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Chassidus Morning Class by Rabbi YY Jacobson
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If There Was One Thing You Can Give Your Child, What Would It Be? What Our Generation Needs MostThis text-based class is the ninth and last one in a series on the Maamar (discourse) Basi Legani, presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe at the Farbrengen of 10 Shvat 5726, January 31, 1966. This class was presented on Thursday, 4 Shevat, 5786, January 22, 2026, Parshas Bo, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
The class presents a summation of the Basi Legani 5726 discourse, finding the secret treasure given by the King to His soldiers so they can triumph in the final battle. We explore how bliss is the glue of creation, and the underlying heartbeat and soul of all existence. The deepest, most essential Divine bliss and pleasure, inaccessible because it is essentially beyond any grasp and definition, is shared with us.
We discuss the meaning of the Garden, the snake, and the Tree of Knowledge; how the Baal Shem Tov came to heal the world and our people from the profound sense of anxiety, shame, and guilt that paralyzes us emotionally, and how we can recognize the "snake" inside of us, and lean in to love being communicated every moment, even when feel alone and detached. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9856
What Can You Give Your Loved Ones? Your Self, Your Bliss; That's the Meaning of Creation.This text-based class is the eighth in a series on the Maamar (discourse) Basi Legani, presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe at the Farbrengen of 10 Shvat 5726, January 31, 1966. This class was presented on Wednesday, 3 Shevat, 5786, January 21, 2026, Parshas Bo, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9848
Can You Trust the Core of Your Child? It’s In the Distance when I Discover Who I Really AmThis text-based class is the seventh in a series on the Maamar (discourse) Basi Legani, presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe at the Farbrengen of 10 Shvat 5726, January 31, 1966. This class was presented on Monday, 1 Shevat, 5786, January 19, 2026, Parshas Bo, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
In this class, we explore the parable of the Baal Shem Tov to explain why the Torah is basically a bunch of stories, of the prince who lost all connection with his father, the king. It was the wise minister who changed his clothes and language, connecting to the inner world of the prince, that allowed him to rediscover who he really is. We studied the teaching of the Maggid, why Moshe spoke of a three-day journey in the desert, to align the Torah of thought and speech with action. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9847
Why Is the Torah One Long Story? Why Do We Never Get Bored of the Stories?This text-based class is the sixth in a series on the Maamar (discourse) Basi Legani, presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe at the Farbrengen of 10 Shvat 5726, January 31, 1966. This class was presented on Friday, 27 Teves, 5786, January 16, 2026, Parshas Vaera, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
The class explores the secrets behind the stories of Torah and how they contain more depth, so to speak, even than the laws of the Torah. We discuss the 3,000 parables of King Solomon, and why we all love and are enthralled by stories.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9846
To Disconnect from Source Is the Ultimate Pain - Until I Realize...I Am SourceThis text-based class is the fifth in a series on the Maamar (discourse) Basi Legani, presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe at the Farbrengen of 10 Shvat 5726, January 31, 1966. This class was presented on Thursday, 26 Teves, 5786, January 15, 2026, Parshas Vaera, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9845
Why the Words “I Want” Can Be Sacred: What So Many Couples and Parents Don't Grasp About DesireThis text-based class is the fourth in a series on the Maamar (discourse) Basi Legani, presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe at the Farbrengen of 10 Shvat 5726, January 31, 1966. This class was presented on Monday, 23 Teves, 5786, January 12, 2026, Parshas Vaera, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
In this class, we discuss the two levels of "Makif" as they are expressed in a person's will. There is the conscious will affecting the entire body, and there is the unconscious will that we can't experience in our consciousness, only in "forgetting," channeling that which is beyond will, that which is rooted in the inaccessible essence. We explain the difference between Naaseh and Nishma, and why a leader who pursues leadership is disqualified. We also discuss how the mind, seeking control, calls anything it can't control "random," but really it is anything but that.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9844
To Be a Real Student is Most Amazing. But What If You Are the Rebbe?This text-based class is the third in a series on the Maamar (discourse) Basi Legani, presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe at the Farbrengen of 10 Shvat 5726, January 31, 1966. This class was presented on Friday, 20 Teves, 5786, January 9, 2026, Parshas Shemos, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9843
My Identity Is that I Have No Identity: The Revolution of Light in Physics, Kabbalah & ChassidusThis text-based class is the second in a series on the Maamar (discourse) Basi Legani, presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe at the Farbrengen of 10 Shvat 5726, January 31, 1966. This class was presented on Wednesday, 18 Teves, 5786, January 7, 2026, Parshas Shemos, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9842
Why Everything is Put on the Line for the Sake of Real VictoryThis text-based class is the first in a series on the Maamar (discourse) Basi Legani, presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe at the Farbrengen of 10 Shvat 5726, January 31, 1966. The class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Monday, 16 Teves, 5786, January 5, 2026, Parshas Shemos, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9841
Reuven, Shimon and Levi -- Three Stages in Our Relationship with HashemThis text-based class on Torah Or Parshas Vayechi, Maamar Yehuda Atah Yoducha Achecha, was said by the Alter Rebbe on Shabbbos Vayechi 5666, 1806, and presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Thursday, 12 Teves, 5786, January 1, 2025, Parshas Vayechi, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
The Two Paths of Menaseh and Ephraim: Clinging to the Past; Creating a Judaism for TodayThis text-based class on a Sicha (address) presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Vayechi, 18 Teves, 5730, December 27, 1969 (Likkutei Sichos vol. 5 Hosafos Vayechi), was delivered by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Monday, Parshas Vayechi, 9 Teves, 5786, December 29, 2025, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
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Your Life Comes First--and That's Not Selfish, But Don't Allow Your Grief to Keep You StuckThe text-based class on Likkutei Sichos Vol. 10 Vayigash is a Sicha, an address, presented by the Lubavitcher on Shabbos Parshas Vayigash, 7 Teves, 5725, December 12, 1964. It was given by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Thursday, 5 Teves, 5786, December 25, 2025, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
Why is the Bais Hamikdash compared to the neck of the world? Judaism is not about living in your head, but embodiment in your body, animal soul and the world; that is the symbol of the kneck.
