Weekly Women's Class by Rabbi YY Jacobson

251

How Do I Become Aware of My Self-Sabotage?

Jul 6, 2021

1:13:34

Women's Class/Sfas Emes Matos: 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.

252

Does Hashem Hate Us?

Jul 13, 2021

1:33:26

Parshas Devarim/Tisha B'Av 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.

253

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.

254

My Light, My Salvation, and My Strength

Aug 24, 2021

1:12:01

Elul 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.

255

How Can Davening Change Hashems Will?

Aug 31, 2021

1:18:02

Rosh Hashanah 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.

256

The Teshuvah of Our Generation

Sep 14, 2021

1:18:31

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

257

How to Be a Host

Oct 19, 2021

1:11:41

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

258

The Abraham Accords: A Biblical Perspective

Oct 26, 2021

1:34:12

Chayei Sarah 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.

259

Why Did Christianity Turn a Jew into a Deity?

Nov 2, 2021

1:28:12

Women's Toldos Class: This weekly women's class waspresented 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?

260

Sometimes, We Hate that Which We Need Most

Nov 9, 2021

1:41:18

Vayetzei 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.

261

The Oak of Grief: The Untold Story of Rivkahs Wet Nurse

Nov 16, 2021

1:40:39

Women's Vayishlach 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 ather 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 mostanonymous 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.

262

To See the Hidden Light

Nov 30, 2021

1:18:44

Women's Chanukah 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.

263

What Yosef Taught His Brothers About Guilt & Anguish

Dec 7, 2021

1:48:28

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

264

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

Dec 14, 2021

1:06:08

Womens Asarah BTeves class: This weekly women's class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayechi, 10 Teves, 5782, December 14, 2021, at his home in Monsey, NY.

265

Hes Not Defiant; Hes Just Thirsty. Dont Blame; Just Be Curious

Dec 21, 2021

1:08:15

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

266

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.

267

Do I Have Free Choice? It Depends

Jan 4, 2022

1:47:45

Women's Bo 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.

268

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

Jan 11, 2022

1:34:40

Women's Beshalach 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.

269

Yisro Vs. Moshe: Judaism Without Elitism

Jan 18, 2022

1:21:45

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

270

Its Not the Trauma or the Sin; Its the Shame that Destroys

Jan 25, 2022

1:38:29

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

271

Even In Darkness, We Soar On the Wings of Eternity

Feb 1, 2022

1:19:17

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

272

Dont Amputate Any Part of Your Self

Feb 8, 2022

1:34:35

Women's Tetzaveh 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.

273

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

Feb 15, 2022

1:45:20

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

274

The Soul & History of Ukrainian Jewry; Our Calling Today

Mar 1, 2022

1:24:34

Women's Pekudei Class: This weekly women's class waspresented on TuesdayParshas Pekudei,28 Adar I, 5782, March 1, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

275

Can You See Your Life as a Symphony?

Mar 8, 2022

1:18:24

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.

276

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

Mar 15, 2022

1:37:12

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

277

Eulogy for Rav Chaim Kanievsky: The Power of Torah

Mar 22, 2022

1:36:02

Shmini Women's Class: This weekly women's class waspresented 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.

278

Elisha, Naaman the Leper, & an Abducted Jewish Girl

Mar 29, 2022

1:42:10

Tazria 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.

279

The 3 Names of Pesach Reflect the 3 Steps to Freedom

Apr 5, 2022

1:29:12

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

280

The Sickle and the Ax

May 3, 2022

1:27:36

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

281

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

May 10, 2022

1:13:51

Women's Emor Class: This weekly women's class waspresented 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 thegirls camp, Camp Emunah.

282

In G-ds Ecosystem, We Are All Givers and Takers

May 17, 2022

1:25:02

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

283

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

May 24, 2022

1:45:56

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.

