This class was presented on Thursday, 6 Av, 5785, July 31, 2025, Parshas Devarim, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

This is the seventh and final class in a series of text-based classes on the Maamar (discourse) of the Alter Rebbe, Al Ken Yomru Hamoshlim, in Likkutei Torah Parshas Chukas, presented by Rabbi Schnuer Zalman of Liadi on Shabbos, Parshas Chukas-Balak, 12 Tamuz, 5567 (1807).

This class was presented on Wednesday, 5 Av, 5785, July 30, 2025, Parshas Devarim, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

This is the sixth class in a series of text-based classes on the Maamar (discourse) of the Alter Rebbe, Al Ken Yomru Hamoshlim, in Likkutei Torah Parshas Chukas, presented by Rabbi Schnuer Zalman of Liadi on Shabbos, Parshas Chukas-Balak, 12 Tamuz, 5567 (1807).

This class was presented on Tuesday, 4 Av, 5785, July 29, 2025, Parshas Devarim, at a new location, The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.

The class tells the incredible story of Unkelus, who raised three people from the grave: Titus, Balaam, and Yeshu. What the Maharal and Reb Tzadok explain about the core of the Jewish soul, and how we must never confuse our blockages with our essence.

We explain the downfall of Yeshu and Shabti Tzvi, and the incredible story of the false Messiah coming to the Baal Shem Tov for spiritual healing. 

We discuss how to view our struggling children and students who may be engulfed in confusion and pain.

This class was presented on Thursday, 28 Tammuz, 5785, July 24, 2025, Parshas Matos-Masei, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

This is the fifth class in a series of text-based classes on the Maamar (discourse) of the Alter Rebbe, Al Ken Yomru Hamoshlim, in Likkutei Torah Parshas Chukas, presented by Rabbi Schnuer Zalman of Liadi on Shabbos, Parshas Chukas-Balak, 12 Tamuz, 5567 (1807).

This class was presented on Tuesday, 26 Tammuz, 5785, July 22, 2025, Parshas Matos-Masei, at a new location, The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.

This class was presented on Friday, 15 Tammuz, 5785, July 11, 2025, Parshas Balak, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

This is the fourth class in a series of text-based classes on the Maamar (discourse) of the Alter Rebbe, Al Ken Yomru Hamoshlim, in Likkutei Torah Parshas Chukas, presented by Rabbi Schnuer Zalman of Liadi on Shabbos, Parshas Chukas-Balak, 12 Tamuz, 5567 (1807).

This class was presented on Thursday, 14 Tammuz, 5785, July 10, 2025, Parshas Balak, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

This is the third class in a series of text-based classes on the Maamar (discourse) of the Alter Rebbe, Al Ken Yomru Hamoshlim, in Likkutei Torah Parshas Chukas, presented by Rabbi Schnuer Zalma of Liadi on Shabbos, Parshas Chukas-Balak, 12 Tamuz, 5567 (1807).

This class was presented on Tuesday, 12 Tammuz, 5785, July 8, 2025, Parshas Balak, at a new location, The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.

Chavie Bruk interviewed Rabbi YY Jacobson on her podcast, “Totally Unexpected,” 3 Tamuz, 5785, June 29, 2025.

Chavie begins the conversation by asking Rabbi YY how he manages his output of classes and public appearances while balancing personal responsibilities. Rabbi YY shares that although he has always maintained a heavy workload, he eventually realized that constantly jumping from one thing to the next can be a distraction.

He shares a personal anecdote from when he was teaching a class to teenagers, and his own teenage children found it amusing that their father would have any relevant advice for teens. That was one of the catalysts for embarking on his own journey of self-discovery and reshaping his approach to teaching. Chavie and Rabbi YY discuss the importance of practicing an embodied Judaism and recognizing when ego or the self takes control of the task at hand.

Rabbi YY describes what it was like to memorize six to seven hours of the Rebbe’s lectures every week as a young student, and how that continues to impact him more than thirty years later. Chavie brings up how the concept of Moshiach can sometimes feel elusive. Rabbi YY offers that today, we can taste what it feels like to live in a Messianic era by letting go of the things we cannot control—the frequencies of ego, fear, insecurity, feeling overwhelmed or disassociated—and recognizing that we have the ability to touch coherence and oneness, which is the frequency of trust, surrender, faith, and love.

These are the higher frequencies of redemption, which are not pulled down by the gravity the earthiness, the frequency of guilt and shame.

This class was presented on Monday, 11 Tammuz, 5785, July 7, 2025, Parshas Balak, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

This is the second class in a series of text-based classes on the Maamar (discourse) of the Alter Rebbe, Al Ken Yomru Hamoshlim, in Likkutei Torah Parshas Chukas, presented by Rabbi Schnuer Zalma of Liadi on Shabbos, Parshas Chukas-Balak, 12 Tamuz, 5567 (1807).