When Religion Is Used to Cover Up for Fear, Trauma and Ego — It’s Time to Smash the Idols

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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.

hold our suppliers very close to the vest. And I'm here right now presenting to you my main supplier. So, now that we've addressed the elephant in the room, Baruch Hashem, my family has had the zechus to host Rabbi Jacobson and his family twice at our house for Shabbos. During this time, I've learned what an incredible genius he is and how incredibly compassionate he is. He's helped me with some of my own struggles over the years. struggles over the years. He was kind enough a few years back to visit a close friend of mine who was going through something and he told me this week it was the most important advice that he's gotten from him through his entire adult life. My late sister, who was a life coach herself, used to send me Rabbi Jacobson's essays on a weekly basis. And I'm honored to call him a mentor and a friend. and a friend. That's my story. Now, let me read you the official bio. This was also plagiarized off the site. Rabbi YY Jacobson is one of the most sought-after speakers in the Jewish world today and a mentor to many thousands across the Jewish world. He has traveled to hundreds of communities in six continents, educating and inspiring people of all backgrounds with the depths of Torah and Judaism. Rabbi Jacobson was the first rabbi ever Rabbi Jacobson was the first rabbi ever to be invited by the Pentagon to deliver the religious keynote to the US military chiefs, chaplains, and to the National Security Agency. Without further ado, Rabbi YY Jacobson.

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2. 6:18I'm talking about my side." It would be nice if you explain the joke to the…
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6. 30:44matzah from a matzah bakery, it's never a problem finding broken pieces of matzah. There's endless…
7. 36:52maybe it was his way of blessing me that I should find an amazing second half.…
8. 42:58here. You're prepared for everything. "Ma, there's no food in this house." Your instincts are like,…
9. 49:04went into your daughter and she BECAME A NAZI OVERNIGHT and woke up and said I'M…

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