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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.

the state of Washington and all the 25 centers for this gracious gracious honor and invitation to be able to address. A few moments ago Rabbi Levton Jr. told me he's worried the hall won't be filled up, but I see it looks like the standing room only. So, uh, we're good to go. But there are a few seats in the front if you want to take my seat. There's another two seats. So, you don't have to stand. If you want to sit down cuz they stand. If you want to sit down cuz they and I want to thank each and every one of you for gracing us here this evening for this special event one people one heart in tribute to the yardet upcoming yardite of the labavarba blessed memory and in tribute to the unique moments and era millu in which the Jewish people stand today as we heard a few moments ago from Rabbi Shalom Levit. I want to share with you. I know by Jews we don't make I know by Jews we don't make confessions. Uh there was once a Jewish kid and a Christian kid. They were walking together. So the Christian boy tells the Jewish boy, you know, my priest knows everything that's going on in the life of the congregants. Your rabbi knows nothing. Jewish says, yeah, you guys tell him everything. We don't have that tradition, right? Maybe for good reason. I don't know. But I'll make a little uh a little confession.

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1. 0:31the state of Washington and all the 25 centers for this gracious gracious honor and invitation…
2. 6:11was the main synagogue of Kabad. That's where the Reb that's where the Reb taught and…
3. 12:18the question for me and the Reb spoke in Yiddish and he said so this child…
4. 18:28those things not everybody understood including myself. Now it's a few decades later and I go…
5. 24:41back to the construction? And his answer was profound. He said, 'When you have seven branches,…
6. 30:49problem. So this duality which seems like paradoxical was essential to the way the reb saw…
7. 37:08never allow this idea of complete isolationism just spit at the world and retreat into your…
8. 43:20of prophets and sages and kings and leaders and mystics and sadikim and rebas and cabalists,…
9. 49:32in the world of the Reb, the paradox of exile and redemption. One of the most…
10. 55:39Throughout our life, we create coping mechanisms, survival skills to substitute for the oneness of God.…

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