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To Embody Divine Oneness: How Chassidus Can Help Us Transform From WithinYud Shevat Farbrengen with Rabbi YY Jacobson, Wednesday, January 28th, 20 Forshay Rd, Upstairs. Live music and hot food.
How to Stay Married — and How to Get DivorcedLauren Hofstatter and Rabbi YY Jacobson dive deep into the nuances of divorce and marriage.
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
Pharaoh and His 3 Henchmen: When You Know Your Nervous System, You Can Live with Agency, Presence, and RegulationThis class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 2 Shevat, 5786, January 20, 2026, Parshas Bo, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9855
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
The Struggle of a Generation: How to Never Disconnect from Your Inner Energy
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
Pharaoh Was Searching for a Miracle that Would Blow Away Moshe and AaronThis class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, Parshas Vaera, 24 Teves, 5786, January 13, 2026, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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
A Peek Into Moshe's Mind: The Day You Stop Living for Others and Go Into Flow with Your Own EnergyThis class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, Parshas Shemos, 17 Teves, 5786, January 6, 2026, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9849
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.
Refusing to Live Behind Walls: When Jerusalem and My Soul Are Under SiegeThis class, explaining the historic story behind the fast of the 10th of Teves and its psychological relevance in our lives today, was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 10 Teves, 5786, December 30, 2025, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9839
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
We Can Be Authentic to Ourselves While Truly Attached to OthersDay #8: Chanukah 5786 -- a Video a Day























Thank you R' YY Jacobson for posting this and making this available on the podcast platforms. This was a fascinating talk about an awesome genius yet an unassuming, humble, approachable man. A person who lead by example and inspired thousands to be real, and strive to be better than yesterday. I found this empowering and invigorating. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, memories, and interactions about this inspirational personality zechuto yagein aleinu.