A Torah message on overcoming inner struggles, trauma, and healing, drawing from Parshas Ki Seitzei and insights from Rav Moshe Weinberger and Carl Jung.
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Have you ever carried something around for so long that it started to feel like it was a part of you? Maybe it was shame. Maybe it was somebody else's voice telling you you're not good enough. Maybe it was a wound that you just stopped trying to heal because you learned to live with it. In this week's para, the Torah reminds us that you do not have to keep carrying it. The para opens up with when you go out to war against your enemies. But Kazal explained this is not enemies. But Kazal explained this is not just talking about a physical war. This is actually more about the inner war. The war against the parts of yourself that were shaped by pain. The parts of you that want to give up, that tell you you're stuck. The parts that say you'll never change. Keyates means get up. Fight back. Take your next step even if you're still bleeding. Anyone who survived abuse, addiction, trauma, or mental health issues, they know this war all too well. and it's not visible. It's the battle that happens in silence in
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