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The Anatomy of Ecstasy: How Joy Was Reinvented at Simchas Beis Hashoavah 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. 
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 112%; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: #17324d; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">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. View Source Sheets: <a style="color: blue;" target="_blank" href="https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9995">https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9995</a>

The Anatomy of Ecstasy: How Joy Was Reinvented at Simchas Beis Hashoavah 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. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9995

The Anatomy of Ecstasy: How Joy Was Reinvented at Simchas Beis Hashoavah 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),&nbsp;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. View Source Sheets: <a href="https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9995" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9995</a>

Healing Your Sukkos Stress: We Want Your Heart More than Your Food - Women's Sukkos Class

Likkutei Torah Pinchas Tzav #1: Confronting the Mother of All Crises: When the Divine Becomes "Something"The Quantum Leap from Nothingness to Something-ness. This series was presented in Tamuz-Av 5777, July 2017, at Ohr Chaim, Monsey.

Confronting the Mother of All Crises: When the Divine Becomes "Something"

Likkutei Torah Pinchas Tzav #8: Likkutei Torah Pinchas Tzav #8.Does Judaism Believe in Romance?There Is No Love Outside of the Divine

Does Judaism Believe in Romance?

Likkutei Torah Pinchas Tzav #7: Likkutei Torah Pinchas Tzav #7.When You Discover that the ChocolateIs Plastic.How We Cultivate Divine Love

When You Discover that the Chocolate Is Plastic

Maamer Hashem Li Biozroi 5717 - Class 3

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Behar - Es Shabsoisai Tismoiru - Class 6:

Behar - Es Shabsoisai Tismoiru - Class 6

How the Rogatchover Discovered Quantum Mechanics in the World of Halacha This class was presented Sunday, Parshas Devarim, 29 Tamuz 5777, July 23, 2017. at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, New York. View Source Sheets: <a style="color: blue;" target="_blank" href="https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/5316">https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/5316</a>

How the Rogatchover Discovered Quantum Mechanics in the World of Halacha This class was presented Sunday, Parshas Devarim, 29 Tamuz 5777, July 23, 2017. at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, New York. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/5316

How the Rogatchover Discovered Quantum Mechanics in the World of Halacha This class was presented Sunday, Parshas Devarim, 29 Tamuz 5777, July 23, 2017. at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, New York. View Source Sheets: <a href="https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/5316" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/5316</a>

The Quantum Eraser, Free Choice, Real-Estate Sales,  and Moshiach - The 9 Days/Haftorah Behar

Sunday Devarim Class/The 9 Days: This class was presented Sunday 29 Tamuz 5777, July 23, 2017. at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, New York.

The Quantum Eraser, Free Choice, Real-Estate Sales,  and Moshiach

Gemarah Rosh Hashanah 28b: Understanding the Sin of Bal Tosif.When May You Add to A Mitzvah, When Not?

Understanding the Sin of Bal Tosif

Hashkafa/Chinuch: During a class with Rabbi YY Jacobson, in Tamuz 5777, July 2017, a man related that when he eight years of age, he asked a question in class about a redundancy in a Pasuk in Parshas Bo. His teacher mocked the question and for the next 8 years this question became the paradigm of a foolish comment. This boy never asked a question again in class.32 years later, this young man related this story. Here is Rabbi YY Jacobson's response.

Never Mock Your Children's Questions; Never Lie to Them

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