Popular Shows by Rabbi YY Jacobson

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"Meaningful People" Podcast - Why Do So Many Frum People Feel Empty?

Jun 8, 2026

1:30:48

I Can Forever Blame “The System,” Or I can Discover the "Prophet" Inside of Me

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3 Tammuz Farbrengen, Yartzeit of the Rebbe - Grand Farbrengen Gimmel Tammuz 5786

Jun 18, 2026

7:28:48

Thursday Evening, June 18, 8:00 pm This farbrengen will take place on Thursday night, 3 Tammuz, 5786, June 18, 2026, at Ohr Chaim Shul, 20 Forshay Rd, Monsey, NY, in tribute to the 32nd Yartzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. There will be hot food served, and it will be accompanied by Live Music.

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Women's Shlach Class - A Prophet or a Basket Case? When G-d Says, It's Time You Trust Yourself

Jun 9, 2026

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We All Have an Inner Knowing; But Maybe We Don't? When Moshe Was Given a New Path It is almost incomprehensible. G-d always gave him decisive directives. Suddenly, G-d tells Moses, I am staying out of this one. Yet astonishingly, Moses does not back off. Why? A reflection on two models of Judaism, two models of relationships, helps us appreciate when and how to trust ourselves in life. This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, Parshas Shlach, 24 Sivan, 5786, June 9, 2026, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.

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Lecture to South Africa Community - If I Am Full of Shame, I Can’t Be Here for My Struggling Kids

Mar 30, 2022

1:04:46

Why Are So Many Youth Struggling? What Is Our Role? Lecture to South African Community Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

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Keynote Lecture Kesher Nafshi - Our Struggling Children Help Us Reinvent Ourselves

May 8, 2022

1:19:23

You Got to Believe in These Kids: How a Gladiator Became the Greatest Sage of His Generation Rabbi YY presented the keynote speech on Sunday, Parshas Emor, 7 Iyar, 5782, May 8, 2022, at the Kesher Nafshi Shabbaton, in the Raleigh Hotel South Fallsburg, NY.

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Kesher Nafshi 2026 Lecture - Stop Healing Your Children; Heal Yourself

Jun 3, 2026

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It’s So Hard for Children to Feel They Are Destroying Their Parents Life

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When Youre Dysregulated, You Cant Regulate Your Children

Nov 17, 2023

1:29:23

Rabbi YY in Conversation with Dr. Stuart Ablon: How Do We Avoid Power Struggles & Frustration Between Parents and Children? How do we helping our children and ourselves during a time of crisis and fear? How do we discipline children in a positive way? How do we avoid anger, power struggles, and frustration between parents and children? How do we inspire our children rather than control them? A conversation between Rabbi YY Jacobson & Dr. Stuart Ablon. This webinar took place on Friday 4 Kislev, 5784, November 17, 2023 & was facilitated through Yochanan Polter & Tova Korn of "FreshStart" https://jewishfreshstart.com/home Fresh Start Retreat Our 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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Reb Yoel Kahn and the World of Chabad Chassidus

Jul 27, 2021

5:32:22

Rabbi YY interviewed by Rabbi Shais Taub: Rabbi Shais Taub interviewedRabbi YY Jacobson about "The Chozer" Reb Yoel Kahn,thoughts on his life and his impact.On Tuesday, 18Av, 5781, July 27, 2021

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Infertility: The Pain, the Stigma, the Loneliness, and the Courage

Aug 8, 2015

1:55:21

Keynote Lecture at A TIME Weekend Retreat Elul 5775: Rabbi YY Jacobson's Lecture at A TIME Weekend Retreat, Elul 5775, August 7-8, 2015.Infertility: The Pain, the Stigma, the Loneliness, and the Courage.Four Pieces of Advice to Couples Struggling with Infertility.

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Korach Vs. Moshe: The Great Debate How to Integrate Heaven & Earth

Jun 20, 2023

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Women's Class Parshas Korach: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Korach, 1 Tamuz, 5783, June 20, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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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 Last 214 Years of 6000: History Is About to Change -- Are You Ready? - Women's Korach Class: Israel-Iran War

Jun 24, 2025

1:32:46

“To Everything There Is a Season:” Learning How to Transition from “A Time of War,” to “A Time of Peace” This class was presented on Tuesday, 28 Sivan, 5785, June 24, 2025, Parshas Korach, at a new location, The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY. What empowered Netanyahu? What was the difference between the October 7th failure and the incredibly successful war against Iran? View Source Sheets: http://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9713

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What I Learned From the Rebbe on How to Impact People - Meaningful People Interview With Rabbi YY

Aug 25, 2024

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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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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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Keynote at Kesher Nafshi 2026 - Learning to Love & Respect Myself Is the Best Gift I Can Give My Child

May 13, 2026

34:42

Reb Akiva’s Wisdom: Your Child Can Heal When You Forgive Yourself

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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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Women's Be'haloscha Class - Have We Put Our Children Before G-D?

