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  Esther Sarah Evans -12 years ago

  ב"ה b"H inyan: really the G-dly miracle
  

  
  b"H
  
  This is really the G-dly miracle, of course, and it is paralleled in the beginning words of the Birkos HaShema:
  
  "yotzer Or uvoreh Choshekh, ossay Shalom uvoreh et HaKol",  for as both parts of what are being made one in the cover - the one from the Holy of Holies and the one from the Holy are covered with Cherubim woven into them, symbolizing that all degrees of holiness in the Heavenly spheres come together in G-d's service (Sforno), the Artscroll Stone edition in note 6 on page 455 goes on to say that "the concept that the Tabernacle shall become one is an indication that all elements of Creation - Heavenly and human alike - should work together for a common goal".  HaShem, as stressed in the words above from the Birkos HaShema, is the G-d of Or and of Choshekh, all shades of good and evil and all creatures and creation involved. The Mishkan was a mini-version that contained this whole that our eyes, ears and all our senses can never encompass.
  
  
  
  
  
   

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  Leizer -12 years ago

  The Human Miracle
  

  
  Absolutely beautiful piece expressing the greatness of the human condition. Yashar Koach.

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  ephraim -14 years ago

  great
  What a great d'var Torah. Thank you.
  Best,
  Ephraim
  

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  Suri -14 years ago

  Thank you for reminding me to seriously get to work. I truly appreciate all the wonderful lessons you teach us every week. May Hashem bless you abundantly.

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  Karen Kramer -14 years ago

  The Human Miracle
  Thank you. In this, my 75th year, I am humbled and grateful to know I am one of all the miracles.
  Love and Shalom.

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  yonatan hyland -14 years ago

  size of universe
  Actually, the visible universe appears to be 176,349,312,000,000,000,000,000 miles in diameter. That's 176 Trillion Billion miles. Just thought you might like the actual number based on a simple calculation.
  
  speed of light = 186,400 miles per second
  seconds per year = 60*60*24*365 = 31,536,000
  light therefore travels 5,878,310,400,000 miles per year
  estimated age of visible universe is 15,000,000,000 years. (But that's looking out in any direction, which is the radius. Therefore, to get diameter, multiply that by 2.)
  
  186,400 miles per second * 31,536,000 seconds per year * 30,000,000,000 years gives the above answer, if I did the math correctly.
  
  Every once in a while I think about how Hashem supervises each moment of every individual and collection in all their relations and knows their entire history. It's impossible to really relate to that in any way, but knowing it's true does help me sometimes realize just how awesome He is.
  
  Warmest Regards
  

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  alex -14 years ago

  creating vs changing
  As a premise, I would suggest that Genesis is more than an account of God creating the universe, rather it is a lesson in creating. Creating is usually referred to as yesh meayin, (something from nothing) which purportedly only God can do. However, it is God's intention, in my view, to teach us how to do just that. The 31 verses you referred to contain the touchstones of how we reify and actualize thoughts and intentions in our lives.
  
  In the matter of the mishkan, there is an entirely different purpose and intention at work. The Torah is training us to become masterful in our own lives.
  For that to occur, focus, the attention to detail, precision, commitment,
  discipline and a host of other traits have to be mobilized, in the con- struction of the mishkan and by extension carried into our lives.
  
  The primary exemplars for this are the Kohanim. Their work, in the mishkan, could not be haphazard, could not lack the punctilious clarity and deliberate application of the rules. We, in turn, as a mamleches Kohanim, take on the practice of being rigorous in our observance of the rules covering life, in the hope that we become impeccable in our own daily comportment, no less so than the Kohanim were in pursuit of their tasks in the Temple.
  
  With the creation of the universe, God acknowledges
  the objects that had been converted from primordial energy, and gives them names
  (which is an aspect of creating, distinguishing the something from the everything by naming it). With the mishkan, the process was to refashion what already existed into something which would have a different function (that's called change, not creation). However, the creative aspect lay in the fact that there had not existed a mishkan prior to this one and, thus, we see innovation, creativity,
  and a whole new vocabulary brought into being.

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  deborah -14 years ago

  same when a person "decides" to marry/build a family?!?
  taking the exemple of the length of text on the tabernacle construction, one can take the "strange" length and repetitions in the narrative of the 'shidduch' and marriage of Isaac and Rebecca.
  Wanting and taking the decision to built a "bayit neeman beIsrael" - a real one - stands for a miracle!! transform matter (EGO)in a positive energy is called too beit mikdash katan...
  Any ... New Yorker will admit that taking this decision IS A MIRACLE!
  Shavua Tov

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  admin -14 years ago

  to Rivka
  yes right below the video.

