Rosh Hashanah: The Courage to Birth Yourself - The True Meaning of Judgement Day

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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.

bringing us closer to Hashem. Thank you very very much and may you have an amazing year and thank you for your partnership. Thank you everybody for gracing us here with your presence. [clears throat] I know it's a busy week so I'm appreciative that you're here. We're going to take today one of the most famous uh pim one of the most famous poems prayers that are said in famous poems prayers that are said in all of the Jewish communities around the world on Rashashana and not once but a few times during the mus of Davening. In fact, in most communities, they even have a special melody for this. And you know, at the surface, we read these things, we hear them, we sing them. They're nice words. They're moving. They stir the heart to one degree or another. But often without taking the time and the energy, one doesn't appreciate the full nuanced depth in so many of these full nuanced depth in so many of these prayers which were written and composed with tremendous precision, meticulousness and spiritual depth and sensitivity. We're going to take three words from this famous poem, from this famous prayer. Everybody knows these words. And when you unravel it, you see that a whole new dimension comes to for comes to light. You see it on top of your source sheet. Usually the melody I think in many of Usually the melody I think in many of the Ashkanaza communities is Sounds familiar. Okay. Others have other melodies to it. What are we saying? And usually this is said right after the blowing of the during their repetition of the of the is

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2. 6:16assassinate him and arrest him they put him in quagmire and in quicksand he had to…
3. 12:32that my days end with shame?" Wow. Now, you have to understand that your mo is…
4. 18:40It's like I have a kid. If you ever scared in your bedroom and you were…
5. 24:50[snorts] He has to pay every month an amount and the interest you can understand is…
6. 30:57months left till the end of the year. They finish I think tishabove and they have…
7. 37:08life. And they're still feeling judged. And they're being judged by everybody. And they're judging themselves…
8. 43:19You're so cute." Writes it down. Do you dread that? Do you think that's horrible? No.…
9. 49:29news in that. The good news is I'm in love with you. I want your success.…
10. 55:45like everybody's applauding them make a mark on the world cuz you can do whatever you…

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