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How Trauma Turns Protection Into Prison - Parshat Vayechi - Rabbi YY Jacobson

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

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  1. 0:00in the journey because this is a journey both of Jewish history but it's also a…
  2. 5:36Nevuchadnetzar moves against Jerusalem with his entire army. Vayichan aleha. And he dwells there. He dwells…
  3. 11:58Asarah b'Teves, Shiv'ah Asar b'Tammuz, and Tish'ah b'Av. But there are still some Jews left, and…
  4. 18:12Like Yom Kippur. Where else does it say "B'etzem hayom hazeh"? If you just take a…
  5. 24:22day than other fasts where it says Etzem HaYom HaZeh. As Avraham says, it would be…
  6. 30:29a spirit of rebellion inside of them that something is not right. Something is not good.…
  7. 36:40All that is obstructed. That's what the wall creates. As a result of that, catastrophe will…
  8. 42:48There's something about the presence of this soul that is absolutely unique. And in that sense,…
  9. 49:20intellectual genius and everything becomes intellectually. I need to have control over things. I need to…
  10. 55:27new reality, it becomes so important to protect it that I don't even have a memory…

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