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The Imageless Jew

We Discover the Essence of Hashem in the Space That Fuses the Finite & the Infinite

1 hr 8 min

Class Summary:

This is a text-based class on the Maamar, Chassidic discourse, by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, V'Yiten Lecha, presented by the Rebbe on Shabbos Parsha Toldos, 29 Cheshvon, 5728, December 2, 1967. The Rebbe edited it and published it later in 5750, 1989.

This class was presented on Thursday Parshas Vayeitzei, 7 Kislev, 5782, November 11, 2021, live from Rabbi Jacobson's home in Monsey, NY 

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    Eliezer Goldsmith -3 years ago

    I am trying to download all four shiurim as MP3. All four attempt to download the same MP3 file - meaning only one shiur is available for download

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    Gene -3 years ago

    I just listened to your masterful talk on the Imageless Jew.
     I have no doubt that you have experienced the content of what you are talking about and that you transmit the content of your talk to your listeners.
     Please let me suggest that the essence of what you are communicating is also communicated by real Zen Buddhist teachers. There is nothing in your talk including the ten and the eleven and the unification of the ten and the eleven which would be foreign in the least to any authentic Zen Buddhist teacher. I think that you’ll also find that to be the case in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, a tradition that  I’m not that familiar with.
     My guess is that if you reflect on your experience of the 11  that you won’t see anything Jewish there because it is without image. And that the unification of the 11 and 10 could also be the unification of the 11 and the whole universe. In the Buddhist tradition, the Buddha’s enlightenment was the enlightenment of the 10,000 things, everything(only G-d is real).
     Maybe if you immerse yourself a little bit in Zen Buddhist teachings you’ll see the parallels.

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    Dee -3 years ago

    Question

    What is the vehicle to reach the 11th level of kedusha/atzmus? Is it bittul?

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    Kj -3 years ago

    Ah, Gd's drive thru...a number 11, please!  ;)

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    Simon -3 years ago

    Wow wow wow - Only when I get to my own raw energy can I touch eisavs raw energy!!

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Chassidus: Maamar V'Yiten Lecha 5728 #4

Rabbi YY Jacobson

  • November 11, 2021
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  • 7 Kislev 5782
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Dedicated by Yishai Horowitz in honor of my mother and father, Keren and Gershon, my loving wife, Tara, and two daughters, Keila and Gabriela.

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