This class was presented on Tuesday, 6 Shvat, 5785, February 4, 2025, Parshas Beshalach, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

“Just Move On, Don’t Take It to Heart” Doesn’t Work: Why Moshe Instructed the Jews to Gaze at Egypt

Women's Beshalach Class

Working Through Your Emotions Doesn’t Mean You’re Self-Centered or Spoiled

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This class was&nbsp;presented on Tuesday, Parshas Beshalach, 13 Shvat, 5784, January 23, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

The Art of Empathy: Why Dasan and Aviram Earned Their Own Splitting of the Sea

Beshalach Women's Class/ Israel-Hamas War

Crème De La Crème: The Brisker Rav on Israeli Soldiers

This class was&nbsp;presented on Tuesday, Parshas Beshalach, 9&nbsp;Shevat, 5783, January 31, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

What to Talk About During Dating?

Women's Class Parshas Beshalach

Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn — and the Invincible Self

This women&#39;s class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Beshalach, 9&nbsp;Shevat, 5780, February 4, 2020 at the Ohr Chaim Shul, Monsey, NY&nbsp;

Why Do Married Women Cover Their Hair? Why Don't Women Sing In Front of Men?

Women's Beshalach Class/The Emunah Series

Basics of Emunah #33: What Does It Mean to Have Faith? Why Did Miriam Sing Her Own Song?

This class was presented on Sunday Parshas Beshalach, 8 Shevat 5777, February 5, 2017, at Ohr chaim Shul, Monsey, NY

The opening of our portion related how Pharaoh had a change of heart right after he let the Jewish people go. &quot;He said to the Children of Israel: They are lost in the land, the desert closed in on them.&quot; Rashi raises the obvious difficulty with this verse. Pharaoh did not speak to the children of Israel, for they had left Egypt already. How could he be talking to them?

The Targum Yonasan ben Uziel gives an astonishing explanation. There were two Jews, Dassan and Aviram, who remained in Egypt. They refused to leave. Pharaoh spoke to them, reassuring them that the Jews are lost, stranded, and stuck in the desert. Their choice to flee the country was an ill-conceived one.

Yet here is where the story becomes mind staggering. If they chose to stay in Egypt, how do we discover them journeying with the Jews in the desert &ndash; complaining about the manna, revolting with Korach? The answer is plain if absurd. They must have tagged along with Pharaoh when he went to pursue the Jews by the sea. And when the sea split, they too were spared. They too crossed along with the Jews, and got to the other side safe and sound.

This is absurd. These two fellows who were absolute atheists, it seems, fighting Moses and G-d at every step of the way, choosing to remain in Egypt, are saved with their brethren. They have linked their fate and destiny to Egypt, not to the Hebrew. Why were they spared at the red sea while all of the Egyptians drowned?

What is more, the Midrash teaches that many Jews who did not want to leave Egypt, died during the three days of darkness. Yet Dathan and Aviram who also did not want to leave, remained intact. Why? It was the &ldquo;Saraf&rdquo; of Brisk and the Beer Maim Chaim who presented an astounding answer.&nbsp;

We explore the conversation between Reb Shmuel of Shiniva and the Chidushei HaRim about the Talmudic expression &ldquo;Krias Yam Suf.&rdquo; We delve into the story of Miriam bas Bilgah and the &ldquo;rectification of a soul&rdquo; by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1975. We discover the power of empathy, of taking a blow for another Jew, something that placed Dasan and Aviran on a lofty spiritual pedestal.

Empathy Is Never Forgotten  

To Feel for Another Jew: The Untold Story of a Sea Splitting for Two Sinners

This class was&nbsp;presented on Tuesday, Parshas Va&#39;eira, 24 Teves, 5783, January 17, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

Freedom Comes in Two Forms: Escape and Transformation

Women's Class Va'eira/Bo

Why the Need to Lie to Pharaoh?

This women&#39;s class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Beshalach, 7 Shevat, 5778, January 23, 2018, at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, NY

Are You an Escapist, a Conformist, a Fighter, or a Passive Believer? 

Beshalach Women's Class

Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Five Approaches

One of the first things we did together as a people was sing. But how exactly did three million people sing the same song? There are three Talmudic opinions: Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Nechmyah. According to the first, Moses sang the song himself, according to the second, the nation repeated Moses&rsquo; song, and according to the third, Moses only opened the song, and it was continued by the people.&nbsp;
What is the logic behind this argument? It revolves around the question of what is the role of a leader? To inspire loyalty, to create followers, or to craft leaders?

What Is the Meaning of True Leadership?

A Tale of Three Leaders

This weekly women&#39;s class&nbsp;was&nbsp;presented on Tuesday, Parshas Beshalach, 13 Shevat, 5781, January 26, 2021, live from Rabbi Jacobson&#39;s home in Monsey, NY.

When You Discover that Ignorance is the Pinnacle of Enlightenment

Women's Class -- Sefas Emes Beshalach

Bread of Ignorance

This text-based class on Likkutei Sichos vol. 21 Parshas Beshalach,&nbsp;explores an enigmatic commentary by Rashi on why Moshe&#39;s hands became heavy, and the powerful lesson for our days, on how to deal with Jews who &quot;fell out of the system.&quot;

When a Jew Is Being Attacked, All Calculations Become Irrelevant

Likkutei Sichos Beshalach

Don't Neglect the Jews Who Fell Out of the System

This lecture by Rabbi YY Jacobson was organized by Partners In Torah in Detroit, on Sunday, March 26, 2017. The MC of the event was&nbsp;Rabbi Leiby Burnham, leading educator at Partners in Torah.

The Secret Genes of the Chofetz Chaim; The Brisker Rav on Israeli Soldiers

Detroit Lecture on Jewish Unity

Are We Still One People?

How to Treat Israeli Soldiers.&nbsp;The Terrible Mistake Made by Many Religious Jews

This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson in Tamuz 5777, July 2017, at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, NY.

The Terrible Mistake Made by Many Religious Jews

Hashkafa/Mussar

How to Treat Israeli Soldiers

This speech was presented at the Bar Mitzvah of Shmuel Tzvi Engel, on Sunday Parshas Vayeitzei, 3 Kislev, 5779, November 11, 2018, in Monsey, NY

To Appreciate Your Child, Say Goodbye to Your Ego

In Jewish History, We Study the Past Based on the Future

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