of the heavens 1404 01:12:04,479 --> 01:12:05,739 Sing all 1405 01:12:06,100 --> 01:12:09,440 310 worlds, praise Hashem Zelichovski Shlomo 1406 01:12:11,385 --> 01:12:14,465 Because he enlarged the name of man on earth 1407 01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:19,340 He heightened the dignity of man 1408 01:12:20,260 --> 01:12:23,060 stand up you the great poet 1409 01:12:23,654 --> 01:12:26,564 Oh stand up the man without one eye, Homer 1410 01:12:27,960 --> 01:12:29,939 And David 1411 01:12:30,159 --> 01:12:31,300 David son of Yishai 1412 01:12:31,439 --> 01:12:34,159 if you'll stand, your song is pleasant and your light if you'll take them 1413 01:12:36,100 --> 01:12:38,100 Sing and consol my land 1414 01:12:38,220 --> 01:12:41,600 Talk to her heart, call her humiliated 1415 01:12:42,039 --> 01:12:43,500 overjoyed earth 1416 01:12:43,725 --> 01:12:44,725 overjoyed 1417 01:12:45,039 --> 01:12:48,039 You repeated, because you were made with Chessed, you are a noble blessing 1418 01:12:48,520 --> 01:12:50,800 Who are you Hercules? 1419 01:12:51,000 --> 01:12:53,159 Who are you Achiles? 1420 01:12:53,340 --> 01:12:57,840 Who is Hector and what is he compared to this hero from the fields of Kavola 1421 01:12:57,840 --> 01:12:59,960 That there in the market was hung 1422 01:13:00,119 --> 01:13:03,460 A long song from which I read to you a part 1423 01:13:03,760 --> 01:13:11,079 All the idols and poets of the Greeks are nothing 1424 01:13:11,380 --> 01:13:14,560 compared to that Jewish man in that brave act 1425 01:13:14,779 --> 01:13:18,300 That he's going to die with the Name of Hashem on his lips 1426 01:13:18,340 --> 01:13:21,480 He is a descendent of our father Abraham 1427 01:13:21,479 --> 01:13:24,919 Who went to get burnt to sanctify the name of God 1428 01:13:25,060 --> 01:13:27,020 Out of Simcha, happiness 1429 01:13:27,140 --> 01:13:29,240 and to join Rabbi Akiva 1430 01:13:29,354 --> 01:13:32,644 and to all the generations and all the exiles 1431 01:13:32,694 --> 01:13:34,295 in Spain and in Yemen 1432 01:13:34,295 --> 01:13:37,454 In Germany and in Poland 1433 01:13:37,460 --> 01:13:40,699 In Morocco and in Algiers 1434 01:13:40,699 --> 01:13:43,359 who died throughout history in , sanctification of God, may he blessed be. 1435 01:13:43,420 --> 01:13:45,659 So where was God? 1436 01:13:46,300 --> 01:13:48,380 He was with them there 1437 01:13:48,739 --> 01:13:50,239 and they felt Him 1438 01:13:50,600 --> 01:13:52,560 and they were happy 1439 01:13:52,760 --> 01:13:54,079 they were happy 1440 01:13:54,555 --> 01:13:57,365 that He gave them the opportunity 1441 01:13:57,364 --> 01:13:58,719 to die in the sanctification of His name 1442 01:13:58,899 --> 01:14:02,199 I used to live in Bat Yam, I grew up there 1443 01:14:02,805 --> 01:14:06,185 and we used to go many times to Holon to our friends there 1444 01:14:07,215 --> 01:14:10,505 And one of the Shabbats I heard the Rabbi of Holon 1445 01:14:11,614 --> 01:14:13,125 Rabbi Rabinovitch 1446 01:14:13,725 --> 01:14:15,215 z"l 1447 01:14:15,774 --> 01:14:18,254 In one of his lectures. He was a 1448 01:14:18,784 --> 01:14:20,244 special lecturer 1449 01:14:21,074 --> 01:14:22,274 and this is what he said 1450 01:14:23,420 --> 01:14:25,460 "I didn't have the virtue 1451 01:14:25,779 --> 01:14:29,479 to die with my fathers sanctifying Hashem" 1452 01:14:29,779 --> 01:14:31,920 "I didn't have the privilege 1453 01:14:32,260 --> 01:14:34,579 