Chanukah Day #4 | Don’t Use Your Children; Just See Them

What’s said in this shiur

The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi YY Jacobson’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

children are not things to be molded but people to be unfolded a wise woman once said each night after lighting the manur we sing that beautiful poem all these eight days of these candles are sacred we have no permission to use them only to see them in order to give thanks and Praise Your Great Name there is a profound message here every soul is a Divine candle lit on the cosmic way we read in Proverbs each of our children and students is a sacred flame of God these candles are sacred we have no permission to use them only to see them we have no permission to use our children and disciples for our benefit

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1. 0:10children are not things to be molded but people to be unfolded a wise woman once…
2. 0:43thanks and Praise Your Great Name there is a profound message here every soul is a…
3. 1:14our children were not created to give us Nas pleasure and a sense of accomplishment and…
4. 1:45see them see them for who they really are see their soul their core their glow…
5. 2:17children need above all else it's what we need connect with people who see you when…
6. 2:47of sunlight from the infinite and eternal happy Kaneka [Music]…

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