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  "path": "/2026/05/14/parsha-bamidbar-people-count-as-individuals-and-as-part-of-a-group/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T11:13:31.000Z",
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  "tags": [
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    "Michael Mantell",
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  "textContent": "From a psychological standpoint, recognition is one of the most powerful reinforcers of identity. When we believe that we are truly acknowledged, our internal sense of ourselves becomes more stable, more resilient. When we do not feel or think this way, something begins to erode. We can be physically present yet feel emotionally invisible. [Michael Mantell, Ph.D.]",
  "title": "Parsha Bamidbar: People count as individuals and as part of a group"
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