Jun 2, 2026

1:25:57

Have Secular, Liberal Values Destroyed Our Standards of Education? What Happened to the Good Old Days When We Can Discipline? This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 17 Sivan, 5786, June 2, 2026, Parshas Be'haloscha, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.

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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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IFS and the Baal Shem Tov: Avraham's Guidance on Dealing with Your Wounded Thoughts & Parts - Women's Lech Lecha Class

Nov 5, 2024

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We All Have Seven Types of Thoughts and They Are Begging for Healing and Alignment - Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 4 Cheshvan, 5784, November 5, 2024, Parshas Lech Lecha, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. This text-based class on Maor Einayim, by Rabbi Nachum of Chornobyl, a student of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezrich, explores the enigmatic story of Avraham and Sarah traveling to Egypt. He asks her to declare that she is his sister. Why is this the first episode about the first Jewish couple in history?View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9469

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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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"My Husband Called Me Spoiled"

Nov 1, 2020

1:01:25

Featured Lectures: Rabbi YY Jacobson was interviewed on "The Ladies Talk Show with Leah". This second of of a two-part series on "Marriage Makeover," took place on Wednesday, 17 Cheshvan, 5781, November 4, 2020

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My Light, My Salvation, and My Strength

Aug 20, 2021

1:12:01

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Ki Savo, 16 Elul, 5781, August 24, 2021, live at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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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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Struggling With Faith During Difficult Times

Mar 11, 2024

1:16:21

Rabbi YY with Chanie Apfelbaum: This was an instagram live conversation between Chanie Apfelbaum (@busyinbrooklyn) & Rabbi YY Jacobson (@yyjacobson) aboutStruggling with Faith through difficult times. This took place on Sunday23Adar I, 5784, March 3, 2024.

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Every Jew Is a Witness to All the Claims of Judaism

Jan 27, 2021

1:33:23

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class on Sefas Emes Parshas Yisro was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Yisro, 20 Shevat, 5781, February 2, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY. Every Jew is a witness to all of Judaism’s claims. For its truths are imprinted in the core of every Jewish soul. The Torah is here to jog our unconscious memory, reminding us what we always knew about who we always are and who we will always—conduits for Divine infinity.

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What Is the Secret of Chabad?

Oct 18, 2021

47:52

American Jewish University Leader Interviews Rabbi YY Jacobson: Sherre Hirsch, a renowned leader in the Conservative movement, and Chief Innovation Officer of the American Jewish University, interviewed Rabbi YY Jacobson on the leadership and teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Sherre, former leader ofthe largest Conservative congregation on the West Coast, was eager to understand how Chabad relates to Reform and Conservative Jews; how Chabad flourishes so many years after the Rebbe's passing; and how the Rebbe impacted people so deeply. The interview explores some of thefundamental ideas behind the Chabad movement, its spirituality, and approach to life; the reasons for its recent astounding growth in the Jewish world, and how it continues to flourish even more than two decades after the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. It also deals with the future of Judaism, Chabad's views on secular Jews, skills about leadership one can learn from the Rebbe, how do we define a religious Jew, and how the Rebbe's hour-long talks were memorized and transcribed. The interview was conducted on November 19, 2020,3 Kislev 5781.

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Why Are So Many Marriages Failing?

Nov 29, 2020

2:05:27

Lakewood zoom on Repairing Relationships: Rabbi YY Jacobson addressing "Why Are So Many Marriages Failing" onSunday night, 13 Kislev, 29 November, 2020, followed by many Q and A. This is part of "Let's Get Real" series, Sunday Nights Live conferences, with Asher Parnas, and life coach MenachemBernfeld.

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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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Did Moshe Think He Can Handle 3 Million Fights?

