Weekly Women's Class by Rabbi YY Jacobson
Episodes
Why the Wisest Jew Committed Suicide: The Three Ego Traps - Women's Shavuos Class
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Before His Death, Achitofel Offers Three Life-Altering MessagesThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bamidbar, 25 Iyar, 5783, May 16, 2023, at ...
The Shocking Truth about the Greatest Jewish Heretic - Women's Class Pirkei Avos Chapter 4
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elisha ben Avuya Traumatized His People—But When He Died, the Truth Came Out This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Emor, 11 Iyar, 5783, ...
The Emotional Cannibal - Women's Class Pirkei Avos Chapter 3
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I Want You to Live, But Only Inside of MeThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Acharei-Kedoshim, 4 Iyar, 5783, April 25, 2023, at Bais Med...
How to Empower Our Children & Students? A Must-Watch for Every Educator & Parent - Women's Class Pirkei Avos Chapter 2
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Our Darkest Hour, Reb Yochanan Ben Zakai Understood How to Create LeadersThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tazria-Metzorah, 27 Niss...
The Sages Debate How to Heal from Deep Trauma - Pesach/Hagadah Women's Class
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Where Chemistry, Physics, Halacha, Psychology and Healing ConvergeThis women’s Pesach Class, explaining a few parts of the Haggadah, was&nb...
Saluting Parents Who Show Up Each Day for Struggling Children - Women’s Purim Class
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Real Purim Story: For Five Years Mordechai Went Daily to Visit a Pained OrphanThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Terumah, 30 Shevat...
How Can a Father Sell His Daughter as a Slave? - Women's Class Parshas Mishpatim
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How Can I Respect a Torah that Condones Female Slavery?This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Mishpatim, 23 Shevat, 5783, February 14,...
Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn — and the Invincible Self - Women's Class Parshas Beshalach
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What to Talk About During Dating?This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Beshalach, 9 Shevat, 5783, January 31, 2023, at Bais Medrash O...
The Sleepers - Women's Class Parshas Bo/Pesach
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Your Child Fell Asleep? Make Sure to Stay Awake.This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bo, 2 Shevat, 5783, January 24, 2023, at Bais Medras...
Why the Need to Lie to Pharaoh? - Women's Class Va'eira/Bo
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Freedom Comes in Two Forms: Escape and TransformationThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Va'eira, 24 Teves, 5783, January 17, 2023, ...
How Did Yaakov Manage to Keep All His Children on the Path? - Women's Class Parsha Vayechi
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Avraham/Yitzchak Debate: Do I Accept You the Way You Are, or the Way You Can Be?This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayechi, 10 Teve...
Chamor & Yaakov: The Donkey and the Ox - Women's Class Vayishlach
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Inside Shechem Lay the Soul of Reb AkivaThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayishlach, 12 Kislev, 5783, December 6, 2022, at Bais Medra...
Can You Make Space for My Struggle? Why Yaakov Had to Marry Leah - Women's Vayetzei Class
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whatever I Don’t Deal With, Will Resurface Later in My Life for RepairThis class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Vayetzei, 5 Kislev, 5783...
Why Wasn’t Yitzchak Angry With Rivkah? The Path to Inner Peace - Women's Sefas Emes/Toldos Class
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How to Give Up the Need to ControlThis class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Toldos, 28 Cheshvan, 5783, November 22, 2022, at Bais Medrash Ohr C...
The Keyword of the Akeida: "My Father" - Women's Vayeira Class
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Hineni!" At the Fateful Moment, Avraham Did Not Let Go of His ChildThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayeira, 14 Cheshvan, 5783,...
Can Anxiety Become My Friend? - Women's Noach Class
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Noach's Solution to the Raging Floods of AnxietyThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Noach, 30 Tishrei, 5783, October 25, 2022, at Bais M...
IFS and Judaism - Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur Women's Class
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Has Our Generation Become Too Obsessed With Our Emotions?This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Ki Savo, 17 Elul, 5782, September 13, 2022, at 1...
How Can You Despair on a Life That Is Not Yours? - Women’s Ki Seitzei/Elul Class
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chanah Leah Gave Up, But That Meant NothingThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Ki Seitzei, 10 Elul, 5782, September 6, 2022, at 18 Forshay, B...
