Kol Yaacov Event - Rabbi Eli Mansour

Shabbat first and foremost the host uh be it hak and his wife congratulations on the new house and the bashanim and of course the greatim zuki and his partner yahham and all the supporters. I have a similar story of Rabbi Schweki. Uh I was back in Brooklyn when Mag and David was crumbling like the Titanic. They gave it to me when it was at the bottom of the ocean. They said, "Here." They said, "We need your help." I said, "It can't it can't go lower than that." So, whatever I do, I succeed. Anyway, when I got there, like I said, I couldn't make it worse. And we started to stabilize the ship and I got in touch with Sheila Rubin, who runs the uh the finance department in Magen David, just to talk to her, to let her know who I am, to make sure I get paid on time. And uh she said, "You know, Rabbi, this guy Zuki, we have a very big connection with him. He sends us hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to take care of students in the yeshiva that you know unable to make tuition payments. So I said I want to say ah in Zuki and Joey's honor the says there's three pillars of the world toraim I believe it's out of order because Torah was the strong point of Aod was so should be first follow the order of so I'd like to explain that the Mishna is telling us where should be given to firstra that's to the then that's to the families and then now you know how to use so the first two are giving us how to prioritize our so the yeshivas definitely need the money but I'll tell you another secret every year before the holiday zuki comes to the shul he's in and out within two nanoseconds he does it very quickly in my hand he puts 50 cards. These are cards for the fores $100, $200 gift certificate, the gift certificates to the supermarket or to the butcher. So, it's not only ishivot, he's taking care of families and he's a tremendous tremendous uh uh sadik as I got to learn. I just I just met him a couple of years ago, but I understand he's been doing this for a long time. So, again, money well spent call and the more that we give, the more they'll be able to take care of uh the needs of our community. Shabbat shalom. Thanks for listening.