Why Only Reb Akiva Survived the Mystical Orchard

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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.

so what did we learn last what what did we learn in last class we spoke about the rhythm of life life has a rhythm it's called ratsay and shaiv razian shaiv is a term from yechezkul the prophet ezekiel chapter one he describes the angelic beings means longing yearning running aspiring shaiva is returning it's the balance between tension and resolution in a person's life dr ebba resolution in a person's life dr ebba said it begins with avram the sense of always traveling i always have to move on and the nasa is returning coming back he represents he explains this is fire and water it's represented by the elements of fire and water fire is the longing the passion is always ascending fire is always rising water will soon see as the antithesis of fire usually the two don't coexist if there's usually the two don't coexist if there's fire there's no water there's water there's no fire but life is about the balance between the two that's the rhythm of life longing and returning this is all the beginning of the explanation why was there a need for a shafer at the giving of the tire was this a concert was the need of a musical instrument and even if you want a musical instrument they're better with musical instruments more appealing more pleasing to the ear than the ram's horn as we all know have a violin have a violin at that uh

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1. 0:00so what did we learn last what what did we learn in last class we spoke…
2. 6:13be subsumed in the light of infinity like a flame that ascends upwards on its own…
3. 12:19from we said that comes from an understanding of when the person understands and the way…
4. 18:33mayamla my lame and then water that overpowers the fire it's just like physically you know…
5. 24:55this is not something you can grasp with with your hands with your brain with your…
6. 31:05awareness in you and when um when i'm broken i always need to be in control…
7. 37:45and this is why hashem gives us the torah and the toyota is comprised of mitzvahs…
8. 44:01experience the maya malyanam of turtle that is in other words there is tied in the…
9. 50:13don't make me two orders don't make a mishitsa between negl and plymouth don't turn them…
10. 56:24able to see it now this doesn't mean you should go into abstractions you have to…

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