#TheOtherRealVote

Meaningful people from Nachy gordan, podcast with founders of gye 

Hashem brought it to me.

Yaakov Nadel, GYE's founder (the שומר knows who it is ;-)), called me saying "I know you're a Rebbi, I want to show you what we have". After seeing what they do, I figured "this is for me!!"

The rest is history......

Muttel

I'd heard about GYE before and they had a presentation in my city during Shovavim a few years back.

What got me to join was finding (and binging) the GYE chizzuk boost podcast. 
 * When someone fails a test, the potential Kedusha stays there and when he later passes the test he gets to collect on all those missed opportunities.
I spoke about some of the chizzuk with a mentor and found out that they had been mentoring on GYE in the past.

Also Rabbi Wallerstein A"H. His speeches about people who struggle with something having a unique connection to be able to help other strugglers through a shared experience. For example: Rabbi Wallerstein would try to find recovered drug addicts to talk to drug addicts, because no matter what he says, there is a barrier from the fact that he cannot fully relate to the struggle.
I had somewhat recently (~0.5 years?) stopped p & m and he inspired me with almost an achrayus to make something positive out of my past battles. 

I joined GYE to try and help others, while at the same time getting chizzuk myself to stay strong and keep working in these areas.

 while googling inappropriate content,
GYE pops up!

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I remember they used to have these little ads with a little stick menchie shaking his Rabbi's hand and thinking something like, "I no longer think 'If only he knew'". Maybe I saw it in shul or in one of the frum magazines as a bucher. And I remember feeling jealous of that feeling. But I never actually logged on. Not sure why not.

Then my wife caught me and I knew I needed to do something so I here I am. 

(oh and btw I no longer think "If only he knew". Mostly because now he knows But also because GYE busted me out of the Bastille of shame I was chained up in.)

chosemyshem wrote on 06 Nov 2024 22:05:

I don’t know 100 percent exactly why, but this made me get all teary. Thank you for sharing. 

The first time I heard of GYE was through Rav Yaron Reuven, but I had heard about it from many different sources before I finally decided to sign up.

I believe I've seen it on ads in shuls with the guy stuck in the mud with his hand sticking out of it (I believe it's a privately sponsored ad and I am mekane the guys zchusim).

That's how I reached out to them and they hooked me up to HHM.

The way I found out about the site and the idea to become a member was from a sign offering help in inyanay kedusha in the Mir Yerushalayim elevator. I reached out by email to the guy and he suggested the site and the book TBOTG.

Where am I from you ask?
A couple months back I don't know what I would say, but now I can say: I am from the warmest family in klal yisroel!

stopsurvivingstartliving wrote on 08 Nov 2024 02:15:

I believe the signs in the Mir elevators came from our very own Parev.