Popular Shows by Rabbi YY Jacobson הרב יוסף יצחק יעקבסון
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Women's Pesach Class - We Tried to Hold It Together for So Long; G-d Is Cracking Us All Open. What a Gift!
Women's Pesach Class - We Tried to Hold It Together for So Long; G-d Is Cracking Us All Open. What a Gift!
Mar 24, 2026
1:32:37
How Much Longer Will I Hide? The Splitting of the Sea and the Death of the Ego. This class, exploring the deeper meaning of passing through the sea after leaving Egypt, was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 6 Nissan, 5786, March 24, 2026, Parshas Tzav, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY. Why do we say "Dayanu" if G-d would have split the sea but not taken us through it? How would that help anyone? A profound explanation of living in two states of consciousness simultaneously, in the state of infinite oneness, and in the state of a fragmented ego, represented by the sea vs. the dryland. We tell the story of Raba bar bar Chana, who went to BBQ on an island, which turned out to be a whale, and turned over on him. Living in times when G-d is expediting consciousness, many of us are falling apart. It is time to let go! Just let it all go. As the sea splits in our lives, and we experience ego-death, some of us come to life; some of us perish. The death of the Egyptians by the sea came from the very experience that saved the Jews. When oneness is revealed, some parts of us live; others wither away.
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The Truth About Moshe's Marriage & the Reincarnation of Kayin and Hevel - Women's Yisro Class
The Truth About Moshe's Marriage & the Reincarnation of Kayin and Hevel - Women's Yisro Class
Feb 3, 2026
1:26:02
How Do I Know Why My Soul Came Down? Liberating Myself from Social Stereotypes This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 168 Shevat, 5786, February 3, 2026, Parshas Yisro, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9864
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My Journey of Personal Self-Discovery - Rabbi YY on Podcast “Totally Unexpected”
My Journey of Personal Self-Discovery - Rabbi YY on Podcast “Totally Unexpected”
Jul 7, 2025
1:42:41
You Can’t Teach Today Without Doing Deep Personal Work; Moving from the Frequency of Exile to Redemption Chavie Bruk interviewed Rabbi YY Jacobson on her podcast, “Totally Unexpected,” 3 Tamuz, 5785, June 29, 2025. Chavie begins the conversation by asking Rabbi YY how he manages his output of classes and public appearances while balancing personal responsibilities. Rabbi YY shares that although he has always maintained a heavy workload, he eventually realized that constantly jumping from one thing to the next can be a distraction. He shares a personal anecdote from when he was teaching a class to teenagers, and his own teenage children found it amusing that their father would have any relevant advice for teens. That was one of the catalysts for embarking on his own journey of self-discovery and reshaping his approach to teaching. Chavie and Rabbi YY discuss the importance of practicing an embodied Judaism and recognizing when ego or the self takes control of the task at hand. Rabbi YY describes what it was like to memorize six to seven hours of the Rebbe’s lectures every week as a young student, and how that continues to impact him more than thirty years later. Chavie brings up how the concept of Moshiach can sometimes feel elusive. Rabbi YY offers that today, we can taste what it feels like to live in a Messianic era by letting go of the things we cannot control—the frequencies of ego, fear, insecurity, feeling overwhelmed or disassociated—and recognizing that we have the ability to touch coherence and oneness, which is the frequency of trust, surrender, faith, and love. These are the higher frequencies of redemption, which are not pulled down by the gravity the earthiness, the frequency of guilt and shame.
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When the Divine Soul Co-Regulates the Animal Soul, You Can Go Free - Pesach Women's Class
When the Divine Soul Co-Regulates the Animal Soul, You Can Go Free - Pesach Women's Class
Apr 1, 2025
1:41:30
The Hay of the Matzah Vs. the Ches of Chametz: You Can't Force Your Nervous System to Surrender - Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 3 Nissan, 5785, April 1, 2025, Parshas Vayikra, at a new location, The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9645
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Yud-Tes Kislev Farbrengen with Rabbi YY Jacobson - Yud-Tes Kislev 5786 Farbrengen
Yud-Tes Kislev Farbrengen with Rabbi YY Jacobson - Yud-Tes Kislev 5786 Farbrengen
Dec 9, 2025
5:38:36
Tuesday, December 9, 8:30 pm ET Yud-Tes Kislev Farbrengen on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 8:30 pm ET, at the Ohr Chaim Shul, 20 Forshay Rd, Upstairs, Monsey, NY.
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How Did the Lubavitcher Rebbe Revolutionize Judaism? - Interview on "18Forty" Podcast
How Did the Lubavitcher Rebbe Revolutionize Judaism? - Interview on "18Forty" Podcast
Jul 24, 2024
1:39:41
What Was the Rebbe’s Understanding of Messianism and Zionism? In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, David Bashevkin talks to renowned Chabad speaker Rabbi YY Jacobson about Chassidus, Chabad, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe. In honor the Rebbe’s 30th yahrtzeit, Rabbi YY helps us explore the purpose of Creation, our role in the world, and how the soul of the universe relates to the soul of the human being. In this episode we discuss: —What is Hasidic thought, and what differentiates it from Kabbalah? —How did Jewish emancipation and integration lead to Jews turning inward and focusing on the soul and God’s Presence in the world? —What was the Rebbe’s understanding of messianism and Zionism, and what might it mean for how we live our lives? Tune in to hear a conversation about how the Rebbe brought oneness to the Jewish People during some of our most turbulent times. To watch any of the "18Forty Pocast" episodes: 18forty.org youtube.com/18forty
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Time for a Jewish Renaissance -- Within and Without; Trump and the Jews - Rabbi YY on Kiddush Club Podcast
Time for a Jewish Renaissance -- Within and Without; Trump and the Jews - Rabbi YY on Kiddush Club Podcast
Jun 19, 2025
1:09:32
What the World Needs Most from the Jewish People: What Would the Rebbe Say Today About Israel? "We've all seen his videos, heard his Torah, but nothing could prepare us for the larger-than-life Rabbi YY in person, in full force, and off the cuff. We had the opportunity to hear from Rabbi YY his thoughts on the world, politics, and the current state of worldwide Jewry - a topic that is sometimes overlooked. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording." To watch this and all other Kiddush Club podcasts: KiddushClubPodcast
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Dr. Ron Siegel with Rabbi YY Jacobson: Mindfulness & Jewish Spirituality for Trauma Recovery
Dr. Ron Siegel with Rabbi YY Jacobson: Mindfulness & Jewish Spirituality for Trauma Recovery
Nov 27, 2023
1:30:09
Zoom Webinar from Fresh Start with Dr. Ron Siegel, Moderated by Rabbi YY Jacobson: In light of the current ongoing challenges in Eretz Yisrael and around the world, we present a transformative webinar to provide practical tips and expert guidance for self-regulation during times of crisis. Featuring Dr. Ron Siegel, Moderated by Rabbi YY Jacobson, on Monday, November 27, 2023, & was facilitated through Yochanan Polter & Tova Korn of "FreshStart" https://jewishfreshstart.com/home Fresh Start Retreat, Their flagship program, Fresh Start Retreat, is a 7-day intensive retreat helping participants understand their past to create a brighter future.
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The Horrific Behavior of Neturei Karta
The Horrific Behavior of Neturei Karta
Jan 9, 2024
29:27
Rabbi YY on "Talkline With Zev Brenner": An excerpt of Talkline With Zev Brenner- Are Neturei Karta Jews? Rabbi YY Jacobson& Jake Turx Senior White House correspondent of Ami Magazine discuss and debate how we should relate to the small number of members of our community that belong to the anti-Israel group that supports Hamas and other enemies of the Jewish people.
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Rabbi YY & Nissim Black: From Islam to Christianity, to Judaism
Rabbi YY & Nissim Black: From Islam to Christianity, to Judaism
Apr 27, 2021
1:12:53
Rabbi YY in Conversation with Nissim Black : Rabbi YY Jacobson in live Instagram conversation with Nissim Black, moderated by Moshe Frank.
