Rabbi YY & Justin Pines: Leadership, Israel-Hamas War, Parenting, Anxiety, Passover, Jewish Identity

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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.

[Music] hi and welcome to Jewish insights this past year on the Saturday night before rashash Shana my brother-in-law ABI liberman called me he said we're going to M I said why are we going to M he said come with me to M we're going to go here yway I said who's that night I had the amazing Merit to go here for the first time in my life Rabbi he just got in from Israel I think this morning or last night that he's coming in to sit with us today to share some of his Torah share some of his insights as we prepare both for pesak Passover and also think about what's going on in Israel today um and he's really someone who provides advice to navigate both I would say personal and Global challenges which is a really hard thing to do so uh Rabbi y why Jacobson thank you so much for being here today really aweet thank you it's my honor and privilege so let's let's just start a little bit from the beginning you know where does the journey begin you know you're you're YY now people know you well but where does now people know you well but where does it start I guess when I was born they said why why and I'm still trying to answer the question I mean it's like the question you know the first question God asks in the Bible in the Torah is to Adam is where are you a where are you it wasn't just a geographical question it was an existential question do you know who you are do you know where you are yeah so how did you how did you start to sort out I was born in uh I I didn't sort out

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1. 0:03[Music] hi and welcome to Jewish insights this past year on the Saturday night before rashash…
2. 6:44that was the Reb's personal life but put together with that he was an extraordinary genius…
3. 12:50going from subject to subject and he would quote from literally you have Scholars they're focused…
4. 18:57our survival so we have to have a relationship with our ego we need to talk…
5. 25:34went they were right in front of me and the Reb gives this little girl in…
6. 31:42very deeply just to ignore that and ignore my anger and frustration and resentment is not…
7. 37:25really not one specifically one thing or another thing but I think it's a host of…
8. 43:39a derivative of God you you need to be yourself you can't live for other people…
9. 49:13answer but you know what I'm going to show up with the tools God gave me…
10. 55:17of Judaism in many ways according to the Tanya is really being plugged in to the…

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