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Women's Bo Class: The Greatest Gift Hashem Has Given You Is… Hashem

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

Women's Bo Class: The Greatest Gift Hashem Has Given You Is… Hashem

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of Shvat, Gimel Shvat, the henish maser tzurah. B'tzror hachaim, may she be an everlasting source of love and blessing and light and inspiration. Amen. Sure. Okay, sure. Today's class is dedicated by the Strasburg family in loving memory of Shulamis bas Reb Yehoshua Mordechai in tribute to her yahrzeit on the third day of Shvat, tehei nishmasah tzrurah b'tzror hachaim, may her soul be an everlasting source of light and love and blessing and empowerment to the family and to all of us and all the Jewish people. Amen. It's also dedicated for a complete and speedy recovery for Tziporah bas Yardena for many long, happy, healthy years. Also dedicated by Diana and Oded ben Ari in honor of their grandchildren, Azi Chaim and Yishai Ezra Balin for all good things and blessings. Amen. And finally dedicated by Eli and Josie Sades in loving memory of their child Yisrael Meir ben Alia who illuminated this world with a smile and love for 6 years until he passed away this year on the Chanukah and today is his shloshim. So, we honor this class in his extraordinary and loving memory with tremendous blessings and love to his parents and to the entire family. Today, we want to address something that we all know about and yet >> [snorts] >> we still seek to really get to the bottom of it because it's really the journey of life. Everybody knows that the post fundamental or certainly one of the most fundamental memories of the Jewish people as a nation is the story of Yetziat Mitzrayim. The Exodus of Egypt which happens this week in parshas Bo. It's almost like we can't get enough of it. It's constantly remember It's constantly thought about thought about. We recall it at almost every single

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  2. 6:07we're not just remembering something that happened a long time ago and it's a beautiful story,…
  3. 12:18So when I'm learning a story, Yosef is being sold by his brothers. Kayin kills Hevel.…
  4. 18:25the nape, right? The back of the neck. The back of the garon, that's called the…
  5. 24:44mind and my body. In that space who is As you remember, Paro had three very…
  6. 31:07And here we're talking about the source of congestion where there is so much congestion and…
  7. 37:26In our brain, we also have so many different parts of the brain. The amygdala, which…
  8. 43:33anger, judgment, resentment, what do I do? I do not allow myself to really be in…
  9. 49:42not worked out. I didn't really get this. I also see I'm distracting myself. I also…
  10. 55:52respond. Our instincts, our behaviors, our reactions, our words, most importantly our habits at that time.…

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