Feb 3, 2021

26:40

Lecture to Chabad Mainline/Likkutei Sichos Yisro: A segment of a lecture deliveredby Rabbi YY Jacobson to the Jewish community of Mainline, Pa. on Monday, 19 Shevat, 5781, February1, 2021. The evening, arranged by Chabad of the Mainline, was led by the Chabad Shluchim to the region, Rabbis Shraga Sherman, Boruch Sholom Davidson, and Mendel Cohen. This lecture is basedon an address by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, 15 Shevat 5735(January 27,1975), published in Likkutei Sichos vol. 16, Parshas Yisro.

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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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The Shame Around Addiction

Mar 8, 2022

3:19:12

Adult Content: Webinar With Rabbi YY & Eli Nash: Adult Content: A Webinar withRabbi YY andEli Nash discussing the shame around addiction, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022

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Dr. David Pelcovitz: How to Enhance Your Marriage

Mar 10, 2022

1:37:48

Adult Content: Navigating Married Life for Young Couples: Navigating Married Life for Young Couplesaddressed by Dr. David Pelcovitz. How Do You Know When You Need Professional Help?

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Chaim Walder & the Cover-Ups in Our Communities

Dec 28, 2021

1:21:37

Women's Vaeira Class: This weekly women's class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Vaera, 24 Teves, 5782, December 28, 2021, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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The Biblical Origin of Attachment Disorder

Jun 23, 2022

1:23:22

Lecture in Passaic, New Jersey: Rabbi YY presentedthis Lecture in Passaic, NJ on 19 Sivan, 5781, May30, 2021.

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Our Children Are Thirsty - We Can Change the Paradigm

Jul 4, 2022

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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 Mesiras Nefesh of Russian Jewry and Its Relevance Today

Nov 14, 2023

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Rabbi YY on Podcast with Rabbi Mena Reisner & Rabbi Aubrey Hersh: Rabbi YY Jacobson featured on an episode of "History for the Curious",the most talked-about Jewish History Podcast whichfeatures the dynamic historian and famous tour guide & lecturer: Rabbi Aubrey Hersh hosted by Rabbi Mena Reisner. Join us as we cross continents, sail through the centuries, tracing lives, uncovering events and following epic journeys, to reveal the untold stories, the scandals, and the mysteries that have impacted our history and shaped us into who we are today. Our 100th Episode special discusses Yishamels 3rd power which is their veneration of martyrdom. Our spiritual antidote is Mesiras Nefesh. Although this includes self-sacrifice and is often translated as giving up ones life, it is actually life-giving and forms the pillar of the survival of the Jewish Nation through the ages. For all episodesand to subscribe, please visitjle.org.uk/podcast

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I Feel Emotionally Disconnected From Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Sep 24, 2022

1:30:09

Workshop for People With Anxiety and Pain Around the High Holidays: by Rabbi YY Jacobson, Streaming Live, Motzaei Shabbos, Erev Rosh Hashanah, September 24, 9:30 PM ET

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Basics of Emunah #36: Does Fear of G-d Create Anxiety?

Aug 17, 2021

1:03:43

The Emunah Series/Women's Class Elul: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Ki Seitzei, 9Elul, 5781, August 17, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

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YIDDISH: Siyum HaRambam

Apr 23, 2023

1:21:42

Keynote Lecture by Rabbi YY Jacobson: Sunday, 2Iyar, April 23, Rabbi YY addressed anevent which was at the Beis Yaakov High School in Boro Park on 15th Avenue and 45th Streetto celebrate the Siyum Harambam. The year was 1984, when the Lubavitcher Rebbe, ztl, introduced a revolutionary project which would change the world. He sets his sights on the possibility of Klal Yisroel mastering the Rambams Mishneh Torah by instituting an annual cycle. Gedolei Yisroel from every denomination lauded the program throughout the years, seeing in it the potential for every Yid to master the entirety of Torah Shebal Peh which is covered in these fourteen volumes in a clear, concise, and organized style. Since that time, tens of thousands of Yidden throughout the world learn the daily Rambambringing the blessing of Torah into their lives. The one-perek-a-day track completes the Rambam every three years, while those who learn three perakim a day complete the entire Rambam every year. This sunday marks the beginning of the 43rd cycle of the 3-perek cycle, and the 15th cycle of the one-perek cycleas well as the siyum of the previous cycle.

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Shedding Light On: Healing from Addiction; Dealing with Homosexuality

Mar 1, 2023

2:36:00

Tackling Taboos with Rabbi YY & Eli Nash #2: Part Two of a Three Part Series with Rabbi YY Jacobson and Eli Nash discussing addiction, abuse,homosexuality, and more.

