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When GOD closes a door... THIS is what it means

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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It's okay to be anxious there. If you're not anxious, check if you're alive rather than be a ther thermometer who simply reports how we feel. What gives us access to control the thermostat? If you're fearless, you're in danger of losing your life. If you're fearless, if you go up and try to take a picture, a selfie with a bear in Montana, you're a Dearb gober is a continuation of the previous email. me and my husband are expecting. Thank me and my husband are expecting. Thank God I feel so grateful, especially after the miscarriage. I really feel like Hashem answered all my tilos. But I can't help but also feel anxious and I'll tell you why. My first pregnancy with my daughter was a roller coaster. At our anatomy scan, we received the news that my daughter had a very poor prognosis. They gave us all the worst outcomes. I started going to the high-risisk doctor twice a week. They prepared me to deliver as early as 26 weeks. Hashem proved them all wrong and I ended up making it to 37 weeks. My daughter was only three pounds. The doctor told us she was the smallest 37 weaker he'd ever seen. Hashem, she was a

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  1. 0:00It's okay to be anxious there. If you're not anxious, check if you're alive rather than…
  2. 0:30me and my husband are expecting. Thank God I feel so grateful, especially after the miscarriage.…
  3. 1:00weaker he'd ever seen. Hashem, she was a total complete miracle, and I thank Hashem every…
  4. 1:30internalize that having amuna does not mean you should ignore your feelings of fear. For me…
  5. 2:00because this is a theme that we keep coming back to don't take away our humanity.…
  6. 2:33and key who has access but you give it to the highest bidder >> sh the…
  7. 3:03thermostat rather than just be a thermometer who reports this is how I feel. I can't…
  8. 3:33want to change the thermostat. It's okay to be anxious. There are if you're not anxious…
  9. 4:03You're a You're a tourist a toan. And there's no shortage of them. Fear is very…
  10. 4:33excited to find out and to see what Hashem has in store on that scan. That's…

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