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The Hardest Person to Forgive Is Yourself - Rabbi YY Jacobson

1.2K views · May 14, 2026

Rabbi YY Jacobson

A message on the importance of self-forgiveness and self-love.

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  1. 0:35a person who's caused harm and pain even if it was inadvertent and by mistake. It's…
  2. 3:37offline, shut down, fight, flight, freeze, fawn, amygdala limbic, whatever it is, internet down, trauma 3,000…
  3. 6:43but this is not a moment of silence. It's a moment of forgiveness. Try to lean…
  4. 11:34>> So this morning was early in the morning. And I came to get a coffee.…
  5. 14:39Because my husband feels that we need to be here for this boy. We need to…
  6. 18:20If I give him the water, I die. If I drink the water, it's my water,…
  7. 21:24Now God wants to take me, I shouldn't do it with joy. Where Rebbe Akiva said…
  8. 24:32the world cannot allow me to give $100 to my child. So now I want to…
  9. 27:35relationship, a child who's addicted to X, Y, or Z, I have the chutzpah now of…
  10. 30:36because he knew what love is. He is the one we quote Rabbi Akiva said it…

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