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A keynote lecture on the misuse of religion and the need to address fear and trauma.
A 1h 3m 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.
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- Hashkafa — 1h 3m, by Rabbi YY Jacobson
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