This weekly women&#39;s class was&nbsp;presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bechukosai,&nbsp;23 Iyar, 5782, May 24, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

King David&mdash;whose yartzeit is on Shavuos&mdash;remains one of the most fascinating, perplexing, and majestic figures in Jewish history. The combination of wisdom, humility, honesty and spirituality coupled with courage, power, passion, and leadership, and all of them with incredible intensity, conferred upon him the status of the ultimate Jewish king, leader, and poet.

Two of the most powerful stories of love in the Tanach are also associated with him and one two of his children. They are summarized succinctly by our sages in the Ethics of the Fathers ch. 5: &ldquo;What is an example of a love that depended on something? The love Amnon had for Tamar. What is a love that did not depend on anything? The love between David and Jonathan.&quot;&nbsp;

Let us recall these two narratives of love. Let us also understand why the Mishnah needs to find illustrations for two models of love from two ancient stories, when both of these models play themselves out in each of our lives on a constant basis?

At a &ldquo;farbrengen&rdquo; in the spring of 1973, Shabbos Parshas Bechokosai 5733, the Lubavitcher Rebbe offered an explanation to the Mishnah. As was his style, he demonstrated how the answer to the above enigma lay in what seems like a discrepancy of a single world. It teaches us a novel idea about how family members need to nurture relationships between themselves and also what type love we are capable of achieving with our spouses and even toward strangers.

The riveting stories of how Amnon violated Tamar and how Jonathan loved David illustrate what we are capable of and what we must be caution of in the volatile and complex world of love.

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yonasan

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Siblings Can Learn to Hate Each Other; Strangers Can Learn to Love Each Other

Women’s Pirkei Avos/ Shavuos Class

A Tale of Two Loves: Amnon and Tamar Vs. David and Yehonasan

This class will be&nbsp;presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bechukosai,&nbsp;23&nbsp;Iyar, 5782, May 24, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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Why the Ultimate Reward Is Given to a Soul Embodied in a Physical Container

Chassidus: Likkutei Torah Behar Es Shabsosai #9

When Refinement Does Not Bring You Closer, Coarseness Does Not Drive You Away

The shuir was presented Sivan 5777, June 2017, at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, NY

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bitul

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A Land That Consumes Its Inhabitants: How the Spies Misunderstood Bitul

Likkutei Torah Shlach Einyan Hatcheles #1

Two Definitions of Bitul in Halacha and Spirituality

Hashkafa/Chassidus: Does Judaism Want Me to Be Happy?&nbsp;Why Did the Rabbis Make So Many Prohibitions?&nbsp;At a morning class by Rabbi YY Jacobson in August 2017, one of the students wanted to know why the Sages prohibited so many things, and if Judaism allows us to be happy. This was Rabbi Jacobson&#39;s response.&nbsp;

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happiness

Why Did the Rabbis Make So Many Prohibitions?

Hashkafa/Chassidus

Does G-d Want Me to Be Happy?

Likkutei Torah&nbsp;​Sukkos Ushevatem Mayim&nbsp;#​4​.&nbsp;Do You Want Truth, Or the Experience of Truth?&nbsp;The Sin of Adam and Chava​: ​They&nbsp;​Wanted to Experience&nbsp;G-d

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The Sin of Adam and Chava​: ​They ​Wanted to Experience G-d

Likkutei Torah ​​Sukkos Ushevatem Mayim #​ ​4​

Do You Want Truth, Or the Experience of Truth? 

Likkutei Torah&nbsp;​Sukkos Ushevatem Mayim&nbsp;#3​.&nbsp;When You Become One, You Don&#39;t Scream Any Longer.&nbsp;​From Fire to Water: From Passion to Oneness&nbsp;

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​From Fire to Water: From Passion to Oneness   ​

Likkutei Torah ​​Sukkos Ushevatem Mayim #​ ​3​

 ​When You Become One, You Don't Scream Any Longer

Likkutei Torah&nbsp;Sukkos Ushevatem Mayim #2​.&nbsp;I Love You. But Can You Feel It?&nbsp;The Courage to &quot;Plow&quot; Your Soul on Yom Kippur, To Experience the Love of Sukkos&nbsp;

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The Courage to "Plow" Your Soul on Yom Kippur, To Experience the Love of Sukkos  ​

Likkutei Torah ​​Sukkos Ushevatem Mayim #​​2

I Love You. But Can You Feel It?

Likkutei Torah ​​Sukkos Ushevatem Mayim #​​1.&nbsp;​If Your Judaism Lacks Passion, It Can Never Compete With All Other Passions.&nbsp;​You May Not Eat If You are Not Spiritually Superior to Your Food

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​You May Not Eat If You are Not Spiritually Superior to Your Food

Likkutei Torah ​​Sukkos Ushevatem Mayim #​​1

​If Your Judaism Lacks Passion, It Can Never Compete With All Other Passions

Likkutei Torah&nbsp;&nbsp;​Shuvah Yisroel #6.&nbsp;As Yom Kippur Reaches Its Crescendo We Declare &quot;Hashem Hu Haelokim&quot;&nbsp;W​hen Dead Bugs Produce Extraordinary Fragrance

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W​hen Dead Bugs Produce Extraordinary Fragrance

Likkutei Torah ​Shuvah Yisroel #​​​6​

As Yom Kippur Reaches Its Crescendo We Declare "Hashem Hu Haelokim" 

Likkutei Torah&nbsp;Shuvah Yisroel #4.&nbsp;Anger Is a Cover-Up Emotion; Why Is G-d Always Angry?&nbsp;​A Judaism of Love Or of Anger?

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​A Judaism of Love Or of Anger?

Likkutei Torah ​Shuvah Yisroel #​4​

Anger Is a Cover-Up Emotion; Why Is G-d Always Angry?

Likkutei Torah &nbsp;​Shuvah Yisroel #3.&nbsp;Psychological Death Penalties.&nbsp;​Understanding the Punishments in Torah: It Begins with the Spiritual&nbsp;

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​Understanding the Punishments in Torah: It Begins with the Spiritual 

Likkutei Torah ​Shuvah Yisroel #​3​

Psychological Death Penalties

​Likkutei Torah&nbsp;​Shuvah Yisroel #​

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​.&nbsp; ​Stoned, Burnt, Beheaded and Strangulated: The Psychological Version.&nbsp;The Secret of Empathy: ​When You Destroy the System, You Discover the Essence Beyond Systems​

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The Secret of Empathy: ​When You Destroy the System, You Discover the Essence Beyond Systems​

​Likkutei Torah ​Shuvah Yisroel #​​5​

​Stoned, Burnt, Beheaded and Strangulated: The Psychological Version

Stoned, Burnt, Beheaded and Strangulated: The Psychological Version

The Secret of Empathy: When You Destroy the System, You Discover the Essence Beyond Systems

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