Don’t Be Afraid of Your Broken Places; That’s Where the Light Is Hiding

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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.

I want to begin the class today with reading an email that I received yesterday or two days ago. Two days ago after the first class Monday in this parl I'm going to read it almost verbatim. Good morning Rabbi W. First of all, thank you very much for whatever you do. thank you very much for whatever you do. Okay, he goes on a few things saying a few nice things. Thank you very much. I do business consulting and I get to speak to people from different backgrounds. This is what this man writes. I had yesterday a conversation with somebody, a Jew, and he shared with me that he is unfortunately not observing Shabas. I was able to listen to him. He then asked me, "Do you look down at me now that I shared with you the truth about my issues with Shabas? I watched a part of your class. The king is in the field. How Hashem is coming to us without any official dress. He tunes into us. the way we are connects to us the way we are. connects to us the way we are. This is the uniqueness of the month of Elo where Hashem is accessible to all and that itself helps us get closer to him. It helps us realize that in any field that we're in the way we are authentically we could connect. I believe that our work then in these days of the month of L based on this ma that you taught is the same like God. We should also be in the field. The focus

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2. 6:42that is the time of revelation of the 13 attributes of compassion it's not just the…
3. 12:56don't have to be anything else in your pure raw vulnerability and authenticity. You don't have…
4. 19:06You also have a field and you have a desert. The question is where do you…
5. 25:21we go work. So the field is the intermediary between the city and the desert. comes…
6. 31:54is embedded. It exists in every single Jew. No exception. But naturally, it could be extremely…
7. 37:38we remember we spoke about this light of Hashem's inner identity comes from kale kale This…
8. 43:54you. I can't look you in the eyes and say this is it. You know when…
9. 50:15My keys were not lost here under the light. My keys were lost over there where…
10. 56:26into your place go into your desert go into your field and I'm going to be…

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