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Torah Or Ki Ka'asher #6: What Does Idolatry Look Like Today? Worshipping My Coping Mechanisms

A class on the modern manifestations of idolatry and the dangers of unhealthy coping…

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A class on the modern manifestations of idolatry and the dangers of unhealthy coping mechanisms.

A 1h 31m hashkafa shiur by Rabbi YY Jacobson. Like every video on Lehallel, it was judged and approved under the Lehallel law before it ever appeared — no unreviewed result is ever shown.

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Torah Or Ki Ka'asher #6: What Does Idolatry Look Like Today? Worshipping My Coping Mechanisms1:30:36

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi YY Jacobson’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] now we come to the next step call everything we spoke about everything we spoke about till now this is all Heaven and Earth of where we said that kazal say our sages say at said that kazal say our sages say at least one opinion that Earth Earth precedes heaven so when we say that Earth precedes Heaven it means spiritually that R always precedes sh as mentioned and explained that the word erit is a very interesting term and the M says why is erit called erit why is land called Land from the word she desired to do the will of her word she desired to do the will of her Creator she responded R from the word r and also from the word r she rushed she she desired Rin is desire is rushing longing yearning racing towards but then the question is Heaven also wanted to do the will of its creator I mean everything should be called everything should be called erit according to this Mish what's unique about erit that it wanted to do the will of its creator it's a beautiful explanation in the word erit that it comes from the the word erit that it comes from the word r but then everything I mean if we start should be called erets the heavens also responded very nicely everybody responded all the Creations responded so it says it was so this is what the M says that there's something deeper here that there's something that's created precisely in the environment of erit Earth which represents a form of separateness of perceived Detachment here there is a new yearning

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  1. 0:13[Music] now we come to the next step call everything we spoke about everything we spoke…
  2. 6:23Earth is the foot stol which lifts up the legs and that's the idea that R…
  3. 12:39should open themselves up to the inner r that exists in them one of the greatest…
  4. 19:00the creates a b that's a funny word is but it means that the deeper R…
  5. 25:20place of separateness from Oneness from that is so say it's just a c what God…
  6. 31:36you're outside of the you're outside of the that's what it means I could be the…
  7. 37:54different shells and husks that's not bowing down to it that's put it fine it's it's…
  8. 44:02billion is a pretty nice for us another billion who cares if you don't have it…
  9. 50:14really it's a turn it's a step I'm facing here is m i turn around I'm…
  10. 56:32looking inward I put it on you and I'm angry at you so anger is a…

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