A Gang Member's Journey from Prison to Judaism: The Story of Dr. Yehuda Pryce
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Omar Pryce got involved with Los Angeles gangs when he was young. His mother, originally from Sri Lanka, divorced his Jamaican father and remarried a white man, which made Pryce struggle with his identity. To find acceptance, Pryce turned to groups like the Crips and Bloods gangs. However, this acceptance came at a price. Pryce worked as a mercenary for the gangs, trafficking drugs, ammunition, and more. His criminal activities eventually led him in California's notorious Pelican Bay State Prison as an adult.During his time in prison, Pryce had a transformative experience. He discovered Judaism. He also met his wife while he was in prison. Through miracles, he got out and is living life as a Torah Jew with his family.
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This is touching, I’m an ex Latin King Gang member who also converted to Orthodox Judaism
Wow love you brother!
We’d love to hear more, please email us Louis. Hi@LivingLchaim.com
Wow, our people is enriched by holy righteous gerim. A big embrace and Hasidic hug.
Good decision
בורך הבא!
It’s amazing how far he has come in such a short period of time. May Hashem continue to bless him and his family.
"Accept the stranger as one of your own. For remember, you too were once a stranger in a strange land."
Thus SAITH THE L-RD!!!
He didn’t become (suddenly) sweet and nice, he was already sweet and nice and that is what Judaism does: it makes you see what gifts you have and who you are.
🙌🏽 🙌🏽 ❤❤
If he was sweet and nice, he wouldn't have been in maximum security.
@@bukikaholmes1172 Oh yeah he was sweet & nice because that's what Judaism does. Ask that to my Pale-stini'an Christian family who was chased out at gun point by your people' slaughtered
In fact let's go deeper when those things was happening in Germany from 1933 & it was my people who was sending visas to your people ' oh it gets better but your much loved David Gurn _David Ben-Gurion & his Nakba militants didn't want poor uneducated people there & was making the ships go back. Yeah you have a great religion.❤
This is one of the most incredible and inspiring stories I have ever heard! Thank you for inviting him to your podcast. It really shows and proves that anyone can do Teshuvah - You are NEVER too far gone. Hashem accepts everyone! G'mar Chasimah Tovah!!!
Ex drug addict ex drug dealer here and I've found Judaism and at the end of my concert and have been accepted in to this amazing community and what's even more amazing is if we as hashem for relevance he will forgive us for our actions in the past
That’s awesome brother. Can I ask how did you find Judaism? Or why picked that faith over the others? Just curious and interested to hear your story.
Not only that but if we really mean it the sin’s turn to merits
@@zealousidealAre they accepting of black men and Hispanic men converting to Judaism
Wow!
@@JCR888 yes I know. Just curious as to the deeper reasons and why that faith in particular. Bcz one can argue Islam or Christianity is the most welcoming to all races.
A secular Israeli Jew here. While we all experience very dark days , there comes a shiny story to enlighten my day.
I am proud that Yehuda is part of our community. We are blessed now with an intelligent , likeable and positive new member of our Diverse Jewish community.
Please come for a visit here in Israel, when days get a bit better :)
There was no stopping such an intelligent human, with such a holy soul from escaping the dark depths he was in. Incredible.
Perfectly stated.
This interview was INCREDIBLE!!! We’ve even learned more about Yehuda from this interview. Thank you Yaakov for this and show and thx Yehuda for being such a Kiddush Hashem! Love you achi! 👊🏾 Let’s keep shining Hashem’s light 💡
L❤️V HOUSE OF LEV
Shalom & Mazel Tov
Your vids so full of light inspire me during a time when it’s deeply needed so my thanks to you & the Rebbetzin.
On behalf of all of Klal Yisrael we thank your Mishpacha for helping us become whole again!
You & all the holy ones whose pure souls rediscover the way back to their high eternal roots at Sinai not only complete & enrich Am Yisrael but bring tremendous glory & kavod to the 1&Only One.
Thanks again for spreading so much beautiful light & love.
May HaShem bless you & your family BaKol!
L’Chaim
This gives me hope, I thought my past would keep any community from accepting or allowing me to convert!
never! the jewish concept of sin is radically different then christianity ❤️ all that’s needed is a jewish neshema (soul) ❤ the process isn’t easy or short but i’m so excited you’re considering coming home ❤
No religion looks at your past. Lol 😆 what are you talking about. That’s the whole point. You get a clean slate and start over.
Judaism is a beautiful deep and ancient faith. The original given by G-d himself. I’ve been studying and looking into it as well. But I’m already happy, fulfilled and love Islam. Being that they tell us non Jews not to convert and just be a Noahide, plus all the super strict 613 laws and rules And keeping Shabbat, I know I couldn’t do all that. 😆 I need something that I can handle and resonates with me.