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Meditation for the New Year: Transcend Fear
Meditation for the New Year: Transcend Fear
Sep 15, 2020
8:23
YY Moment: Meditating With the Jewish Community of Naples: Rabbi YY Jacobson during aZoom conversation with Chabad of Naples, Florida, on Sunday, 24 Elul, 5780, September 13, 2020
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Pagan Idea that Crept into Judaism: If You're Happy G-d Must Be Miserable
Pagan Idea that Crept into Judaism: If You're Happy G-d Must Be Miserable
Feb 10, 2021
1:08:56
Tomchei Shabbos of Toronto: Rabbi YY Jacobson delivered a lecture via zoom for , Wednesday, 28 Shevat, 5781, February 10, 2021
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Anochi: Why the Opening of the Ten Commandments is an Egyptian Pronoun - Women's Yisro Class
Anochi: Why the Opening of the Ten Commandments is an Egyptian Pronoun - Women's Yisro Class
Feb 11, 2025
1:18:25
From Yisro to Trump: When a Gentile Teaches Jews How to Speak about Israel - Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 13 Shvat, 5785, February 11, 2025, Parshas Yisro, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9588
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My Pesach Is Full of Anxiety, What Can I Do? How Do I Learn to Trust Myself? - Lecture to Fresh Start Recovery Center with Q & A
My Pesach Is Full of Anxiety, What Can I Do? How Do I Learn to Trust Myself? - Lecture to Fresh Start Recovery Center with Q & A
Apr 7, 2025
1:33:06
Coming From a Challenging Home, How Do I Heal My Seder Experience? - Featured Lectures: Rabbi YY Jacobsobn presents for Fresh Start Alumni with Q&A on Monday, 9 Nissan, 5785, April 7, 2025. Fresh Start Retreat, Their flagship program, Fresh Start Retreat, is a 7-day intensive retreat helping participants understand their past to create a brighter future. https://jewishfreshstart.com/home
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When Therapists Are Not Worked Out Internally, They Are Dangerous - Commencement Address to Graduating Therapists Wurzweiler School
When Therapists Are Not Worked Out Internally, They Are Dangerous - Commencement Address to Graduating Therapists Wurzweiler School
Jul 28, 2024
28:41
The Spiritual Foundations Behind Good Therapy Rabbi YY Jacobson presented the commencement address to the graduating therapists of the Sarah Schneirer -- Wurzweiler School of Social Work. These new therapists for the Jewish community graduated on Sunday, July 28, 2024, 22 Tammuz, 5784.
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What I Learned From the Rebbe on How to Impact People - Meaningful People Interview With Rabbi YY
What I Learned From the Rebbe on How to Impact People - Meaningful People Interview With Rabbi YY
Aug 25, 2024
27:18
How the Rebbe's Hour-Long Talks Would Be Memorized and Recorded for Posterity Nachi Gordon of "Meaningful People" sat down with R’ YY Jacobson on 2 Tammuz, 5785, July 8, 2024, to discuss how the Lubavitcher Rebbe changed their lives and the world around them.
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Working Through Your Emotions Doesn’t Mean You’re Self-Centered or Spoiled - Women's Beshalach Class
Working Through Your Emotions Doesn’t Mean You’re Self-Centered or Spoiled - Women's Beshalach Class
Feb 4, 2025
1:31:15
“Just Move On, Don’t Take It to Heart” Doesn’t Work: Why Moshe Instructed the Jews to Gaze at Egypt - Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 6 Shvat, 5785, February 4, 2025, Parshas Beshalach, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9570
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Stop Healing Your Children; Start Healing Yourself - Kesher Nafshi Keynote/Q &A
Stop Healing Your Children; Start Healing Yourself - Kesher Nafshi Keynote/Q &A
Mar 19, 2025
1:32:03
How to Deal With Parents, Siblings, and Marital Challenges When Your Child Is Struggling This closing session/Keynote address, followed by Q & A with Rabbi YY Jacobson at the Kesher Nafshi Shabbaton took place on Sunday, 2 Adar, 5785, March 2, 2025, at the Armon Hotel, Stamford, Connecticut. "Kesher Nafshi" is an organization that provides guidance and produces Chizuk Events for parents whose children are struggling with life-threatening challenges such as alcohol, drug addiction, depression, suicidal idealization, and many other emotional challenges.
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You Will Never Look at Your Ego -- Or Insecurities -- in the Same Way - Yud Shevat 5786 Farbrengen
You Will Never Look at Your Ego -- Or Insecurities -- in the Same Way - Yud Shevat 5786 Farbrengen
Jan 28, 2026
6:37:59
To Embody Divine Oneness: How Chassidus Can Help Us Transform From Within Yud Shevat Farbrengen with Rabbi YY Jacobson, Wednesday, January 28th, 20 Forshay Rd, Upstairs. Live music and hot food.
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How Do You Wake up Your Students from Sleep?
How Do You Wake up Your Students from Sleep?
Nov 10, 2020
1:03:31
Women's Chayei Sarah Class: You know the story about Winston Churchill. As Savior of the free world, he felt entitled to grab a nap in the House of Commons. When a fellow Parliament member approached him and said, Must you fall asleep when I am speaking? Churchill answered, No, it is purely voluntary. Says the Midrash: Once, as Rabbi Akiva taught a class, he noticed that his students began falling asleep. He wished to awaken them. Rabbi Akiva interrupted his lecture and said: Why did Esther reign over 127 provinces? Because Esther was a descendant of Sarah who lived for 127 years. Let the granddaughter of Sarah, who lived for 127 years, come and reign over 127 countries. This is a strange story. It evokes many questions. Among them: What is the connection of Sarahs 127 years to Esthers queenship over 127 provinces? And why did Rabbi Akiva choose this insightfrom all the ideas he could have sharedas the way of waking up his audience? This women's class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Chayei Sarah, 23Cheshvan, 5781, November10, 2020, live from Rabbi Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY
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Our Children Are Thirsty - We Can Change the Paradigm
Our Children Are Thirsty - We Can Change the Paradigm
Jul 4, 2022
1:23
RaiseThon: Rabbi YY articulates what our generation needs more than anything else and how we can inspire the next generation of leaders Please donate atraisethon/yy
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The Emotional Cannibal
The Emotional Cannibal
Apr 25, 2023
1:37:16
Women's Class Pirkei Avos Chapter 3: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Acharei-Kedoshim, 4 Iyar, 5783, April 25, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. We learn in the third chapter of Pirkei Avos: Rabbi Chaninah, deputy to the kohanim, would say: Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the fear it inspires, every man would swallow his neighbor alive. Rabbi Chaninah son of Tradyon would say: If two sit together and there are no words of Torah [spoken] between them, then this is a session of scorners ... Two who sit and exchange words of Torah, the Divine Presence rests amongst them... The basic meaning of (the first) Rabbi Chaninah's words is that for a society to be civilized its members must submit to the rule of government and law. The need for "fear of authority" may seem an insult to our sophistication and intelligence, but the fact remains that without it there would be nothing to check the worst in man, and the anarchic rule of the jungle would prevail. The question, though, is how this passage made it into Pirkei Avos, the Ethics of the Fathers, which is a book of character-building, of going beyond the letter of the law. In these chapters you will not find a prohibition of murder, theft, deception, or adultery. For that we have the Torah and the other tractates of Mishnah. Yet here we have an astounding exception. Suddenly the Mishnah tells us that we must do what we can to avoid people eating each other alive! A second enigma is this. The Mishnah rarely if ever employs poetic language. It is not a book of poetry, but of law. Why does the Mishnah use this phrase, every man would swallow his neighbor alive, not the ordinary and straightforward term in Torah and Tanach, every man would kill his neighbor. There is a third enigma. Rabbi Chanina was not only addressing the non-Jewish world, but also the Jewish world. In the words of Maimonides in his commentary on this Mishnah: If not for the fear of government we would swallow each other alive. But this seems unfair and harsh. Jews, who are born and bred with the values and mitzvos of the Torah, have rarely been involved in murder. Till today, no Jewish school in the world where Torah is taught has a metal detector. Is it really true that if we had not fear of government, we would murder each other? Finally, what is the juxtaposition between this clause of the Mishnah and the following one: Rabbi Chaninah son of Tradyon would say: ... Two who sit and exchange words of Torah, the Divine Presence rests amongst them. They seems disjointed. Why were they put together in one Mishnah? It was at a farbrengen Shabbos Parshas Shlach 1975, when the Lubavitcher Rebbe offered a marvelous and extremely relevant explanation into this Mishnah which answers all the above questionsand teaches us how to live. We also tell the story of a horse by the water, two groceries in Crown Heights, the arrogant scholar, the dignity of a child, and Rabbi Laus Bar mitzvah.
