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  Goel Hakakian -7 years ago

  The lesson of Acharei is also reflected in the relationship between Pesach and Shavuot .
  The inspiration of the Seder night (Achat) is extended for seven weeks (Sheva) in order to be worthy of receiving the Torah

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  yehoshua -11 years ago

  lets enjoy
  cant we enjoy our high while it lasts, i like to perserve my highs for holiness and take the lows as they come, why should we be thinking of the most crude matters while we are enjoying intimate moments with G-D doesnt it defeat the purpose i understand taking on the general feeling of being self-subserviant but to go into the details of the negetive that will come? i dont get it.

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  Dovid Ha Levy ben Razel Benven -11 years ago

  Do We Really Have a Choice?
  Bs"d
  
  Today , the  11th of Iyar,marks the passing of my brother Michoel HaLevy brn Yohoshua. In 1964 ,he gave this almost identical vort over to me when I was twelve years old(he was 17).It is making me a little mishuggah because he wasn't religious,he was a hippie, never kept Shabbat ( we were like tinukot nishbot in the world of SF in the fifties) and my mom escaped the Nazis by living in a German convent raised by nuns,vet she was a Jew.
  
  I have no idea how he knew these lofty notions,nor why he took the pseudonym Michael Light...maybe I do now. We are all one being of light.
  
  Most astounding shiur,Rv. Jacobson.

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  yc -14 years ago

  from achas to acharei...and back
  Your words never, ever, fail to inspire and touch that unsullied, pure point of truth in one's soul.May Hashem continue to provide you with your gift for uplifting, illuminating and reinforcing that spark within all of us! Good Shabbos--

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  Shmuel Yosef Kamman -14 years ago

  Acharei Mos
  Dear Rabbi,
  I love you so much. Your way of teaching is so beautiful and wonderful. I wish the feelings and thoughts you bring out in me were money so I could give back to you. My wife and I are flat broke and we may even loose our home. All that you said is so true to me. Up, down in less than an hour. It's the Acharei that scares me the most. Actually the whole of existance is very frightening to me. Hashem scares me. I hope some people with money do give to you so you can continue. I, for one, certainly need you.

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  יעקב -14 years ago

  אחת למעלה ושבע למטה
  

  
  
  לפי הביאור בהשיעור יש לומר ביאור פנימי בחלוקת ר"א ור"י בטעם המנין אחת ואחת וכו', דלר"א היינו שלא יטעה בהזאות, היינו שלא יטעה ויחסיר האחת למעלה, דלפעמים מרוב ההתעסקות בהמטה הרי אינו מתחבר עם הלמעלה, כי יורד למטה מטה, כמבואר בהשיעור שיש מישהו שחושב שאינו שייך לקדושה כלל כי הוא בארציות. ולפי ר' יוחנן ה"ז מהכתוב לפני הכפורת יזה, היינו שהכתוב אומר לנו שמוכרח לחבר האחת למעלה עם השבע למטה. הרי שהביאור בנגלה מתאים להביאור בחסידות.
  
  
  ואולי יש לומר יתירה מזה: ב' הטעמים דר"י ור"א מתאימים לב' השיטות דרבי יהודה ור"מ. דלפי שיטת ר"א שלא יטעה היינו חשבון דמלמטה למעלה, כשיטת רבי יהודה, ואילו שיטת ר' יוחנן מתאימה לשיטת ר"מ שזהו גזה"כ, היינו שנרגש אצלו האחת למעלה, ענין התורה, אלא שהתורה אומרת שיש להמשיכה להמטה. והיא היא שיטת ר"מ. ולהעיר שלמעשה נקטינן בנוסח סדר העבודה כר"מ, ואולי כי ביוהכ"פ כל יהודי שייך להיסוד של אחת למעלה, ומתחיל בזה, אלא שאח"כ צריך להמשיך זה למטה.

  
  
  

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  Elki -14 years ago

  thanks
  a contribution in memory of my sister who was niftar at a young age. She, too, would have have been a fan of Rabbi Jacobson's shiurim. Hatzlachah!

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  israel -14 years ago

  how? what?
  Rabbi Jacoshon,
  first and again thank you and shkoach. Brilliant and so so so real ... as usual.
  However I stay in deep thirst and with a huge question mark:
  how in these moments of "high" prepare ourselfs to the after/acharey!?!
  what are the tools one should "build in" in order to face correctly, with some hope of success the acharey?
  thanking you in advance for a hope-full answer.
  Israel
  

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  joe -14 years ago

  beautiful
  a beautiful and briliant message. the drama was amazing and the content great.

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  MAX COHEN -14 years ago

  ACHAREI
  ACHAREI CLASS THANK YOU

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  adam -14 years ago

  wow
  Wow. What an end to the shiur. You are 100% on the money. An excellent message which probably many men must internalize but will take some work. You could probably build a whole counseling practice from that one shiur.

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  יצחק -14 years ago

  ר"מ ור"י
  ביאור מקסים במחלוקת ר"מ ור"י איך מונים את הזריקות. תודה

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  Kayo Kaneko -14 years ago

  Acharei your shiur
  Baruch HaShem,
  
  I was ecstatic while I was listening your shiur. I had to deal with "Acharei" after you finished the shiur.

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  Kayo Kaneko -14 years ago

  Acharei
  Baruch HaShem,
  
  I am Japanese living in Tokyo, 43 years old, have schizophrenia and debts to pay back. In the doctor's office, I declared that I will go to Israel to convert even if it takes 5 years. I was ecstatic. I felt as if I am the children of Israel in front of the Sea of Reeds, and HaShem is telling me to keep going. And another moment, I felt HaShem is testing me as He tested Abraham by Arkeida Yitzchak. After watching this shiur, I realized "Acharei". I should never forget and be cautious about "Acharei." Otherwise, I will not succeed my mission from above. "Acharei" I will always remember it.
  
  Shalom,
  

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  rk -14 years ago

  Thank you
  Greatly appreciate this and other beautiful classes!

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  Esther -14 years ago

  Volunteer for Rubashkin
  The number at the bottom of your email to volunteer for the Rubashkin Justice Campaign seems to be a bus and limo service. Do you have the correct number?

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  isaac -14 years ago

  thank you
  I am looking very much forward, as always. I am a big fan of tjese Monday night classes.

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