@@zealousideal "Being that they tell us non Jews not to convert and just be a Noahide" This is due to judaism being a one for all religion, as God sees the Jewish nation as one, and therefore a fellow jew who is "failing" is hurting the jewish sould for all jews. That is why Rabbis and Judaism makes it a strenuous process to go through the conversion, to validate that you are indeed serious about becoming a jew. But yes, nonetheless as a so of Noah you are commanded to keep the commandments (Mitzvot) he was commanded. God bless
Blessings from a tiny Kibutz in Israel to Yehuda and the host.
Hello to you my friend in your tiny Kibutz in Israel. 🇮🇱🙏🫶
I cannot stop thinking about the people of Israel since 7/10.
Prayers & thoughts to you from my tiny apartment in Perth in West Australia. The most isolated city in the world.
🌏 🌍 🇮🇱✡️🙏🇦🇺🫶
This man found Hashem and held on tight with both hands!! What an inspiration!! WOW!!
Dr. Pryce is an inspiration in so many aspects and on so many levels!
This is definitely a WOW story. Dr. Yehuda Pryce is an inspiring individual who is giving back to the community through his avoda and his commitment to his fellow man. Thank you for telling your story.
Wow , I know this brother, and I'm glad to see him on the show ❤🙏
Shalom. Very inspirational and profound video. May Hashem continue blessing Yehuda Pryce, his family, and the Jewish people always. Thank you very much for sharing.
Judaism is the light that brought me out of my darkness as well- from Mormonism to Orthodox Judaism. Yehuda really understands what it means to be liberated!
Wow, that's amazing! I'd love to hear your story. We are lucky to have you join our community.
Absolutely wow! It’s hard to convert! He gives me inspiration and hope. I do have two very kind knowledgeable Rabbi’s I’m learning from. I’m tired and this message makes my hope wake up a little. Thank you for having him on the show!
Keep going❤😊You got this
Awww. How are you doing? Hope everything worked out well for you.
WOW
no words yehuda
Just the inspiration I needed for this point in my life
Thank you yaakov for bringing the most incredible people on
keep em coming!
I'm a grown man and I dunno why I have tears coming down my face from listening to this. Halfway through now. What a beautiful person. What beautiful people. 🇮🇱
Blessing to him, I'm praying for God to direct me as well to Judaism❤
@Robind23m Why not make contact with a local Jewish House Of Prayer and explain your interest. In my community we have non Jews from a variety of backgrounds that attend the prayer services and shiurim (classes) some are hoping to convert, others just want to pray within a Jewish community. Praying to God is of course very good!❤
If you don’t mind me asking what does directing you mean?
@dovidberger1688 I think he means that He will guide him to His way of life, to Him. Him being ,HaShem.
Sounds like Hashem is directing you towards that if you are saying that. Shalom ✡️
Good luck 🎉😊
I am especially intrigued that what attracted Yehuda to Judaism is the ACTION component. Not everyone wants to do the hard work for gaining anything at all. I am also impressed that he went for a well respected Bais Din. As Rabbi Tatz says,"the only people who know for sure that they are Jews are the converts."
They're the only one's that constantly need to prove it.
🙌🏽 🙌🏽✡️✡️❤❤
Besides being a tremendous mentsch, Dr. Pryce is an inspiration! We are lucky to him in Klal Yisroel.
Wow.
Completely floored.
This channel and the content never disappoint......ever.
Fantastic program.
This was great.Wow.This man and his story would make a great film.
The picture of him with his family is just beautiful. It touched my heart.
This interview was very inspiring and motivating !
May HASHEM continue to bless and inspire all of us to grow and strengthen our connection to Him!
Unbelievable episode. Wow, this is so appropriate for Tishrei. Thank you. Yehuda is an inspiration to us all.
The most amazing and inspiring story I've ever seen. Thank you for inviting Dr. Yehuda Pryce to your podcast. From gangster and such modest Yid. Indeed you can't make this story up.
It is wonderful, but there is no shortage of them in prison who are diamonds in the rough who just require guidance support.
Hydro muh Hebrew! Jzeah. This is awesome 👍
USC is in the hood.They discovered making crack in USC too . Makes one wonder.
Yaakov thank you for this facinating interview and Yehuda I have no words to describe my respect for you. I listened to you today (erev shabbos teshuva) and it gave me a lot to think about. Having grown up in a chasidic community FFB, I took for granted many of he things that I have. For example, your reverence and appreciation for tefilin is something I will cherish from now on even more. May you see nachas from your lovely family. P.S. I loved how you were the one doing kiruv with your wife. I can't wait for you to write a book it will be a great chizuk for all of us.
Heshem reveals his plan to each of us in his own way. This story is incredible and uplifting.
What a beautiful story, thank you so much for sharing. I used to work with kids who were in juvenile facilities and I really loved hearing this. I bet your beautiful wife Ariella also has an amazing story. Big blessings!