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Does Judaism Believe in Self-Love? How Do I Become a Happy Person?
Does Judaism Believe in Self-Love? How Do I Become a Happy Person?
Feb 17, 2021
1:14:55
Baal HaTanya's Road to Happiness: This workshop was addressed by Rabbi YY Jacobson via zoom at the International Conference of Chabad Shluchos, on Thursday Parshas Yisro, 22 Shevat, 5781, February 4, 2021.
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What We Do for Love
What We Do for Love
Feb 23, 2021
1:23:38
Purim Baal HaTanya Maamar: This weekly women's class will bepresented on Tuesday, Parshas Tetzaveh, 11 Adar, 5781, February 23, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.
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The Role of Jewish Students Today
The Role of Jewish Students Today
Nov 5, 2023
9:34
Conversation With Campus Students: Rabbi YY Jacobson ata Q &Awith Jewish Students on Campus, Thursday, 18 Cheshvon, 5784, November 2, 2023
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The Hamas War: Clarity, Courage, Faith and Unity
The Hamas War: Clarity, Courage, Faith and Unity
Oct 15, 2023
2:30:03
Let's Get Real: Rabbi YY Jacobson, Eli Beer, & Dr. Akiva Perlman: We Are All Soldiers on the Front Lines United to Uplift the Morale of Our People. What is our Mission today? How can this happen? Why? Where do we go from here? Let's Get Real show with Coach Menachem featuring Rabbi YY Jacobson with Eli Beer, the head of United Hatzolah Live from Israel, will provide insights directly from the front lines.Additionally, Dr. Akiva Perlman will join to discuss pertinent issues.
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Hamas-Israel War: Remaining Anchored in Truth and Love During Insanity
Hamas-Israel War: Remaining Anchored in Truth and Love During Insanity
Nov 21, 2023
1:27:45
Vayeitzei Women's Class: This class waspresented on Tuesday,Parshas Vayetzei,8 Kislev, 5784, November 21, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Am I Using Religion to Cover Up My Issues? The Story of Pinchas the Zealot
Am I Using Religion to Cover Up My Issues? The Story of Pinchas the Zealot
Jul 4, 2023
1:43:16
Women's Class Parshas Pinchas: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Pinchas, 15Tamuz, 5783, June 26, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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When G-d Does Not Want You to Be Frum
When G-d Does Not Want You to Be Frum
Nov 21, 2020
49:52
Weekly Women's Class: This women's class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Vayetzei, 8 Kislev, 5781, November 24, 2020, live from Rabbi Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY It is based on an address (a Sicha) delivered by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Vayeitzei, 10 Kislev, 5766, December 6, 1965, published in Likkutei Sichos vol. 5 Vayeitzei, and it explores the question of how can Yaakov marry two sisters. The class relates the story of the Chafetz Chaim's Sholom Aleichem; Reb Yaakov Kaminetzky not eating gebrakts; when they cooked rice in Chabad for Pesach, and when the Rebbe Rayatz said, "better a red matzah than a red face."
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The Day You Discover that Everything Is Love
The Day You Discover that Everything Is Love
Dec 22, 2020
1:34:36
Women's Class - Sefas Emes Vayigash: This weekly women's classwas presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayigash, 7 Tevet, 5781, December 22, 2020, live from Rabbi Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY. The text-based class on Midrash Rabah and Sefas Emes Parshas Vayigash explores two enigmatic Midrashim on the portion, about Yehudah surrendering to Yosef, and Yosef's "rebuking" his brothers. How do we deal with our wounds inside and our challenges outside? Does the world hate us or love us? Is G-d my best friend or just my heavenly boss? How my own mind and actions can cause what is really love to be seen as hate, what is really light to be seen as darkness. We are given a blueprint of how to face every trauma and challenge and see it as an opportunity for infinite love and growth.
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Does Religion Welcome Creativity?
Does Religion Welcome Creativity?
Nov 15, 2020
1:13:26
Weekly Women's Class: This women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Toldos, 1 Kislev, 5781, November 17, 2020, live from Rabbi Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY Why would you name a child “Yaakov” because he is holding on to his brother’s heel? Why would Eisav speak of tithing salt and straw, and not any other food? Why did the vision of a destroyed Beis Hamikdash inspire Yitzchak’s blessings? Why did he want to bless Eisav? Why did Yitzchak begin his blessings, “And G-d will give you,” meaning that the first giving is insufficient? The class explores to models of leaders, mentors and teachers. It addresses to dimensions to life: when you are a student of life, and when you become a creator, finding the courage to reinvent yourself, and turning chaotic sounds into a symphony.
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South Africa's Chief Rabbi in Conversation With Rabbi YY Jacobson
South Africa's Chief Rabbi in Conversation With Rabbi YY Jacobson
Sep 6, 2020
1:01:02
Interview with Rabbi YY : Rabbi YY Jacobson in a Zoom conversation with Chief Rabbi of South Africa, Rabbi Warren Goldstien, Sunday Morning, 17 Elul, 5780, September 6, 2020
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IFS and the Tanya
IFS and the Tanya
Nov 21, 2023
1:29:04
Zoom Webinar from Fresh Start with Dr. Richard Schwartz, Moderated by Rabbi YY Jacobson: In light of the current ongoing challenges in Eretz Yisrael and around the world,Fresh Start invites you to a transformative webinar seriesto provide practical tips and expert guidance for self-regulation during times of crisis. Featuring Dr. Richard Schwartz, Moderated by Rabbi YY Jacobson, Tuesday, November 21, 2023.
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How Do We Cultivate a Geulah-Mindset?
How Do We Cultivate a Geulah-Mindset?
Jul 21, 2020
1:30:22
Weekly Women's Class: Rabbi YY Jacobson presented a class in honor of the nine-days. Streaming live 11:00am EST on Tuesday, 7 Av, 5780, July 28, 2020.
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Donald and the Jews, & the Perils of Partisanship
Donald and the Jews, & the Perils of Partisanship
Oct 23, 2020
54:43
Radio Show - "Equal Footing with Dov Tuzman": Rabbi YY Jacobson as a guest on the "Equal Footing Show", hosted by Harvard and Goldman Sachs alumnus, Dov Tuzman. OnThursday night, 4 Cheshvon, 5780, October 22,2020,before the final Presidential debate. Thisshow wasbroadcasted on WSNR AM 620 in the NY area, on Talkline Network-affiliated stations nationally.
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Chamor & Yaakov: The Donkey and the Ox
Chamor & Yaakov: The Donkey and the Ox
Dec 2, 2022
1:36:21
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayishlach, 12 Kislev, 5783, December 6, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Can You Make Space for My Struggle? Why Yaakov Had to Marry Leah
Can You Make Space for My Struggle? Why Yaakov Had to Marry Leah
Nov 26, 2022
1:31:41
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Vayetzei, 5 Kislev, 5783, November 29, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. The Midrash relates that when Jacob discovered the switch between the two sisters, he told Leah, “You are a liar, the daughter of a liar,” his way of saying that the apple did not fall far from the tree. “Why did you deceive me?” Leah responded to Jacob’s accusation: Every craftsman creates students. Even a barber inspires students who learn from him the skill of cutting hair. My father and I, too, had a mentor who taught us how to deceive. Some time ago, Leah said, there was an old man, who wanted to bless his oldest son but was deceived by his younger son.. On a simple level, Leah was teaching Jacob the rule of “what goes around comes around.” He deceived his father, causing the blessing reserved for the older son to go instead to the younger son. What he did to his father and brother, was now done to him. Scathing indeed, but deeply disturbing. Let’s assume for a moment Jacob was wrong in taking the blessings—how does that exonerate Leah and Laban in deceiving him? Can I deceive you in a business deal, because you deceived your brother in a deal seven years earlier? Yet, a deeper reflection reveals a profounder reading of this narrative. The deeper dimension has been revealed by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), founder of Chabad, known as the Alter Rebbe, in a discourse of 1811, during the last year of his life; his colleague, Rabbi Yisroel Hopstein, known as the Kozhnitzer Maggid (1737-1814), in his work Avodas Yisroel; and by the third Rebbe of Ger, known as the Sefas Emes (1847-1905). It was all brought together in an address by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, on Shabbos Parshas Toldos 5741, and Shabbos Vayishlach 5747 (1987). The Avodas Yisroel and the Sefas Emes discuss the meaning of the actual Midrash. The Alter Rebbe and the Rebbe explore the inner soul of these ideas. Coupled together we have an outstanding tapestry woven together, with profound lessons for our lives today. The class explores why Yaakov wept when he met Rachel? Why Leah wept when people said she would marry Eisav? Why was Yaakov given a name for holding on to his brother’s heel? And why do we define Eisav as wicked when he was already struggling in his mother’s womb, completely beyond his choice? We discover how Judaism views the struggles and traumas we need to contend with.