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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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LIVE Gimmel Tammuz Farbrengen, 30th Yartzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Jul 9, 2024

6:18:48

Featured Lectures: Tuesday, July 9, 8:30 PM: Gimmel Tammuz Farbrengen Honoring the 30th Yartzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe LIVE at 20 Forshay Road, 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

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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Working Through Your Emotions Doesn’t Mean You’re Self-Centered or Spoiled - Women's Beshalach Class

Feb 4, 2025

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“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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If G-d Loves Us, Why All These Tragedies? How Do We Cultivate Emunah? - Israel at War: Lecture to High School Girls

Oct 30, 2024

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Why Do the Chosen People Suffer So Much? Do Our Prayers Help? Should I Listen to the News? This lecture, presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson, followed by Q and A, was given to 18 Chabad Girls' High Schools, on Wednesday, 28 Tishrei, 5785, October 30, 2024. This Zoom event was arranged by the Lubavitch Girls Virtual High-school Kinus 5785, and was hosted by Beis Rivka High School.

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Stop Healing Your Children; Start Healing Yourself - Kesher Nafshi Keynote/Q &A

Mar 19, 2025

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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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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

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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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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When Moshe Struck the Rock with the Wrong Stick, Marital Life Was Disrupted - Women's Chukas Class

Jul 1, 2025

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Moshe Was Told He Couldn’t Enter the Land, So We Discovered the Holiness of Our Cravings This class was presented on Tuesday, 5 Tammuz, 5785, July 1, 2025, Parshas Chukas, at a new location, The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY. View Source Sheets: http://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9720

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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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The Greatest Gift Hashem Has Given You Is… Hashem - Women's Bo Class

Jan 20, 2026

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Pharaoh and His 3 Henchmen: When You Know Your Nervous System, You Can Live with Agency, Presence, and Regulation This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 2 Shevat, 5786, January 20, 2026, Parshas Bo, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9855

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The Truth About Moshe's Marriage & the Reincarnation of Kayin and Hevel - Women's Yisro Class

Feb 3, 2026

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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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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

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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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Women's Lag Ba'Omer Class - The Untold Story of Global Terrorism: Are You the Bow or the Arrow?

May 5, 2026

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Three Ways to Respond to Fear & Stress: Hagar, Yishmael, and Reb Akiva This powerful and life-changing women's Lag Baomer class, on why we shoot arrows on Lag Baomer, was presented on Tuesday, Lag Baomer, 5786, May 5, 2026. It is a most perplexing and fascinating story—Hagar and Yishmael—and it is read every Rosh Hashanah. Did you notice a very strange expression? As she walks away from her thirsty child, not to be with him at his moment of distress and not see his death, the Torah says, she sits down at a distance, “a bowshot away.” It is the only time such an expression is used in Tanach. What is it supposed to mean and symbolize? It could have just said, “she sat at a far distance”?! And then a few verses later, we come back to the bow. Yishmael, her son, becomes an archer, “the master of the bow.” What’s the significance of this detail? He may have also taken on pickleball or yoga. Why is this important? There is a profound message here, and it will teach you about our world today more than any website, newspaper, or book in the world. It will also teach us our mission today during turbulent times. There are three ways to respond to tension, pressure, and anxiety. The Hagar away: You look away, or you run away. The Yishmael way: You become the master of tension, making the world panic as you smile. Today we want to discover a third way. This is the Jewish way, and it’s the Jewish secret. We are the “masters of the arrow.” The secret of the arrow is: The deeper the tension, the more you apply the pressure, the further it strikes, with more impact and intensity. We are the Divine arrows of history. The more tension we experience, our “arrows,” our force and light, soar and reach the greatest of distances with the deepest might and power. The story of Jacob, David, Joseph, Moses, and Esther—captures the powerful secret of Jewish history. Reb Akiva taught us how to take the bow of Yishmael and transform it into transformative growth, becoming G-d's arrows to transform the world from darkness to light, from exile to redemption. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9917

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Amudim Panel Discussion - When Your Children Are Struggling with Judaism

Dec 21, 2020

58:15

Do Not Worship Structures; Worship G-d Rabbi YY Jacobson joined a panel for the Amudim Organization, on Monday, 6 Teves, 5781, December 21, 2020. The panelists discussed the reasons many youth are struggling with Judaism and what our approach should be toward these children. The other panelists were; Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Rabbi of Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto (Bayt), Allison Josephs, Founder of "Jew in the City", Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz, Founder of Yeshivas Darchei Noam and Project Y.E.S.