Searching for the Donkeys: Five Qualities of Jewish Leadership - Women's Shoftim Class
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
King Shaul, the Farm-Boy, and the Young Women of RamahThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Shoftim, 3 Elul, 5782, August 30, 2022, at 18 ...
The Mind Once Enlightened Cannot Become Dark - Women's Eikev Class
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why the Restlessness? Why the Brokenness? Once I See Truth, There Is No Going BackThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Eikev, 19 Av, 5782...
The Day of the Breaking of the Ax - Women's 15 Av Class
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Six Strange Reasons for the Greatest Holiday of the Year—15 AvThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Va'eschanan, 12 Av, 5782, August...
The Symphony of Nature: The Rock Gets It; Why Don't I? - Women's Chukas Class
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Before Leaving the Desert, the Rock Had to Teach One Final LessonThis class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Chukas, 6 Tammuz, 5782, July 5,...
What Most People Don’t Get About Trauma - Women's Shlach Class
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You’re Not a Grasshopper; You’re an AngelThis class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Shlach, 22 Sivan, 5782, June 21, 2022, at Bais Med...
If Her Father Spat in Her Face: Miriam and Her Parents - Women's Behaaloscha Class
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Inspiration of the Nation: Why Did Miriam Speak Against Moshe?This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Behaaloscha, 15 Sivan, 5782, ...
You Are the King - Women's Shavous Class
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Heaven Dances with You: The Gift of Moshe, David and the Baal Shem TovThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bamidbar, 1...
A Tale of Two Loves: Amnon and Tamar Vs. David and Yehonasan - Women’s Pirkei Avos/ Shavuos Class
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Siblings Can Learn to Hate Each Other; Strangers Can Learn to Love Each OtherThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Bech...
In G-d’s Ecosystem, We Are All Givers and Takers - Women's Class - Sfas Emes Behar
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why Do We Live in a World Where No One Can Survive Independently?This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Behar, 16 I...
Why Do We Make Blessings on Food? To Redefine Who We Are - Women's Emor Class
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Once You're Part of the Family, the Divine Refrigerator Is YoursThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Emor, 9 Iyar...
The Sickle and the Ax - Women's Kedoshim Class
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why Can’t I Take Revenge? Why Can’t I Bear a Grudge? How Do I Forgive?This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Kedoshi...
The 3 Names of Pesach Reflect the 3 Steps to Freedom - Women's Pesach Class
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Birthing of a New Consciousness Requires Self-Negation, Self-Assertion, and Self-TranscendenceThis weekly women's class was presented on Tues...
Elisha, Naaman the Leper, & an Abducted Jewish Girl - Tazria Women's Class
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yisro, Naaman, Rachav, and Moshe: Four States of Divine ConsciousnessThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tazria, 26 A...
Eulogy for Rav Chaim Kanievsky: The Power of Torah - Shmini/Reah Women's Class
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why No Mention of Millions of Animals, Fish, Birds & Insects Swarming to Moshe's Class in the Desert?This weekly women's class was presented on T...
Do We Really Want People to Lose Their Minds on Purim!? - Purim Women's Class
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Purim Teaches Us How to Deal With TraumaThis weekly women's class on Purim was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tzav, 12 Adar II, 5782, Mar...
Can You See Your Life as a Symphony? - Women's Purim/Yayikra Class
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Coincidence Or Calling? Reb Tzvi Pesach Frank & the Slain Chevron Yeshiva Student This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday Par...
Facing the Emptiness in Your Life - Women's Pekudei Class
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Soul & History of Ukrainian Jewry; Our Calling Today; Lessons from the Putin War; the Beilis Trial & Jewish UnityThis weekly women's class was...
The Debate Between Mordechai & Esther: Do We Include All Jews? - Women's Purim Katan Class
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You Can't Fix Me If You Don't Feel Me; the Two World Views of Shamai & HillelThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Ki Si...
Don’t Amputate Any Part of Your Self - Women's Tetzaveh Class
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Art of Integration: Fastening the Afod (Apron) to the Choshen (Breastplate)This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tetzave...