May God Continue To Bless You. And Your Family. Future. Finances. & Ministry to others. Be Encouraged ❤️ 🫶 🙏 👏 😇 💙🤍🇮🇱🌎🇺🇸😁💯
Ariella is my daughters name
All I can say is WOW! Yehuda is an incredible person!
Blessings from Jerusalem, Yehuda! Your story is astonishing, God's hand and direction is visible in your life a 100%. Keep on keeping up, best wishes to your family and welcome to the Nation, you are a treasure.
This is beautiful. I’m happy that you found your voice with g-d.
I’m conservative Jew and I welcome you to the family. Sheh Ha-Shem ishmor alecha.
I also converted more then 10 years now, and I strugled to feel accepted by my family and peers but never by the jewish community. Yaakov the only wish I have is for subtitles availability in every languages.
Baruch Hashem just did my beit din and Baruch HaShem I was accepted . Mazal Tov!
WELCOME BROTHER !!!
Mazel Tov! ❤🎉✡️🙌🏽 Almost two months for me.
What surprised me the most is his commitment to help other people in a fully professional position! !
Love your path Dr Yud! May hashem continue to bless you and your family❤
I wish I could find that kind of support. Coming from a similar background, jail, gangs, generational things where my father himself died In prison and I’ve come to the truth but making that transition, on your own is nearly impossible. I need help.
Avraham was alone when he found god alone on the planet that is, if you truly belive in his torah u can do it as well as he did
Good luck bro
Great video....thx
Warming story for the heart and soul.
Wow, cool episode! Very inspirational!
God bless you, dear Brother Omar.
Your humility and love is much greater than mine 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Yours is greater bro, I feel it through your comment
Wow! Such a wonderful episode. Yehuda is amazing and an inspiration!
An amazing man, a real inspiration.
What an amazing conversation. Loved this one
Love to you from Israel. This is beautiful. Takes my mind of the great suffering going on here.
Awesome comeback ! You are given a chance and a mission from above go fulfil it ! Hope you can change those who are lost to a peaceful godly path ! G_B bless you ! 🙌
Best channel on UA-cam!
Keep up the great work
Wow - Would love to be introduced to Dr. Yehudah - I worked for Aleph and today helping business professionals with a mental health twist (what we call Practical Mindfulness). Keep up the great work - awesome interview.
Oh my goodness Im so inspired, thank you for sharing your story your truly a man of G-d! May Hashem bless you with continued healing, success, nachat from your children and all the blessings from the Torah should be on you and your family!!! Thanks so much for inspiring others, I feel so lucky to be a Jew!
This is why it says in the Yom Kipper service that Hashem does not want the death of the sinner. He wants the person to do Tashuvah and live.
This is the first day I came across this channel and I am so glad. This is an amazing true life story and so deep human being, most definitely he has a special journey from Hashem. 🙏🏼
Seeing you becoming your potential, I feel like I can breathe again. True Emunah
Love the Brutally honest answers wether good or bad they "is what they is" no apology just honourable actions after the mistakes.This man has Much Strength.
Admission of previous HUGE MISTAKES Takes a strong will.Much Love
This is beautiful! Another Great work and miracle of H-shem!😌
I have a son that has a wonderful soul but he needs lots of help. Like Dr. Yehuda mentioned how important was to receive help from his mother I'm doing also for my son and perhaps this video came to me by the grace of H-shem I don't know how but I see a connection between my son's unfortunate life and Dr. Yehuda please let him know if he can pray for my son and ask H-shem if he can help my son... He's right now in a place for more than 2 month with no right of visitation and sick. He said the night before he couldn't sleep. The difficulties are many for me to help him. Please pray for him I really believe he can be saved😢
Also what a great mitivah that would be💕🙏🏼 Thanks for sending this video❤
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WOW! I as a Jewish woman, borne into our amazing nation, find myself so inspired and at awe by people who choose and work at joining us in this path. Sending a lot of love from Israel ❤🇮🇱 my HaShem bless and protect us all 🙏❤️🇮🇱
Thanks so much for beautiful inspiring life journey, I’m so happy I got the zechus to listen and learn from your positive energy BH.
גמר חתימה טובה
לשנה טובה מתוקה שמחה ובריאה לכל עם ישראל 🇮🇱 בעזה״ש
Speechless! This episode is just A M A Z I N G !!!!!!!
Love it. Been listening to you all for a while, and this is solid interview!
What an inteligent man and an interesting journey..great communicator! shalom from Israel.
Yaakov, the best interview of yours I’ve seen. Kol HaKavod.
That was so interesting, thank you.
This man was very eloquent and intelligent. He seems that his conversion was emesdig.
WOW !!!
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful story.
Absolutely amazing story!
