Chassidus Morning Class by Rabbi YY Jacobson

What You’re Most Ashamed Of May Be Your Greatest Gift

This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on 4 Cheshvan, 5787, October 15, 2026, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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Don't Let Your Violin Become a Doorstop: Work Hard, But Don't Surrendering Your Integrity & Serenity

This class is the first in a series on the Maamar Mayim Rabim, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Motzei Shabos Parshas Noach, 3 Cheshvan, 5738, October 15, 1977, in his room. Presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on 1 Cheshvan, 5787, October 12, 2026, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

Do not use your violin as a doorstep, and your telescope as a soup mixer.

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The Anatomy of Ecstasy: How Joy Was Reinvented at Simchas Beis Hashoavah

This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on 11 Tishrei, 5787, September 22, 2026.

The joy of Sukkos cannot merely mean relief that the Yamim Noraim are over. Relief is valuable, but it is not the explosive simcha described by Torah and Chazal. Every night of Sukkos in the Beis Hamikdash, multitudes gathered in Jerusalem. Great sages danced and juggled flaming torches. Light flooded the city. Before dawn, a procession descended to the Shiloach spring, drew water, and carried it upward with shofar blasts. The water was poured on the mizbeach together with the morning offering. Was this joy only because Yom Kippur is over? That seems strange.

So what is the secret of this intense joy? The Mishnah says (Sukkah 51b), One who never witnessed Simchas Beis Hashoavah, the Sages declare, never witnessed joy in life. But why? And why say it in the negative? And also why be “stingy” with joy? Maybe a person did experience happiness in another setting or environment! How can anyone state that “if you did not come to my wedding, you never saw joy!” It seems very strange.

The class delves deeply into the secret of the schism of the water on day two of creation and how the joy of Sukkot heals the tension that has become part of the fabric of life. The class shows how the deepest gift we can bring into the sukkah is not perfection on the table; it is a living heart, present enough to channel joy, love, and the flow of Hashem.

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As I Find My Core, The Divine Bliss Is Revealed Inside of Me

This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Wednesday, 27 Elul, 5786, September 9, 2026, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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The Sound of 'Tzimtzum:' What Our Generation Is Detecting



This is the fourth class in a series on the Maamar Yom Tov Shel Rosh Hashanah said by the Alter Rebbe for Rosh Hashanah 5571, September 29, 1810, which came out on Shabbos.




This class was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Monday, 25 Elul, 5786, September 7, 2026, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

In this section, the Alter Rebbe describes the greatest love story ever told; yet the ego refuses to believe it. How vulnerable and blissful to experience, in an embodied way, that I am the best thing that happened to Hashem?

How the Alter Rebbe healed the "trauma" of the "yesh," the sense of ego and separateness, which is the core of all our anxiety. Take your "yesh" seriously, but realize what is its true story: Hashem in His essence wantinbg to have an authentic relationship with YOU.

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