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Returning to the Garden of Eden: The “Four Plants” & the Sukkah

Sep 6, 2023

1:35:08

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

Sep 6, 2023

1:16:44

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

Oct 12, 2023

1:28:25

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

Oct 23, 2023

1:26:10

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

Nov 1, 2023

1:21:58

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

Nov 11, 2023

1:27:45

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?

Nov 24, 2023

1:34:34

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

Nov 25, 2023

1:54:05

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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Decades Have Passed Since the Abuse, But Has My Family Changed?

Dec 10, 2023

1:39:29

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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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!

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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The Night Before Redemption, We Needed to Confront One Final Demon

Jan 12, 2024

1:20:44

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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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

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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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

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

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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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.

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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?

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?

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

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 to Clean My Mind From Pesach Anxiety

Apr 16, 2024

1:12:00

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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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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Self Care Is Not a Crime; It's a Mitzvah

May 7, 2024

1:21:16

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

May 21, 2024

1:39:22

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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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?

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.

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Pre-Shavuos Childrens' Program with Rabbi YY

Jun 9, 2024

1:41:32

Featured Lectures: Amazing & Inspiring Kids Program with Stories, Science, Davening, Learning, and Live Q & A with Rabbi YY. Ask any question here or text or Whatsapp (718) 977-5279.

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What We Do With Our Loneliness: Why Rachav Married Yehoshua

Jun 25, 2024

1:36:18

Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 19 Sivan, 5784, Parshas Shlach, June 25, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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Obedience Vs. Emotional Well-Being: Bridging the Generational Divide

Jul 2, 2024

1:28:40

Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 26 Sivan, 5784, Parshas Korach, July 2, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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Yom Kippur Without Anxiety

Sep 23, 2023

1:55:14

Featured Lectures: Does Yom Kippur Cause You Anxiety? -Live Blunt conversation with Rabbi YY, Motzai Shabbos, Parshas Haazinu, September 23, 2023.

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Strength in the Struggle - Empowering Preemie Fathers

Sep 24, 2024

55:18

Featured Lectures: "Wee Care Preemies" will Host a Webinar with Rabbi YY Jacobson specifically geared for the Fathers of Preemies

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How Can I Experience a Blissful Yom Kippur?

Oct 9, 2024

1:21:55

Featured Lectures: On Wednesday evening, 7 Tishrei, 5785, Oct. 9, 2024, Rabbi YY Jacobson addressed questions from Fresh Start Participants, concerning Yom Kippur, guilt, forgiveness, confession, and finding the bliss and joy in an authentic relationship with G-d. 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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LIVE Childrens' Program with Rabbi YY: Let's Make This Year Awesome!

Nov 17, 2024

2:03:42

Featured Lectures: Amazing & Inspiring Kids Program with Stories, Science, Davening, Learning, and Live Q & A with Rabbi YY. Ask any question here or text or Whatsapp (718) 977-5279.

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Maybe Our Generation Has Deeper Resilience than We imagine?

Dec 16, 2024

2:07:23

Featured Lectures:

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Yud Shevat Farbrengen

Feb 8, 2025

4:45:15

Featured Lectures: Yud Shevat Farbrengen with Rabbi YY Jacobson Motzei Shabbos, February 8th, 20 Forshay Rd, Upstairs. Hot food will be served Livestream will begin at 9:00 PM

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Tuesday Women's Class - Like Clay in the Hand of the Potter - Women's Yom Kippur Class

Sep 19, 2023

1:19:31

A Seven-Step Program Toward Finding Serenity & Purpose - Weekly Women's Class: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Haazinu, 4 Tishrei, 5784, September 19, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9098

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The Healing Recipe for Our Generation -- to Disentangle Our Coping Mechanisms from Our True Identity - Chukas Women's Class

Jul 9, 2024

1:39:04

Find Your Pristine, Unblended, Red Cow, And You Will See What a Beautiful Person You Are - Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 3 Tamuz, 5784, Parshas Chukas, July 9, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9379

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Let's Stop Bashing Self-Love - Women's Balak/Pinchas Class

Jul 16, 2024

1:32:21

The Cult of Peor: Why Would Anyone Worship Excrement? - Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 10 Tamuz, 5784, Parshas Balak, July 16, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9386

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The Five Calamities of 17 Tammuz: Five Symptoms of Trauma - 17 Tamuz/3 Weeks Women’s Class

