Parshas Terumah: The Debate Between King David and His Wife Michal

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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.

Welcome everybody and good morning. This week is of course parshas Truma. This Shabbos is also Rosh Chodesh Adar, the first day of the month of Adar, which brings in the joyous month of Purim and remembering Haman and Amalek who in each generation plots to annihilate the entire Jewish people, which is really what the whole festival of Purim is about. So, we're going to be addressing a theme that is connected to both of them. to both of them. Today's class is dedicated with a mazel tov to Chani and Yisrael Yitzchak Kaplan on the birth of their granddaughter Nava Abigail bas Shmuel Tzvi and Mindy Jackobowitz on the 28th day of Teves. Mazel tov, mazel tov. May you raise her to Torah, chuppah, and maasim tovim with the whole family. And only simcha and nachas with health and prosperity and thank you very, very much. Also dedicated for a refuah shleimah, complete and speedy recovery, complete and speedy recovery, to Shmuel ben Bracha Tirtza and to Yosef ben Risha l'arichus yamim v'shanim tovim. Amen. B'toch kol cholei Yisrael. Sometimes in life, and I would say probably recently even more, we find ourselves being overtaken by very intense emotions. And sometimes these emotions are so intense, sometimes these emotions are so intense, they almost feel like they're like a flood. They can flood one's brain and one's heart and even like life itself. Sometimes emotions can be so intense, it's like, you know, how do I remain sane and normal in all of this? And people who are more sensitive and feel deeper can even be, you know, more more more deep and profound. And yet we all know that our first and first most commandment is to live the Hayyim Ba Hem. To live. To bring goodness into the world, to

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