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A Conversation on Trauma, Addiction, Infidelity, and Loneliness - Tackling Taboos with Rabbi YY & Eli Nash #1 Feb 15, 2023

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When I See How I Broken I Am, I Can Become Whole

Part One of a Three-Part Series with Rabbi YY Jacobson and Eli Nash discussing addiction, abuse, psychedelics, homosexuality, and more.

How Can a Father Sell His Daughter as a Slave? - Women's Class Parshas Mishpatim Feb 14, 2023

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How Can I Respect a Torah that Condones Female Slavery?

This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Mishpatim, 23 Shevat, 5783, February 14, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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When Can You Trust a Rabbi? - Chassidus: Torah Ohr Bachodesh Hashlishi #3 Feb 13, 2023

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What Does It Mean to Really Learn Torah?

This class was presented on Monday, Parshas Mishpatim, 22 Shevat, 5783, February 13, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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Addicts Can't Find Healing in Temporary Pleasures: The Deeper Truth - Speech at The Great Synagogue in Jerusalem Feb 12, 2023

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Are you or someone you love struggling with addiction? In this insightful video, we delve into the deeper truth behind substance abuse. Discover why some people turn to drugs or alcohol even though they know it will destroy them. Learn about the void that lies at the heart of their pain and why temporary pleasures can't bring them healing. This video will challenge your assumptions about addiction and offer a fresh perspective on the issue.

Does Chabad Chassidus Destroy Self-Esteem? - Chassidus: Torah Ohr Bachodesh Hashlishi #2 Feb 09, 2023

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The Debate Between the Alter Rebbe and His Friends if Chassidus Should Be “Intellectual”

This class was presented on Thursday, Parshas Yisro, 18 Shevat, 5783, February 9, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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If I Really Get It, How Can I Stay Stuck in My Ego? - Chassidus: Torah Ohr Bachodesh Hashlishi #1 Feb 06, 2023

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All Creation and Separation Happened in the “Light,” Not in “Source”

This class was presented on Monday, Parshas Yisro, 15 Shevat, 5783, February 6, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk & Rabbi YY Jacobson: Trauma Can Shape the Core of Your Identity. How Do You Heal? - Rabbi YY Interviews Author of "The Body Keeps the Score" Feb 05, 2023

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What Are the Most Effective Ways of Healing? The Fortitude of the Human Soul

Rabbi YY Jacobson had a zoom conversation with Dr. Van Der Kolk on healing trauma in the Jewish community. It included an intimate and raw Q&A session with "Fresh Start" Alumni.

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk is a psychiatrist, author, researcher and educator based in Boston. Since the 1970s his research has been in the area of post-traumatic stress. He is the author of The New York Times best seller, The Body Keeps the Score. Dr. Van der Kolk formerly served as president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and is a former co-director of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. He is a professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and president of the Trauma Research Foundation in Brookline, Massachusetts.

The Fresh Start Retreat is an intensive 7-day retreat designed for men and women who want to understand, process, and heal from unresolved trauma, neglect, and abuse. To learn more about Fresh Start Retreat Center please visit https://www.jewishfreshstart.com or call 248-301-9997

Yud Shevat Farbrengen: The Power of Love & Connection - Yud Shevat 5783 with Rabbi YY Jacobson Feb 01, 2023

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“I Have Come to My Garden:” The World’s Essential Goodness

Yud Shevat Farbrengen with Rabbi YY Jacobson - Wednesday Evening, 5783, February 1st at 7 Galileo Court, Pomona

The 73rd yartzeit of the rebbe rayatz. On Yud Shvat 1950, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, passed away. Exactly one year later, the seventh Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, accepted the leadership of the movement, and set about transforming the face of world Jewry.

When Religion Becomes Narcissistic - Maamer Basi L'Gani 5723 #8 Feb 01, 2023

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Why No One Will Be Left Behind

This is the eighth of a series of a text-based class on a Chassidic discourse, a Maamar, presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, on 10 Shevat, 5723 (1963), Basi L'Gani 5723.

Rabbi YY Jacobson taught this class on Wednesday, 10 Shevat, 5783, February 1, 2023, in Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim, 18 Forshay Road, downstairs.

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Tell Me Where - YY Moment Jan 31, 2023

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In Honor of Yud Shevat, Yartzeit of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe