The Holiness of Unholy Thoughts: Chassidism and Psychoanalysis - By Rabbi YY Jacobson

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[Music] good evening tonight's class is dedicated by David and EDA Schottenstein in the sacred memory of the Mumbai Kadosh iam and Rabbi Gabi and Rivka Holtzberg Hashem Ian Kingdom as well as in the loving memory of a young soul alte Shula bas Reb Yaakov it's Huck's word love class is also dedicated to langa Yaran in the merit of Livy its husband Cyril for a complete and speedy recovery and in the merit of Shalimar da hai van rifki for a speedy yeshua and salvation the holiness of unholy thoughts that is our theme this evening you know they tell the story about a guy comes into the psychiatrist's office screaming hollering doctor helped me it's an emergency the doctor says calm down and tell me what happens I can't speak just help me save me I'm going to go insane momentarily he says listen I can't deal this way you have to sit down on the couch you must gather your thoughts relax and tell me everything from the beginning so the man acquiescence sits down on the couch and tells the doctor in the beginning I created heaven and earth we're going to explore tonight a teaching of the Baal Shem Tov rabbi you saw Baal Shem Tov you know was the founder of the Hasidic movement Hasidism he was born in the year 1690 8 or in the Jewish calendar toughen assess on the 18th of Ehlo lived for 62 years passed in the year 1760 Tov cough cough on the day of service so slowest of the year 5-7 70 marks to the two hundred and fiftieth yard site anniversary of the

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