to die with my fathers sanctifying Hashem" 1454 01:14:35,619 --> 01:14:37,539 This is the real feeling 1455 01:14:37,864 --> 01:14:40,664 of a person who understands 1456 01:14:41,895 --> 01:14:43,355 what the level is 1457 01:14:43,954 --> 01:14:46,175 of someone who dies in the sanctification of Hashem 1458 01:14:46,564 --> 01:14:49,324 Who do we have bigger than Rabbi Yoseph Karo 1459 01:14:49,774 --> 01:14:53,224 That all of Israel leans on him and his Torah 1460 01:14:54,585 --> 01:14:56,454 and thinks at his "Table" 1461 01:14:57,185 --> 01:14:59,225 In the book Meigid Meisharim 1462 01:14:59,944 --> 01:15:03,074 he prayed all the time 1463 01:15:03,475 --> 01:15:06,195 To win the privilege to die in the sanctification of Hashem 1464 01:15:06,380 --> 01:15:09,800 Like Rabbi Shlomo Molcho died 1465 01:15:11,020 --> 01:15:13,420 It's a mistake to think 1466 01:15:13,520 --> 01:15:16,140 It's a mistake of person who doesn't know 1467 01:15:16,300 --> 01:15:19,760 that those people who died in the sanctification of Hashem 1468 01:15:19,920 --> 01:15:21,539 were sorry about it 1469 01:15:21,739 --> 01:15:23,800 They really didn't 1470 01:15:24,619 --> 01:15:26,659 People there 1471 01:15:27,220 --> 01:15:29,815 In that world, without coffee shops 1472 01:15:29,814 --> 01:15:33,014 without restaurants and without the materialistic world became spiritual 1473 01:15:33,039 --> 01:15:35,460 some willingly and some unwillingly 1474 01:15:35,640 --> 01:15:39,820 Whoever more and whoever less 1475 01:15:41,720 --> 01:15:46,199 Because the spirit of Hashem was roaming 1476 01:15:46,739 --> 01:15:49,024 Indeed in the manner of judgment- 1477 01:15:49,024 --> 01:15:50,799 The spirit of Hashem 1478 01:15:51,000 --> 01:15:54,960 And a harsh and profound judgment 1479 01:16:01,880 --> 01:16:04,520 I didn't give but 1480 01:16:04,520 --> 01:16:06,800 a very small amount of the examples 1481 01:16:07,359 --> 01:16:09,319 very little 1482 01:16:09,840 --> 01:16:12,260 of the stories 1483 01:16:14,079 --> 01:16:18,019 Important stories, important facts 1484 01:16:18,500 --> 01:16:21,800 that relay things we didn't receive at school 1485 01:16:22,920 --> 01:16:25,619 We didn't receive them in the school curriculum 1486 01:16:25,739 --> 01:16:28,039 Just as we weren't taught 1487 01:16:28,335 --> 01:16:30,064 also in higher education 1488 01:16:30,500 --> 01:16:34,880 I have given lectures to history teachers 1489 01:16:35,199 --> 01:16:38,059 Really- why was Hitler so much against the Jewish people? 1490 01:16:39,020 --> 01:16:40,560 What did he want of us? 1491 01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:43,000 What did the Jewish people disturb him? 1492 01:16:43,180 --> 01:16:46,200 But the things are written here in Mein Kampf 1493 01:16:46,439 --> 01:16:47,875 This book 1494 01:16:47,880 --> 01:16:50,914 was published only recently in Hebrew 1495 01:16:51,239 --> 01:16:52,859 It was forbidden during all previous years 1496 01:16:52,960 --> 01:16:55,715 But I have an earlier translation 1497 01:16:55,720 --> 01:16:59,600 which Yad VaShem translated sections of 1498 01:17:00,439 --> 01:17:04,559 Hitler claims in his book 1499 01:17:05,539 --> 01:17:09,100 that the Jewish people are communists 1500 01:17:09,680 --> 01:17:12,715 That they did the Russian revolution 1501 01:17:12,715 --> 01:17:15,784 They killed there thirty million Russians 1502 01:17:15,784 --> 01:17:19,599 All the educated people in Russia