Weekly Women's Class by Rabbi YY Jacobson

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  A Father Forgives the Friend Who Accidently Killed His Daughter - Tisha B'Av 5786 Women's Class 21.07.2026 1h 36min

  There Is Only One Source of Comfort In Life -- It's the Divinity In Our Nervous System: This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, Parshas Vaetchanan, 7 Av 5786, July 21, 2026, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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  The Great Deception of the Snake: Life Is Miserable - Women’s Devarim/9 Days Class 14.07.2026 1h 39min

  Eicha/Ayeka: How Did Your Nervous System Misconstrue My Love as Hate?: This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, Parshas Devarim, 29 Tammuz 5786, July 14, 2026, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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  Healing Family Betrayal: When Moshe Split the Tribe of Menashe - Women's Matos Class 07.07.2026 1h 21min

  We Put Up Doors to Protect Ourselves; then Hashem Comes Knocking. What Now?: This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, Parshas Matot Maasei, 22 Tammuz 5786, July 7, 2026, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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  The Boring Secret to Creativity: Four Sages Debate the Core of Judaism - Women's Pinchas Class 30.06.2026

  "Why Should I Serve G-d Around the Clock?": This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, Parshas Pinchas, 15 Tammuz 5786, June 30, 2026, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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  I'm Learning How to Trust Again: How a Spiderweb Changed History - Women's Balak Class 23.06.2026 1h 35min

  G-d Runs the World Like a Woman Runs Her Home: This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, Parshas Chukas-Balak, 8 Tammuz 5786, June 23, 2026, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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  Am I a Prophet or a Basket Case? When G-d Says, It's Time You Trust Yourself - Women's Shlach Class 09.06.2026 1h 32min

  We All Have an Inner Knowing; But Maybe We Don't? When Moshe Was Given a New Path: It is almost incomprehensible. G-d always gave him decisive directives. Suddenly, G-d tells Moses, I am staying out of this one. Yet astonishingly, Moses does not back off. Why? A reflection on two models of Judaism, two models of relationships, helps us appreciate when and how to trust ourselves in life. This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, Parshas Shlach, 24 Sivan, 5786, June 9, 2026, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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  Have We Put Our Children Before G-d? - Women's Behaloscha Class 02.06.2026 1h 25min

  Have Secular Values Destroyed Our Standards of Jewish Education? What Happened to Good Old Discipline?: This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 17 Sivan, 5786, June 2, 2026, Parshas Be'haloscha, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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  The Secret of Samson's Riddle - Women's Nasso Class 26.05.2026 1h 19min

  Surrender Is an Infinite Process: This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 10 Sivan, 5786, May 26, 2026, Parshas Nasso, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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  Does Our Religion Suppress Creativity? When Moshe Meets Reb Akiva - Women's Shavuos Class 19.05.2026 1h 28min