284

You Are the King

May 31, 2022

1:17:55

Women's Shavous Class: This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bamidbar,1 Sivan, 5782, May 31, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

285

If Her Father Spat in Her Face: Miriam and Her Parents

Jun 14, 2022

1:30:15

Women's Behaaloscha Class: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Behaaloscha, 15Sivan, 5782, June 14, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

286

What Most People Dont Get About Trauma

Jun 21, 2022

1:15:10

Women's Shlach Class: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Shlach, 22Sivan, 5782, June 21, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

287

The Symphony of Nature: The Rock Gets It; Why Don't I?

Jul 5, 2022

1:24:32

Women's Chukas Class: This class waspresented on TuesdayParshas Chukas, 6 Tammuz, 5782, July 5, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

288

The Day of the Breaking of the Ax

Aug 9, 2022

1:26:35

Women's 15 Av Class: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Va'eschanan, 12 Av, 5782, August 9, 2022, at 18 Forshay, Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

289

The Mind Once Enlightened Cannot Become Dark

Aug 16, 2022

1:29:17

Women's Eikev Class: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Eikev, 19 Av, 5782, August 16, 2022, at 18 Forshay, Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. Why do the Broken Tablets remain such a great source of inspiration to the point that we took them to war? Why did Moshe feel the need to break the tablets? Why do we compare the death of the Tzaddik to the breaking of the tablets? Why the restlessness so many of us possess? Come on a journey into the types of relationships that redefine you at your core, because they are engraved in your soul. Once I taste infinity, once I see truth, there is no going back. This class is based on an address presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on 20 Av, 5732, July 31, 1972.

290

Searching for the Donkeys: Five Qualities of Jewish Leadership

Aug 30, 2022

1:25:52

Women's Shoftim Class: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Shoftim, 3 Elul, 5782, August 30, 2022, at 18 Forshay, Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

291

IFS and Judaism

Sep 13, 2022

1:23:56

Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur Women's Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Ki Savo, 17 Elul, 5782, September 13, 2022, at 18 Forshay, Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

292

How Can You Despair on a Life That Is Not Yours?

Sep 6, 2022

1:08:36

Womens Ki Seitzei/Elul Class: This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Ki Seitzei, 10 Elul, 5782, September 6, 2022, at 18 Forshay, Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

293

Can Anxiety Become My Friend?

Oct 25, 2022

28:35

Women's Noach Class: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Noach, 30 Tishrei, 5783, October 25, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

294

The Keyword of the Akeida: "My Father"

Nov 8, 2022

1:32:23

Women's Vayeira Class: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayeira, 14Cheshvan, 5783, November 8, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

295

Why Wasnt Yitzchak Angry With Rivkah? The Path to Inner Peace

Nov 22, 2022

1:26:35

Women's Sefas Emes/Toldos Class: This class waspresented on Tuesday Parshas Toldos, 28 Cheshvan, 5783, November 22, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

296

Can You Make Space for My Struggle? Why Yaakov Had to Marry Leah

Nov 29, 2022

1:31:41

Women's Vayetzei Class: This class waspresented on TuesdayParshas 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 Jacobs 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. Lets assume for a moment Jacob was wrong in taking the blessingshow 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 brothers heel? And why do we define Eisav as wicked when he was already struggling in his mothers womb, completely beyond his choice? We discover how Judaism views the struggles and traumas we need to contend with.

297

Chamor & Yaakov: The Donkey and the Ox

Dec 6, 2022

1:36:21

Women's Class Vayishlach: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayishlach, 12 Kislev, 5783, December 6, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

298

How Did Yaakov Manage to Keep All His Children on the Path?

Jan 3, 2023

1:54:55

Women's Class Parsha Vayechi: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayechi, 10 Teves, 5783, January 3, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

299

Why the Need to Lie to Pharaoh?

Jan 17, 2023

1:13:01

Women's Class Va'eira: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Va'eira, 24 Teves, 5783, January 17, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

300

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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