in a cruel and terrible manner 1503 01:17:19,880 --> 01:17:23,420 And that is what they want to do to the whole world 1504 01:17:23,539 --> 01:17:26,019 The next country in line is Germany 1505 01:17:26,340 --> 01:17:29,454 They founded the Communist party 1506 01:17:29,460 --> 01:17:32,319 And the German Social party, and that's true 1507 01:17:32,560 --> 01:17:35,620 If we won't overcome them now, they will destroy us 1508 01:17:35,625 --> 01:17:38,645 and will also kill here twenty million people 1509 01:17:38,645 --> 01:17:39,780 and all the educated people 1510 01:17:39,859 --> 01:17:42,239 And that's how they will go from country to country 1511 01:17:42,479 --> 01:17:43,839 And at the end 1512 01:17:44,159 --> 01:17:47,619 the only intelligent people, the only smart people 1513 01:17:47,779 --> 01:17:52,039 will be only the Jewish people 1514 01:17:52,279 --> 01:17:53,639 He repeats it many times 1515 01:17:53,819 --> 01:17:56,739 Don't be mistaken to think otherwise 1516 01:17:56,899 --> 01:17:58,379 And he's right 1517 01:17:58,600 --> 01:18:01,100 The Jewish people did the Russian Revolution 1518 01:18:01,340 --> 01:18:02,500 Trotsky built 1519 01:18:02,640 --> 01:18:06,579 the Russian army 1520 01:18:07,199 --> 01:18:09,139 Who was a tremenedous genious 1521 01:18:09,380 --> 01:18:12,140 A hater of Israel the likes there was no second to 1522 01:18:12,260 --> 01:18:15,060 He instituted the Jewish department 1523 01:18:15,239 --> 01:18:19,199 of the Communist party 1524 01:18:19,800 --> 01:18:23,119 That its members informed about thier father 1525 01:18:23,119 --> 01:18:25,640 their mother, the brother and son 1526 01:18:25,960 --> 01:18:28,779 Whoever had a Sidur, or even a book 1527 01:18:28,779 --> 01:18:32,479 to study Hebrew, I'm not even talking about Tefillin and Mikveh, he ruined everything 1528 01:18:32,880 --> 01:18:34,500 for the Jewish people too 1529 01:18:34,779 --> 01:18:38,059 but surely for the Russians 1530 01:18:38,399 --> 01:18:41,299 In the picture of the first Politburo 1531 01:18:41,560 --> 01:18:46,120 It's like the government in Russia, out of thirteen members 1532 01:18:46,779 --> 01:18:48,840 there were six Jewish people 1533 01:18:49,119 --> 01:18:51,099 Who instituted the KGB? 1534 01:18:51,279 --> 01:18:53,439 Prior to that it was called NKGB 1535 01:18:53,659 --> 01:18:55,500 Jewish people 1536 01:18:56,039 --> 01:18:58,960 Indeed, the things are written explicitly 1537 01:18:59,859 --> 01:19:03,960 He didn't hate the Jewish people because they have payos 1538 01:19:04,939 --> 01:19:09,799 He didn't hate them because they keep the Mitzvot 1539 01:19:10,220 --> 01:19:13,220 but because they are communists 1540 01:19:13,500 --> 01:19:15,880 And he writes here clearly 1541 01:19:16,060 --> 01:19:18,800 The Jewish people ruined the religion and faith 1542 01:19:19,079 --> 01:19:22,859 They spread the heresy against God, in Germany 1543 01:19:23,239 --> 01:19:24,939 That's what he writes 1544 01:19:25,220 --> 01:19:28,820 "I feel like the messenger of God to destroy the Jewish people" 1545 01:19:29,020 --> 01:19:31,580 Because they are heretics 1546 01:19:31,800 --> 01:19:36,279 He writes this here. Do you understand now why this isn't studied at school? 1547 01:19:36,359 --> 01:19:39,319 Becayse who writes the school curriculum? 