Every Small Step of a Person Is One Giant Leap for Mankind

Every Small Step of a Person Is One Giant Leap for Mankind

Man on the Moon

This lecture was presented to the Ida Crown High School in Chicago on Thursday, December 21, 2017

Is Halacha a Manual for Repression or a Blueprint for Self Actualization?

Chicago Lecture to Teenagers

Why Does Torah Impose So Many Limits on My Life?

This class was presented at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, NY, on Sunday Parshas Vayakhel Pekudei, 21 Adar, 5777, March 19, 2017.

It is a strange story. Moses seemingly distorted what G-d told him, telling the craftsman of the Sanctuary to first build the furniture and only afterward the outer structure. It was Betzalel who reminded him of the simple truth that you first build a house before you furnish it. Upon deeper reflection, this incident captures the story of our lives.

Many great thinkers, writers, and artist, produced extraordinary works. Their content was great, their message potent, and their talent exceptional. What they lacked was the exterior structure for their souls lavish output. Sadly, in our world &ldquo;art&rdquo; needs a proper &ldquo;frame.&rdquo; Lacking the frame, the art may remain in its corner and melt into oblivion.

The great argument between Moses and Betzalel was which came first&mdash;the energy or the container, the vision or the structure? Moses was a visionary; Betzalel was a man of action. In conclusion, we discover, they were both right: In the world of thought and strategy, art precedes the frame; in the world of action and implementation, the frame precedes the art. In the world of light, vision takes precedence. In the world of shadows, your dreams must follow your actions, not the other way around.

The class continues to explore another perspective by Reb Tzadok of Lublin. Judaism consists of two components&mdash;what G-d gives us and what we give G-d. The Written Torah and the Oral Torah. One is Divine; the other is filtered through human creativity. But are they really different? Depends from whose perspective.

What Comes First, the Frame or the Art? The Debate between Moshe and Betzalel

How Do I Know When to Trust a Rabbi?

The Healthy Immune System of Halacha. This discussion by Rabbi YY Jacobson folowed his daily morning Gemarah class, in response to the question of how Rabbis decide what is permitted or forbidden nowadays.
This conversation took place in Tamuz 5776, July 2016, at the Ohr Chaim Shul in Monsey, NY. &nbsp;

How Jewish Law Developed Over Millenia

The Healthy Immune System of Halacha

The Post-Semicha graduation ceremony of 5776. Rabbis Graduate a full Year course on Practical Rabbinics by TheYeshiva.net.

Rabbis Graduate a Full Year Course on Practical Rabbinics

Post-Semicha 5776 Graduation Ceremony

This is a text-based class on the Hadran of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the Mishnah Torah of the Rambam, &nbsp;delivered by the Rebbe on 19 Kislev 5735-1974. This is class two in the series: "The Ultimate Halachik Man."&nbsp;The It explores the dual function of Halacha in changing the world.

The Mission Statement of Halacha: to Change the World

The Ultimate Halachik Man: Hadran on Rambam #2

The Story of the Oral Tradition 

The Emunah Series

Basics of Emunah #8: How Judaism Developed Over the Ages -- Part Two

How Judaism Developed Over the Ages

Basics of Emunah #7: Can an Intelligent Person Believe the Oral Tradition is Divine?

An Eye for an Eye - Sunday Class - 1/31/2016

Why the Discrepancy Between the Written and Oral Traditions of Judaism?

An Eye for an Eye?

Is there a rational basis to accept that some 3300 years ago G-d revealed Himself to our ancestors at Sinai? Why was Maimonides, a rationalist par excellence, so convinced of the historicity of this event? And in what way is the Jewish claim of divine revelation any different from the many thousands of claims made by various other religious groups.

How Do We Know That We Heard G‑d at Sinai?

Basics of Emunah #6: Can An Intelligent Person Believe That Torah Is Divine?

This class explores the reason for so many mitzvos and laws in Judaism and the meaning of reward and punishment, paradise and hell, in Torah.

You can send your questions in advance to yyjacobson@theyeshiva.net, or submit&nbsp;written questions before or during the presentation. Anonymity of the questioners will be&nbsp;respected.

Understanding Reward and Punishment in Judaism

Basics of Emunah #4: Why So Many Restrictions? What Is Hell?

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At the end of the dailyGemarah class on Monday, 13&nbsp;Adar I, 5779, February 18, 2019, Rabbi YY Jacobson discussed&nbsp;the evolution of Torah and Halacha through the generations, and the role of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish High Court in Jewish hsitory and why it was dismantled.

Understanding How Torah Evolved Through the Generations

By Dismantling the Sanhedrin, the Sages Saved Judaism

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