Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer
Sep 5, 2026 · 49 min · 20 segments
This summer, Rabbi Yehoshua & Hadassa Zweig faced an unimaginable tragedy. After a terrible accident on Lake Michigan, their daughter Chana Malka and son Yosef both fought for their lives, but…
Yehoshua ZweigGuest
At the hospital, I kind of decided that I was never gonna leave my house again.

I loved them so much, but it wasn't just that we had spent thousands and thousands of, of hours together, because my son obviously presented with challenges, and Chana Malka, she loved being with us, and we had kind of our own little nuclear family within our whole family.

And my son's in yeshiva, so we had a- another, uh, residence just for him because it was hard for him to be together with everyone.

And the three of us would spend so many hours together, so I felt like I was losing my best friends.

In a lot of ways, I told my daughter stuff I never told anybody else, and my son knew me better than anyone, and I spent many hours, uh, holding him and understanding him and relating to him.

And the three of us kind of had that dynamic where we could always understand each other even without words.
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