YY Jacobson: The Teshuva of Coming Back to Yourself

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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.

uh supporters over the years. If you sent in, you know, whatever it is, uh we sent out the a a hard copy. It is so incredibly beautiful and relates in so many ways to the work of 1840. It has so many stories from the great leaders. Uh those who have been listening for a while know that 1840 is named after in many ways the kidic revolution that began in that year on Torah from the world of ishitz that there was a kidic community that finally broke off and started uh on in the year you know 1840 1841 on Torah that is the school the kidic school of ishitz their approach to Jewish life their approach to Jewish thinking is captured so beautifully through stories through the Torah in this collection uh of the Torah of Rabbi David Ebner that we uh have entitled the dance of tshoua. I would encourage all of our listeners if you're looking for something to read sub to accompany to enhance uh your high holidays to enhance own life. But recently, uh, if you pay close attention, I've been noticing he's been sharing differently and really sharing more of himself in a very different way with a tremendous amount of vulnerability. And what I wanted to explore with him and what we explore in today's conversation is what's going on behind the scenes. Why is there been a a shift uh in just the way he approaches and shares Torah? This is a very honest conversation about tshoua. Not the shuva for them but the shuva that that us people who are

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