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Mother of Hamas Hostage Ori Danino: I Say ‘Thank You’ Every Morning Jan 03, 2024

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Einav Danino Speaks of Resilience, Faith, and Gratitude in the Face of the Unfathomable

This is an excerpt of the Women's class on Tuesday, Parshas Shemos, 21 Tevet, 5784, January 2, 2024.

Einav Efrat Danino, mother of Ori, 24, who was taken captive by Hamas on October 7th 2023, attended the class and delivered a life-changing message of resilience and faith in the face of the unfathomable.

What Does It Take to Create a Moshe? Six Women! - Shemos Women's Class Jan 02, 2024

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In Tanach, the Women Make the Big Decisions: The Stories of Shifra, Puah, Yocheved, Miriam, Batya, and Tziporah

This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Shemos, 21 Tevet, 5784, January 2, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

Why Moshe? Why was he chosen as the first and greatest Jewish leader, teacher, and prophet? The Torah does not provide an explicit reason. But it does give us a clue.

Often people ask me why the Torah focuses so much on men. The question is strange, because in Genesis, almost every important history-changing decision is made by a woman. And in Shemos, it is six women who are responsible for the entire story of the Egyptian Exodus: Shifra, Puah, Yocheved, Miriam, Pharaoh’s daughter Batya, and Tziporah.

These six extraordinary people refused to bow their heads to the inevitable; they are giants in the story of mankind and in the story of the Jewish people. They were also, it seems, the role models who molded, crafted, and mentored Moses; they taught him how to live, how to think, how to act. The three stories the Torah shares about Moses, which made him the man suitable to be the greatest leader ever, are essentially all stories inspired by these women who impacted his life, who—like our mothers, wives and daughters to this very day—helped him become the person who would change history forever.

The class concludes with a life-changing message by Einav Efrat Danino, the mother of Ori, 24, who was taken captive by Hamas on October 7^th 2023, may we see his redemption, and the redemption of all the hostages, very soon.

The Making of a Jewish Soldier - Basi L'Gani 5724 #1 Jan 01, 2024

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How Do You Defeat the Jihad Mindset?

This is the first of a series of a text-based class on a Chassidic discourse, Maamar Basi Legani 5724 (1964), which was said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe 60 years ago at the Farbrengen of Motzei Shabbos Beshalach, 11 Shevat, 5724, January 25, 1964. Rabbi YY Jacobson gave this class on Monday, 20 Teves, 5784, January 1, 2024, in Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim, Monsey, NY.

The theme of the first class of the maamar is how we are charged with the work of fusing all part of our life and our world with the Divine truth, and how we repair the insanity of our dark reality only with holy "insanity," transcending our intellect. This is why the Jewish people are called “the army of Hashem,” because the soldier going to battle must transcend every last vestige of ego and calculations, committed unwaveringly with every fiber of his being to the mission of victory. The class explored the war between Hamas and Israel and the extraordinary sacrifice of the Jewish soldiers waging battle against Jihad; and how we can only defeat Jihad not through rationality, but through the unbridled passion of the Jewish soul.

The class explains the power of “enlightened ignorance,” which allows one to be a conduit for infinity, and the difference between a cult and transcendence. One if afraid of the mind, the other has graduated and seeks that which rationality can’t define or control.

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Our Soldiers Are the Holiest of the Holy - Interview on "Headlines" Dec 30, 2023

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What Should Be Our Relationship to IDF Soldiers?

Is Hakaras Hatov a halachic requirement, or just a nice thing to do?
Do we just feel gratitude, or do we need to say “thank you” or more?
Historically, did the Gedolim show Hakaras Hatov towards the soldiers of the IDF?
Why have a few Roshei Yeshiva said they are concerned about showing gratitude?
If Torah learning protects, why does Israel need an army?
Does the Israeli army enable those in Yeshiva to learn? Do those learning in Yeshiva enable the army to have military success?

