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Rabbi explains what it's like to be NEURODIVERGENT

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Rabbi Shais Taub

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  1. 0:00a spiritual introduction to the topic of neurodiversity. Neurodiversity as a as a spiritual concept. And…
  2. 6:06Cantor Minsker is speaking to the Rebbe in Yiddish, but he uses the English word for…
  3. 12:20even when we acknowledge this has caused somebody challenges in life. It makes life more difficult…
  4. 18:23functioning, so people don't even believe you that you're neurodiverse and you end up being blunt…
  5. 24:31appreciate instead of the way that your heart wants you to express it, right? So, that's…
  6. 30:44who use chemicals? Use drugs and alcohol. So, that's not so socially acceptable. Now, I'm not…
  7. 36:58Uh that means they like to share certain common memories, certain common aspirations, common history. Uh…
  8. 43:10it can exacerbate that because why ever look another human being in the face if you…
  9. 49:17people who can't deal with it. So, don't ascribe to your son negativity. He's not negative.…
  10. 55:26Beit Hillel says, "It doesn't matter what the girl looks like. You tell the groom kallah…

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