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When Healing Begins With Walking Away – Lech Lecha | Turning the Wheel

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Yaakov Lemmer

Zvi shares how Avraham’s Lech Lecha teaches that healing often starts with taking the first uncertain step.

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Have you ever had to walk away from something without knowing what came next? Not because you had a map? Not because you felt strong, but because stain meant slowly falling apart? That's what Hashem tells. Go to the land I will show you. Leave your land. Leave your birthplace. [music] Leave your father's house. Step away from what shaped you. even if you don't know what's waiting on the other side. know what's waiting on the other side. And that's not just a story about Abrainu. That's a story about survival, about walking away from pain even when dealing still feels so far away. Ali Rayman, one of the most decorated US Olympic gymnasts, lived her own version of La behind the medals, the interviews, and all the fame she was carrying silently the trauma of abuse. And when she eventually chose to speak out, she did so with courage, clarity, and the hope that it would protect others. She said, "I'm not here because I want to be, but because I believe it's my

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  1. 0:00Have you ever had to walk away from something without knowing what came next? Not because
  2. 0:30know what's waiting on the other side. And that's not just a story about Abrainu. That's
  3. 1:01be, but because I believe it's my responsibility to help ensure this never happens again." But
  4. 1:33Sedaka isn't just about giving money. It's about giving someone their voice back, their dignity, their
  5. 2:05abandonment. It's the beginning of becoming. Wishing you a wonderful Shabas.

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