1548 01:19:39,779 --> 01:19:41,579 Leftists 1549 01:19:42,359 --> 01:19:46,380 Obviously they won't write that Hitler wanted to kill the Jewish people 1550 01:19:46,619 --> 01:19:49,380 because they were the founders of the worlds's leftist movements 1551 01:19:49,380 --> 01:19:51,779 and the founders of Marxism, Comunism and Leninism 1552 01:19:51,899 --> 01:19:56,579 But he writes it here 1553 01:19:57,520 --> 01:19:59,080 All the values were ruined 1554 01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:02,420 All the literature and theatre were poisoned 1555 01:20:02,680 --> 01:20:07,400 Who are these who poisoned, Jewish peolple who keep the Mitvas poisoned the German theatre? 1556 01:20:07,779 --> 01:20:16,000 Out of nine large Newspapers, in Germany seven belonged to Jewish people 1557 01:20:19,680 --> 01:20:23,600 One of the great music composers in the world 1558 01:20:23,600 --> 01:20:25,600 Wagner 1559 01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:29,539 That until now it is forbidden to play his compositions 1560 01:20:29,659 --> 01:20:32,500 He is banned until now 1561 01:20:32,699 --> 01:20:34,399 Because he 1562 01:20:34,560 --> 01:20:39,240 was antisemetic long before the Nazi period 1563 01:20:39,800 --> 01:20:45,020 And I was very much interested to know what he really had said 1564 01:20:45,159 --> 01:20:50,180 The Hebrew University published his book with Hebrew translation 1565 01:20:50,300 --> 01:20:53,560 So, I'll tell you what he writes there 1566 01:20:53,619 --> 01:20:55,519 I don't like the Jewish people 1567 01:20:55,699 --> 01:20:56,899 The religious ones I don't like 1568 01:20:57,079 --> 01:21:01,059 But what do I care? 1569 01:21:01,180 --> 01:21:03,875 The Jewish people who left the Torah and the Mitzvot 1570 01:21:03,880 --> 01:21:07,940 and who look like gentiles- I hate 1571 01:21:07,939 --> 01:21:10,979 Because they eneter our society and they ruin our culture 1572 01:21:11,000 --> 01:21:13,960 and the song and the German essence 1573 01:21:14,199 --> 01:21:16,739 Those he converted- 1574 01:21:16,920 --> 01:21:19,840 I see them as subversives 1575 01:21:20,119 --> 01:21:24,019 subversives that will ruin the whole German nation in the future 1576 01:21:24,180 --> 01:21:27,560 if we won't defend ourselves fast, as of now 1577 01:21:27,760 --> 01:21:31,395 or else they will destroy us. Because they are disguised as Germans 1578 01:21:31,399 --> 01:21:32,519 But they are not Germans 1579 01:21:32,640 --> 01:21:35,020 They are Jewish people and will stay German 1580 01:21:35,020 --> 01:21:37,280 So now, do you understand why it was forbidden here 1581 01:21:37,399 --> 01:21:40,679 to play his music and to teach what he says? 1582 01:21:40,819 --> 01:21:43,859 Just as here everyone hates the Nirenberg laws 1583 01:21:43,859 --> 01:21:45,159 without knowing what they are 1584 01:21:45,159 --> 01:21:47,159 Nirenberg, Nirenberg 1585 01:21:49,479 --> 01:21:50,479 Nirenberg said 1586 01:21:50,635 --> 01:21:53,485 That a Jew can't marry a gentile, so of course those who teach 1587 01:21:53,694 --> 01:21:54,694 in all the schools 1588 01:21:55,119 --> 01:21:56,840 that it's racism 1589 01:21:57,239 --> 01:22:06,059 To say that a Jew is different than a gentile, is racism in this country, sadly 1590 01:22:06,060 --> 01:22:11,180 Nirenberg only copied was is said in the Torah 1591 01:22:11,420 --> 01:22:14,659 Wagner only said what is written in the Torah 1592 01:22:14,859 --> 01:22:17,579 Because a Jewish person is Jewish, even if he disguises himself 1593 01:22:18,020 --> 01:22:25,360 Even if he converts. "Israel