Why did Yosef cry for his brother Binyamin, and not for himself? Why did Yaakov not cry? Crying can be healing and purging, and it can also be counter-productive. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9834
The Greeks and the Jews: How All Wisdom Flows From and Returns to Hashem; Loyalty and Surrender, Not Logic, Define JudaismThis text-based class of the Maamar Mai Chanukah, was said by the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Rebbe Rayatz, on Shabbos Miketz, Shabbos Chanukah, 28 Kislev, 5701, December 28, 1940. The class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Monday, 25 Kislev, 5786, December 15, 2025, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
This incredible discourse explains the conflict of the Greeks against the Jews in our internal heart and mind, and why the focus of the battle was on the oil, representing the inner "fatness," delight, and pleasure that comes from embodying the Divine. The discourse, vivid in language, breaks down how we can sometimes Learn Torah, observe Mitzvos, and yet still be living in the paradigm of the Greeks.
The Maamar explores two forms of wisdom, the one that is based on the egoic mind, and the ones that flows from Divine infinity and oness, and returns there. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9832
When A Couple Feels Safe, They Can Celebrate their DifferencesThis text-based class is the fourth and last in a series on the Chassidic discourse "V'shavti B'sholom," published in Torah Or Vayeitzei, and presented by the Alter Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Vayeitzei, 11 Kislev, 5568 (1807).
This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Thursday, 21 Kislev, 5786, December 11, 2025, Parshas Vayeshev, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9828
As We Approach the Finish Line, We Can Experience the Divine Ecstasy in the Work of Transforming Our DarknessThis text-based class is the third in a series on the Chassidic discourse "V'shavti B'sholom," published in Torah Or Vayeitzei, and presented by the Alter Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Vayeitzei, 11 Kislev, 5568 (1807). It was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Thursday, 14 Kislev, 5786, December 4, 2025, Parshas Vayishlach, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9822
Are Trauma and Ego-Death Jewish Words? Are Music Sheets Dead or Alive? How About the Universe?This text-based class is the second in a series on the Chassidic discourse "V'shavti B'sholom," published in Torah Or Vayeitzei, and presented by the Alter Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Vayeitzei, 11 Kislev, 5568 (1807). This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Monday, 11 Kislev, 5786, December 1, 2025, Parshas Vayishlach, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9821
Retreating into Fear and Ego, I Block the Flow of Infinity; Can You Open Yourself to the Stream of CreativityThis text-based class is the first in a series on the Chassidic discourse "V'shavti B'sholom," published in Torah Or Vayeitzei, and presented by the Alter Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Vayeitzei, 11 Kislev, 5568 (1807). It was given by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Thursday, 7 Kislev, 5786, November 27, 2025, Parshas Vayeitzei, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9816
Chava Craved Selfhood; Noach Wanted to Forgo It; Sarah Mastered Integration Through SurrenderThis text-based class is the fifth class in a series on the Chassidic discourse (Maamar) "Vayehu Chayei Sarah," said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Chayei Sarah, 25 Cheshvan, 5712, November 24, 1951, was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Monday, 4 Kislev, 5786, November 24, 2025, Parshas Vayetzei, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
This class sums up the structure of the Maamar and continues to explore the deeper meaning behind Chava eating from the Tree of Knowledge and the snake having "intimacy" with Chava. We explore the meaning of true Bitul, in which surrender is not hijacked by the ego, and how wanting to be remembered is a subtle form of idolotry, created by the trauma of separateness.
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What’s the Worth of Paradise If It’s Not on Social Media? When I Begin to "Own" the Compliment, I’m Stealing from G-dThis text-based class is the fourth class in a series on the Chassidic discourse (Maamar) "Vayehu Chayei Sarah," said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Chayei Sarah, 25 Cheshvan, 5712, November 24, 1951, and was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Thursday, 29 Cheshvan, 5786, November 20, 2025, Parshas Toldos, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.
This class sums up the structure of the Maamar and continues to explore the deeper meaning behind Chava eating from the Tree of Knowledge and the snake having "intimacy" with Chava. We explore the meaning of true Bitul, in which surrender is not hijacked by the ego, and how wanting to be remembered is a subtle form of idolotry, created by the trauma of separateness. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9812
In Complete Surrender We Experience Bliss; But It Is Not Our OwnThis class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Monday, 26 Cheshvan, 5786, November 17, 2025, Parshas Toldos, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9811






















