The Ink Left In the Quill

no download mp3 link

Oh no! Was the download link left off as an oversight?

to Eli

The class will begin at 8:30 PM Monday night. When it will conclude, you will be able to download it.

curriculum

Is there a curriculum for tonight's shiur?

to M

Curriculum will be posted right before class.

painting

is there any story behind that painting? It says Yakobson, is there any connection to Rabbi Jacobson?

painting

as far as I know Rabbi YY Jacobson is not a painter. An artist? oh yes, but not a painter. His father, i think, was a painter.

Joe

Actually Rabbi Jacobsons father was a Journalist and founder of the Algemeiner Journal.

Chabad, Delray Beach, Florida

Dear Rabbi,
Last night the Purim theme
was "The Wild West."
Rabbi Kessler and Rabbi
Denberg rode a "mechanical bull." There were two real
ponies for the children to ride.
Judaism was doing "great"
in Boca Raton, Florida.
Yours warmly,
Yocheved Joyce Freedman
joyceadriane2@yahoo.com

could i see it from the beginning,once its over

The Ink Left In The Quill

Your lecture was filling me and made me cry from happiness and a fullness I cannot describe.

the ink in the pen

the question you posed about the unused ink left in the pen (from the small alef of Vayikra or the missing yud of anav) if these happened later - how could the unused ink affect his countenance now (earlier). Did you answer this? Perhaps I missed it. I was always under the impression that Moshe wrote everything at Har Sinai (event events that would happen later) - so that the question is not really a question. Thank you for your wonderful shiur!

Way of transformation energy into joy

Hey Folks,
Just because Purim is over doesn’t mean that we have to quit joy. The whole Adar is a month of Simcha, right? I know, most of you would hardly resist from temptation of celebration it in a new way unless had been stopped with inertia… Let’s take another shot. This time I envite you to choose one question or exercise you like from the curriculam and give a small burst… And remember: it’s not about “to be or not to be”, rather a simple reflection based on energy you abundantly receive from this particular class with Rabbi Yossi. Energy cannot be locked in a box, it needs to be transformed! Last earthquakes might tell you stories of its secret…
Hope to hear from you soon.

greise yishar koah for the great work of the hole staff

is not important but you forgat to put the right name on the pdf file like the previous files

Todah

Baruch HaShem,

Todah Ravah for wonderful story of the Rebbe

download link

the link is only posted after the class is given live and recorded.

Thank you

As always, beautiful, moving, inspiring. I really don't have the words to express the depth to which you clarify, help, uplift each and every week. You speak about what's mamash going on in my life, what I'm struggling to figure out, plus much more. A heartfelt thank you and yasher koach.
m.

a question concerning dancing with the Torah

If I understand, in your shiur you talked about transcending daat and instead 'knowing' with your legs through dancing, dancing with the Torah, getting to the white spaces, a depth of knowing and understanding, which is desirable. If this is so desirable a state, why are women not allowed this? Thank you.

Hello i am new here

Greetings, Awsome Forum i hope be able to contribute here.
Thanks.

To Phew

Welcome! We are thrilled to have you. We hope you enjoy and please share this with your friends.

great

Absolutely briliant! And inspiring. Wow. Awesome. This is real Torah.

sources

Either you took this idea from somewhere or it really was a nice development of the theoretical concept.

Is it possible to get an answer to my question?

I asked about dancing with the Torah. Would Rabbi please help me out with a response? Thank you

To Caryn

A lovely question Caryn. I would suggest this: According to the teachings of Kabbalah and chassidism, a woman is usually more empowered to access her super-conscious self. Wonen are usually more equipped, biologically, mentally and spiritually, to become vulnerable and delve into deeper parts of their psyche. The skill of Emunah, true faith, transcending the daas, is more revealed and expressed by women. Thus, while man needs to dance away with the physical Torah in order to help him access the inner white parchment, the women can dance away with her soul and discover this dimension of Torah within her very being. For her to physically dance with the Torah is alright, but it would betray the true gift and ability of the woman.
This is similar to the Aleyah issue. While the man experiences his aleyah, elevation, via going up to the Torah, the women can teach us how to experience an aleyah in our very being and essence. Each gender has a special power which we must impart to each other.