Even In Darkness, We Soar On the Wings of Eternity - Women's Teruma/Pesach Class
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Whispering Cedars of Yaakov & Reb Akiva: You Belong to RedemptionThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Terumah, 30 Shev...
It’s Not the Trauma or the Sin; It’s the Shame that Destroys - Women's Mishpatim Class
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You are a Borrower, but the Owner Never Left YouThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Mishpatim, 23 Shevat, 5782, Janua...
Yisro Vs. Moshe: Judaism Without Elitism - Women's Yisro Class
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why Did Moshe Not Want to Delegate? Because Leaders Can Be ManipulatedThis weekly women's class by Rabbi YY Jacobson was presented on Tuesday...
Four Responses to Trauma: Resignation, Disconnect, War, and Paralysis. - Women's Beshalach Class
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There is Another Way: Embrace Your Divine JourneyThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Beshalach, 9 Shevat, 5782, January 11...
Do I Have Free Choice? It Depends - Women's Vaeira/Bo Class
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did Pharaoh Have Freewill? Understanding Your Brain Can Help You Acquire the Gift of ChoiceThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Par...
Child Abuse, Chaim Walder & the Cover-Ups in Our Communities - Women's Vaeira Class
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Lie of the Nile River -- and the Lies We Tell Ourselves and OthersThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vaera, 24 Teves...
He’s Not Defiant; He’s Just Thirsty. Don’t Blame; Just Be Curious - Women's Shemos Class
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How a Rebellious Sheep Created the First Jewish LeaderThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Shemos, 17 Teves, 5782, Dec...
The 10th of Teves: The Day That Changed Jewish History - Women’s Asarah B’Teves class
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why Is This the Only Fast Day Compared to Yom Kippur?This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayechi, 10 Teves, 5782, Dec...
What Yosef Taught His Brothers About Guilt & Anguish - Vayigash Women's Class
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who Is Responsible for My Triggers and Mistakes? Me or G-d?This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayigash, 3 Teves, 578...
To See the Hidden Light - Women's Chanukah Class
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes I Need to Close My Eyes In Order to SeeThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Miketz, 26 Kislev, 5782, November 30,...
The Oak of Grief: The Untold Story of Rivkah’s Wet Nurse - Women's Vayishlach Class
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What Our Grandmothers Heard at the Gates of Auschwitz; What We Tell Our Daughters Before Their MarriageShe is one of the most anonymous figures in the...
Sometimes, We Hate that Which We Need Most - Vayetzei Women's Class
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob's Animosity to Leah: Four PerspectivesThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayetzei, 5 Kislev, 5782, November 9, 2021...
Why Did Christianity Turn a Jew into a Deity? - Women's Toldos Class
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How Yitzchak's Blessings to Eisav and Yaakov Projected the History of ReligionThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tol...
The Abraham Accords: A Biblical Perspective - Chayei Sarah Women's Class
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Avraham Love Yishmael? The Jewish Calling to Change the WorldThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Chayei Sarah, 20 Cheshvan...
How to Be a Host - Women's Class Parshas Vayera
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Better a Meal of Vegetables Where There Is Love Than a Fattened Ox Where There Is Hate"This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parsh...
The Teshuvah of Our Generation - Yom Kippur Women's Class
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My Greatest Sin Is Not Believing How Good I AmThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday Parshas Ha'azinu, 8 Tishrei, 5781, Septe...
How Can Davening Change Hashem’s Will? - Rosh Hashanah Women's Class
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why Do We Learn How to Pray From Chana’s Prayer?This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Nitzavim, 23 Elul, 5781, August 31, ...
My Light, My Salvation, and My Strength - Elul Women's Class
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why Do We Make Mistakes? What Do We Do After We Mess Up?This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Ki Savo, 16 Elul, 5781, August...
Basics of Emunah #36: Does Fear of G-d Create Anxiety? - The Emunah Series/Women's Class Elul
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t Fear Punishment; Fear the Ruin of a Splendid RelationshipThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Ki Seitzei, 9 El...
Does Hashem Hate Us? - Parshas Devarim/Tisha B'Av Women's Class
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Trauma Shows Up When We Begin to Sense FreedomThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Devarim, 4 Av, 5781, July 13, 2021, ...
