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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 Tzav, 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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The Wave Only Feels Broken when it Crashes Because It Forgets Its True Identity

This text-based class is the first of a series on the Maamar "Ki Bayom Hazeh Yechaper," number two, by the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, which he presented on Shabbos Vayielech, 6 Tishrei, 5570 (September 16, 1809), published in Likkutei Torah Acherei Mos. Rabbi YY Jacobson taught this class on Monday, Parshas Acharei Mos, 3 Iyar, 5786, April 20, 2026, at Ohr Chaim Shul, Monsey, NY.

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If You Don’t See My Greatness Please Don’t Talk to Me

How to Trust Hashem During Challenging Times? "I Get Hyped that Moshiach Is About To Come, But Then I Crash!..."

Freedom Takes Lots of Work: Step by Step Guide

In this episode of From The Inside Out Podcast with Rivkah and Eda, we welcome Rabbi YY Jacobson to discuss why many people lack inner freedom even in good external conditions, emphasizing that freedom requires disciplined inner work: noticing one’s “Egypt,” pausing before reacting, cultivating curiosity, prayer, support systems, and being truly seen.

Rabbi YY Jacobson explores destructive vs. holy shame, Tanya’s model of distinguishing animal and divine consciousness, surrendering control to God without surrendering to abuse, and experiencing embodied oneness as redemptive consciousness. He also contrasts revealed and hidden miracles (Pesach vs. Purim), reflects on current events and collective resilience, and highlights softening the heart, authenticity, and non-transactional relationships.

The interview also explored gender relationships, modesty, temptation, morality, and how to enhance our relationships and marriages, confronting our deeper underlying wounds that eclipse our ability to live in alignment, trust, and connection.