• Anonymous -5 months ago

  Awesome, like always!!!!! Thank you Rabbi YY

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• Anonymous -5 months ago

  Here is the letter I spoke about:

  *Sivan Rahav-Meir / The Daily Portion / A letter from Limor to Avigail* (Translation by Yehoshua Siskin ([email protected])
  
  "Shalom Sivan,
  
  My name is *Limor Zusman*. 23 years ago, when I was 6, my parents were on the third floor of the Versailles Wedding Hall in Jerusalem when it collapsed and they fell to their death along with 21 others. I woke up the next morning all alone in the world.
  
  When I hear about *Avigail Idan*, the girl who lost both parents and was just released from captivity, I am familiar with the darkness that envelopes her.
  
  I remember people sitting Shiva and crying. I walked outside and no one noticed. I went into the yard, pointed at three stars in the sky, and announced: ‘Mother, father, and God are watching over me together.’
  
  At that same moment, I gathered otherworldly strength to cling to life. Over the years, I learned this verse from the Book of Psalms: ‘For my mother and father have forsaken me, but the Lord gathers me in.’
  
  I learned about the strength of widows and widowers, and of orphans. They have special protection.
  
  I don’t want to promise empty promises: What happened never goes away. I am the same 6-year-old girl waiting for her parents to return from the wedding. I am still the 12-year-old girl at her Bat Mitzvah ceremony when all my friends stood with their mothers and fathers.
  
  To everyone who cares about the children who have lost their parents, I say: Be with them in their pain. Give to them, hug them, and ask nothing from them. Be sensitive and cautious. Give them time. And most important of all: Do not pity them! Leave your pity outside. Enlighten them about the strength within them. Don’t focus on their scars but on their resilience. Don’t make them dependent on the kindness of others for the rest of their lives. Focus on their courage instead.
  
  Today I am married, a mother, and studying to work as a family guidance counselor (perhaps because I lost my family). It’s possible to choose life.
  
  All night long, I could not sleep and wrote this for myself, for the grieving families, for everyone, and especially for one little girl. May you be blessed, Avigail, in your return to us.”
  
  (To receive Sivan’s daily WhatsApp: http://tiny.cc/DailyPortion).

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• Anonymous -5 months ago

  An unforgettable shiur

  There are no words… the gems of chizuk in yesterday’s loaded shiur was beyond description… I repeated it to my family, my parents and a relative who is a widow. It has infused us all with light, consolation and comfort.

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  Freida Hecht -5 months ago

  Absolutely,  fantastic class.
  Freida Hecht Norwalk/Westport CT 

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  N Sufrin -5 months ago

  I was looking for sources for this talk and came accross this!!

  

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    N Sufrin -5 months ago

    The above was a reply to this post, which is super interesting and relvant to YYs talk:

    

    

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• Anonymous -5 months ago

  Thank you for helping us see the light !!

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  Rachel Carlsen -5 months ago

  Question for Rabbi YY

  Thank you!

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Vayishlach/Chanukah Women's Class

Rabbi YY Jacobson

• November 28, 2023
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• 15 Kislev 5784
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• 2848 views

Classes in this Series

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  NEW!

  Women's Emor Class

  Tuesday Women's Class

  Tuesday, May 14, 9:30 am
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  1 hr 21 min

  NEW!

  Women's Kedoshim Class

  Self Care Is Not a Crime; It's a Mitzvah

  The Great Talmudic Debate: Two People Stuck in a Desert with One Canteen, Who Gets the Water?
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  1 hr 37 min

  Women's Pesach Class

  How We Develop Our Coping Mechanisms and How We Set Ourselves Free

  The 4 Cups and 4 Sons Are Four Steps to Emotional Liberation: My Divine Soul, My Animal Soul, Seeing Through the Facade, Emancipation From My Brainy Self
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  1 hr 46 min

  Women's Pesach Class

  Can You Be Grateful for Each of Your ‘Four Children’? Can You Listen to the 4 Children Inside of You?

  Our Children Are Asking the Questions We All Struggle With Internally
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  1 hr 46 min

  Women's Pesach Class

  Can You Be Grateful for Each of Your ‘Four Children’? Can You Listen to the 4 Children Inside of You?

  Our Children Are Asking the Questions We All Struggle With Internally
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  1 hr 20 min

  Tzav Women's Class

  How You Can Use Your Darkness to Light up the World

  What They Did With the Ashes on the Altar Teaches Us What to Do with Our Darker Sides
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  1 hr 36 min

  Purim Women's Class

  How Queen Esther’s Banner of Pride Can Transform Every Victim’s Narrative

  The Untold Purim Story: The First Female Abuse Victim Who Dared to Speak Out
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  1 hr 46 min

  Women's Purim Class

  The Most INSANE Purim Story: When Rabah “Slaughtered” the Ego of Reb Zeira

  How Do I Find Bliss in My Challenging Life? On Purim, Two Sages Provided the Answer
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  1 hr 48 min

  Parshas Shekalim Women's Class

  The Last Lecture of the Lubavitcher Rebbe: How to Love

  Why Is It So Hard to Serve G-d With Bliss? How to Love Your (True) Self & the Other
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  1 hr 29 min

  Women's Ki Sisa Class

  Can You Give Yourself A Standing Ovation for Showing Up? Learning to Appreciate Ourselves

  The Beauty of the Golden Calf: When G-d "Learnt" Not to Take His People for Granted
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  1 hr 50 min

  Adar/Purim Katan Women's Class/Joy

  How to Live in Bliss: If I Can’t Feel the Pain, I Can’t Feel the Joy

  Why Didn’t Jews Lose Their Faith? Reb Akiva, Eli Wiesel, and the Rebbe
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  1 hr 22 min

  Women's Mishpatim Class

  Why Do I Crave Compliments? Why Does My Ego Require Constant Resuscitation?

  The Unpaid Guardian & the Bliss in Letting Go of My Ego Entirely