Mental Heath Discussion with Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a & Dr. Yaakov Freedman

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[Music] relief resources is an international mental health referral network connecting individuals and families with the mental health professionals they need through a series of targeted questions relief referral specialists comb through the database of thousands of professionals carefully connecting the client with resources necessary throughout the client's journey to emotional well-being relief offers emotional well-being relief offers expertise guidance and resources all in a discreet and confidential manner relief israel is proud to be part of relief organization connecting israeli-based clients with hundreds of local professionals today we will hear from dr freeman harald usher vice as they discuss complicated mental health challenges from both a professional and halachic perspective and introduce dr freeman is a board certified psychiatric and public health advocate based here in uchalam after completing his training as an award-winning chief resident at harvard award-winning chief resident at harvard medical school in boston dr freeman remained aliyah with his wife and family he learns bob and mattia in the morning seder is a popular columnist in mishbach magazine and long time colleague and friend of relief resources lime is one of the police gay hador and we would love to hear from both of them uh their perspective on many of the questions that we receive it's a tremendous honor to be here thank it's a tremendous honor to be here thank you so much for having me reb thank you so much for sitting with us ref i think one of the first questions that it's important for us to ask as we're in the middle of the three weeks that comes up with many of my patients is the question of fasting on tinus oftentimes i meet patients who are certainly able to physically withstand a fast however the destabilization that

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