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By Rabbi YY JacobsonReligion & Spirituality Education Judaism

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December 20, 2013 Beauty Over Substance? Two Versions of Pharaoh's Dreams - Class Miketz
The Timeless Tension Between Two Phases in Joseph’s Life, Between the Greeks and the Jews

Beauty Over Substance?- What is superior—essence or projection? A subtle change of order in Pharaoh’s dreams teaches us about the timeless tension between two phases in Joseph’s life, and between the Greeks and the Jews

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53 min
December 18, 2013 Help Me. I Am Stuck - Likkutei Torah Chukas Maamar Veyekchu Eilecha

Likkutei Torah Chukas Maamar Veyekchu Eilecha

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58 min
December 08, 2013 Why Didn't Yaakov Trust Yosef? - Likkutei Sichos Vayechi
Why Did Yaakov Make Yosef Swear?

Likkutei Sichos -- Vayechi. Why Didn't Yaakov Trust Yosef? Why Did Yaakov Make Yosef Swear?
1 hr 4 min
December 02, 2013 Is Judaism Stifling or Liberating? - Class Pesach/Bo
Let freedom ring! But what does it mean to be free?

This class will travel into the world of some of Judaism’s greatest geniuses, Maimonides, Rabbi Yosef Rosen, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and see how they understood some of life’s deepest truths from textual halachic nuances.
What is freedom – is it merely the absence of slavery and oppression? What is rest – is it merely the termination of work? Maimonides says that the obligation to remember and recount the story of the Exodus on Passover is the same as the obligation to remember Shabbos. Why does he make this comparison? But how is ‘rest’ different than ‘refraining from work’? How is ‘freedom from slavery’ differ from active ‘freedom?’
Indeed, the Hebrew language offers us two words to describe liberty: Chofesh and Charus. The difference between them is dramatic: One is freedom defined by what we are not; the other is freedom defined by what we are.
The famous Rogachover Gaon, Rabbi Yosef Rosen, teaches an extraordinary and innovative law based on Maimonides: It is not enough to refrain from work on Shabbos, but one must actively engage in rest. This then is Maimonides’ point. It is not enough to be released from slavery, one must actively live ‘free.’

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49 min
December 01, 2013 How Flattery Destroyed a People - Class Vayeilech
The last Judean-Roman king, Agrippa, read the Torah during "Hakhel" and wept, but the Jews assured him that he was their brother. According to the Rabbis, this spelled their end.

How Flattery Destroyed a People. The last Judean-Roman king, Agrippa, read the Torah during "Hakhel" and wept, but the Jews assured him that he was their brother. According to the Rabbis, this spelled their end.

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1 hr 4 min
November 29, 2013 G-d's Arrows - Class Vaeira
During the Exodus from Egypt the energy of Moshiach was unleashed; There is No Turning Back. An In-Depth Talmudic Analysis

G-d's Arrows-During the Exodus from Egypt the energy of Moshiach was unleashed; There is No Turning Back. An In-Depth Talmudic Analysis

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1 hr 3 min
August 22, 2013 Excavating the Depths - Likkutei Torah Nitzavim Maamar Ki Hamitzvah Part 2

Likkutei Torah -- Ki Hamitzvah Hazos -- Part 2 of 2: Excavating the Depths -- The Gift of Teshuvah
1 hr 14 min
August 16, 2013 The Great Gift of Teshuvah - Likkutei Torah Nitzavim Maamar Ki Hamitzvah -- Part 1 of 2

The Great Gift of Teshuvah: Likkutei Torag Nitzavim Maamar Ki Hamitzvah -- Part 1 of 2
1 hr 13 min
July 31, 2013 The Three Challenges that Shaped the Rebbe's Century - Keynote Chabad Fort Lee, NJ, 20th Yartzeit of the Rebbe
How the Rebbe Helped a Survivor Transform His Pain Into Love

The century of the Lubavitcher Rebbe: The three crises facing our generation. Lecture presented at Chabad of Fort Lee, NJ, 3 Tamuz 5774-2014, 20th yartzeit of the Rebbe.
1 hr 22 min
July 28, 2013 When Do We Start Blowing the Shofar? Why? - Likkutei Sichos Elul

When Do We Start Blowing the Shofar? Why?
1 hr 5 min