Rabbi YY Jacobson discusses living a happy life and Jewish inspiration in a live Q&A session.
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an infinite light that can change the world [Music] but it's so deep it can also remain dormant for their whole life and the only way you can access it is if you really have to work through lots of issues you really have to fight for yourself you really have to work through all of your vulnerabilities and traumas and blemishes and blockages only when by working them through will you discover your true potential your true essence and then you'll be able to own your light and you'll be able to actualize it this is the first time i did something like this never did it before i got to sit down with yyjacobson live in front of hundreds of people and i loved it i loved every moment of it aside for the incredible wisdom that rev shared with all of us there was also this energy there's something magical about you know everything i do with these interviews i never hear an audience reaction yeah we get i got i've gotten feedback before but to hear people laugh or clap or react or ask their own questions uh it was really special it was really special um it was also the first time my wife um makes an appearance on a podcast that i do so get ready for you know her her part in it at the end and i i i was hoping to like for this event to be a 10 out of 10 and i think it was
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