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  Rivka Goldstein -15 years ago

  Is there an MP3 of the Yud Shvat event?
  

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  YG -15 years ago

  Sunday Morning Thought
  Is it possible to replay the Sunday Morning thought especially since I missed it.
  
  Thanks

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  CARMELA -15 years ago

  TO MOSHE G.
  B''H
  YOUR SON DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT ''RACHAV HAZONA''?
  WHO SHELTERED THE SPIES?
  DO YOU RAISE YOUR CHILD TO LIVE ON A DIFFERENT PLANET THAN OUR EARTHY ONE?
  ARE YOU OVER SHELTERING HIM FROM KNOWING, RATHER THAN TEACH HIM HOW TO FACE LIFE'S CHALLANGES? HOW TO BE A ''GIBBOR HAKOVESH ET YITZRO'' ? OVER PROTECTIVNESS PRODUCES WEAK PEOPLE, DEPENDENT ONES, EASY TO BE IMPRESSED AND INFLUENCED.
  KNOWLEDGE IS STRENGTH. SUCCEEDING IN FIGHTING THE YETZER,ENGAGING IN THE BEINONI'S ITKAFIYA,BUILDS SELF ESTEEN AND SELF ASSURANCE,THE ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY FACE UNWANTED SITUATIONS, WITH CONFIDENCE OF TRIUMPH. ARE YOU GOING TO RUN ARROUND HIM, AND PROTECT HIM CONSTANTLY FROM HEARING AND SEEING ''THINGS''?
  DO YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF POWER TO CONTROL HIS ENVIRONMENT CONSTANTLY?
  PREPARE HIM FOR LIFE, NOT BY COVERING UP REALITY, BUT BY GIVING HIM TOOLS TO STAND UP TO LIFE'S TEMPTATIONS AND SITUATIONS, TO FACE THEM WITH
  GREAT BELIEF IN ALL MIGHTY,IN TRYINGS G-D BRINGS HIS WAY,IN '' HASHGACHA PRATIT''
  TO OVERCOME AND GROW.
  YOSEF HATZADIK'S CHALLENGE CHALLENGE WITH POTIFARS' WIFE, OR KING DAVIDS SLIP WITH BAT SHEVA, ARE TAKEN OUT OF TOUR SONS' BIBLE?
  LOVING YOUR CHILD , DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN TO PROTECT HIM...
  IT IS NOT HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO BE THERE AT ALL TIMES TO SHIELD HIM, AND IT ISN'T HEALTHY FOR HIM. TO DO SO.IT IS MAY BE GOOD FOR THE PARENT'S PEACE OF MIND...BUT NOT TO HIS CHIKDS' BENEFIT.
  FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
  G-D BLESS YOU
  CARMELA, ISRAEL

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  Elki -15 years ago

  To Moshe G.
  I do understand your sensitivity. Nevertheless, I don't agree in this case. Rabbi Jacobson's presentations are broadcast worldwide and the vast majority probably wouldn't understand roundabout language. This unique milieau is not within the realm of a private fabrengen that Rabbi Jacobson would hold in his shul or any place where the audience is of one cut. I find Rabbi Jacobson particularly aidel and refined in circumventing any improper word usage while speaking about these topics to which you refer.

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  moshe g -15 years ago

  rabbi jacobson be more careful with the words you use
  bh
  at the beginning of your talk you told the story of acher
  and used the word "prostitute" and the "use of her services"
  your presentation is on line and your audience could include many young bochurim who are in yeshivas. as a matter of fact i sent a link to my young son who is a bochur before i even saw the farbrengen....i regretted for a moment sending it when i heard you be so explicit.
  in the future you should allude to these facts without being explicit and whoever understands understand and whoever doesnt doesnt have to.
  the rebbe would never be so explicit.....in your public career you must adopt a more subtle approach to these provocative details as your audience expands.
  
  

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  Judy -15 years ago

  Music and Choir
  I just wanted to comment on the wonderful sound of the Choir and the Music by Ari Cattan of KOLOT MUSIC & ORCHESTRA.
  