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Ground Breaking and Eye Opening Lectures Dont Just Happen
Ground Breaking and Eye Opening Lectures Dont Just Happen
Jul 6, 2022
2:03
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Can Anxiety Become My Friend?
Can Anxiety Become My Friend?
Oct 21, 2022
28:35
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Noach, 30 Tishrei, 5783, October 25, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Decades Have Passed Since the Abuse, But Has My Family Changed?
Decades Have Passed Since the Abuse, But Has My Family Changed?
Dec 19, 2023
1:39:29
Vayigash Women's Class: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayigash, 7 Tevet, 5784, December 19, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. Finally one of the most dramatic stories in the Torah reaches its climax. Yosefreveals himself to his brothers and ultimately reunites with his beloved father after 22 years of heart-break and suffering. The brothers are first shocked, embarrassed, and then finally relieved. But let us take a step back. Yosefhad recognized his brothers immediately, yet chose to conceal this fact. Instead, he accused them, imprisoned them, and forced them to and from Egypt, ultimately tearing beloved Benjamin away from Yaakov, and causing his elderly father more unnecessary prolonged suffering. If he forgave them, then he should have revealed himself immediately, and reunited with his father?! And finally, only after this whole ordeal does he choose to do what he should have done initially, identify himself. Why did he do this? Was it revenge? Or to exact punishment on his brothers? This class will show how Yosefs actions show us the depth of true healing, and define the process of true repentance. Yosefwas not manipulating his brothers; on the contrary, he was guiding them. It was only due to his superficial heartlessness that sincere, heartfelt, reconciliation became possible. Healing, or Teshuvah has three irreplaceable components: remorse for the past, resolve for the future, and finally, a moment, a dj vu, when that resolve is fully actualized and proven. Joseph wanted to ensure that his brothers experienced all three so that a new chapter in history can begin. The lessons today, as the Jewish people are at war, are powerful. This is a time for internal transformation.
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Should All Jews Make Aliyah to Israel Now?
Should All Jews Make Aliyah to Israel Now?
Jan 8, 2024
32:52
Podcast about Hamas-Israel War: The "My Israel Narrative Podcast" Interviews Rabbi YY About Hamas Israel War on Dec 25, 2023, 13 Teves, 5784 For theChannel:https://www.youtube.com/@myisraelnarrative
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The Sleepers
The Sleepers
Jan 24, 2023
1:35:42
Women's Class Parshas Bo/Pesach: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Bo, 2 Shevat, 5783, January 24, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. It is a fascinating law in this weeks portion. If I am eating the Afikoman and I fall asleep, when wake up I cant continue eating it. Because it is as though I am beginning a new, second meal, and the Passover offering meal, as well as the Afikoman, have to be eaten in one single uninterrupted meal. The above law applies if a person was conducting a seder alone. But what if he or she is eating the Passover offering or the afikomen with a group of other Jews, then even if he or she falls asleep, they can continue eating after they awake, as long as some members of the group remained awake. The logic is clear. If I am eating in your company, then even if I fell asleep, my meal has not been interrupted, because you are awake. As long as you guys are awake, when I resume consciousness, I am right back in the game. The fact that I took a nap for an hour or two does not mean that my meal has ceased. At first glance, it seems like a technical law, even if quite fascinating and also a bit of a stretch. It was on the 20th of Teves, 5750, January 17, 1990, when I heard from the Lubavitcher Rebbe the deeper emotional and historical meaning of the above law. I still recall how emotional and moving the Rebbes explanation was, including of how marvelous it was to see a seemingly technical law reflecting such a splendid insight into Jewish history. It also contains timeless lessons on how we view our brothers, sister, and children, who at some point feel detached from the story of Judaism and the Jewish people.
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Can You Remind Me the Song of My Heart?
Can You Remind Me the Song of My Heart?
Jun 9, 2021
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Inspirational Story of the Lubavitcher Rebbe/Siyum Unity Sefer Torah: Rabbi YY Jacobsonaddressing the event of the Miracle "Unity Torah" Completion and CelebrationonSunday, 20 Kislev, 5781, December 6, 2020.
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The Mechanism of Bliss: How Pleasure Works
The Mechanism of Bliss: How Pleasure Works
Feb 20, 2024
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Adar/Purim Katan Women's Class/Joy: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Tetzaveh, 11Adar I, 5784, February 20, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Elisha, Naaman the Leper, & an Abducted Jewish Girl
Elisha, Naaman the Leper, & an Abducted Jewish Girl
Mar 23, 2022
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Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tazria, 26 Adar II, 5782, March 29, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Can You See Your Life as a Symphony?
Can You See Your Life as a Symphony?
Mar 8, 2022
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Women's Purim/Yayikra Class: This weekly women's class waspresented on TuesdayParshas Vayikra,5 Adar II, 5782, March 8, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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The Soul & History of Ukrainian Jewry; Our Calling Today
The Soul & History of Ukrainian Jewry; Our Calling Today
Feb 23, 2022
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Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Pekudei, 28 Adar I, 5782, March 1, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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English/Yiddish: Some Children Are Just Not Scared to Die
English/Yiddish: Some Children Are Just Not Scared to Die
Jul 25, 2021
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Keynote Yeshiva Birchas David Banquet: Rabbi YY Jacobson presented the keynote speech at theYeshiva Birchas David Banquet, onTuesday, 4 Av, 5781, July 13, 2021.
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Super Bowl 2021 -- HALFTIME FOR TORAH
Super Bowl 2021 -- HALFTIME FOR TORAH
Feb 4, 2021
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Featured Lectures: Four messages will be streamed during Super Bowl 2020 Halftime, Sunday, Feburary 7, 2021, by Rabbis Yoel Gold, Charlie Harary, YY Jacobson and Gavriel Friedman.
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Super Bowl 2021 -- HALFTIME FOR TORAH
Super Bowl 2021 -- HALFTIME FOR TORAH
Feb 7, 2021
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HALFTIME FOR TORAH: Four messages will bestreamed during Super Bowl 2020 Halftime, Sunday, Feburary 7, 2021, by Rabbis Yoel Gold, Charlie Harary, YY Jacobson and Gavriel Friedman.
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A Tale of Two Loves: Amnon and Tamar Vs. David and Yehonasan
A Tale of Two Loves: Amnon and Tamar Vs. David and Yehonasan
May 24, 2022
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Womens Pirkei Avos/ Shavuos Class: This weekly women's class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Bechukosai,23 Iyar, 5782, May 24, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. King Davidwhose yartzeit is on Shavuosremains one of the most fascinating, perplexing, and majestic figures in Jewish history. The combination of wisdom, humility, honesty and spirituality coupled with courage, power, passion, and leadership, and all of them with incredible intensity, conferred upon him the status of the ultimate Jewish king, leader, and poet. Two of the most powerful stories of love in the Tanach are also associated with him and one two of his children. They are summarized succinctly by our sages in the Ethics of the Fathers ch. 5: What is an example of a love that depended on something? The love Amnon had for Tamar. What is a love that did not depend on anything? The love between David and Jonathan." Let us recall these two narratives of love. Let us also understand why the Mishnah needs to find illustrations for two models of love from two ancient stories, when both of these models play themselves out in each of our lives on a constant basis? At a farbrengen in the spring of 1973, Shabbos Parshas Bechokosai 5733, the Lubavitcher Rebbe offered an explanation to the Mishnah. As was his style, he demonstrated how the answer to the above enigma lay in what seems like a discrepancy of a single world. It teaches us a novel idea about how family members need to nurture relationships between themselves and also what type love we are capable of achieving with our spouses and even toward strangers. The riveting stories of how Amnon violated Tamar and how Jonathan loved David illustrate what we are capable of and what we must be caution of in the volatile and complex world of love.
