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Why Victims of ABUSE Blame Themselves, Not the Perpetrator

3.9K views · Jun 7, 2023

Rabbi YY Jacobson

Class on attachment, authenticity, and abuse in relationships.

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blessings from Hashem amen thank you and today's class is also dedicated by a grateful husband in honor of his wife's birthday Miriam friedel in honor of the birthday of Mia Weiss may she continue to be the Rock and guiding star of our family spreading all of her goodness and kindness and love and Torah from her husband and family happy birthday and many long happy healthy years amen I guess on a different note unfortunately today's class is also dedicated in the loving memory of Mayor Yitzhak you may have heard but your Maisha tamari was murdered the young age of 32 on his 32nd birthday on the 10th of seven just a few days ago a few days after sh Lewis 5 7 83 as he was driving home to Northern shamran and then Merit of his wife Tal and then Merit of his wife Tal and their two little children two and a half and one years old May Hashem Avengers blood and uh I know they're some of the families very involved with our classes so we're thinking about you and praying for you and so so so sorry for this incredible incredible loss and tragedy and brutal murder and Hashem give you all the strength and the give you all the strength and the empowerment and the Jewish people are with you for eternity may he be a source of blessing and inspiration and light for his wife and children and may we experience especially the godosha amen okay I want to begin this class with a story and I know the story firsthand

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  1. 0:31blessings from Hashem amen thank you and today's class is also dedicated by a grateful husband
  2. 6:11head of the community for some reason despised this rabbi and for years he tried to
  3. 12:25them they said oh stay with us in one of the houses they had in the
  4. 18:37water and you could see the Sun or you could see the moon obviously we know
  5. 24:44it also had what's called cafeteria but looks like apples like buttons all on the branches
  6. 30:57there but even if you're doing it you're only doing one aspect you're not even telling
  7. 37:05and why does this raise a question as we will say see it doesn't just raise
  8. 43:21vulnerability and then there's your side you saw it is communicativity bonding the ability to really
  9. 49:31extreme example I hope nobody understands this example but unfortunately there are a few people who
  10. 55:42world and they desecrate it in order to nurture their pedophilia that's horrible that's evil back

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