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Rebbetzin Chavie Bruk--My Personal Journey of Adopting Five Children

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safit Israel in 2006 she married Rabbi hen Brook and one year later they founded habad labovich of Montana in Boseman together they adopted five children and have built Montana's only Mikvah wow I think that is really really cool thank you so much Javi for being here please tell us more about yourself and what you do okay well that's a very general question um so my husband and I moved to Montana 17 and a half years ago wow and we have a beautiful kabad Center here which we have been so privileged to watch and see grow and evolve and um just be wonderful and so that's what we dedicate our life to um we have five children thank god um keeps us really busy I recently um started my own podcast which has been a fun a fun Journey so uh Lots going on and that's really exciting what what is the name of your podcast that's really cool yeah so my podcast is called totally unexpected okay and it's just a really kind of fun project it's actually a passion project and I get to speak to so many cool people and my passionate my um curiosity is about knowing people and their lives and the unexpected that happens to them and how that shapes who

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  1. 0:34safit Israel in 2006 she married Rabbi hen Brook and one year later they founded habad
  2. 5:27had done it and so we were really kind of figuring it out as we went
  3. 10:14can really live in that mindset of abundance and try to let go of the fears
  4. 15:36Dively orchestrated by Hashem and it's okay if you adopt a Jewish child or a non-jewish
  5. 20:26give us your tips since that's how your brain works and that's how you live just
  6. 25:41people like notice when you're stressed and when you're happy what's working what's not working because
  7. 30:30and I always say like you know my experien is with adopted children and um I
  8. 35:08nervous system I honestly don't know how people do it without it like I don't know
  9. 40:24running to the doctor all the time is is not always the best choice and so
  10. 45:09chemical you know imbalance you know there are meds for that and you have to know

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