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A Conversation on Trauma, Addiction, Infidelity, and Loneliness
A Conversation on Trauma, Addiction, Infidelity, and Loneliness
Feb 11, 2023
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Featured Lectures: Part One of a Three-Part Series with Rabbi YY Jacobson and Eli Nash discussing addiction, abuse, psychedelics, homosexuality, and more.
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How Dare We Use the Torah to Abuse Women?!
How Dare We Use the Torah to Abuse Women?!
May 10, 2021
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Chazaq Lecture : This lecture, a "Chazaq" Pre-Shavuos event, was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Monday evening, 28 Iyar, 5781, May 11, 2021.
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Rabbi YY Jacobson Interviews Professor Alan Dershowitz
Rabbi YY Jacobson Interviews Professor Alan Dershowitz
Apr 1, 2021
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Interview with Alan Dershowitz: Rabbi YY interviewsProfessor Alan Dershowitz via zoom on 20 Adar, 5781, March 4, 2021.The interview was arrangedby Zalmen Hertz.
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Decades Have Passed Since the Abuse, But Has My Family Changed?
Decades Have Passed Since the Abuse, But Has My Family Changed?
Dec 10, 2023
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Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayigash, 7 Tevet, 5784, December 19, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. Finally one of the most dramatic stories in the Torah reaches its climax. Yosef reveals himself to his brothers and ultimately reunites with his beloved father after 22 years of heart-break and suffering. The brothers are first shocked, embarrassed, and then finally relieved. But let us take a step back. Yosef had recognized his brothers immediately, yet chose to conceal this fact. Instead, he accused them, imprisoned them, and forced them to and from Egypt, ultimately tearing beloved Benjamin away from Yaakov, and causing his elderly father more unnecessary prolonged suffering. If he forgave them, then he should have revealed himself immediately, and reunited with his father?! And finally, only after this whole ordeal does he choose to do what he should have done initially, identify himself. Why did he do this? Was it revenge? Or to exact punishment on his brothers? This class will show how Yosef’s actions show us the depth of true healing, and define the process of true repentance. Yosef was not manipulating his brothers; on the contrary, he was guiding them. It was only due to his superficial ‘heartlessness’ that sincere, heartfelt, reconciliation became possible. Healing, or Teshuvah has three irreplaceable components: remorse for the past, resolve for the future, and finally, a moment, a déjà vu, when that resolve is fully actualized and proven. Joseph wanted to ensure that his brothers experienced all three so that a new chapter in history can begin. The lessons today, as the Jewish people are at war, are powerful. This is a time for internal transformation.
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The Night Before Redemption, We Needed to Confront One Final Demon
The Night Before Redemption, We Needed to Confront One Final Demon
Jan 12, 2024
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Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bo, 6 Shvat, 5784, January 16, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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How to Clean My Mind From Pesach Anxiety
How to Clean My Mind From Pesach Anxiety
Apr 16, 2024
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Featured Lectures: Zoom by Rabbi YY for Fresh Start Alumni with Q & A on Tuesday 8 Nissan, 5784, April 16, 2024. This was moderated and facilitated by Yochanan Polter & Tova Korn of "Fresh Start" Fresh Start Retreat, Their flagship program, Fresh Start Retreat, is a 7-day intensive retreat helping participants understand their past to create a brighter future. https://jewishfreshstart.com/home
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Self Care Is Not a Crime; It's a Mitzvah
Self Care Is Not a Crime; It's a Mitzvah
May 7, 2024
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Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Kedoshim, 29 Nissan, 5784, May 7, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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We All Need to Get Married a “Second” Time to Experience Real Love
We All Need to Get Married a “Second” Time to Experience Real Love
May 21, 2024
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Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Behar, 13 Iyar, 5784, May 21, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. The Midrash recounts that in the second century, in the famous seaport town of Sidon, on the coast of Lebanon, there lived a married couple blessed with wealth and an honored position in the community. There was, however, a great void in their lives. Although they were married for ten years, they had no children. The couple decided to get divorced. They turned to the great Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai for advice. He looked at the couple for a long time, and then he said to them, “I ask only one thing of you both: If you must part, then just as you wed with celebration, so should you part from each other with celebration.” They took his advice and arranged a great feast. During the evening, the husband raised his cup and said to his wife, who would soon leave, “True, this is the last meal we shall share. Before you go, look around at the treasures of this house, choose the most precious jewel your heart desires, and take it back with you to your parents’ house.” The wife did not respond to his offer. Instead, she mixed and spiced the wine, and they drank a lot. The candles burned low in the room, and the husband fell asleep, overcome by heavy drowsiness. While he was asleep, the wife told her servants to lift him on a bed and carry him to her parents’ house. As dawn broke, the husband opened his eyes in a daze and discovered he was in unfamiliar surroundings. Astonished, he asked, “Where am I?” “In the house of my parents,” she said. “Why?” he asked. “This is where you asked to be taken. Did you not say to me last night, ‘Take with you the most precious thing your heart desires?’ To me, dear husband, there is nothing in the world more precious than you. They had found each other again. They now fully realized how strongly they loved each other. The next day, the couple of Sidon appeared again before Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. He prayed for the couple, and after a joyful year, they were blessed with a child. What is the message of this story? And why didn’t Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai pray for them in the first place? The story of the couple of Sidon, says the Alter Rebbe, is not only about them; it tells an eternal truth about every marriage and the enduring power of love. When the couple first came to Bar Yochai, their love for each other was conditional and goal-oriented. If the marriage was not producing a child, there was ultimately no point in it. But then as they were about to part, they discovered how deeply they loved each other. They began to celebrate the intrinsic value of love. So, the couple returned to visit the rabbi, not because they had a solution, but because they knew they wanted to be together. Paradoxically, when the couple began to understand the purity of love that has no ulterior motive, their relationship bore fruit. The class explores how our first marriages must morph into second marriages, even with the same partner, and how the setbacks and betrayals we experience are often cries of the soul for a deeper, more authentic, and more vulnerable relationship. We can grow from a superficial relationship to one in which the very relationship means more than anything else. The same is true also in our relationship with Hashem. We tell a story of the Lubavitcher Rebbe saving a marriage, even after divorce, when the husband discovered he was not a Kohen.
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Get Me Out of My Crazy Brain: Why Did Noach Get Drunk? - Women's Bereishis-Noach Class
Get Me Out of My Crazy Brain: Why Did Noach Get Drunk? - Women's Bereishis-Noach Class
Oct 29, 2024
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The Snake, Eve, & the Tree: The Invention of Self-Consciousness - Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 27 Tishrei, 5784, October 29, 2024, Parshas Noach, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9465
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Why Does Our Community Cover Up Crimes Toward Girls? The Incredible Lesson of Pharaoh’s Daughter - Women's Shemos Class
Why Does Our Community Cover Up Crimes Toward Girls? The Incredible Lesson of Pharaoh’s Daughter - Women's Shemos Class
Jan 14, 2025
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What Happens When You Stop Being Afraid to Try? The Invisible Arm of the Universe - Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 14 Teves, 5785, January 14, 2025, Parshas Shemos, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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The Greatest Therapists and Teachers Are Mirrors: Egoless, They Bring It All Back To You - Women's Vaeira Class
The Greatest Therapists and Teachers Are Mirrors: Egoless, They Bring It All Back To You - Women's Vaeira Class
Jan 21, 2025
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Moshe’s Mission: Humility Is Never About Self-Bashing; It Is Seeing Yourself as a Channel for Infinity - Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 21 Teves, 5785, January 21, 2025, Parshas Vaera, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. Why did Amram marry his aunt, a relationship that would be later forbidden? Moshe, who gave the Torah, was born from this flawed union? Why did Moshe, the humblest of men, say to G-d he is ready to be priest and king? Why was Saul rebuked for arrogance when he actually refused to be king and rejected the power? Why did Moshe tell Hashem, "Who am I?" Did he think G-d did not know him well? The class delves into the mechanism to liberate ourselves from being captive to the inner voices of fear, anxiety, insecurity, and the need for validation—by energetically discovering how we are channels for infinity. We discuss what makes a good therapist, rabbi, teacher, leader, and mentor. When therapists or rabbis are not worked out emotionally, they can wreak havoc. Great teachers, healers, and leaders are mirrors, reflecting back to you who you really are. When these mirrors are broken, you start believing you are broken, and you become dependent rather than confident and self-reliant.