Wow! What a living miracle!
What a great interview! Well done!!!
Wow!! What an amazing person, and interview!:-) Keep up your amazing, holy work!:-) 👍 😊
This man is special.. 😇
It'd nice to know so many people are finding Hashem whether it's those of us born frum but not always getting it, those who are strict about being Noahides and so many following the whole Derekh and finding their way home. The other's will just have to "take us by the sleeves" when Moshiah comes.
ברוכים הבאים
He’s a very intelligent guy! Glad you turned your life around
Such an amazing story 😊
Great interview
This was a great interview. Great questions, and an inspiring and uplifting story.
MAZEL TOV, AMAZING STORY
WOW, this is THE GLORY of HASHEM on earth!!! Long life for you and your family with health, hatzlacha and Tora!!!!
Amazing....thank you for this beautiful and incredible interview with Dr. Jehuda. H bless you all and your family, as well.
Wow! Great interview. Tysm Yehuda. Hatzlacha!
Amazing! So inspiring! Needed to hear this.
WOW! What an inspiring person. Perfect interview for aseret yamei teshuva.
We agree!
It’s never too late to return to Hashem
Wow. Good interview.
Wow! I love this story. What a man!
Wow! Superb interview with an inspiring individual!
I pray always that one day i can convert!
Then go convert
Man your journey to where you are now could be because your Jamaican father is most likely descended from the black Jews taken from Spain to Jamaica in the 16th Century or from the Jews of West Africa taken there as slaves in the 17th/18th Centuries.
It is a facinating history!
Ohhh Wow what a story... G-d Bless
Great story and love it!
How I started keeping Shabbat over night, had a life after death experience visit to Kaf HaKela and came back to life, heart stopped for 10 minutes.
My story maybe will shock some people…
All of this while having my HUGE MAGEN DAVID gold chain out in Islamic areas of walk in the park Los Angeles so-called tough neighborhoods which was the joke for me. All jokes aside doesn’t even compare to the Middle East and the bombs.
Here’s my story before anyone gives up and also I had life after death experience as a born Jew in toughest conditions!
As a Persian Jewish man today, this is my story. I was born in the 81 to 89 Iran and Iraq war bombed daily 8 years straight.
Came to US without my father, didn’t see my father for 34 years, he passed on in Tehran 4 years and wasn’t able to even visit his burial.
Found my mother after 20 plus years. My adult years, which I will not say what they were, but to give me an idea , I lived deep into Hawthorne, deep into south-central on Budlong x 107th st, next to Compton and watts, and also mid city which all these areas were Beverly Hills compared to where I was raised in Iran with the bombs life flashing before your eyes every moment 3 to 4 times a day under bombs shelters and nothing really clicked for me until I had my life after death experience where my heart stopped for 10 minutes and I went to a place called if pronouncing it right “Kaf HaKayla” this place I was being played with like a ping-pong from one side of the world to the other side of the world being hit by bad angels. I witnessed firsthand SHEMAYIM above and GAN EDEN also, overnight. I started keeping Shabbat holy and walking from Washington and Crenshaw area 5 miles straight to the Shabbat holy to Pico and Robertson area for years and now in North Hollywood BH”
Ps. Never give up, I’m on my 32 sessions at homeboy industries removing all my tatts which is exactly equivalent to third-degree burn all around, but the pain I tolerate like it’s nothing because the end result is great!
BH” in every tunnel, there is light toward the end…T’Shuva comes with a price and going against your nature is what counts. Many say that they know what “EMUNAH” is but unless you’ve been through this type of hardship, I’m sorry my whole life has been this pain and suffering, but still I hold my head up because HaShem is the one who given me this TASK of this life, so my Jewish brothers and sisters and all of the world, never too late….as long as we are a live, we can make “U turn” and follow HaShem, which is why a dead-end street isn’t impossible to make a “U TURN” but the brain is the one that makes you feel like you’ve got nowhere else to go. The answer is very simple my brothers and sisters make that “U TURN” and go toward HaShem.
One day, I will make a book about my journey. This was less than 5% of what I went through and I’ve cheated that well over 200 times in my life easily.
May each of you never see my days and may you always have good news in your household.
This is such and inspiring and absolutely beautiful story
Amazing story. Welcome, achi!
May Hashem accept his Mitzvah and keep him firm upon the Torah Aameen!
What a great transformation, good luck in your journey.
WOW AMAZING BLESSINGS YUHUDA,THANK YOU.
Well spoken individual
Glad to have you in the tribe Yehudah!
WoooooW, Amazing, truly inspirational 💌
So beautiful ❤. Thank You. G-d Bless You and your family always. Amen 🙏 ❤️❤️.
G-D Bless you Yehuda, great man ❤
Incredible story 👏 thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this incredible interview. What a humble man ✡️🙏.