Heaven Dances with You: The Gift of Moshe, David and the Baal Shem Tov

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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.

Okay, today's class is dedicated by Noam Casper in memory of Daniela Shayna bas Reb Yehoshua Falk who loved listening to your classes. Thank you very much. So Reb Chaim and uh may her memory serve as an eternal source of light and blessing and inspiration to the whole family and to all of the Jewish people. I also want to dedicate the class to my I also want to dedicate the class to my son whose birthday is today. Gershon Dovid ben Esther Avigail wishing you uh with a lot of love an amazing year in all aspects. So, today we will discuss Shavuos the holiday that's coming upon us in a few days. And I'll also begin by just inviting everybody. Shavuos is uh Motzei Shabbos this coming Motzei Shabbos, of course. So, uh So, uh Shabbos morning we have our regular class here 9:00 but then honor of Shavuos, so there will be two shiurim, two lectures here in the tent both for men and women and youth with a mechitza. That's going to be the first one 1:00 in the morning till 2:30 and the second class will be 2:45 till 4:15 a.m. Don't get too jealous of me. So, that's Shavuos night this year Motzei Shabbos 1:00 to 2:30 and the second one 2:45 1:00 to 2:30 and the second one 2:45 till 4:15. The topic of the first class is David and Bathsheba in a way you never heard it. And the topic of the second shiur, the second lecture is which derech in Judaism will prevail in 100 years. The second day of Shavuos is uh Mon- uh Shavuos is Sunday and Monday. The second day of Shavuos in the afternoon 6:30 p.m. There will also be a lecture here for men and women and the topic is if I only would have known the rest of the

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1. 0:01Okay, today's class is dedicated by Noam Casper in memory of Daniela Shayna bas Reb Yehoshua…
2. 6:17amusing moment. Now, I like the story first of all, maybe it tells you something about…
3. 12:22Yerushalmi, David mace ba'atzaret. David Hamelech passed away on Shavuot. And David's yahrzeit on Shavuot is…
4. 18:33kohanim? A kingdom of kohanim. Kohanim are translated as priests, but not everybody is a kohen.…
5. 24:40Moshe Rabbeinu was the first Jewish king. Before that you have Jewish fathers, Jewish patriarchs, but…
6. 30:50sometimes prisoners, when they're liberated from prison, they don't know what to do with themselves. There's…
7. 36:57He was one of the greatest revolutionaries and leaders and thinkers in [clears throat] Jewish history.…
8. 43:06Yerushalayim. His own life is in danger because of his son Avshalom who rebelled against his…
9. 49:16which of course was a was a a darkness all its own. Gzeiras Tach v'Tat were…
10. 55:24like a resurrection. To be able to feel v'atem tihiyu li mamleches kohanim, to restore and…

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