On Reflection...

Hi Folks,
Let me remind you that we are still in a game. Not that was before with “CARDS FACE UP!” but smaller one: “Take a shot” or “One card at a time.” It is from” Questions and Exercises”, from the curriculum, right below the video.
My small journal is to question # 4 about Chassidic explanation for the ink left in the quill and how this ink brings healing to a broken people:
What can teach us a lesson: a boring descriptions and presentation of full set of virtues a person has, or adventure with sweetness and bitterness of somebody’s feats,sins and mistakes…?
So, what do you prefer: a good story about a bad guy or a bad story about a good guy?
With holding back mentioning of his name and virtues, Moses saved ink for numerous stories that later had to be written and that we would be able to read and learn from. He saved space between letters for us, so we would be able to immerse fully in endless pool of unknown and than have a chance to shape those letters that we supposed to represent…
Six hundreds thousands letters of Torah represent Benei Yisrael, all of us, right? There are thirteen attributes of G-s mercy in them, aren’t there? But Moses gives us his own gift: a tear of ink from his quill and freeDom- white parchment, to write script of our own… in order that we embrace it in A DANCE OF OUR LIFE...

parasha without moshe name

there other parshos as the Rebbe quotes without his name beside tezave, like: ekev...
but there is different because moshe is talking, anyway is not precise to say that there was NO parasha without his name.
yashar koah for the great work of this shiurim

paracha ki sisa

thank you very much Rabbi Jacobson for this extraordinary chiour I never heard something so complete and deep about Moche Rabbenou and the jewish people!so great!a lot of emotion too for the story at the end!thank you again!God bless you Rabbi!

dancing with the Torah

thank you, you are a wonderful light to deeper understanding.

historical note: Michelangelo

Michelangelos' Moses statue does not have horns. That may have been what the Vatican implied but Michelangelo himself grew up in Lorenzo il Magnifico's court the grandson of Cosimo de Medici who brought the Jews to Florence, not only as money lenders but as teachers. Especially of Kabalah and Medrash. From the age of 13/14 he lived in Lorenzo's palace and was tutored by Ficino and Pico della Mirandola, both filo-Semitic and especially Pico well versed in Jewish lore. So the 2 knobs on Moses' statue are there to produce a "special effect" to draw the light that came through a hole in the wall made purposely by Buonarroti down to the face of the statue. The marble on face itself was highly polished so that it would reflect the light drawn down to it by the two knobs on the head as if two light rays. Historian tell us that going to see the statue was one of Rome Jewry's pastimes until the hole was closed (because the influx of Jews disturbed the Curia) and the optical effect destroyed. There are many indications that Michelangelo knew Medrash. For example in his Garden of Eden representation he did not paint an apple tree like many others but a fig tree.
There is a very interesting book on Michelangelos art that reveals many of his "digs" at the vatican and in favor of the Jews.

To A Florentine

Great job!
Would you give us some references?...as Rabbi Yossi used to teach us with such...we are still in Torah Class.
Thanks a lot and have a Good Shabbat!

to Florentine

wow, this is the first time I hear this. Why does everyone think he was intending to make horns?

To our new Guest from Florence

I have few minutes before Shabbat to tell you that when I asked about references I didn’t mean to be mean. You sound very knowledgeable and I’m sure you will keep on enlightening us in undiscovered field more. So framing is very crucial in this, like a sterile field before serious med procedure.
You might didn’t realize but Rabbi Jacobson with all his arguments for and against always has his ‘sterile gloves on.’
Have a Good week !(if you like this cheering better.)

Take it easy

Hey Florentine!
Come back, please, come back: we miss you.

is it possible to download the videos,i would like to watch them, as i travel tommorrow to israel