Cuddled in My Mother's Arms

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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.

Today, we're going to learn what seems like a very technical statement in Gemara pertaining to a specific Jewish law. And yet, we will demonstrate how this has very powerful relevance to our own daily lives spiritually, emotionally, psychologically, and practically. At the surface, it's going to seem like a very technical law that is relevant to one particular scenario in Halakha in Jewish law. But, the fact is every single line in Gemara, every law, every mitzvah, every story, every statement, every observation contains within it profound wisdom, divine wisdom, and relevance to life. And what we're going to do today will serve as a beautiful, I think, a meaningful example for that. A little introduction to be able to have perspective. Everybody knows the fourth one of the five commandments, the fourth commandment of the Aseret Hadibrot says Zachor et yom haShabbat leqaddesho. Remember the day of Shabbat to sanctify We say it every Shabbat in the Kiddush. Six days, you should work, do all of your work. The seventh day is a day of rest, don't do any work, you and your children, your slaves, your animals. Why? Hashem created the world in six days, and the seventh day he rested. The question is what is the definition of melakha? It says lo ta'aseh khol melakha. Don't do any work. What's the definition of work? Can I schlep a couch from upstairs to downstairs, from one room to another

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