NEARLY TWENTY YEARS AGO FOR ROSH HASHANA
I WENT TO UMAN.
I WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
AT THAT TIME THERE WERE NOT EVEN 5000 PEOPLE
THERE FOR ROSH HASHANA.
ONE DAY A MAN DRESSED ALL IN WHITE GOT UP ON A TABLE
AND STARTED SHOUTING:
" WE HAVE GOT A GREAT G=D
WE HAVE GOT A GREAT G=D! ! "
I ASKED HIM WHY.
HE SAID ," I WAS BORN AND LIVED IN UMAN
WHEN THE GERMANS CAME, THEY MADE US DIG A BIG HOLE
AND SHOT US ALL INTO THE HOLE.
I WAS ALSO SHOT AND FELL INTO THE HOLE.
I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD EVEN THOUGH I COULD MOVE,
I THOUGHT ALL DEAD PEOPLE COULD MOVE
I NEVER KNEW WHAT DEAD WAS,
AFTER A WHILE I REALISED THAT THE GERMANS HAD
MISSED AND I WAS ALIVE.
I GOT OUT OF THE HOLE AND I AM HERE TODAY TO TELL THE TALE.
IF OUR G=D CAN SHOW THAT AFTER SUCH A DESTRUCTION,
5000 PEOPLE CAN COME TO UMAN FOR ROSH HASHANA
THEN WE HAVE A GREAT G=D ! !
WHEN I SEE TODAY ON THE INTERNET
THE REBUILDING OF PAST CHASSDIC HOUSES AND
100,000 TORAH LEARNING JEWS BY THE FUNERAL OF RABBI FINKEL
WE HAVE A GREAT GREAT G=D! ! .
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