who sins is still Israel" 1594 01:22:25,659 --> 01:22:29,979 "You" he writes, are merciful people 1595 01:22:30,260 --> 01:22:32,420 We are cruel people 1596 01:22:32,640 --> 01:22:35,200 You are ruining our culture" 1597 01:22:35,340 --> 01:22:38,319 Yes, this is how Wagner writes 1598 01:22:38,479 --> 01:22:41,959 And that is why all his book is aimed against the compose 1599 01:22:41,979 --> 01:22:44,939 Mendelssohn 1600 01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:46,859 Whose father had converted 1601 01:22:47,079 --> 01:22:49,640 When he was five years old, he was baptised 1602 01:22:49,680 --> 01:22:51,200 He writes to him, - Listen 1603 01:22:51,279 --> 01:22:53,759 You think that if you speak German 1604 01:22:53,779 --> 01:22:56,559 and you converted, you've become German? No 1605 01:22:56,760 --> 01:22:59,895 Your music is wailing 1606 01:22:59,895 --> 01:23:02,795 Your music isn't authentic, and you poison our culture 1607 01:23:02,800 --> 01:23:05,500 because people think that it is 1608 01:23:05,539 --> 01:23:08,479 German music. The German music 1609 01:23:08,479 --> 01:23:12,000 is full of pride, and you can't do it 1610 01:23:12,180 --> 01:23:14,640 And that is why you are called "The enemy of the German culture" 1611 01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:18,079 So he isn't right? Of course he's right 1612 01:23:18,340 --> 01:23:19,800 Of course he's right 1613 01:23:19,960 --> 01:23:22,960 "You have chosen us out of all the nations". That's right 1614 01:23:23,100 --> 01:23:26,400 We are humble, merciful 1615 01:23:26,539 --> 01:23:34,019 shy, that's true. That is what we are proud about. 1616 01:23:36,819 --> 01:23:40,559 So understand, that the events didn't happen for no reason 1617 01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:43,060 They were not a coincidence 1618 01:23:43,300 --> 01:23:47,940 There was no lack of warnings 1619 01:23:48,800 --> 01:23:50,980 "Because of our sins we were exiled from our country" 1620 01:23:52,979 --> 01:23:55,599 And thank God, we've returned 1621 01:23:55,819 --> 01:23:58,234 And we have to be careful 1622 01:23:58,239 --> 01:24:02,639 not to repeat the same mistakes 1623 01:24:03,060 --> 01:24:06,140 and to repeat and assimilate here 1624 01:24:06,220 --> 01:24:08,255 Or to legitimize 1625 01:24:08,260 --> 01:24:10,340 that same feeling of inferiority 1626 01:24:10,420 --> 01:24:13,739 to the gentiles 1627 01:24:13,800 --> 01:24:17,900 And the desire copy them 1628 01:24:18,739 --> 01:24:21,800 We came to the world in order to be different 1629 01:24:21,979 --> 01:24:26,279 We were created in the world in order to be Jewish 1630 01:24:26,439 --> 01:24:30,399 And our sole purpose is to be with God 1631 01:24:30,680 --> 01:24:33,065 And whoever really wants to be with God 1632 01:24:33,064 --> 01:24:36,554 God is with him, everywhere 1633 01:24:36,600 --> 01:24:38,640 In the good and in the bad 1634 01:24:38,880 --> 01:24:41,180 Here, and also not here 1635 01:24:41,300 --> 01:24:44,560 And may it be the will of God that we will all be granted 1636 01:24:44,739 --> 01:24:47,979 That God will say enough to all our troubles 1637 01:24:48,199 --> 01:24:50,994 In every form, and every manner 1638 01:24:51,000 --> 01:24:52,779 and in every place 1639 01:24:52,939 --> 01:24:55,694 And we will be granted redemption forever 1640 01:24:55,699 --> 01:24:58,399 And happiness forever 1641 01:24:58,399 --> 01:25:00,399 Amen