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Spiritual Tools for Fire: The Aggada of Yichud, the Messages of Chanukka and the Conceal-Convey Connection

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: December 19 2024

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Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara:

Aggadeta, Kiddushin, Moed Katan, Sotah

Halacha:

Even Haezer, War, Yichud

Machshava:

Chanukah, Family & Ishut, Hashem, History, Maharal, Mesilas Yeshorim, Philosophy of Halacha, Rambam

Nach:

Tehillim

Parsha:

Matot, Vayeishev

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Afternoon Halacha be-Iyun Chaburah at YU

References: Kiddushin: 81A , Kiddushin: 81B , Sotah: 5B , Moed Katan: 5A

Description

4 tools for successful, winnable battle with my yetzer ha-ra: decisive action, subsequent reflection, transformative thought and siyyata di-shmaya. *** Divrei hisorerus shared at a 'leil shishi' for the Undergrad Chabura, in advance of Chanukka and in celebration of a zman dedicated to hilchos yichud be-iyun.

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