We Built Amazing Institutions; Can We Now Look Inward?

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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.

of my dear friends and brothers and sisters in this extraordinary glorious jewish community of australia to discuss this vital and critical topic and let me begin with a story that was once shared by a close friend of our family he was a close friend of my father the very famous nobel prize laureate the late elie wiesel professor eliezer wiesel of blessed memory who was a survivor of auschwitz at buchenwald and he once shared he was born and he grew up in a city called sigit he said he had a friend a youth who was one of those mavakshi one of those spiritual seekers an existentialist soul who was always asking questions like why was i born and why are we here and what's the meaning and purpose and destination of existence and every sage and rabbi and scholar who would come to town this youth would always confront him and say please help me understand the mystery of life what is my purpose why was i born why did god create the world what's the why is there a need for existence these questions simply did not let this young man rest and one day a great rabbi a great spiritual master a great rabbit came to town to sigurd and of course this youngster came and said rabbit please answer this question for years i've been looking for an answer why why why why did god create us why am i here what's the purpose of life and the spiritual master looked at him

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1. 0:31of my dear friends and brothers and sisters in this extraordinary glorious jewish community of australia…
2. 3:07for addicts who were in recovery and the atmosphere was incredibly inspiring and one of the…
3. 6:10to see what your parents and grandparents and great-grandparents would you have accomplished over the last…
4. 9:12we need to open ourselves up to a new conversation that new conversation is happening slowly…
5. 12:22this is tragic people don't choose these types of challenges they are a result of god's…
6. 15:29yes darkness existed in her system but that's not who she was she's not a piece…
7. 18:03we need attachment we need connection it's not good for people to be alone it's not…
8. 21:08become closer to them and more connected to them talk to experts who will help you…
9. 24:13met and it's hard but now i have to ask myself what does this child need…
10. 27:18the only way you won't be afraid of their darkness is if you won't be afraid…

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