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Rabbi Zvi Gluck reflects on the first human trauma and divine compassion in Bereishis.
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Have you ever looked at your life and thought, "How did I get here?" Like things started so full of potential and somehow spiraled into pain, chaos, or silence. That's the story of Boracious. The Torah begins with light, order, beauty. But within just a few, there's hiding, blame, shame, violence, and exile. It sounds familiar because it is. It's the human story, and it's our healing story as well. Adam Kava ate from the Hadas. What was their first reaction? They don't lash out. They reaction? They don't lash out. They don't apologize. They hide. And the man and his wife hid from Hashem. This puk is the first recorded human reaction to shame and fear. That's trauma behavior. When we've been hurt or done something we regret or carry shame we can't name, our instinct is to hide. And what was Hashem's first question to humanity? Ayeka, where are you? Not what did you do, not why did you fail, just
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- 0:00Have you ever looked at your life and thought, "How did I get here?" Like things…
- 0:31reaction? They don't lash out. They don't apologize. They hide. And the man and his wife…
- 1:02did you do, not why did you fail, just where are you? For anyone who's lived…
- 1:34light is possible. Boratious reminds us yes the world is messy yes people fall but every…
- 2:05not a rebuke. It's a lifeline. It means I know you're hurting. I still want you…
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