Rabbi YY Jacobson addresses these questions on the Halacha Headlines podcast Hosted by Rabbi Ari Wasserman, on Motzei Shabbos Parshas Vayechi, 18 Teves. 5784, Dec. 30, 2023

This is an excerpt of the podcast. The full podcast also includes Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb – Rabbi in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Director of Tzalash https://tzalash.org/
& Rabbi Doniel Haymann – Rosh Kollel, author of Hakaras Hatov L’Halacha with Rabbi Joshua Friedman – founded of Israel Select https://thechesedfund.com/israelselect/tefillin?aff=WA & Clip from Rabbi Baruch Rosenblum – educator, author, and popular magid shiur. To listen to full episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/halacha-headlines/id1048703487

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My Thoughts Go Everywhere, But My Self Remains Anchored - Vayechi Women's Class Dec 26, 2023

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The Timeless Gift of Yosef: Present but Not Scattered

This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayechi, 14 Tevet, 5784, December 26, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

On his deathbed, Jacob speaks to Joseph: “A charming son is Joseph, a son charming to the eye; the women strode along to see him. They made his life bitter, and they quarreled with him; archers despised him.” Rashi explains: “The women of Egypt strode out on the wall to gaze upon his beauty."

What is Jacob trying to bring out? Literally, that Joseph’s beauty was dazzling. Not only was he appealing to any eye that saw him, but even the Egyptian women were enthralled by his figure. They ascended the walls and fortresses of Egypt to be able to gaze at him. But why is this relevant on the deathbed of Jacob?

For this we have to understand what was at the root of this conflict in the first family of Israel. Could it be that a multicolored coat or a favorite son’s share of his father’s affections should generate such profound strife?

Something deeper was at stake. Joseph and Judah embodied two divergent worldviews. They possessed different approaches on the meaning of Judaism, which was just beginning to bud, and how we achieve a state of transcendent oneness.

There is a remarkable law in Talmud: While when the Temple existed in Jerusalem, you could only eat the meat of the sacrifices within the Jerusalem walls, when the Tabernacle stood in Shilo, in Joseph’s territory, you could eat the meat of the offerings as far as the eye could behold the Tabernacle. This law captures the magic and revolution of Joseph, which we must emulate today.

We explore the unique role of women in gazing at Joseph and the power of the woman to reveal Divine oneness within the material fragmented reality. The class explains how our daily lives must integrate the visions of Judah and Joseph, so that even as our thoughts can pull us in all directions, we remain anchored in the "solar core."

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Decades Have Passed Since the Abuse, But Has My Family Changed? - Vayigash Women's Class Dec 19, 2023

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Why Didn't Yosef Send a Message to His Father that He Was Alive? Why Did He Torment His Brothers?

This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayigash, 7 Tevet, 5784, December 19, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

Finally one of the most dramatic stories in the Torah reaches its climax. Yosef reveals himself to his brothers and ultimately reunites with his beloved father after 22 years of heart-break and suffering. The brothers are first shocked, embarrassed, and then finally relieved.

But let us take a step back. Yosef had recognized his brothers immediately, yet chose to conceal this fact. Instead, he accused them, imprisoned them, and forced them to and from Egypt, ultimately tearing beloved Benjamin away from Yaakov, and causing his elderly father more unnecessary prolonged suffering. If he forgave them, then he should have revealed himself immediately, and reunited with his father?! And finally, only after this whole ordeal does he choose to do what he should have done initially, identify himself. Why did he do this? Was it revenge? Or to exact punishment on his brothers?

This class will show how Yosef’s actions show us the depth of true healing, and define the process of true repentance. Yosef was not manipulating his brothers; on the contrary, he was guiding them. It was only due to his superficial ‘heartlessness’ that sincere, heartfelt, reconciliation became possible.

Healing, or Teshuvah has three irreplaceable components: remorse for the past, resolve for the future, and finally, a moment, a déjà vu, when that resolve is fully actualized and proven. Joseph wanted to ensure that his brothers experienced all three so that a new chapter in history can begin.

The lessons today, as the Jewish people are at war, are powerful. This is a time for internal transformation.

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The Lubavitcher Rebbe's View on the Security of Israel - Hamas-Israel War: The Rebbe's Words Dec 17, 2023

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The Tragic Mistakes Made by Israeli Leaders Leading to the October 7th Massacre

This talk by Rabbi YY Jacobson is an excerpt of a Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen, which took place on Motzei Shabbos Parshas Vayishlach, 19 Kislev, 5784, December 2, 2023

They See Our Inner Spark - YY Moment Dec 15, 2023

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Day #8: Can You Smell Redemption In My Heart? - Chanukah 5784 -- a Video a Day Dec 14, 2023

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This Is How We Will Know that Moshiach Is Here

Day #8: Chanukah 5784 -- a Video a Day

Day #7: Inseparable in Life & Death: A Tale of Two Brothers - Chanukah 5784 -- a Video a Day Dec 13, 2023

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To See the Divine Flame in Each of Our Children

Day #7: Chanukah 5784 -- a Video a Day