Rabbis Need Mentors Too: Finding Purity & Support #shorts

In the same way Rabbi Woods is saying before, that a saleh hora'ah is important for every community member, I think it's important that rabbis also a saleh hora'ah, have their own people who they can turn to, who really are living a life that when I look at that I can be reminded there is purity in the world. I can be reminded that there is something very pristine and very perfect that is untainted. And there are very few places where we can find that, but we all know that we can find that somewhere. To me, that's always a a big source of of comfort and clarity. My wife and I talk about, obviously without disclosing details, but we happen to work as a team very often. And we discuss a lot of the situations that are going on, obviously with the permission of the individual who's coming, but we go on walks together a lot and we discuss this. And I I feel to me that is a a very healthy way that we sort of lower the tension, but also try to remind ourselves how serious of a situation it is, and brainstorm and try to figure out how we can be involved and hand-holding, and where it is appropriate, where it's not. Also, in all of our communities, we have so many mental health professionals. And to use them as a tremendous aid to all of us is something that we've all done. And something that even I personally have called a mental health professional and said, you know, this is how I felt after somebody told this to me. I'm curious, is that a normal reaction? Like, maybe I'm misunderstanding. Maybe I'm not understanding them. Maybe I'm not understanding myself. Sometimes you just need that reassurance. No, no, no, that is totally appropriate, but I think the collaboration of the mental health community together with the rabbinic leaders of many of our communities is such a beautiful new um wave of of possibilities that we've seen, and it's so helpful.