Jul 23, 2024

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Has Your Innocence Been Broken? Do You Lack Consistency? Have Your Boundaries Been Compromised? Did You Lose Your Blueprint? Did Someone Desecrate Your Holiest Space? - Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 17 Tamuz, 5784, Parshas Pinchas, July 23, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. The Mishnah (Taanis 4:6) relates: Five Things Happened to our ancestors on the 17th of Tammuz: 1) The tablets were broken. 2) The daily continuous offerings in the Temple ceased. 3) The city walls were breached. 4) Apustumus burned the Torah. 5) A graven image idol was placed in the Sanctuary by King Menashe. What do these five calamities represent in the inner psyche of a human being?View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9391

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Vanquishing the Ghosts of Gilad: Confronting Our Family Secrets - Women's Matos/Three Weeks Class/Vayeitzei/Vayeishev

Jul 30, 2024

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Why Is the End of Bamidbar So Anticlimactic? The Epic Mystery and Pain of Gilad - Weekly Women's Class: This lecture is primarily based on a class by Rabbi David Fohrman:https://www.alephbeta.org/playlist/gilead-significance-in-the-bible This class was presented on Tuesday, 24 Tamuz, 5784, Parshas Matos-Masei, July 30, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9400

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Is the Chick Stuck in the Egg? How We Relate to the Darkness in Our Lives - Women's Three Weeks/Tisha B'Av Class

Aug 6, 2024

1:22:50

The Debate between the Sages of Athens and Reb Yehoshua on Eggs, Goats, Cheese, Salt, Mules, Knives, and Donkeys - Weekly Women's Class: This women's class was presented on Tuesday, 2 Av, 5784, Parshas Devarim, August 6, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. The Talmud (Bechoros 8b) recounts the tale of a fascinating confrontation that occurred between the ‘Wise Men of Athens’ and the great sage of Israel, Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya. Athens was known in the ancient world as the seat of wisdom and philosophy, and its philosophers saw themselves as the deepest and wisest thinkers of the time. Amongst the sages of Israel, Rabbi Yehoshua stood out as the sharpest and most quick-witted, able to best anyone in an argument. Rabbi Yehoshua was a remarkable man. Although a fearsome debater and a brilliant scholar, to earn a livelihood he would sell charcoal. He was also a Levite who played music in the Second Temple and witnessed its devastating destruction. In the following decades, from the darkest times in all of our history, Rabbi Joshua served as the most prominent spokesman for Judaism and the Jewish people. So when the Roman Caesar demanded to test who was wiser, the Jews or the Greeks, Rabbi Yehoshua was the unanimous choice for representing the Torah of Israel. Sixty sages of Athens challenged the Jewish sage and the battle of wits began. The Talmud records the dialogue between these sages, back and forth, all in the form of a cryptic exchange of riddles. The Wise Men of Athens would challenge Rabbi Yehoshua, and without fail Rabbi Yehoshua would respond with an answer, usually in the form of a counter-question. Part of this historic exchange went like this: The Sages of Athens asked: ‘If a chick dies while in the egg, before the egg is hatched and it is sealed from all sides, from where does its soul escape?’ Rabbi Yehoshua replied: ‘The soul departs through the same place it entered.’ They asked him, ‘When salt gets spoilt, what do we use to preserve it?’ His response: ‘We use the afterbirth of a mule.’ ‘But do mules have afterbirth?’ they asked. [A mule cannot give birth.] ‘Does salt spoil?’ he retorted. Each one of these dialogues—and there were many of them—begs explanation. What do these bizarre questions really mean, and what lies behind the sharp answers? What wisdom is being displayed here? Here is one more, equally strange. The Sages of Athens showed Rabbi Yehoshua two eggs, and asked him, ‘Which of these eggs came from a white hen and which from a black hen?’ Rabbi Yehoshua presented before them two pieces of cheese and asked, ‘Which of these cheeses is from the milk of a white goat, and which from the milk of a black goat?’ And it was this response that finally silenced the Athenians. They conceded defeat. But why? What were they asking, and how were they answered? They came with eggs, he responded with cheese. What’s going on here? This class will explore the symbolism behind this exchange, showing the Jewish response to darkness, pain, suffering, and a long and better exile.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9406

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Searching for Your Heart? Head back to Where You First Lost It - Women's Elul Class/Likkutei Torah Ani Ledodi

Sep 17, 2024

1:27:19

How to Show Up to Life with Joyful Presence: The Alter Rebbe's Manual - Weekly Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, 14 Elul, 5784, Parshas Ki Savo, September 17, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9433

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