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PARSHAS RE’EH | THE ONE NO ONE ELSE SAW
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Not every struggle is visible from the outside. Parshas Re’eh begins with one word: See. Sometimes help begins quietly: noticing the person who seems fine, asking one more question, or choosing to stay beside someone instead of waiting for them to ask. We may not be able to fix what they are going through. But letting someone know they have been seen can be the first step toward helping them feel less alone.
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The most dangerous thing happening in
our community right now is not what
people are doing. It's what people are
refusing to see.
The very first word of this week's para
is a command. Re [music] a see. Mosher
Rabenu doesn't open with listen or learn
or follow. He opens with C. Because
before you can do anything, before you
can help anyone, before you can change
anything, you have to be willing to open
your [music] eyes and look at what is
actually right in front of you. And that
for most people is the hardest part. The
BMPto was attending a wedding when a
passing wagon caught his eye. The Baltov
ran to the wagon. [music] He spent 30
seconds speaking to that person. His
students in complete shock, convinced
that this was a lamid sadic went to go
try to find this person. Who is this
person that the BMT left the wedding to
go spend time with? And when they found
him, they realized this was a simple
person. That's what made the BMT
special. To go to the person that nobody
else saw and spend time with that
person. A see the Torah is not asking us
to fix everything. It's asking us to see
to open our eyes to look directly
[music] at the person in front of us and
refuse to pretend they are not there. To
those watching this, there may be
someone in your life you have been
choosing not to see. This week's para is
speaking directly to you. Re open your
eyes before it's too late. This is
turning the wheel because the road to
healing isn't straight, but no one
[music] should have to travel it alone.
Wishing you a wonderful shabas.
>> I will leave the light alone. [singing]