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When the People Who Should Have Stayed Did

A message of healing and dignity inspired by this week’s parsha and the Unite to Heal event at…

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About this shiur

A message of healing and dignity inspired by this week’s parsha and the Unite to Heal event at Amudim.

A 2 min chizuk shiur by Yaakov Lemmer. Like every video on Lehallel, it was judged and approved under the Lehallel law before it ever appeared — no unreviewed result is ever shown.

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The opening of this shiur, in Yaakov Lemmer’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Have you ever felt thrown away? Like the people who were supposed to stand by you just walked away instead. This week we see that Yoseph wasn't just forgotten. He was betrayed by the very people who were meant to love and protect him. His brothers didn't just fail to show up. They sold [music] him. He cried out. They ignored him. They threw him in a pit, walked away, [music] and sat down to eat like nothing happened. But even in the worst of places, Yoseph never gave up hope. Years places, Yoseph never gave up hope. Years later, the very same brothers came back into his life, not to hurt him again, but to begin the healing that was broken. Not [music] with perfection, but with responsibility, with presence. Where did this all begin? Yseph had dreams [music] of greatness, visions of purpose and leadership. He imagined rising, being seen, being [music] someone that can make a difference. But instead of rising, he gets shoved into the dirt. That dream didn't match the reality. [music] At least not yet. This

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  1. 0:00Have you ever felt thrown away? Like the people who were supposed to stand by you…
  2. 0:30places, Yoseph never gave up hope. Years later, the very same brothers came back into his…
  3. 1:00reality. [music] At least not yet. This week at Ammud, we saw this ourselves. The Unite…
  4. 1:32sure that someone felt heard and seen and not forgotten. Healing is not measured in digits.…
  5. 2:02results fall short, the mission doesn't. Even when people are thrown into a pit, we could…

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