How Do I Become Aware of My Self-Sabotage? - Women's Class/Sfas Emes Matos
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moshe Vs. Yehoshua: Sometimes Your Unconscious Fears Undermine SuccessThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Matos-Maasei, 26...
When the Lubavitcher Rebbe Spoke about Not Giving up on Souls Buried in Rubble - Surfside Tower Collapse/Tuesday Women's Class
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When You Encounter a Person Living in a Meaningless and Crazy World, Help Him Clear the ChaosThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parsh...
The Dream Shall Never Die - Women's Class Korach
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Never Kill Your Dream, but Learn to Embrace Your HumannessThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Korach, 28 Sivan, 5781, June 8, ...
If You Believe You Can't, You Really Can't - Women's Class Shlach
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why Didn’t Repentance Work for the Spies? Why Did Moshe Argue Not to Kill Jews Only Because of the Neighbors?This weekly women's class was prese...
Cuddled in My Mother's Arms - Women's Class Behaaloscha
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An Enigmatic Law in the Talmud Helps Us Alleviate AnxietyThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Behaaloscha, 14 Sivan, 5...
7 Teachings of the Baal Shem Tov - Shavuos Women's Class
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
1. No Stonewalling. 2. Channel the Anxiety. 3. Don’t Make It Personal. 4. Every Fear & Love is a Messenger. 5. In Loving Company. 6. Oneness. 7. A T...
Where Was G-d in Meron? - Women's Class with Q & A on Meron Tragedy
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Grief, the Silence, and the UnityThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Behar-Bechukosai, 22 Iyar, 5781, May 4, 2021, liv...
Stop Calling (a Part of) Yourself Evil - Women's Class: Sefas Emes Tazria-Metzora
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Obstacles Are Only Obstacles When Taken Out of ContextThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tazria/Metzorah, 1 Iyar, 5781, A...
Why Are We So Anxious by the Seder (And How to Repair It) - Women's Class Pesach
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A Tale of Two Seders - Reb Noson and Reb Mottel This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tzav, 10 Nisan, 5781, March 23, 2...
Four Pillars of Education - Women's Class Vayakhel
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Earring, Nose Ring, Finger Ring & Armband This weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayakhel/Pekudei, 25 Adar, 5781, Ma...
Nothing More Whole Than a Broken Heart: Why Moshe Broke the Tablets - Women's Ki Sisa Class
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Fusion between Self-Esteem & VulnerabilityThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Ki Sisa, 18 Adar, 5781, March 2, 2021, ...
What We Do for Love - Purim Baal HaTanya Maamar
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why Is Hashem’s Name Absent From the Megillah?This weekly women's class will be presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tetzaveh, 11 Adar, 5781, Febr...
You Can Find G-d In Every Desire - Women's Class - Sefas Emes/Terumah
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When You Make a Blessing Over Food, You Reveal Its Divine ChemistryThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Terumah, 4 Adar, 57...
Every Jew Is a Witness to All the Claims of Judaism - Women's Class Sefas Emes Yisro
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Torah Is Here to Jog Your Unconscious Memory of the Infinity of Your SoulThis weekly women's class on Sefas Emes Parshas Yisro was presen...
If You'd Only Know Who You Are - Women's Class Sefas Emes Va'era
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Error of King Shlomo: Not Grasping the Infinity of Our ActionsThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vaera, 28 Tevet, 57...
How to Forgive Those Who Hurt You - Women's Vayechi Class
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I Am Not Under G-d; I Am One with the DivineThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Vayechi, 14 Tevet, 5781, December 29...
Stop Trying to Understand Your Life - Women's Chanukah Class
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When I Lean Torah and I'm Stuck In Its "Brilliance," I'm a Victim of Greek HellenismThis weekly women's class was presented on Tuesday, Pars...
The Path to Greatness Leads Through Pettiness - Pinchas Women's Class
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How Bias Are We in Our Decisions?The women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Pinchas, 15 Tammuz, 5780, July 7, 2020, streaming l...
Did Yiftach Suffer from PTSD? - Chukas/Pinchas Women's Class
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When Religion Becomes Dangerous: The Story of Yiftach's DaughterThe women's class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Chukas-Balak, 8 Tammuz, 5...