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Lecture in Teaneck for High Holidays
- September 8, 2019
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- 8 Elul 5779
Rabbi YY Jacobson
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This lecture by Rabbi YY Jacobson, organized by Project Inspire, was held in Keter Torah Shul in Teaneck, New Jersey, on Sunday, 8 Elul 5779, September 8, 2019.
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Lecture in Teaneck for High Holidays
Rabbi YY Jacobson
- September 8, 2019
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- 8 Elul 5779
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Albert -4 years ago
I read the Bill Clinton story that you told at shul this AM. I see the YouTube video, but do you have a written version of it too?
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Dr. Stanley Ress -4 years ago
I saw a brief print version on Clinton's Teshuva with Rav Paley that you wrote, but I can't find it anywhere on the internet. Please can you point me to where I can download & print it?
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Lawrence -4 years ago
Rabbi Jacobson,
Divinity Poem to 15 yr old daughter
My daughter feels that God is not,
Real, Really. But she is caught
In the existential dilemma where logic
is powerless for matters not pedagogic.
To ponder the enormity of billions of galaxies
and trillions of planets, has throughout history
Turned linear thinking into a sop.
Of mental gymnastics which can not stop
the realization that logic and reason
are mundane tools. It is mental treason
to think that a word can encompass the whole
complexity. And that the human soul
is the end all and be all, “Oh Glorious me”.
And that we are the rulers of all we can see.
Copyright Lawrence Klein December 1, 2004
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Hannah -4 years ago
I am a frequent listener of your lectures, they are great in the sense of deepness and clarity. However, your shiur in the Rav´s and R´Kook teshuvah styles had a very profound idea, which is absolutely true, but doesn't hold the to the kavod worth to Rabbi Kook and even more to Rabbi Soloveitchik. I am absolutely not versed in neither, while I'm sure that their ideas are much more profound. The Rav speaks about kaparah and taharah- the correction of two the consequences of sin (liability and impurity), blotting sin out or elevating it among many other beautiful concepts (his yearly Teshuva shiur). R of Perhaps you could dedicate another lecture to develop more into these great styles and make clear the elu veelu of these not contradictory at all drachim.
Thank you!
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