Weekly Women's Class by Rabbi YY Jacobson

151

A Tale of Two Loves: Amnon and Tamar Vs. David and Yehonasan

May 20, 2022

1:45:56

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bechukosai, 23 Iyar, 5782, May 24, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. King David—whose yartzeit is on Shavuos—remains 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.

152

In G-d’s Ecosystem, We Are All Givers and Takers

May 12, 2022

1:25:02

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Behar, 16 Iyar, 5782, May 17, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

153

Why Do We Make Blessings on Food? To Redefine Who We Are

May 6, 2022

1:13:51

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Emor, 9 Iyar, 5782, May 10, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. This class is based on an address delivered by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, on Shabbos Parshas Yisro, 22 Shevat, 5740, February 9, 1980; and on Tuesday Parshas Shlach, 19 Sivan, 5747, June 16, 1987. This second address was presented to the graduating class of Beth Rivkah girl's school, and to the counselors of the girls camp, Camp Emunah. 

154

The Sickle and the Ax

Apr 27, 2022

1:27:36

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Kedoshim, 2 Iyar, 5782, May 3, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

155

The 3 Names of Pesach Reflect the 3 Steps to Freedom

Mar 31, 2022

1:29:12

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Metzora, 4 Nisan, 5782, April 5, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

156

Elisha, Naaman the Leper, & an Abducted Jewish Girl

Mar 23, 2022

1:42:10

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.

157

Eulogy for Rav Chaim Kanievsky: The Power of Torah

Mar 14, 2022

1:36:02

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Shmini, 19 Adar II, 5782, March 22, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. The class was dedicated to the recent passing of HaGaon Reb Chaim Kanievsky (1928-2022), on Friday, Shushan Purim, 5782, March 18, 2022, at his home in Bnei Brak, at the age of 94. The funeral on Sunday brought together some 750,000 mourners from all over the Holy Land.

158

Do We Really Want People to Lose Their Minds on Purim!?

Mar 9, 2022

1:37:12

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class on Purim was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tzav, 12 Adar II, 5782, March 15, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

159

Can You See Your Life as a Symphony?

Mar 2, 2022

1:18:24

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Vayikra, 5 Adar II, 5782, March 8, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

160

The Soul & History of Ukrainian Jewry; Our Calling Today

Feb 23, 2022

1:24:34

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.

161

The Debate Between Mordechai & Esther: Do We Include All Jews?

Feb 9, 2022

1:45:20

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Ki Sisa, Purim Katan, 14 Adar I, 5782, February 15, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

162

Don’t Amputate Any Part of Your Self

Feb 2, 2022

1:34:35

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tetzaveh, 7 Adar I, 5782, February 8, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

163

Even In Darkness, We Soar On the Wings of Eternity

Jan 26, 2022

1:19:17

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Terumah, 30 Shevat, Rosh Chodesh Adar I, 5782, February 1, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

164

It’s Not the Trauma or the Sin; It’s the Shame that Destroys

Jan 19, 2022

1:38:29

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Mishpatim, 23 Shevat, 5782, January 25, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

165

Yisro Vs. Moshe: Judaism Without Elitism

Jan 12, 2022

1:21:45

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class by Rabbi YY Jacobson was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Yisro, 16 Shevat, 5782, January 18, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

166

Four Responses to Trauma: Resignation, Disconnect, War, and Paralysis.

Jan 5, 2022

1:34:40

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Beshalach, 9 Shevat, 5782, January 11, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

167

Do I Have Free Choice? It Depends

Dec 29, 2021

1:47:45

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bo, 2 Shevat, 5782, January 4, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. It explores how free choice works, and do we really even have it?

