Chassidus Morning Class by Rabbi YY Jacobson

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

Our Journey from Miserable Self-Consciousness to Humble Joy and GratitutdeThis text-based class is the second 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 Thursday, 22 Cheshvan, 5786, November 13, 2025, Parshas Chayei Sarah, 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/9792

What Is Bliss? Feeling in My Body That Hashem Is Celebrating MeThis text-based class is the first 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, 19 Cheshvan, 5786, November 10, 2025, Parshas Chayei Sarah, 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/9791

Why Could the Baal Shem Tov Not Sleep with Money in His House?This text-based class is part 2 of a two-part series on the Maamar of the Alter Rebbe V'lo Yikare Od Simcha Avram, published in Torah OR Lech Lecha, which he said at the bris of his great-grandson, Reb Boruch Sholom, the oldest son of the Tzemach Tzedek, on Thursday, 29 Cheshvan, 5566, November 1805. This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Friday, 9 Cheshvan, 5786, October 31, 2025, Parshas Lech Lecha, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9788

Reality as a Series of Endless Veils; With Each Veil I Feel More FragmentedThis text-based class is part 1 of a two-part series on the Maamar of the Alter Rebbe V'lo Yikare Od Simcha Avram, published in Torah OR Lech Lecha, which he said at the bris of his great-grandson, Reb Boruch Sholom, the oldest son of the Tzemach Tzedek, on Thursday, 29 Cheshvan, 5566, November 1805. The class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Thursday, 8 Cheshvan, 5786, October 30, 2025, Parshas Lech Lecha, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9785

Mountains of Infinite Love: I Can Be Religious My Entire Life But Never Experience TeshuvahThis text-based class is the fifth and last in a series on Likkutei Torah Maamar "Atem Nitzavim," a discourse said by the Alter Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Nitzavim, 28 Elul, 5662/1802, and was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Friday, 26 Elul, 5785, September 19, 2025, Parshas Nitzavim, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9770

The Final Chapter of Tehilim: When I Ask What's the Benefit of Connection, It's Because I’m Not Experiencing ConnectionThis text-based class is the fourth in a series on Likkutei Torah Maamar "Atem Nitzavim," a discourse said by the Alter Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Nitzavim, 28 Elul, 5662/1802, and was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Thursday, 25 Elul, 5785, September 18, 2025, Parshas Nitzavim, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9768

In My Outer Heart, I Want to Stay in Flow; In My Inner Heart, It Can’t Get More Perfect This text-based class is the third in a series on Likkutei Torah Maamar "Atem Nitzavim," a discourse said by the Alter Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Nitzavim, 28 Elul, 5662/1802, and was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Thursday, 18 Elul, 5785, September 11, 2025, Parshas Ki Savo, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. This class was presented on Monday, 22 Elul, 5785, September 15, 2025, Parshas Nitzavim, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.   View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9766

How Love Evolves: Your Deepest Love Flows Exquisitely from Your Connection with Self This text-based class is the second in a series on Likkutei Torah Maamar "Atem Nitzavim," a discourse said by the Alter Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Nitzavim, 28 Elul, 5662/1802, and was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Thursday, 18 Elul, 5785, September 11, 2025, Parshas Ki Savo, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. This class on the second chapter of the discourse discusses covenantal love vs. transactional love, and why people make a "covenant of love," inviting the connection to graduate to a space that is supra-rational. He discusses the love of David and Yonoson, and the love that Moshe engendered after the sin of the golden calf. We discuss the meaning of love that flows from your truest essence and becomes the most exquisite extension of your self-love. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9765

The Pyramids vs. the Menorah: How Do I Know When to Trust a Leader?This is the first of a series of text-based classes on Likkutei Torah, Maamar "Atem Nitzavim," a discourse said by the Alter Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Nitzavim, 28 Elul, 5662/1802, and was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Wednesday, 17 Elul, 5785, September 10, 2025, Parshas Ki Savo, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. This class explores the true meaning of unity, how on Rosh Hashanah all the sparks of all the souls return to their singular source. We explore how in holiness there is never an absolute hierarchy, only a functional one, because holiness recognizes the singular source of all and the interconnectedness of everyone and everything. The class also discusses the true meaning of leadership, how the true leader sees himself or herself merely as a channel, never hijacking the energy for themselves and their ego.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9762

Hashem Wants Me to Coronate Him as My King; But What If I’m Not Interested?This text-based class is the second of a two-part series on a historic Sicha (address) by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, given at the Farbrengen of Shabbos Parshas Shoftim, 7 Elul, 5748, August 20, 1988, published in Sefer Hasichos 5748 vol. 2. This class, exploring the essence of our relationship with Hashem, what it means to know Him in all your ways, what is the core of education, and why Elul is not desginated as a month of joy, was presented on Friday, 12 Elul, 5785, September 5, 2025, Parshas Ki Seitzei, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. For much of our lives, especially our struggles, there are no clear directives in Torah on how to deal with them. So we search for people to guide us all the time, to tell us what to do. But the real essence of Judaism is to learn how to trust yourself, your true innate oneness with Hashem, and truth. This address by the Rebbe is life-changing in how we see ourselves, our children, and our relationship with Hashem, and how we step away from a trauma-based Judaism to a redemptive consciousness. View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9759

Why Is Education Not One of the 613 Mitzvos? Because You Can't Command Someone to TrustThis text-based class is the first of a two-part series on a historic Sicha (address) by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, given at the Farbrengen of Shabbos Parshas Shoftim, 7 Elul, 5748, August 20, 1988, published in Sefer Hasichos 5748 vol. 2. This class, exploring the reason that the month of Elul is not festive in nature and dissecting what is the essence of education and raising children, was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Thursday, 11 Elul, 5785, September 4, 2025, Parshas Ki Seitzei, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9758

The Prerequisite for Judaism: Learning How to Trust Ourselves for RealThis class was presented on Tuesday, 9 Elul, 5785, September 2, 2025, Parshas Ki Seitzei, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9748

How Do You Transform Your Relationships From Transactional to Open-Hearted?This class was presented on Monday, 17 Av, 5785, August 11, 2025, Parshas Vaeschanan, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. This is the fourth class of a four-part series on a text-based discourse by the Alter Rebbe, "Einyan Krias Shema," said by the Alter Rebbe in the summer of 1805 (24 Tamuz, 5565), published in Likkutei Torah Vaeschanan. It is a unique and life-changing Maamar, addressing some of the fundamental ideas of Kabbalah and Chabad ChassidusView Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9753