  A Mountain Over Your Head? When You're Feeling Disconnected from Your Spouse: It is one of those strange, intriguing, poignant, and profound Talmudic tales. It includes such wonders as a dialogue with G-d-the-Scribe, instantaneous time travel, and the convergence of humility and self-expression in the evolution of Judaism. When Moses ascended on High (after the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai on Shavuos), he found G-d sitting and tying crowns on the letters of the Torah. Moses said before G-d: Master of the Universe! Who is preventing You from giving the Torah without these additions? What is lacking in the words themselves that You must add crowns as well? G-d said to him: There is a man who is destined to be born after several generations—Akiva the son of Yosef is his name. He is destined to derive from each and every ‘thorn’ of these ‘crowns’ mounds upon mounds of halachos (laws). It is for his sake that the crowns must be added to the letters of the Torah. Moses said before G-d: Master of the Universe! Show him to me. G-d said to him: Turn around. Suddenly, in a classic case of “back to the future,” Moses finds himself 1600 years ahead of his day. He went and sat at the end of the eighth row in Rabbi Akiva’s study hall. Rabbi Akiva is teaching Torah to his disciples, but Moses does not understand what they are saying. Moses’ strength waned; his energy departed from him. He was demoralized. When Rabbi Akiva arrived at the discussion of a particular exposition, his students asked him: Master! From where do you derive this? Rabbi Akiva said to them: It is a halacha, a law, transmitted to Moses from Sinai. When Moses heard this, his mind was put at ease. The entire story seems absurd. For starters, how could Moses not comprehend the lecture of Rabbi Akiva? Moses studied on Mt. Sinai for forty days at the “feet” of the best teacher of all time, G-d Himself. What is even stranger is Moses’ response. When he fails to understand, his strength wanes; his energy is deflated. But then, when Reb Akiva quotes him, his mind is put at ease… Was Moshe’s ego first shattered by his lack of understanding and then placated by hearing his name quoted? What happened to the legendary humility of Moses? It was at the Farbrengen of Shabbos Parshas Shemini, 26 Nissan, 5726, April 16, 1966, when the Lubavitcher Rebbe offered a most powerful and extraordinary explanation of this Talmudic narrative. The sermon takes on a fascinating journey through the Mesorah of Judaism, from master to student. We enter with Moses into the study hall of Reb Akiva, and we discover the great revolutionary composing unsurpassed symphonies of Torah wisdom.
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  Three Ways to Respond to Fear & Stress: Hagar, Yishmael, and Reb Akiva - Women's Lag Ba'Omer Class 05.05.2026 1h 35min

  The Untold Story of Global Terrorism: Are You the Bow or the Arrow?: This powerful and life-changing women's Lag Baomer class, on why we shoot arrows on Lag Baomer, was presented on Tuesday, Lag Baomer, 5786, May 5, 2026. It is a most perplexing and fascinating story—Hagar and Yishmael—and it is read every Rosh Hashanah. Did you notice a very strange expression? As she walks away from her thirsty child, not to be with him at his moment of distress and not see his death, the Torah says, she sits down at a distance, “a bowshot away.” It is the only time such an expression is used in Tanach. What is it supposed to mean and symbolize? It could have just said, “she sat at a far distance”?! And then a few verses later, we come back to the bow. Yishmael, her son, becomes an archer, “the master of the bow.” What’s the significance of this detail? He may have also taken on pickleball or yoga. Why is this important? There is a profound message here, and it will teach you about our world today more than any website, newspaper, or book in the world. It will also teach us our mission today during turbulent times. There are three ways to respond to tension, pressure, and anxiety. The Hagar away: You look away, or you run away. The Yishmael way: You become the master of tension, making the world panic as you smile. Today we want to discover a third way. This is the Jewish way, and it’s the Jewish secret. We are the “masters of the arrow.” The secret of the arrow is: The deeper the tension, the more you apply the pressure, the further it strikes, with more impact and intensity. We are the Divine arrows of history. The more tension we experience, our “arrows,” our force and light, soar and reach the greatest of distances with the deepest might and power. The story of Jacob, David, Joseph, Moses, and Esther—captures the powerful secret of Jewish history. Reb Akiva taught us how to take the bow of Yishmael and transform it into transformative growth, becoming G-d's arrows to transform the world from darkness to light, from exile to redemption.
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  Stone Him to Death? When We Allow Our Pain to Stone Our Hearts - Women's Emor Class 28.04.2026 1h 48min

  The Story of the Blasphemer: You’re Not Guilty, But Cursing G-d/Reality Robs You of Your Inner Radiance: This class, exploring the perplexing and disturbing story of the Blasphemer who was stoned to death, was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, Parshas Emor, 11 Iyar, 5786, April 28, 2026, The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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  Surrender, Unblending, Sweetening: The Baal Shem Tov’s 3-Step Program to Authentic Living - Women's Sefira Class 21.04.2026 1h 30min