168

Chaim Walder & the Cover-Ups in Our Communities

Dec 23, 2021

1:21:37

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vaera, 24 Teves, 5782, December 28, 2021, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. The class explores an incredible discourse by the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the author of the Tanya, on how at the end of history before the coming of Moshiach, the most acute crass and filth mixed into the "wine" and the "silver" gets exposed, hence allowing the soul of Israel to shite in its pristine goodness and glory. The class explores the cover-up of child abusers in our communities for decades, claiming so many untold victims. This is the age of healing and transformation, which includes exposing the evil and putting an end to a culture of lies and cover-ups. Truth prevails.

169

He’s Not Defiant; He’s Just Thirsty. Don’t Blame; Just Be Curious

Dec 16, 2021

1:08:15

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Shemos, 17 Teves, 5782, December 21, 2021, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

170

The 10th of Teves: The Day That Changed Jewish History

Dec 11, 2021

1:06:08

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayechi, 10 Teves, 5782, December 14, 2021, at his home in Monsey, NY.

171

What Yosef Taught His Brothers About Guilt & Anguish

Dec 3, 2021

1:48:28

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayigash, 3 Teves, 5782, December 7, 2021, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

172

To See the Hidden Light

Nov 26, 2021

1:18:44

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Miketz, 26 Kislev, 5782, November 30, 2021, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

173

The Oak of Grief: The Untold Story of Rivkah’s Wet Nurse

Nov 11, 2021

1:40:39

Weekly Women's Class: She is one of the most anonymous figures in the Torah, yet the Torah dedicates space in Vayishlach to discuss her death, burial, and the tears following her passing. This is Rivkah's wet nurse, Devorah. But who was she? Why is she important to our story? Why did everyone grieve her death? As it turns out, she shaped the future of the Jewish people and the destiny of history. According to the sages, Devorah the prophetess led and taught the Jewish people at her burial plot, and she was also a reincarnation of Tamar. All of these details come together to create one of the most remarkable reflections on the timeless role of the Jewish woman in history, from then to this very day. Rabbi YY Jacobson unravels the mystery of one of the most anonymous figures in the Torah, Rivkah's wet nurse, Devorah, bringing to life a narrative of profound emotion, courage, resilience, and faith, still carried on by our mothers and daughters. This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayishlach, 12 Kislev, 5782, November 16, 2021, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

174

Sometimes, We Hate that Which We Need Most

Nov 5, 2021

1:41:18

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayetzei, 5 Kislev, 5782, November 9, 2021, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

175

Why Did Christianity Turn a Jew into a Deity?

Oct 28, 2021

1:28:12

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Toldos, 27 Cheshvan, 5782, November 2, 2021, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. The class explores a fascinating commentary by the Italian Rabbi, Doctor and Kabalist, Reb Moshe David Vali (1697-1777) how Yitzchak's words to Eisav "you shall worship your brother" intimates the future religion of Christianity, choosing a Jew as the son of G-d, and is a sign for the times of Moshiach when the Divinity of each Jew will emerge in its full splendor.  The class discusses and explained the very delicate topic of the strange fact that Judaism attributes the name of G-d to certain human beings. How can we explain this? And what does this teach us about our lives today?

176

The Abraham Accords: A Biblical Perspective

Oct 21, 2021

1:34:12

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Chayei Sarah, 20 Cheshvan, 5782, October 26, 2021, live at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

177

How to Be a Host

Oct 15, 2021

1:11:41

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayera, 13 Cheshvan, 5782, October 19, 2021, live at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

178

The Teshuvah of Our Generation

Sep 5, 2021

1:18:31

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Ha'azinu, 8 Tishrei, 5781, September 14, 2021, live at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

179

How Can Davening Change Hashem’s Will?

Aug 29, 2021

1:18:02

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Nitzavim, 23 Elul, 5781, August 31, 2021, live at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

180

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.

181

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

Aug 12, 2021

1:03:43

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

182

Does Hashem Hate Us?

Jul 9, 2021

1:33:26

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Devarim, 4 Av, 5781, July 13, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

183

How Do I Become Aware of My Self-Sabotage?

