Are We Still One People? - Detroit Lecture on Jewish Unity

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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.

I can tell you that he's a prolific speaker who has just one tape series called A Tale of Two Souls that is over 150 audio classes. I can tell you that he lectures on six continents although the Antarctica scientists have requested him. And he spoke, he has lectured in over 40 states. I can tell you that he's the only Rabbi who was ever invited by the Pentagon who was ever invited by the Pentagon to speak for the entire Chief Chaplaincy program 4,000 strong to give them a JEWISH MESSAGE. YES. HE WAS KNOWN AS THE JEWISH BILLY GRAHAM. I'm not sure if that's a good thing. I can tell you all that, but I what I but I'm not going to tell you that. Or maybe I did. What I would like to say is that I had the honor of spending Shabbos with Rabbi YY this past Shabbos. YY this past Shabbos. And I had the honor of listening to his thoughts, his words of Torah Friday night, Shabbos day. And when that happens, it blew me away. We have a phrase in Judaism Ayn od me shmi'a l'riya. You can't compare hearing something to seeing something. And that's how I felt with Shabbos. The experience of watching him deliver his Torah with warmth, wit, and incredible psychological insight to and incredible psychological insight to human minds was totally different than hearing him. And for that I say to you guys, Ayn od me shmi'a l'riya. Doesn't compare to hear about it from a guy like me and to see it. So, let's please give him a warm welcome to OUR YY JACOB.

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2. 6:57created Eve and Adam. For whatever reason, I don't know why, they decided to have children.…
3. 13:11Dathan and Abiram stayed behind. Who were Dathan and Abiram? Dathan and Abiram, we have four…
4. 19:19They felt the plight of their brothers. They were policemen who were beaten in order to…
5. 25:03brothers of the Jewish people. You know, friends, I want to tell you a story. It…
6. 31:13OF THEM HAD $700 in their pockets. Their parents equipped them well to be able to…
7. 37:51your only child whom you love and offer him as an offering to me." You remember…
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9. 49:37Mendel Beilis is accused of murder. Who's on trial? Every Jew who EVER LIVED SINCE ABRAHAM…
10. 55:46But, the truth is, today we live in a world that this calling is one of…

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