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  JJ -5 years ago

  Hi Rabbi YY,

   

  Phenomenal maamer and shiur. You gave me a level of understanding and comfort I didn’t understand beforehand. The hard part is to internalize. But the understanding is huge. This is a trying time for me and I know it sounds crazy but I understand it a drop better and maybe appreciate it a tiny drop. 

   

  Thank you and all the best 

   

  A gut Shabbos 

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  Moshe -5 years ago

  If the talmid muvchak, or regular, must hear every word. How can he do this when many words of the mashpia are one word  answers (like "right")  to comments that cannot be heard, making it not understandable? 

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  Michael -5 years ago

  Really extraordinarily powerful and profound.  When I arrived here at the office, my assistant noted that I seemed unusually happy and radiant this morning. (They also asked me why I was late - LOL).

   

   And of course the message of today’s shiur can bring new enlightenment into R’ Akiva‘s words, and the famous response of  “Nichamtanu”

  That is, if we apply what we learned this morning, R Akiva was not giving comfort in the sense of telling the rabbis something to make them feel better, telling something new or an  extraneous piece of good news a la’:  “at least you ALSO  have this and this and something else to to be happy about which can balance your tears “.  Rather,perhaps  he was telling them that they misread the entire situation because they miss its pnimiyus. The foxes may externally -and strictly literally- evoke the prophecy of Yirmiyahu in Eichah, but in pnimiyus, behind those foxes lies in full force the prophecy of Zechariah “Od yeishvu...” (At least that is my understanding of the Makkos Gemara  based on what we learned this morning). The chitzoniyus, for which we cry, may be foxes populating Har Tzion,  while the pnimiyus can be the young and the old populating the streets of Jerusalem. 
  
  And of course, כדרכך בקודש, you have given me new light in understanding the great Ramban. His interpretation in כי תשא regarding חטא העגל-
  He has a whole long אריכות regarding the Jews searching for Moshe’s replacement when כי בושש משה. So they make a calf?!

   

  Explains the  Ramban- They were in the desert, which always operates על פי מידת הדין, which in turn issues from the north, which in turn is שמאל (when facing east), which in turn is the position of the שור in the מרכבה, which (שור) in turn  is עגל !! Hence in response to Moshe’s disappearance, and their need for guidance, they built an עגל. A bit far-fetched, wouldn’t you say?!

   

   But after today’s  shiur I had an epiphany,  based on what we learned, as to what might be behind all the  contorted reasoning and what might explain this cryptic Ramban and his understanding of חטא העגל. I  hope, Bl”n to be able to briefly share this with you tomorrow morning, Shabbos Kodesh 

   

  Wonderful wonderful inspiration indeed. I hope I will be forgiven for sounding so excited and uplifted during these nine days. Good Shabbos

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  Moshe -5 years ago

  Nadir, lowest point (opposite of zenith) in Yiddish is, I think NiDeRik. Same shoresh. GS

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  Moshe -5 years ago

  The mashpia was once a mikabel

  Of course the mashpia was  once a  mikabel, likely a talmid muvchak. And so on and so forth going back to Moshe and Yehoshua. The mashpia was  not born one. This is  not  only the  mesorah, but the best of  the  best  of  the  mesorah.

    And today's talmid muvchak is tomorrow's mashpia.

    The maamer talks about a  teacher and a student but this can also, perhaps apply,  between 2 teachers, 2 colleagues who give and take on a similar plane. A chavrusa at any level. 

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Maamar Reb Hillel Eisa B'Psikta #12

Rabbi YY Jacobson

• August 9, 2019
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• 8 Av 5779
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Classes in this Series

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  Maamar Reb Hillel Eisa B'Psikta #20

  Why Did Jews Really Sin? They Were Searching for the Ultimate Relationship & the Light of Moshiach

  The Yearly Calendar Mirrors All of Our History; Moshe Breaking the Luchos Captures His Greatest Moment

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  Maamar Reb Hillel Eisa B'Psikta #19

  As the Light of Moshiach Was Born, the Old Light Departed -- and Galus Began

  As the Light of Geulah Is Complete and Ready, All Previous Revelations Are Eclipsed -- and the World Becomes a Dark Place

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  Maamar Reb Hillel Eisa B'Psikta #18

  As Darkness Descends, Don't Run to the Familiar Old Light

  In the Deepest Moment of Love, G-d Spoke of Destruction. Why? Because the New Light Spells the Destruction of the Old

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  Maamar Reb Hillel Eisa B'Psikta #17

  The G-d of Jewish Philosophy and the G-d of Chassidus

  Is Love Anything More Than Biochemical Currents?

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  Chassidus: Maamar Reb Hillel Eisa B'Psikta #16

  You Can Know All the Facts About Judaism, Yet Remain Clueless

  I Can Share the Data, but How Do I Communicate the Essence?

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  Maamar Reb Hillel Eisa B'Psikta #15

  It Was the Worst of Times--and Really the Best of Times

  As the New Idea Began Taking Shape, the Old Experience of G-D Had to Fade Into Oblivion

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  Maamar Reb Hillel Eisa B'Psikta #14

  The Ten Utterances Went Into Hiding, Because the Ten Commandments Began to Emerge

  When a Door Closes in Your Life, It's Because G-d Opened a New One

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  Maamar Reb Hillel Eisa B'Psikta #13

  Can You Let Go of Every Old Paradigm?

  You Are Confused. You Are Lost. You Feel Alone. Because a New Night Came in to Your Life.

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  Chassidus: Maamar Reb Hillel Eisa B'Psikta #11

  The Pain of the Woman Who Shows Up but No One Is Present

  As the Student Empties the Vessel Completely, He Arouses in the Mentor the Desire to Give It All

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  Maamar Reb Hillel Eisa B'Psikta #10

  I Get It; I Understand It; I Really Get It

  The Three Steps of Cognition: Chachma, Bina and Daas

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  Maamar Reb Hillel Eisa B'Psikta #9

  When You Come Home, Put Away the Phone

  As the Teacher Experiences an Epiphany in the Midst of Class, He Slowly "Detaches" From the Student