R' Yossi Kulek: The Untold Story of a Black Jew Saved by the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer

Living Lchaim

Judaism, Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 992 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In 1976, a little baby was born to a Jewish mother and her black boyfriend. Their relationship quickly spiraled and the young Jewish mom found herself trying to fugure her life out. She was introduced to Chabad and the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The little boy grew up feeling different. But everything changed after he spent time with the Rebbe.

Today, Rabbi Yossi Kulek is a husband, father, grandfather, chaplain and on campus shliach Chabad Rabbi.

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0:00.0	People were very open around me about their perceptions and about how they, their attitudes towards blacks.
0:06.0	And I definitely struggled with that and I think it got worse as I got older, where I would look in the mirror and took me years to realize I was the
0:16.9	problem but I would literally look in the mirror as a as a teenager ask a
0:21.0	sham I asked God why why did I have to be black?
0:24.0	And all my friends, my whole community, everybody around me, wasn't.
0:27.0	Yasi was faced with the tremendous challenge.
0:29.0	After his mother reshaped her life,
0:31.0	Rabi Yasi was thrown into a Chabad upbringing.
0:33.9	When he was younger, he was bullied and made to believe
0:36.2	that he was less than because he didn't fit in.
0:38.9	Unfortunately, he fell out of place, ashamed and ostracized from the color of his skin or more
0:44.4	particularly how others made him feel about it.
0:47.2	Until a faithful meeting with the Labavichre Reba. This week is the Reba's 30th
0:52.2	yard site and you will hear more about his legacy in the outro.
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1:14.0	This episode is a memory of Shim and David bin Yaku Schlema as well as Mirim Sarabas Yaku of Mosha.
1:19.4	Here we go.
1:20.4	I'm Yaku Langer and you're listening to Inspiration for the nation.
1:25.0	Ravi Kulek, thank you so much for doing this and we have a lot to talk about but first personally about you your story your
1:34.8	background could you tell us about what your life was like growing up and maybe even
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