Strength in the Struggle - Empowering Preemie Fathers

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

on their preey Journey I'm here tonight because as a father of a micro prey I understand why this Zoom is so important and I'm grateful to be here to listen and to learn I will start by reading the Weare mission statement Weare was founded by primy parents to fill a niche in the Jewish community We Care is an organization that will embrace you and organization that will embrace you and your family throughout your preey journey we understand you and what you're going through we have all had our own NICU Journeys and jointly we've experienced all sort of complications surgeries Miracles and struggles the purpose of this Weare group is to provide reassurance andik in a safe Anonymous setting our goals are simple yet our goals are simple yet powerful through workshops like these we aim to spread hope and understanding for those who are struggling with prematurity it is my honor to introduce Rabbi YY Jacobson for our weekare Zoom session tonight which is focused on supporting fathers of pries for many years weer has been dedicated to helping families dealing with prematurity but we realize we haven't formally addressed the fathers until addressed the fathers until now we understand that fathers are the unsung heroes in this Nan navigating a lot of challenges during this time it is important for us to acknowledge and recognize their pain which is why we arranged this session Rabbi Jacobson is known for his rare combination of wisdom and empathy making him a perfect fit for our group we're very excited to share this valuable time together and without further ad Ado

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1. 0:32on their preey Journey I'm here tonight because as a father of a micro prey I…
2. 5:41child but never underestimate the great burden and the great Challenge and the stress and the…
3. 11:16of you is to acknowledge this and if you need to now take a tissue and…
4. 16:22um a much easier situation to deal with when a marriage doesn't crumble in this process…
5. 22:04B body knows how to process pain but we have to let it we can control…
6. 27:17whole answer and not necessarily they're going to understand so choose your relationships carefully the people…
7. 33:09say says is here but I don't know I don't know I don't have to figure…
8. 38:20Guilt why where did you get that from in fact the rambam says it's to tell…
9. 44:03blessed them and they should have a lot of if it's somebody where there's there's a…
10. 49:13interesting question he says that he was in the woods for close to three years with…

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