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Chassidus Morning Class by Rabbi YY Jacobson
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Ongoing classes in the texts of the Baal HaTanya, and other Chassidic masters, exploring the inner soul of Judaism and its spiritual/emotional lessons.
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Quantum Physics and Chassidus -- Why Paradox Makes So Much More Sense
Jan 2, 202501:35:58Tap to summarizeChassidus Morning Class: This class, on the Maamar Rani V'simchi in Torah Or Miketz/Chanukah was presented on Thursday, 2 Teves, Zos Chanukah, 5785, January 2, 2025, Parshas Vayigash, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. This discourse explains the three names we are given in Tanach—daughters, sisters, and spouses of G-d. It explores the essential fabric of reality as a state of infinite oneness and wholeness because even the creation and the Providence in all of existence do not alter the state of oneness and perfection of everything as is. To live authentically is to hold space for the duality of reality, as the ultimate perfection and as a broken world we need to repair and heal. Creation is defined as a word, the Divine word. This captures the nature of reality as Divine energy, which can be “plagiarized” as our own, detaching it from the Divine source. Like the wave that takes credit for itself, but when it crashes, it loses all, unless it understands that it is all part of the ocean. But each word first exists as a thought, as an emotion, as an idea, as part of the subconscious. The same is true with the world: even while it is a word, it can still be experienced as a thought, as an emotion, as awareness, and as part of the infinite wholeness of Hashem. How do we reconcile traditional physics with quantum physics? It is all based on the prism through which we perceive reality, from the “word” to the divine infinite source. The class explores the ancient argument among philosophers if G-d is capable of doing illogical things; is He defined by logic at all, or not? How modern physics demonstrates the truths articulated in Kabbalah and Chassidus. We discuss how Divine oneness is ultimately about experience, but the education of it allows us to go to experience, just like Google Maps can’t get you to Miami, but it can show you the way and encourage you when you get stuck in traffic.
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Why Are Some Rabbis, Therapists, Scientists and Doctors Humble, While Others are Arrogant?
Dec 30, 202401:38:59Tap to summarizeChassidus Morning Class: This class, the second and final class on the Maamar Mei Chanukah 5731, was presented on Monday, 29 Kislev, the fifth day of Chanukah, 5785, December 30, 2024, Parshas Vayigash, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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If I Do Not Deal with My Nervous System and Animal Soul I will Never Be Able to EMBODY the Infinite Love
Dec 16, 202401:35:43Tap to summarizeChassidus Morning Class: This class, the final one on the discourse Lehavin Inyan Ha'Brachos, was presented on Monday, 15 Kislev, 5785, December 16, 2024, Parshas Vayeshev, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. We need to embody the love within our body and animal soul. That is not a distraction of infinity; it is the purpose of creation.
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The Entire Process of Individuation is to Bring Us Back to Oneness
Dec 13, 202401:28:06Tap to summarizeChassidus Morning Class: This class was presented on Friday, 13 Kislev, 5785, December 14, 2024, Parshas Vayishlach, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Toward a Blissful Marriage: Don’t Expect Your Spouse to Fill Your Inner Void
Dec 5, 202401:19:40Tap to summarizeChassidus Morning Class: This class, the fourth of a series on the Maamar "Lehavin Inyan Ha'Brachos" (Torah Or Bereishis), was presented on Thursday, 4 Kislev, 5784, December 5, 2024, Parshas Vayeitzei, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Do Victims of Trauma Hold the Ability to Choose?
Dec 2, 202401:46:35Tap to summarizeChassidus Morning Class: This class, the third of a series on the Maamar "Lehavin Inyan Ha'Brachos" (Torah Or Bereishis), was presented on Monday, 1 Kislev, 5784, December 2, 2024, Parshas Vayeitzei, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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When Your Heart Is Open, Make Sure You Have Good Boundaries
Nov 28, 202401:41:29Tap to summarizeChassidus Morning Class: This class, the second of a series on the Maamar "Lehavin Inyan Ha'Brachos" (Torah Or Bereishis), was presented on Thursday, 27 Cheshvan, 5784, November 28, 2024, Parshas Toldos, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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When G-d Is Reduced to an Idea, We Become Numb to Life: Why Idolatry Was So Tempting
Nov 25, 202401:31:25Tap to summarizeChassidus Morning Class: This text-based class, the first on a discourse by the Alter Rebbe, Lehavin Einyan Ha’Brachos, Torah Or Bereishis,was presented on Monday, 24 Cheshvan, 5784, November 25, 2024, Parshas Toldos, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. The class explores why the sages instituted blessings during the Second Temple era. For the first millennia of Jewish history, we did not recite all the berachos/blessings. But when Hashem’s reality became a concept rather than an intuitive reality, the sages introduced blessings.
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To Be a Mouthpiece for Hashem -- The Secret of Shmini Atzeres/Simchas Torah:
Oct 16, 2024Tap to summarizeChassidus Morning Class: This class, the fourth and final class on a discourse by the Alter Rebbe, Likkutei Torah Bayom Hashmini, was presented on Wednesday, 14 Tishrei, 5784, October 16, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Can You Sit in the Sukkah, Fully Present, and Feel the Love?
Oct 14, 2024Tap to summarizeChassidus Morning Class: This class, the third text-based class on the discourse by the Alter Rebbe, Likkutei Torah Bayom Hashmini, was presented on Monday, 12 Tishrei, 5784, October 14, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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