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Why Did Blood Flow When Titus Stabbed the Holy Curtain?

The Yetzer Hara of Our Times: Who Do I Think I Am?

1 hr 12 min

Class Summary:

This is a text-based class by Rabbi YY Jacobson, on a Maamar, a Chassidic discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Maamar V'hikrisem, presented by the Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Matos-Masei, 26 Tammuz, 5712, July 19, 1952.

The class was presented on Thursday, Parshas Pinchas, 17 Tammuz, 5780, July 9, 2020, streaming live from Rabbi Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY 

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    harvey -4 years ago

    Rabbi, you explained how the Yetzer Horah (or the Klippah) is the voice inside of us that says, I’m no good, I’m not worthy, I’m a sinner, I did so many things wrong, who am I to think that I can approach the RBS”O and for forgiveness, and ask for a good year , and for parnassah?!

    Rabbi Sinmcha Weinberg Shlit’a says, on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in every Sh’moneh Esrei, we say “U’v’chein, tayn pachdechah . . . “ and “U’v’chein, tayn kavod . . .”, and “U’v’chein, Tzadidkim . . . “ What’s this “U’v’chein”?

    He says, that in Megillas Esther, 4:16 לֵךְ כְּנוֹס אֶת-כָּל-הַיְּהוּדִים הַנִּמְצְאִים בְּשׁוּשָׁן, וְצוּמוּ עָלַי וְאַל-תֹּאכְלוּ וְאַל-תִּשְׁתּוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים לַיְלָה וָיוֹם--גַּם-אֲנִי וְנַעֲרֹתַי, אָצוּם כֵּן; וּבְכֵן אָבוֹא אֶל-הַמֶּלֶךְ, אֲשֶׁר לֹא-כַדָּת, וְכַאֲשֶׁר אָבַדְתִּי, אָבָדְתִּי.16 'Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day; I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.'

    Rabbi Weinberg explains, Esther said to Mordechai, let all the Jews in Shushan fast for me for 3 days and nights, and I and my maidens, too, will fast for 3 days and nights. After the 3 days, I will have not showered, not washed my hair, not changed my clothes and I’m gonna stink and look all disheveled . . . וּבְכֵן אָבוֹא אֶל-הַמֶּלֶךְ

    That’s is what it means when we say 3 times in each Shmoneh Esrei, וּבְכֵן  -->I am soiled, I am no good, I have made so many mistakes and sins, some intentionally and some by accident, I said bad things to, and about, people, and I stink and look disheveled and feel unworthy . . . וּבְכֵן אָבוֹא אֶל-הַמֶּלֶךְ –

    Nonetheless, I come before you to do teshuva.

    And My thought is that teshuva does not mean repentance, it comes from the shoresh la’shuv – to return, which means to return to the relationship that I had with you Hashem, before I messed up.

    Kol Tuv!Warmly,

    Harvey (Heshie) Klein, MD,

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    Sara -4 years ago

    You cracked me up with the story

    Of the boy who was singing his own song. That happens 😊

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    Molly -4 years ago

    WOW !!!!!

    Dear Rabbi. 

    Thank you for today's class. It was so deep and yet basic ! It was so fundamental. an absolute 101 life class. It also gives another whole understanding to free will because when you understand a Mitzva vs a sin your starting point is different. 
    It felt like one of the classes from basics of Emuna !

    Even after hearing the class of does HaShem need you, today's class added more deeptg and explanation.
    A very special class ! 

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  • Anonymous -4 years ago

    The idea the Rebbe makes is found in the great Mussar sefarim, for example, in Rabenu Yonah in Yesod Hateshuva

     

    Smiliarly in Mesilas Yesharim (19) regarding Davening:

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  • Anonymous -4 years ago

    The Tzemech Tzedek writes תמונה

    תמונה

    it seems that only a talmid chacham needs this yeshus NS THE WAY WE ARE SAYING - IT IS THE OPPOSITE SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A TALMID CHACHAM NEEDS IT?

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Chassidus: Maamer V'hikrisem, Matos-Masei 5712 #2

Rabbi YY Jacobson

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Dedicated by Liz and Dr. Michael Muschel in memory of his father, HaRav Nachum ben Meir, for the 5th yahrzeit, 18 Tamuz.
Born in Tarnov, Poland, escaping the Germans to Siberia, he ultimately arrived in the US and received semicha from the renowned  Reb Yisroel Gutsman. For more than 50 years Rabbi Muschel headed the ASHAR Yeshiva day school in Monsey, mentoring thousands of students, inspiring hundreds of families, instilling in his disciples love for Torah, Yiddishkeit, and Israel. A teacher to his very core, Rabbi Muschel continued to teach each Tuesday a Navi class for women until his final days.

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