  When to Trust Your Therapist: Three Vital Steps for Every Parent, Teacher, & Mentor: This class, exploring the three phases of emotional healing according to the Baal Shem Tov,was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 4 Iyar, 5786, April 21, 2026, Parshas Achrei - Kedoshim, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY. How do you know when to trust the person giving you advice? How do you know to trust your own advice? Three steps we each need to engage in in our work of healing: Surrender, unblending, and sweetening. This is why Hashem tells the first Jew: Leave your earthiness and ego (surrender), your birth template (unblending), and your anger (sweetening). These are also the three stages in our annual calendar of Pesach (surredner), counting of the Omer (unblending), and Shavuos (sweetening).
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  We Tried to Hold It Together for So Long; G-d Is Cracking Us All Open. What a Gift! - Women's Pesach Class 24.03.2026

  How Much Longer Will I Hide? The Splitting of the Sea and the Death of the Ego.: This class, exploring the deeper meaning of passing through the sea after leaving Egypt, was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 6 Nissan, 5786, March 24, 2026, Parshas Tzav, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY. Why do we say "Dayanu" if G-d would have split the sea but not taken us through it? How would that help anyone? A profound explanation of living in two states of consciousness simultaneously, in the state of infinite oneness, and in the state of a fragmented ego, represented by the sea vs. the dryland. We tell the story of Raba bar bar Chana, who went to BBQ on an island, which turned out to be a whale, and turned over on him. Living in times when G-d is expediting consciousness, many of us are falling apart. It is time to let go! Just let it all go. As the sea splits in our lives, and we experience ego-death, some of us come to life; some of us perish. The death of the Egyptians by the sea came from the very experience that saved the Jews. When oneness is revealed, some parts of us live; others wither away.
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  The Secret Behind the Fall of Iran - Women's Iran/Purim/Pesach Class 17.03.2026 1h 31min

  Hashem Didn't Make a Miracle in Iran; He Did Something Much Bigger: This class, dissecting the war of America and Israel against Iran, which began on Feb 28, 2026, Shabbos Zochor, 11 Adar, 5786, was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 28 Adar, 5786, March 17, 2026, Parshas Vayikra, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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  "When the Love Is Absent, a 90 Foot Bed Won't Suffice:" Healing Our Unconscious Resistance to Connection - Terumah/Adar Women's Class 17.02.2026 1h 40min

  Is My Loneliness Serving Me? When My Nervous System Felt that Hitler Controlled the World: This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 30 Shevat, 5786, February 17, 2026, Parshas Terumah, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY. It explores the reason we announce about Shekalim and Kilayim on the first day of Adar, and the fascinating Talmudic story about the man who would complain about his marriage, how when the love was potent, even a narrow bed did the magic, yet now when the love is not strong, even a large bed does not suffice.
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  The Truth About Moshe's Marriage & the Reincarnation of Kayin and Hevel - Women's Yisro Class 03.02.2026 1h 26min

  How Do I Know Why My Soul Came Down? Liberating Myself from Social Stereotypes: This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Tuesday, 16 Shevat, 5786, February 3, 2026, Parshas Yisro, at The Barn @ 84 Viola Rd. in Montebello, NY.
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  The Greatest Gift Hashem Has Given You Is… Hashem - Women's Bo Class 20.01.2026 1h 34min

  Pharaoh and His 3 Henchmen: When You Know Your Nervous System, You Can Live with Agency, Presence, and Regulation: This 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.
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  "One Day You Will Look in the Mirror and See Only a Mouthpiece" -- Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz Warned Me - Vaeira/24 Teves Women's Class 13.01.2026 1h 25min

  Pharaoh Was Searching for a Miracle that Would Blow Away Moshe and Aaron: This 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.
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  "Moshe Turned Here and There:" The Courage to Embrace Your Truth - Women's Shemos Class 06.01.2026 1h 34min

  A Peek Into Moshe's Mind: The Day You Stop Living for Others and Go Into Flow with Your Own Energy: This 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.
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  Recognizing the Tectonic Shift that Happened in My Psyche is the Genesis of Redemption - Women's 10 Teves Class 30.12.2025 1h 22min

  Refusing to Live Behind Walls: When Jerusalem and My Soul Are Under Siege: This 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.