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One of my older friends, who many of you may be familiar with, he's an extraordinary

individual.

His name is Yami Schechter or Yisrael Schechter.

Yami is his nickname. And each year he has done something really extraordinary with an organization

known as Amudim. Amudim is an organization that provides resources for the Jewish community,

for people struggling in crisis, whether it's

drugs, abuse, I mean, really some of the darker or difficult struggles that we have in our

community, and they're an incredible organization who provides them with services of all types.

They really do incredible work, and each, they have a fundraiser where my dear

friend Yami has invited me to participate, where they have different conversations focused on

mental health. We had a past episode where I interviewed Lipa Smelzer, and this was part of the

Amudim program. And they have all these fantastic conversations that

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