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How Do You Run the Seder with Presence, Regulation, and Authenticity? Your 15-Step Guide - Pesach Women's Class
How Do You Run the Seder with Presence, Regulation, and Authenticity? Your 15-Step Guide - Pesach Women's Class
Apr 8, 2025
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Your 15-Step Pesach Program To Make Space for all Your Parts and Discover Your Inner Blissful Light - Weekly Women's Class: This class, a detailed 15-step guide to experience your seder with mindfulness, serenity, and personal relevance, was presented on Tuesday, 10 Nissan, 5785, April 8, 2025, Parshas Tzav, at a new location, The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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Time for Our Community to Apologize to Survivors of Sexual Abuse - Lecture to "Ray of Hope" Survivors of Abuse
Time for Our Community to Apologize to Survivors of Sexual Abuse - Lecture to "Ray of Hope" Survivors of Abuse
Oct 8, 2024
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When Parents & Rabbis Use Religion to Cover Up Crimes, Yell from the Rooftops Rabbi YY Jacobson addressed a zoom gathering for female survivors of sexual abuse at an evening organized by Ray of Hope, followed by Q and A. The event took place on Monday evening, 6 Tishrei, 5785, October 7, 2024.
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How to Integrate the Chaos and Order in Our Lives -- Three Stages - Rabbi YY Farbrengen with Chabad Shluchos 5785
How to Integrate the Chaos and Order in Our Lives -- Three Stages - Rabbi YY Farbrengen with Chabad Shluchos 5785
Mar 6, 2025
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Confronting Inner Guilt, Shame, and Insecurity; Challenges with Marriage and Children; Balancing Mental Health and the Outreach Mission Rabbi YY Jacobson addressed the international conference of Chabad Shluchos, on Thursday, Parshas Mishpatim, 22 Shevat, 5785, February 20, 2025. The farbrengen, organized by the Shluchim Office, took place at Oholei Torah ballroom in Brooklyn, NY, followed by an intense Q & A session. View Source Sheets: http://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9616
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People Have No Idea What's Really Happening to the World... - Rabbi YY Jacobson in conversation with Chana Weisberg
People Have No Idea What's Really Happening to the World... - Rabbi YY Jacobson in conversation with Chana Weisberg
Mar 6, 2025
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The Secret to Crushing Antisemitism Chana Weisberg from Chabad.org in conversation with Rabbi YY Jacobson about Anti-Semitism in the world today. This interview was on Thursday 22 Shevat, 5785, February 20, 2025
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The Rambam's Revolution: Transforming the Landscape of Jewish Thought & Life - Keynote at 44th International Siyum HaRambam
The Rambam's Revolution: Transforming the Landscape of Jewish Thought & Life - Keynote at 44th International Siyum HaRambam
Apr 21, 2025
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Why Did the Rambam Not Feel It Was Arrogant to Write that His Was the Only Book Necessary to Master Jewish Law? On Sunday, 2 Adar, 5785, March 2, 2025, the 44th international Siyum HaRambam took place in Brooklyn, NY, where thousands gathered to celebrate the completion of the study of Mishnah Torah by the Rambam, according to the daily learning cycle of Rambam instituted by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984. Rabbi YY Jacobson presented the keynote lecture at the Siyum, highlighting the contribution of the Rambam to Judaism and its relevance today. The lecture recalls memories of the Rebbe making a Siyum and Hadran on the Rambam back in 1986; it explains the remarkable revolution of the Rambam in Jewish law; and how the Rambam teaches us not to be embarrassed by who we are.
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The Experience of Prayer — How to Surrender and Go Into Flow - Michal Ashman in Conversation With Rabbi YY Jacobson
The Experience of Prayer — How to Surrender and Go Into Flow - Michal Ashman in Conversation With Rabbi YY Jacobson
Jun 10, 2025
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What Do We Do With All the Distracting Thoughts? Is It Important to Pray Daily? This Zoom interactive experience on prayer was organized by the Chabad-House of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday, 2 Sivan, 5785, May 29, 2025
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The Gift of Allowing Your Struggling Children to Crack You Open - Raising Challenging Children
The Gift of Allowing Your Struggling Children to Crack You Open - Raising Challenging Children
Aug 31, 2025
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My Love Will Be Stronger Than Your Defiance: What I Learnt From Rabbi Shimon Russell About Raising Children
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"Ayeka:" Why Must You Hide from Me? The Internal hame that Destroys You - Women's Rosh Hashanah Class
"Ayeka:" Why Must You Hide from Me? The Internal hame that Destroys You - Women's Rosh Hashanah Class
Sep 16, 2025
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Coronating the King: Bringing Hashem into the Mose Shameful, Lonely Parts of Your Being This class was presented on Tuesday, 23 Elul, 5785, September 16, 2025, Parshas Nitzavim, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9767
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Days of Love or Days of Trauma? - Lecture to Fresh Start Recovery Center with Q & A
Days of Love or Days of Trauma? - Lecture to Fresh Start Recovery Center with Q & A
Sep 28, 2025
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Sunday, September 28, 8:30 pm ET Rabbi YY Jacobson presents for Fresh Start Alumni with Q&A on Sunday, 6 Tishrei, 5786, September 28, 2025. Fresh Start Retreat, their flagship program, Fresh Start Retreat, is a 7-day intensive retreat helping participants understand their past to create a brighter future. https://jewishfreshstart.com/home
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The Collapse of the First Jewish Family: Toward a Life of Authenticity and Serenity - Women's Vayeshev Class
The Collapse of the First Jewish Family: Toward a Life of Authenticity and Serenity - Women's Vayeshev Class
Dec 9, 2025
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Your Soul Craves Real Tranquility; That’s When Things Begin to Fall Apart This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 19 Kislev, 5786, December 9, 2025, Parshas Vayeshev, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY. The class explores the reason for the name of the parsha, "Vayeishev," which means "settling down," when the entire portion records the collapse of the first Jewish family. And how can one grasp the words of the Midrash and Rashi that Yaakov was supposedly punished for craving to enjoy tranquility in his life? It seems so cruel. The class is based on an address by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, forty years ago, Shabbos Vayeishev 5746 (1985). We discover the meaning of authentic serenity and how to achieve it in life. Sometimes, when your life and family begin to unravel, healing has begun. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9827
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Has Judaism Been Hijacked by the Greeks? All Validation in the World Is Worthless When You Experience Your Own Spiritual Energy - Women's Chanukah Class
Has Judaism Been Hijacked by the Greeks? All Validation in the World Is Worthless When You Experience Your Own Spiritual Energy - Women's Chanukah Class
Dec 16, 2025
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Why the Chanukah Struggle Is Still Going On: Can I Choose Experience over Reason? This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 26 Kislev, 5786, December 16, 2025, Parshas Miketz, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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"He Turned Here and There:" The Courage to Embrace Your Truth - Women's Shemos Class
"He Turned Here and There:" The Courage to Embrace Your Truth - Women's Shemos Class
Jan 6, 2026
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A Peek Into Moshe's Mind: The Day You Stop Living for Others and Go Into Flow with Your Own Energy This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, Parshas Shemos, 17 Teves, 5786, January 6, 2026, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9849
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Women's Vayikra/Purim/Pesach Class - The Secret Behind the Fall of Iran
Women's Vayikra/Purim/Pesach Class - The Secret Behind the Fall of Iran
Mar 17, 2026
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Hashem Didn't Make a Miracle in Iran. He Did Something Much Bigger This class, dissecting the war of America and Israel against Iran, which began on Feb 28, 2026, Shabbos Zochor, 11 Adar, 5786, was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 28 Adar, 5786, March 17, 2026, Parshas Vayikra, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9879
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Returning to the Garden of Eden: The “Four Plants” & the Sukkah
Returning to the Garden of Eden: The “Four Plants” & the Sukkah
Sep 6, 2023
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Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 11 Tishrei, 5784, September 26, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. Sukkos is called the “Festival of Joy”, but what exactly is so joyful about it? The other major holidays are named after their very essences: Passover is the “Festival of Our Redemption,” and Shavuot is the “Festival of the Giving of Our Torah.” What’s the deep connection between joy and Sukkot? And how can we understand the mystery of the four plants we shake on Sukkos? If someone unfamiliar with our tradition were to stop you today walking down the street with your four species and say, what are you holding in your hand? You would say: “This is my ritual bouquet!” Then they ask: What do you do with it? “Well, we shake it.” Hu? What is more, the Torah states that when you take these four plants, “you shall rejoice before your G-d seven days.” Why? How does holding on and shaking these four plants generate happiness? Who was the first person to take a fruit from a beautiful tree? Of course, Eve and Adam. What fruit was it? The Midrash says: the Esrog. It would appear that on Sukkos we are repeating the same story: we are again taking the Esrog off the tree, but this time around, we take it, shake it, swing it, but don’t eat it. It is almost like G-d is telling us, I want you to do this over again. In the case of Adam and Eve, they were cursed with sadness. This time around we are blessed with joy. Also, after Adam and Eve eat the fruit they feel like they have to hide from G-d. On Sukkos, when we take the fruit, we “rejoice in the presence of G-d.” What is going on here? The class (based on this wonderful class by Rabbi Ami Silver: https://www.alephbeta.org/playlist/arbaminim) provides us with a deep reflection on how Sukkos and the Four Species can help us calm our nervous system, reorients our brains, change our paradigms, and ease up the tension in our life, by going away from dissociation to connection. The Sukkah is the virtual “Garden of Eden,” and the four plants allow us to repair what happened millennia ago in the original Garden of Eden, once again reclaiming the joy and ecstasy of life. The story of the raffle that happened in the IDF captures the timeless unity of our people who were chosen to unite the entire world under the sovereignty of Hashem.