  As a live attendee during the event, The music and songs were spiritually uplifting and preformed in a classy hartzig fashion that left me smiling and inspired.
  
  Thank you very much to everyone that Yasher Koach.

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  roxanne -15 years ago

  great
  Dear Rabbi Jacobson:
  
  Thank you for the wonderful presentation this evening at Rabbi Denberg's shul.
  
  It was just terrific.
  
  Roxanne Perri
  certified graphologist

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  kayo -15 years ago

  From Japan
  Baruch HaShem
  
  Todah Ravah for the fabringen commemorating Yud Shevat.
  I am Japanese, live in Tokyo, I am a convert-wanna-be,
  my life was saved by Chabad Japan, Mispachat Sudakevich.
  I enjoy your lectures very much.
  I will start studying Torah with your class on Monday.
  I look forward to your new program, 5 minute weekly message, too.
  I am so delighted.
  One question, whom is your shul, Beis Shmuel, named after?
  Shalom,
  Kayo
  

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  THS -15 years ago

  Hard copy???
  The farbrengen was amazing! Thank you (even with the occasionally distorted sound). Will there be a "hard copy" posted? How about sources? An MP3 version? Thanks again.

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  Janet -15 years ago

  amazing
  Thank you for this beautiful broadcast and for all the work necessary to deceminate it to the general public. Rabbi Yossi Jacobson was so inspiring and left a lasting and penetrating message for all to reflect upon. It was also a brilliant idea to broadcast from a dinner/fabrengen with so many people attending live. Yashur Koach and may you continue this as a tradition in the future.
  
  

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  miriam -15 years ago

  bs''d
  waiting for that replay!
  please when when???
  thank you and gut yontif!

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  Anonymous -15 years ago

  Correction To What did Rabbi Akiva say?
  The exact loshon (language) of Rabbi Akiva: "Chavivin Yisurim" Those who rejoice in pain (merit a great reward).
  His teacher, Rabbi Eliezer responded "Samchuni V’Eshmeah" Assist me in getting up to listen to Rabbi Akiva's words.
  YCI

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  Music fan -15 years ago

  Toda Raba
  Great feast for nourishing our heart, warming our soul and tutoring our live skills!
  

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  Chaya N. -15 years ago

  keep up the good work!
  Thank you for the great farbrengen!
  It is an amazing source of inspiration and warmth that the Rebbe stands for that I will try to pass on to my environment!
  Espacially through your internet broadcast you are reaching out to jews far away from a ChaBad community and enabling them to celebrate with you the LIFE!
  

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  Anonymous -15 years ago

  To What did Rabbi Akiva say?
  
  
  Hasmeichim Byisurim Olava Hakosuv Omeir....
  
  The ones who accept pain and suffering (which was what his teacher was going through) has the greatest reward...
  To this comment he answered Akiva Nichamtoni Akiva Nichamtoni. Some say it was because the other comments referred to his past accomplishments. However great they were they were the past. Akiva's related to the present pain and suffering ordeal that he was going through. He spoke how his teacher had a purpose even in the most excruciating present.
  

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  memte -15 years ago

  mic - music
  music and singing unclear,
  

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  tali -15 years ago

  its central boca
  on military trail

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  To Chana -15 years ago

  Admin
  We are back running. As this is a live program, unexpected interruptions may occur. We greatly apologize for any inconvenience.

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  Chana -15 years ago

  after the 5-minute video the farbrengen never returned
  

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  Yossi -15 years ago

  Thank You
  Thank you to all those involved.

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  george somogyi -15 years ago

  stopped in the middle
  unacceptable

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  mechitza -15 years ago

  Lubavitch 60 years later
  The rebbe was against making events without a mechitza! He didn't just say it for himself! if should be in all chabad houses and lubavitch shuls! i have to say a nice shilichus event but not for the regular anash!

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  Berl -15 years ago

  Awesome song
  Love the folk music by Rabbi Ruvi New!
  
  

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  CARMELA, ISRAEL -15 years ago

  '' ACHER'' VS. CHILD
  RB.JACOBSON - CHAPEAUX !
  BRILLIANTLY INTERWEAVEN THE DIFFERENT ''ACHER'' STORIES
  WITH THE ETERNAL MESSEGE:
  THERE IS NO SHEEP LOST,THE WAY TO RETURN IS ALWAYS OPEN, G-DS' HAND IS STRETCHED OUT TO RECEIVE THOSE WHO COME BACK,MAKING '' TESHUVA''.
  G-D BLESS YOU FOR YOUR WARM JEWISH HEART, THAT RADIATES SO MUCH LOVE TO G-DS' WORDS AND TO H-IS CHLDREN.THANK YOU!!! CARMELA,ISRAEL

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  Anonymous -15 years ago

  please fix the sound. the music sounds horrible.