Jul 4, 2021

1:13:34

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Matos-Maasei, 26 Tammuz, 5781, July 6, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

184

When the Lubavitcher Rebbe Spoke about Not Giving up on Souls Buried in Rubble

Jun 27, 2021

1:34:25

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Pinchas, 19 Tammuz, 5781, June 29, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY. It happened 88 years ago, in 1932. The Lubavitcher Rebbe came from Berlin to Riga to spend Sukkos with his father-in-law, the sixth Chabad Rebbe. On Chol Hamoed, the Rebbe farbrenged all night in the Sukkah of the yeshiva. But nobody ever had a record of the words. After the Rebbe's passing in 1994, his personal journals were discovered and published as the "Reshimos." There they found the Rebbe’s transcript of that 1932 address, a major part of it dealing with the Torah laws about searching for people trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building. As the Mishna states (Yuma 83a), we never give up hope and never stop searching for anyone who might be alive. The Rebbe spent a few hours analyzing all the details of this halacha (which will be studied in the Daf Yomi this week), and then explaining it from an emotional and spiritual perspective, applying these laws to people living in a chaotic N What does it mean that a person is emotionally trapped under a collapsed building? How do we extract them? Do we ever give up? What are the signs of life we are looking for? Was the rebbe perhaps also addressing what would become his mission following the greatest catastrophe in Jewish history?

185

The Dream Shall Never Die

Jun 4, 2021

1:20:36

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Korach, 28 Sivan, 5781, June 8, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

186

If You Believe You Can't, You Really Can't

May 31, 2021

1:04:55

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Shlach, 21 Sivan, 5781, June 1, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY. How do we understand Moshe's strange argument to Hashem: Don’t kill Your children because of what the neighbors will say?!  And why didn’t repentance work after the story of the spies?  The class is based on Sefas Emes and a talk by the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Perhaps G-d was not punishing the Jews, only help them confront their reality.

187

Cuddled in My Mother's Arms

May 19, 2021

1:03:05

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Behaaloscha, 14 Sivan, 5781, May 25, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

188

7 Teachings of the Baal Shem Tov

May 6, 2021

1:46:27

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bamidbar, 29 Iyar, 5781, May 11, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

189

Where Was G-d in Meron?

Apr 28, 2021

2:02:31

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Behar-Bechukosai, 22 Iyar, 5781, May 4, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

190

Getting Divorced? Throw a Party

Apr 22, 2021

1:49:27

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Emor, 15 Iyar, 5781, April 27, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

191

Stop Calling (a Part of) Yourself Evil

Apr 8, 2021

1:32:38

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tazria/Metzorah, 1 Iyar, 5781, April 13, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

192

Why Are We So Anxious by the Seder (And How to Repair It)

Mar 17, 2021

1:23:47

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tzav, 10 Nisan, 5781, March 23, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

193

Four Pillars of Education

Mar 3, 2021

1:06:54

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayakhel/Pekudei, 25 Adar, 5781, March 9, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

194

Nothing More Whole Than a Broken Heart: Why Moshe Broke the Tablets

Feb 25, 2021

1:20:05

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Ki Sisa, 18 Adar, 5781, March 2, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

195

What We Do for Love

Feb 17, 2021

1:23:38

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class will be presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tetzaveh, 11 Adar, 5781, February 23, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

196

You Can Find G-d In Every Desire

Feb 2, 2021

1:17:38

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Terumah, 4 Adar, 5781, February 16, 2021, live from Rabbi YY Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

197

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.

198

Bread of Ignorance

Jan 19, 2021

1:34:47

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Beshalach, 13 Shevat, 5781, January 26, 2021, live from Rabbi Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

199

To Live With the Divine Is to Live in the Now

Jan 12, 2021

1:19:13

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bo, 6 Shevat, 5781, January 19, 2021, live from Rabbi Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

200

If You'd Only Know Who You Are

Jan 6, 2021

1:48:21

Weekly Women's Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vaera, 28 Tevet, 5781, January 12, 2021, live from Rabbi Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY.

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