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In This War, We Are All Soldiers on the Frontlines
In This War, We Are All Soldiers on the Frontlines
Sep 6, 2023
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Weekly Women's Class: This women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bereishis, 25 Tishrei, 5784, October 10, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. The class took place three days after Hamas breached the fence and attacked Jewish towns near Gaza, on Shabbos morning, Simchas Torah, 5784, October 7, 2023. 1300 Jews were murdered, thousands were wounded, and more than 100 were taken as hostages to Gaza.
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War in Israel: The Power of Every Single One of Us
War in Israel: The Power of Every Single One of Us
Oct 12, 2023
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Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Noach, 2 Cheshvan, 5784, October 17, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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The Cognitive Dissonance of Jews with Allegiance to the Left
The Cognitive Dissonance of Jews with Allegiance to the Left
Oct 23, 2023
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Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayera, 16 Cheshvan, 5784, October 31, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Israel at War: How to Show Up Without Anxiety & Fear
Israel at War: How to Show Up Without Anxiety & Fear
Nov 1, 2023
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Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Chayei Sara, 23 Cheshvan, 5784, November 7, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Hamas-Israel War: Remaining Anchored in Truth and Love During Insanity
Hamas-Israel War: Remaining Anchored in Truth and Love During Insanity
Nov 11, 2023
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Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayetzei, 8 Kislev, 5784, November 21, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Israel-Hamas War: Can You See the Light Shining on the Jewish People?
Israel-Hamas War: Can You See the Light Shining on the Jewish People?
Nov 24, 2023
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Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayishlach, 15 Kislev, 5784, November 28, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Yosef’s Evolution: The Day You Let Go, You Can Begin to Live
Yosef’s Evolution: The Day You Let Go, You Can Begin to Live
Nov 25, 2023
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Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayeshev, 22 Kislev, 5784, December 5, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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My Thoughts Go Everywhere, But My Self Remains Anchored
My Thoughts Go Everywhere, But My Self Remains Anchored
Dec 21, 2023
1:31:11
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayechi, 14 Tevet, 5784, December 26, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. On his deathbed Jacob speaks to Joseph: “A charming son is Joseph, a son charming to the eye; the women strode along to see him. They made his life bitter and they quarreled with him; archers despised him.” Rashi explains: “The women of Egypt strode out on the wall to gaze upon his beauty." What is Jacob trying to bring out? Literally, that Joseph’s beauty was dazzling. Not only was he appealing to any eye that saw him, but even the Egyptian women were enthralled by his figure. They ascended the walls and fortresses of Egypt to be able to gaze at him. But why is this relevant on the deathbed of Jacob? For this we have to understand what was at the root of this conflict in the first family of Israel? Could it be that a multicolored coat or a favorite son’s share of his father’s affections should generate such profound strife? Something deeper was at stake. Joseph and Judah embodied two divergent worldviews. They possessed different approaches on the meaning of Judaism, which was just beginning to bud, and how we achieve a state of transcendent oneness. There is a remarkable law in Talmud: While when the Temple existed in Jerusalem you can only eat the meat of the sacrifices within the Jerusalem walls, when the Tabernacle stood in Shilo, in Joseph’s territory, you can eat the meat of the offerings as far as the eye could behold the Tabernacle. This law captures the magic and revolution of Joseph which we must emulate today. We explore the unique role of women in gazing at Joseph, and the power of the woman to reveal Divine oneness within the material fragmented reality. The class explains how our daily lives must integrate the visions of Judah and Joseph, so that even as our thoughts can pull us in all directions, we remain anchored in the "solar core."
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What Does It Take to Create a Moshe? Six Women!
What Does It Take to Create a Moshe? Six Women!
Dec 29, 2023
1:32:56
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Shemos, 21 Tevet, 5784, January 2, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. Why Moshe? Why was he chosen as the first and greatest Jewish leader, teacher, and prophet? The Torah does not provide an explicit reason. But it does give us a clue. Often people ask me why the Torah focuses so much on men. The question is strange, because in Genesis, almost every important history-changing decision is made by a woman. And in Shemos, it is six women who are responsible for the entire story of the Egyptian Exodus: Shifra, Puah, Yocheved, Miriam, Pharaoh’s daughter Batya, and Tziporah. These six extraordinary people refused to bow their heads to the inevitable; they are giants in the story of mankind and in the story of the Jewish people. They were also, it seems, the role models who molded, crafted, and mentored Moses; they taught him how to live, how to think, how to act. The three stories the Torah shares about Moses, which made him the man suitable to be the greatest leader ever, are essentially all stories inspired by these women who impacted his life, who—like our mothers, wives and daughters to this very day—helped him become the person who would change history forever. The class concludes with a life-changing message by Einav Efrat Danino, the mother of Ori, 24, who was taken captive by Hamas on October 7th 2023, may we see his redemption, and the redemption of all the hostages, very soon.
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Crème De La Crème: The Brisker Rav on Israeli Soldiers
Crème De La Crème: The Brisker Rav on Israeli Soldiers
Jan 19, 2024
1:19:44
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Beshalach, 13 Shvat, 5784, January 23, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Why You Should Be a Proud Jew Today: Crash Course on Jewish History
Why You Should Be a Proud Jew Today: Crash Course on Jewish History
Jan 24, 2024
1:46:51
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Yisro, 20 Shvat, 5784, January 30, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Why Do I Crave Compliments? Why Does My Ego Require Constant Resuscitation?
Why Do I Crave Compliments? Why Does My Ego Require Constant Resuscitation?
Feb 1, 2024
1:22:19
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Mishpatim, 27 Shvat, 5784, February 6, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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How to Live in Bliss: If I Can’t Feel the Pain, I Can’t Feel the Joy
How to Live in Bliss: If I Can’t Feel the Pain, I Can’t Feel the Joy
Feb 8, 2024
1:50:25
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tetzaveh, 11 Adar I, 5784, February 20, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. The class explores the end of the Code of Jewish Law on the availability of constant bliss, the joy of the month of Adar, and the grief of the month of Av. We explore the enigmatic Talmudic story of Reb Akiva's visit to Rome and why he laughed, the explanation of the Alter Rebbe on bliss and pain, and the exchange between the Rebbe and Eli Wiesel on the question of the Holocaust, and why Jews have not lost their faith, even in the face of such adversity. We finally explain how pain and joy merge together in the profoundest experience of the soul's bliss.