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  Jewish in Arizona -15 years ago

  This is truly inspiring
  Thank you so much for putting this live on the internet. This is truly inspiring and enriching, not to mention fun too!
  
  I understand so much more now what a Rebbe is and why so many are so inspired and positively effected by the Rebbe.
  
  Thank you!

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  Mendel -15 years ago

  Good Food in laval, Qc
  send some food over here pls!!!!

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  curious -15 years ago

  location
  where is the broadcast from? which shul in boca? and how many people are in attnedance?
  

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  Chabad of Orange/Woodbridge CT -15 years ago

  L'chaim
  So beautiful. Thank you for the inspiring farbrengen.

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  Beit Chabad of Manaus-Brazil -15 years ago

  Excellent
  Thank you for this inspiring Fabrengan.

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  the Kurinskys -15 years ago

  great as always!
  yashar koach!

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  Anonymous -15 years ago

  what did Rabbi AKivah say?

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  Anonymous -15 years ago

  It has an echo!

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  reply to "clip of the reb -15 years ago

  i think it was 20 av of 1971

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  Alex -15 years ago

  Jewish Russian Comunity of Toronto is watching
  close to 100 ppl

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  Rabbi Yehoshua S. Hecht -15 years ago

  Sholom Aleichem
  L'Chaim from Beth Israel of Westport, Weston, Wilton & Norwalk Connecticut farbrenging along with you.

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  m -15 years ago

  sound
  
  the sound is "clipping". this means it is too loud in the room, or a volume control on the input to the web broadcast is too high (or both).
  
  
  

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  Chaya Gross -15 years ago

  Very inspiring even at 4:10 am in Jerusalem
  BH
  Yasher koach. Keep up the great world of creating a global community.

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  Batshevah R -15 years ago

  Incredible
  The message of the True Torah when said from the heart is taken to heart. No thank you's can thank enough Rabbi Jacobson who has an incredible gift of delivering this Holy information is away that can be swallowed and which penetrates to the core.
  Moshiach NOW! May all who need a refua have a complete and speedy one!

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  Fred -15 years ago

  Sound
  Choose HIGH above screen for better quality...it is not the default setting.

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  Sholom -15 years ago

  the sound is great!!!! much improved. thnks for the beautiful event.

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

• February 2, 2012
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• 9 Sh'vat 5772
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Classes in this Series

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  3 hr 13 min

  Yud Shevat 5783 with Rabbi YY Jacobson

  Yud Shevat Farbrengen: The Power of Love & Connection

  “I Have Come to My Garden:” The World’s Essential Goodness

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  4 hr 44 min

  Yud Shevat 5777 Farbrengen Kumzitz

  Let's Stop Breaking People

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  1 hr 40 min

  Kumzitz/Farbrengen Yud Shevat 5776: Stories of Warmth & Love

  Judaism Does Not Tell You Who You Should Be; It Tells You Who You Are

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  3 hr 10 min

  Yud Shevat 5775 Farbrengen with Rabbis Rudinsky & Jacobson

  The Secret of Lubavitch, By Rabbi Bezalel Rudinsky

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  32 min

  Yud Shevat Children's Program: The Rebbe Spends Shabbos in a Bar

  Two Stories about the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson (1880-1950)

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  1 hr 55 min

  Yud Shevat 5773 Farbrengen: Why We Need G-d In Our Schools

  Can We Turn Our World Into a Garden? How Do We Educate Children? Is Man Inherently Good or Bad?

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  52 min

  Yud Shevat 5769 Farbrengen: G-d's Orchard -- Do You Think Most People are Rotten?

  The Final Words of a Rebbe Which Transformed a Dark World into a Garden. An Evening of Song & Inspiration in Tribute to 59th Yartzeit of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe

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  2 hr 39 min

  Yud Shevat 5771: A War on Apathy & a New Language to Transform Pain

  Igniting Your Inner Violin. Webcast of Music & Inspiration Commemorating the 61st Yartziet of the Sixth Chabad Rebbe & the Anniversary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Leadership