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Boca Raton synagogue provides mental health resources I think the primary struggle that people had was loneliness, rabbi says
David Steinhardt the Senior Rabbi of B nai Torah Congregation says for most of the last year the chairs inside the temple in Boca Raton have sat empty.
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BOCA RATON, Fla. â David Steinhardt, the senior rabbi of B nai Torah Congregation, said for most of the last year, the chairs inside the temple in Boca Raton have sat empty.
âI think the primary struggle that people had was loneliness,â he said. âAs a rabbi, I serve as an interpreter of text and a teacher I am a pastoral counselor. I do lifecycle events.â
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David Steinhardt the Senior Rabbi of B nai Torah Congregation says for most of the last year the chairs inside the temple in Boca Raton have sat empty.
“I think the primary struggle that people had was loneliness,” he said. “As a Rabbi, I serve as an interpreter of text and a teacher I am a pastoral counselor. I do lifecycle events.”
He said the COVID-19 pandemic further changed his outlook on mental health and its role in the temple.
“The greatest challenge people were facing wasn t the challenge of physical health, but it was the challenge of mental health because of the pain loneliness can cause,” he said.