Basics of Emunah #36: Rabbi YY Jacobson | Can a Rational Person Believe in Resurrection?

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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.

memory of Stan Davidson ben Moishe. It's also dedicated in the loving memory of Rabbi Treger Refael ben Avraham as well as in the loving memory of Jonathan Bernstein Yehuda ben Moishe. And finally dedicated in the loving memory of our dear friends Reb Tzvi and Itty Ainsworth who were taken in the catastrophe of Surfside Florida. May all of their souls be bound up in the internal in the eternal source of life and continue to serve as eternal sources of light, blessing inspiration to their families to their loved ones, to their communities and to all of us, the entire Jewish people and the world. Amen. And thank you so, so much for your generosity, partnership and friendship. You know, the Talmud says that uh Rabba one of the great sages, his name was Rabba before he would begin his class, his lecture he would always begin with an anecdote. So, allow me to do the same. A 60-year-old man goes to the doctor for a checkup. The doctor tells him "Whoa, you are in terrific shape. There's absolutely nothing wrong with you. You have the nothing wrong with you. You have the body of a 17-year-old. Amazing. Amazing. By the way there's some healthy genes in your family. Tell me how old was your father when he passed away?" And the 60-year-old responds and says "Why do you think he passed away? My father's not dead. He's alive." The doctor says, "Wow, that's amazing. How old is your father? And is he active?" And the 60-year-old responds, "Yeah, absolutely. My father is 84 years

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1. 0:37memory of Stan Davidson ben Moishe. It's also dedicated in the loving memory of Rabbi Treger…
2. 6:16People like living, thank God. But it's because in Judaism life is sacred. Life is of…
3. 12:28a brief and concise presentation. I have to say that it's brief and concise cuz this…
4. 18:39I remember was once before Pesach, before Passover. Still get emotional when I remember when I…
5. 24:49embraced the view of Nachmanides that the eternal reward and the eternal life is going to…
6. 30:57to gain the nutrients, the nutrition they need in order for growth to be able to…
7. 37:08very hard to understand this. The Zohar says, and this is already says in Midrash, that…
8. 43:20body. So, by the resurrection of the dead, all of the bodies can be resurrected, and…
9. 49:32the resurrection of the dead. The ultimate purpose of creation was that there should be complete…
10. 55:36Which one would they be reunited with or have a letter from? Okay, beautiful questions. In…

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