Day One in L.A. – First Day of Interviews!
Yesterday was Day One and we managed to interview seven people in a 10 hour day!
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Mr. Dennis Blauner talks about his father, Jerry Blauner - "The Zaydy of the Valley" extraordinary relationship with the Rebbe. The Rebbe was like a father to Jerry and gave all sorts of advice in business.
We started the day with the interview with Dennis and Suzie Blauner. They talked about their father, Jerry Blauner – the “Zaydy of the Valley”, close relationship with the Rebbe. Jerry received over 100 answers from the Rebbe throughout the years! The Rebbe was like a father to him giving him advice in many of his business dealings.
We then interviewed Rabbi Josh Gordon of the Valley. He shared with us some of the horaos that the Rebbe gave him on shlichus. One directive that Rabbi Gordon lives with is “…Yaavod B’meretz u’Bitachon Chazak – Work hard and with a lot of trust in G-d!” He also spoke about the many brochos he received from the Rebbe that helped and guided him to build “Chabad of the Valley”.
The other interviewees talked about their personal brochos they received from the Rebbe. One of them was Dr. Les Rosenthal. He was sitting in shul (synagogue) on Rosh Hashana when he felt a strong headache and he almost fainted. He was rushed to the hospital and the doctors said he had an aneurysm. Before going ahead with a procedure, Rabbi Mordy Eibinder told him to ask for a brocha from the Rebbe. The Rebbe’s answer was “there is nothing there and everything will be fine”. Sure enough, before they went for the surgery, they took another look and lo and behold nothing was there.
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Rabbi Josh Gordon talks about the different directives he got from the Rebbe throughout the years. A fascinating interview!
The Sacks family also talked about their story with the Rebbe. Their son Ryan was sick with leukemia and the Rebbe told them to check their mezuzas. They did so and in one of the mezuzas by the words “Lmaan yirbu y’meichem v’mei bneichem” – was posul. They got them fixed and BH, Ryan recovered. Both Ryan and his mother told the story. While Ryan told the story his parents started to cry as they looked on. Very powerful
Stay tuned for Day 2!