Transcript [00:00] Joining us is Rabbi Yonatan Spitzer, a [00:02] volunteer at MDA as an ambulance driver [00:05] , and you also have a mobile Sukkah. [00:08] Happy holiday, joyous holidays. [00:10] Hello, joyous holidays. [00:12] Yes. [00:12] To all the viewers, to all the people [00:14] of Israel, and also to the employees [00:16] and volunteers of Magen David Adom who [00:19] are in these times more on [00:20] reinforcement, more in times of [00:22] difficult emergency. [00:25] So really, since the COVID period when [00:27] there was a big lockdown and we needed [00:29] to bring the joy to them, the tradition [00:31] took root to bring the joy as you see [00:33] with the ambulance and the special [00:35] Sukkah that Magen David Adom gives us. [00:39] Wait, but explain to us how it works, [00:42] Rabbi Spitzer. Do you go out on an [00:45] ambulance call and the Sukkah is towed [00:47] along with you, or is this an ambulance [00:48] intended for the holiday days only with [00:50] the mobile Sukkah? [00:54] Ah, so no, this ambulance is really [00:56] intended for the holiday—it's an [00:58] ambulance, let's call it the "Joy [01:00] Ambulance." There is the ambulance that [01:03] does things in routine and in times of [01:05] emergency, and this is the holiday joy [01:07] ambulance. Although, it has happened to [01:11] me a few times that if I was busy I had [01:13] to go and help and also provide an [01:15] emergency response, a rescue response, [01:17] but it is really intended to bring joy. [01:20] Beautiful. And how do people react when [01:22] they see an ambulance with a Sukkah [01:24] towed behind it? So it is really a [01:27] wonderful thing, and really a unique [01:29] thing. Because an ambulance always [01:31] looks to people, looks like something [01:33] —you know, not the best thing, not [01:35] the most positive—and here suddenly [01:37] they see something special. And that is [01:39] the uniqueness, really, of this [01:40] ambulance, of Chabad House and MDA, [01:42] which took this thing—an ambulance— [01:44] and made it a goal: to also bring joy [01:46] to people, joy to MDA staff, to [01:48] volunteers, and also in general to the [01:50] people of Israel, to enable them to [01:52] experience the joy of the holiday. Well [01:55] , listen, you could pick up the wounded [01:57] and sick and let them also take the [01:59] lulav along the way. Maybe mentally it [02:01] will help them feel better. Body and [02:03] soul. You know? [02:04] It really—we have also had it happen [02:06] a few times. [02:07] Yes? [02:07] But thank God, thank God that we are [02:09] privileged to perform this joy. [02:11] And really, at this time, we must say [02:13] thank you to the head of MDA, Eli Bin, [02:15] who really committed himself to this [02:17] matter and helps with this. [02:18] Beautiful. And really, also as a Chabad [02:21] Hasid, it is known that the Rebbe said [02:23] that the commandment of the holiday, [02:25] the joy and also taking the Four [02:26] Species, is a sign that gives us [02:28] victory for the whole year. So one must [02:31] really try this year for as much joy as [02:34] possible and to enable as many Jews as [02:36] possible to perform the commandment of [02:37] the Four Species, which symbolize—as [02:39] the lulav is like a sword and all the [02:41] things around it—they symbolize the [02:43] matter of victory, so there will truly [02:45] be joy and a great victory for the [02:47] people of Israel. [02:48] Beautiful, Rabbi Yonatan Spitzer. All [02:51] the best for the creativity, and may [02:52] you be privileged only to save lives [02:54] and do good. Thank you very much. Thank [02:56] you. [02:56] Amen. Thank you very much to you, and [02:58] may you also continue to spread light [02:59] with joy, blessing, and success. [03:01] Thank you very much.
