From Trauma to Transformation: Two Steps in Healing - By Rabbi YY Jacobson

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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.

And read Ami. Or the Wall Street Journal. Or the Atlantic Review. But instead you came here to an outdoor tent. With the clouds of glory surrounding us from all four sides. Top and the bottom but it's still cold. How cold is the weather? Okay. If you could put your cell phones on vibrate in the beginning of the class. So you take your cell phone, you put it on vibrate in the beginning of the class. Or on off, we would appreciate it very much. Or you could put it in flying mode. That also works. So that way you don't feel you listen to a commandment. I'll take today's sheer is dedicated nishmas Leia bas Avraham. As well as Leia nishmas Alta Chana bas Reb Yitzchak. There is a story. In parshas Vayechi. In this week's portion. That raises many an eyebrow. And is profoundly enigmatic. Let me remind you, it's a story we're all familiar with, but let me let me remind you the story and the nuances of the story. In Parshas Vayechi, Yakov breathes his last breath. And in that process, before he passes, he speaks to all of his children. He blesses them. And he shares with them a final message. But before he does that, his beloved son Yosef, the Prime Minister of Egypt, Egypt brings his own two sons, Menashe and Ephraim, to be blessed by their Zayde, by their grandfather, Yakov Avinu, before he would pass on. Yakov is emotionally moved. He tells Yosef, "I never expected or imagined or anticipated to see your face. And yet God showed me not only you, but even your children." Just to be able to see you was an unexpected dream come true. To be able to see your children, wow.

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1. 0:32And read Ami. Or the Wall Street Journal. Or the Atlantic Review. But instead you came…
2. 6:10make you, turn you into Ephraim and Menashe. May God bless you like Ephraim and Menashe.…
3. 12:18of Yaakov Avinu. And I want to understand why. How do we Why? Yaakov doesn't say.…
4. 18:29Nonetheless, I'm crossing my hands. Why? Not because Menashe is not a great kid. He will…
5. 24:40Manasseh, even though he's the oldest, will get the left hand blessing and Ephraim, being the…
6. 30:55never stops. And then from all of this, Yosef emerges as the Prime Minister of Egypt,…
7. 37:01with scorpions? You think any of you would forget? Can a person forget being sold as…
8. 43:05outside, outside of a roof, which we're trying to bring you into, that's the construction all…
9. 49:15you can't imagine this happening to you. Your hiding place is discovered, whatever your experiences are…
10. 55:33What does redemption mean? Redemption means that the Jewish people will be able to liberate themselves…

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