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A class on the importance of authentic connection and spiritual alignment with Hashem.
A 1h 30m 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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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi YY Jacobson’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
blessing and empowerment. Tyus with all the blessings. Happy birthday, Tippy Dolphin. Wishing you a year filled with health, clarity, the courage always to seek truth, authenticity, and a life deeply aligned with Hashem. Dedicated by her son, Mati. Wow. Happy birthday. Beautiful. Don't forget the cake. class is also dedicated by the honorable Nancy Miller with heartfelt prayers for Mashiach's speedy arrival bear mamish. Mashiach's speedy arrival bear mamish. Amen. What a beautiful dedication. Okay. Okay. Today is going to be the last class for the summer semester and we're going to take a break for four weeks and then we will resume afterwards. Please tell family or friends who attend and [snorts] wishing you all an amazing remainder healthy summer with tremendous joy and so please remember it's going to be a four-week break and then with God's grace bleeder we will resume with rejuvenated energy as in JW. rejuvenated energy as in JW. I want to learn with you a medish today that is very very perplexing. It's one of these teachings of our sages that at the surface it seems just it seems strange. It seems enigmatic. It almost seems like you know a couple coming into an office and arguing you said I said you said I said you did it first. No, you did it first. I learned from you and really getting nowhere because it's more of a blame game than it's a u goodwill
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- 0:33blessing and empowerment. Tyus with all the blessings. Happy birthday, Tippy Dolphin. Wishing you a year…
- 6:12way I have something else to talk about and once we're here already okay here's what…
- 12:22day or a festive day or an interesting day or a good day but describes it…
- 18:30the year until the next summer season was used from the cutting of the wood till…
- 24:40bdash. This is called the misb. And on the misb you had the which is the…
- 30:52Rebusha was walking in the street and he sees a woman sobbing uncontrollably. What happened? She…
- 37:03check 300 million bucks and you have the check $300 million which you could deposit in…
- 43:14he can go home and go back to his organic authentic self. This is what the…
- 49:28inspiration. But the guy in mid July and August standing somewhere in a forest with an…
- 55:39this, they said, "This is the on this level of oneness." Ribush didn't go home and…
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- Hashkafa — 1h 30m, by Rabbi YY Jacobson
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