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Can You Give Yourself A Standing Ovation for Showing Up? Learning to Appreciate Ourselves
Can You Give Yourself A Standing Ovation for Showing Up? Learning to Appreciate Ourselves
Feb 21, 2024
1:29:36
Weekly Women's Class: This Women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Ki Sisa, 18 Adar I, 5784, February 27, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. In the conversation between Hashem and Moshe after the sin of the Golden Calf, G-d says something shocking: “On the day I make an accounting, I will bring their sin to account against them.” G-d, it seems, is telling Moses He will never forget this sin. And whenever He is going to make an accounting, this sin will be included in the “package.” This is deeply enigmatic. It is one of the foundations of Judaism that Teshuvah, repentance, atones for all sins and wipes them away completely. Every Yom Kippur, we declare that Hashem “removes our sins every year again.” No matter how many times we commit a sin, if we repent, we are forgiven. Teshuvah removes all guilt. It’s over. Yet here we are told that G-d will never let go of this transgression? The most marvelous answer was presented by the famed Chassidic master and one of the greatest lovers of Israel, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchov (1740-1809). In a daring interpretation, classic to the Chassidic approach toward Judaism, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak becomes the great “advocate” for the Jewish people, as he always was. The class explores two models of education, one based on outer behavior and control, and the other one on connection and trust, and developing an internal relationship which allows a child to feel understood and empowered. We focus on the need to appreciate our successes, not only our failures.
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The Last Lecture of the Lubavitcher Rebbe: How to Love
The Last Lecture of the Lubavitcher Rebbe: How to Love
Feb 27, 2024
1:48:35
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayakhel, Parshas Shekalim, 25 Adar I, 5784, March 5, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. This Sabbath, Jews the world over will read, in addition to the weekly Torah portion, an extra Torah portion, known as Parshas Shekalim, or the "portion of the coins." This section of the Torah records the mitzvah incumbent upon the people of Israel, to make a yearly contribution of a half shekel to cover the cost of all communal Temple offerings. A shekel was a specific weight of silver (about 16 grams) that was the standard coinage used by the Jews in the desert. The Jewish people were instructed to contribute a half-shekel coin, which was a silver coin weighing about 8 grams, to the Temple. The Torah is extremely particular about the amount of the contribution: "The wealthy shall not increase and the destitute shall not decrease from half a shekel." I do not think there was ever again in Jewish history an appeal made setting a limit to the contributions of the rich! What is baffling about this mitzvah is the Torah's insistence that the contribution consist of a half-coin, rather than a whole, complete coin. Why would G-d instruct the Jewish people to give a contribution that is not complete? Especially considering that the Torah demands all elements connected to the Temple service be as complete and perfect as possible. In his final address, two days before he suffered a stroke, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, presented a profound explanation. This was Shabbos Vayakhel, 25 Adar I, 5752 (1992). It explored the question if a human being in his deepest place is a lonely creature, struggling with a mysterious and complex self in a way that nobody else can really understand or appreciate? Many philosophical and spiritual disciplines eloquently describe the sense of solitariness that comes hand in hand with one's journey into the inner chambers of the self. The deeper you go, the lonelier you become. But the Rebbe presented a very different view, one which helps teach us how to live with love and joy, despite the pain and disappointment.
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The Most INSANE Purim Story: When Rabah “Slaughtered” the Ego of Reb Zeira
The Most INSANE Purim Story: When Rabah “Slaughtered” the Ego of Reb Zeira
Mar 5, 2024
1:46:19
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Pekudei, 25 Adar II, 5784, March 12, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. In one of the most bizarre Talmudic stories (Megilah 7b), two of the greatest Talmudic sages feast on Purim together. They are inebriated and one of them slaughters his friend. The next day he brings him back to life. The following year he invites his colleague for another Purim meal. This fascinating class, based on an address of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, re-invents the meaning of the story, and applies it to our daily opportunity to link heaven and earth. Purim represents the gift to experience an ego-death, the portal to true inner connection and bliss.
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How Queen Esther’s Banner of Pride Can Transform Every Victim’s Narrative
How Queen Esther’s Banner of Pride Can Transform Every Victim’s Narrative
Mar 13, 2024
1:36:10
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayikra, 9 Adar II, 5784, March 19, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
94
How You Can Use Your Darkness to Light up the World
How You Can Use Your Darkness to Light up the World
Mar 19, 2024
1:20:52
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tzav, 16 Adar II, 5784, March 26, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Can You Be Grateful for Each of Your ‘Four Children’? Can You Listen to the 4 Children Inside of You?
Can You Be Grateful for Each of Your ‘Four Children’? Can You Listen to the 4 Children Inside of You?
Mar 19, 2024
1:46:05
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tazria, 1 Nissan, 5784, April 9, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. Who are the four children of the Haggadah? What’s this great hullabaloo about them? Why four and not five, six, or ten? Why are they central to our Passover experience? What are their questions, and why are these questions so important? The premise to answering these questions is that the four children are not external to us; they are within each of us: Within each of our hearts, there are “four children” who ask four distinct questions. What are four big questions on Judaism? 1) The strange laws that we simply cannot wrap our brains ahead. 2) How can small people believe that G-d cares about their lives and actions, especially in a painful and scary universe? 3) I lead my own life and define my destiny; I don’t need G-d. 4) I don’t care. The Haggadah addresses each of these four powerful questions, with which each of us struggles in one way or another. Erev Pesach in Bergen Belzen. The Bloshever Rebbe sacrificed his life to obtain matzah. But when the Nazis discovered the matzah bakery, all was gone besides a few matzos. He decided the elderly would get them. Until a woman's voice was heard: “Binaranu ubezkananu,” the youth must come first.
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Can You Be Grateful for Each of Your ‘Four Children’? Can You Listen to the 4 Children Inside of You?
Can You Be Grateful for Each of Your ‘Four Children’? Can You Listen to the 4 Children Inside of You?
Mar 19, 2024
1:46:05
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tazria, 1 Nissan, 5784, April 9, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. Who are the four children of the Haggadah? What’s this great hullabaloo about them? Why four and not five, six, or ten? Why are they central to our Passover experience? What are their questions, and why are these questions so important? The premise to answering these questions is that the four children are not external to us; they are within each of us: Within each of our hearts, there are “four children” who ask four distinct questions. What are four big questions on Judaism? 1) The strange laws that we simply cannot wrap our brains ahead. 2) How can small people believe that G-d cares about their lives and actions, especially in a painful and scary universe? 3) I lead my own life and define my destiny; I don’t need G-d. 4) I don’t care. The Haggadah addresses each of these four powerful questions, with which each of us struggles in one way or another. Erev Pesach in Bergen Belzen. The Bloshever Rebbe sacrificed his life to obtain matzah. But when the Nazis discovered the matzah bakery, all was gone besides a few matzos. He decided the elderly would get them. Until a woman's voice was heard: “Binaranu ubezkananu,” the youth must come first.
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How We Develop Our Coping Mechanisms and How We Set Ourselves Free
How We Develop Our Coping Mechanisms and How We Set Ourselves Free
Apr 11, 2024
1:37:32
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Metzora, 16 Nissan, 5784, April 16, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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How We Develop Our Coping Mechanisms and How We Set Ourselves Free
How We Develop Our Coping Mechanisms and How We Set Ourselves Free
Apr 16, 2024
1:37:32
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Metzora, 16 Nissan, 5784, April 16, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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How To Be Present In Life, Showing Up to Every Moment and Every Experience
How To Be Present In Life, Showing Up to Every Moment and Every Experience
May 28, 2024
1:29:16
Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bechukosai, 20 Iyar, 5784, May 28, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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What Did You Need to Hear When Your Embryo Was First Formed?
What Did You Need to Hear When Your Embryo Was First Formed?
Jun 4, 2024
1:39:25
Weekly Women's Class: This Pre-Shavuos Women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bamidbar, 27 Iyar, 5784, June 4, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.