R' Shlomo Nisanov: My Family Vacation Turned into a Nightmare - But I Refuse To Give Up Faith
Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer
Living Lchaim
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🗓️ 30 August 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer.
Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov opens up about the tragic jet ski accident that took Racheli Nisanov, his young daughter’s, life and how he found faith, strength, and resilience in the aftermath. In this emotional conversation, he shares lessons on grief, parenting, community support, and unshakable belief in God. A powerful story of loss, healing, and hope that will inspire anyone facing life’s hardest challenges.
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This episode is in memory of:
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| 0:00.0 | My mother picked up. |
| 0:02.0 | And I just told, Mom, I'm okay, everything is okay. |
| 0:05.2 | Just pray for your granddaughters. |
| 0:10.5 | They were in an accident. |
| 0:12.7 | Just pray, I don't know. |
| 0:13.9 | What happened? |
| 0:14.8 | What happened? |
| 0:15.4 | My mother's asking, what happened? |
| 0:16.5 | What kind of accident? |
| 0:17.3 | I said, Mom, just pray. |
| 0:18.2 | I don't have time to explain. |
| 0:19.5 | Just pray, please. |
| 0:22.3 | This is where I said it. People who believe have no question. People who don't believe have no answers. |
| 0:29.9 | You don't have emunah by Hashem. If you don't believe, Hashem Natan, Hashem, He'll go nuts. |
| 0:38.1 | On August 12th, Rabbi Shlama Nisanov, his wife and two daughters went to Fort Laerdale for a vacation. |
| 0:44.0 | Tragically, their daughter, Rachali, was killed in a Jeski accident. |
| 0:47.5 | This episode is a conversation between Rabbi Nisanov and myself. |
| 0:50.9 | And what it's like suddenly losing a child, where he gets Samudah from, and the power of Achdos and Klaa Yusral. This episode is raw and we deal with sudden tragedy and that is a trigger warning. This episode is a memory of Shem David Ben Yaakov Shlema and Miriam Sara Bas Yacob Moshe. And of course, Achel Aliza. This episode is Rufuah Shlema, Aviva Brahe Abas Oura and Yosef Chaim B'urachai Goulda. This episode is Rufua Shlema, Aviva, Brahe Abraha, Bas Oura, |
| 1:11.7 | and Yosef Chaim bin Dvorahe Goulda. |
| 1:14.0 | This episode is powered by Torah Anytime, Twilleri, |
| 1:17.5 | Will Salis, and Admiar. |
| 1:19.2 | The beginning of this episode, |
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