One Second Changed Our Lives Forever

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

Before we dive into this episode, I just want to say that there's a trigger warning. This episode talks about death, grief, and the challenges one can face after a loved one has drowned. Sara Dorsky's life changed in an instant when her daughter Dina drowned. This episode covers a lot, and you'll see Sara really opens up about her grief and how she's been able to navigate it all. This episode is powered by Touro College, Lever A Lee, Ohel, and Team Protect. This episode is in loving memory of Dina Avigail Basseil may her holy neshama have an aliyah. Hi, welcome. I'm here with Sara Dorsky who's here to tell us a with Sara Dorsky who's here to tell us a very important story. Um thank you for joining us today, Sara. Thank you for having me. Thank you. Living l'chaim. Thank you, Hashem. Could you tell us a little bit about yourself, please? Sure. So, my name is Sara Dorsky. I live in Boca Raton, Florida. Um I live there with my husband and my three living children. I'm here today to talk about what happened to my family about 3 years ago when my daughter Dina who was 2 and 1/2 at the time who was 2 and 1/2 at the time died in a drowning accident in my home. So sorry for your loss. >> Thank you. Um is there a particular place that you want to start with the part that you prefer to share? It was right after Pesach of 2022. So, it was April 27th, 2022. It was just like a typical day in my house, like school had just started back up from Pesach break. I was working, my husband was working. I was very early on in a pregnancy, like I had just found out 2

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1. 0:00Before we dive into this episode, I just want to say that there's a trigger warning.…
2. 5:41CPR. That's not that's not from her." I remember they told me to take her hands.…
3. 11:45that come up that maybe aren't as well known or as predictable that you've discovered along…
4. 17:24it was my fault, I could have done better, I should have done this, I should…
5. 23:31you go to a specialized grief counselor or did you go to a more general therapist…
6. 30:37continue to show up, which speaks to both the quality of your relationships and yeah. So,…
7. 36:13breath work, but also activities and downtime and you know, it wasn't like this intensive experience,…
8. 43:24>> Yeah. Um I guess and if they die before 30 days, you don't sit shiva…
9. 49:00So, there definitely is plenty of both, but I think the underlying factor for me is…
10. 55:04Even others usually mean well and they're trying to show up supportively. Sounds like people did…

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