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Rabbi YY Jacobson Interviewed on J-TV: Who Is God?

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

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hand i was the only one in the room that actually asked a question um brits are a little bit more reserved but anyway i asked the question and uh when i asked him rabbi jacobson said wow that's a that's a fantastic question that's a great question and i'm so proud of myself afterwards bragging to all my friends and uh a week later i'm currently here in muncie new york with rabbi y jacobson in person to speak to him so that just this just shows you what flattery can do to a person eh but rabbi thank you so much for travel across the world huh thank you so much for making the time to join us on jtv actually happened to be a good question just for the record okay i appreciate that um so thank you so much for making the time it's great this is my first time in monty actually i've been to new york a few times yeah yeah it's great to be here it's really uh it's a totally different world it's amazing um so i was looking through or i mean i've seen a lot of your content already but i was looking through you know video content things you've written and some articles and and one of the things that i feel like is a constant with you

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