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The life you planned vs. the life G-d has planned for you: Why surrendering control may be the beginning of your greatest freedom, deepest love, and truest self.

This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on 9 Cheshvan, 5787, October 20, 2026.

We tell the story of the plumber who entered a cockpit and saved an airplane, the story of Pharaoh’s daughter who stretched out her arm to reach the unreachable, and a captive in Gaza who prays for rain, and it saves his life.

THE CHOICE IN TIME THAT FULFILLS THE DREAM BEYOND TIME: Before there was time, space, or existence, G-d dreamed of one moment, the moment you would turn toward Him.

This class is the third in a series on the Maamar Mayim Rabim, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Motzei Shabbos Parshas Noach, 3 Cheshvan, 5738, October 15, 1977, in his room.

This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Monday, 8 Cheshvan, 5787, October 19, 2026, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

The flood within you may not be trying to erase your soul. Beneath the anxiety, shame, brokenness, and overwhelm may lie an intensity of light that once exceeded your vessels. Your deepest work is not to destroy that energy, but to build the vessels that can finally receive its love.

This class is the second in a series on the Maamar Mayim Rabim, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Motzei Shabbos Parshas Noach, 3 Cheshvan, 5738, October 15, 1977, in his room.

This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Thursday, Parshas Noach, 4 Cheshvan, 5787, October 15, 2026, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

Rabbi YY Jacobson addressed older singles in the United Kingdom on the pain, challenge, and opportunity of being single.  

Ohel Sarah and Bonei Olam UK arranged the lecture, followed by Q and A, on Wednesday, 3 Cheshvan, 5787, October 14, 2026.

This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on 2 Cheshvan, 5787, October 13, 2026

This class is the first in a series on the Maamar Mayim Rabim, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Motzei Shabos Parshas Noach, 3 Cheshvan, 5738, October 15, 1977, in his room. Presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on 1 Cheshvan, 5787, October 12, 2026, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

Do not use your violin as a doorstep, and your telescope as a soup mixer.

This class, presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bereishis, 25 Tishrei, 5787, Oct. 6, 2026. explores the extraordinary, miraculous story of the FlyDubai flight, flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv, saved by the co-pilot who attempted to murder hundreds, maybe thousands. It speaks of twelve miracles that saved the day and caused a nation to erupt in praise and dance. 

The class tells the story of sibling rivalry throughout Bereishis, beginning with Kayin and Hevel, ending with Joseph and his brothers. It contrasts the stories of Adam and Eve and Kayin and Hevel, who avoid responsibility for genuine leadership, which assumes responsibility. It shows the difference between Kayin and Yosef, and how that inspired Moshe to go out to his brothers and stand up when "there was no man."

The class concludes with a lesson to each of us, even the simple ones, to have the courage to "storm the cockpit" and bring our plane home. There are moments when history asks a person a single question: Will you remain in your seat, or will you stand up and become the person this moment needs?

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi YY Jacobson, one of the foremost online teachers of Torah, about how each of us can experience redemptive consciousness by feeling Hashem's infinite love and presence in this moment.

In this episode we discuss: —Why has there been a shift in the way we approach publicly sharing Torah? —What is the nature of the Torah approach to vulnerability? —What are we trying to achieve with our own teshuva?

Tune in to hear a conversation about the pain of existing seemingly separately from the Divine.

Rabbi YY Jacobson is a Chabad rabbi, teacher, and scholar of Torah and Jewish mysticism. He is the founder and dean of TheYeshiva.net, where his classes reach thousands of students around the world. A sought-after speaker, Rabbi Jacobson draws on Torah, Chassidic thought, Kabbalah, and Jewish philosophy to explore contemporary questions of faith, spirituality, relationships, and Jewish life.

References: The Dance of Teshuva by David Ebner. Likkutei Torah. Ben Porat Yosef. The Trauma of Everyday Life by Mark Epstein M.D. To Live with an Open Heart: Tanya through the eyes of a Psychotherapist by Devorah Leah Nussbaum. Talmud Daily. Tzidkat HaTzadik.

This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on 11 Tishrei, 5787, September 22, 2026.

The joy of Sukkos cannot merely mean relief that the Yamim Noraim are over. Relief is valuable, but it is not the explosive simcha described by Torah and Chazal. Every night of Sukkos in the Beis Hamikdash, multitudes gathered in Jerusalem. Great sages danced and juggled flaming torches. Light flooded the city. Before dawn, a procession descended to the Shiloach spring, drew water, and carried it upward with shofar blasts. The water was poured on the mizbeach together with the morning offering. Was this joy only because Yom Kippur is over? That seems strange.

So what is the secret of this intense joy? The Mishnah says (Sukkah 51b), One who never witnessed Simchas Beis Hashoavah, the Sages declare, never witnessed joy in life. But why? And why say it in the negative? And also why be “stingy” with joy? Maybe a person did experience happiness in another setting or environment! How can anyone state that “if you did not come to my wedding, you never saw joy!” It seems very strange.

The class delves deeply into the secret of the schism of the water on day two of creation and how the joy of Sukkot heals the tension that has become part of the fabric of life. The class shows how the deepest gift we can bring into the sukkah is not perfection on the table; it is a living heart, present enough to channel joy, love, and the flow of Hashem.