Interesting, a real lesson on how important it is to be connected with family. A person without family is like a boat without an anchor, he can’t stop and reflect. The only thing family and friends have in common are the letters “i” and “f” to remind us to ask the following question: If my family isn't on board with my friend, I should proceed with caution. You write: (I) went through re
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I thought you expressed yourself well. I suggest you break down your experience and/or what you learned into topics . For example, How I got hooked, What got me out, What I learned there, and Friends that couldn’t get out.
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Hi Out there, I think you did a great job summarizing your experience and you have a lot to offer in terms of being a role model on how to extricate oneself. I suggest making a list of topics and go into detail about it. For example, The cults I've been in from bad to worse, what I learnt in cults, steps to deprogramming, people I know and why they're still there and the anatomy o
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Leviticus 18:21 Do not allow any of your offspring to be offered up to Molech, and do not profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. Ibn Ezra, 11th century, comments: The rabbis interpreted Molech as a general term for any idol whom a person accepts as a king over him. The word Molech is connected to the word melekh - king (Leviticus 18:21. Sefaria.org). Sforno, 16th century, comments:
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Leviticus 18:21 Do not allow any of your offspring to be offered up to Molech, and do not profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. Ibn Ezra, 11th century, comments: The rabbis interpreted Molech as a general term for any idol whom a person accepts as a king over him. The word Molech is connected to the word melekh - king (Leviticus 18:21. Sefaria.org). Sforno, 16th century, comments
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I would like to know if anyone has an alienated child from the Rabbinical Seminary of America a.k.a. Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim in Queens. Here’s an excerpt of a letter from my son’s Rosh Yeshiva dated September 19, 2019: Our position is that despite your pure intentions the methods (of raising your son) are entirely inappropriate and not productive to produce the results we all seek. (He uses f
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