MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 202, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, February 18, 2018 / 3 Adar 5778 – 8:00-9:00PM EST
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The topics in this week’s 202nd episode of the highly acclaimed popular MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
Chassidus Applied to Zayin and Tes Adar
Lessons from Parshas Tetzaveh and Zachor
Hundreds of essay submissions in this year’s MyLife: Chassidus Applied essay contest
What would the Rebbe say about the recent school shootings?
Isn’t the Bar-Mitzvah Maamar too difficult for our children?
Can we understand G-d?
How to be an emotionally warm person?
Do you recommend reading secular self-help books?
Follow-up:
Abusive parent (episode 201)
Lying (episode 85)
Why don’t we daven the way Chassidus expects of us? Prayer continued
Chassidus Question: Why do we assume that G-d is absolute goodness?
This hour-long dose of insights, broadcast live every Sunday night 8-9PM EST, is meant to inform, inspire and empower us by applying the teachings of Chassidus to help us face practical and emotional challenges and difficulties in our personal lives and relationships. To have your question addressed, please submit it at meaningfullife.com/mylife.
In what has now become a staple in so many people’s lives, MyLife: Chassidus Applied addresses questions that many people are afraid to ask and others are afraid to answer. When asked about the sensitive topics he has been addressing, Rabbi Simon Jacobson commented, “I understand that the stakes are high and great care has to be taken when speaking openly, but the silence and lack of clarity on matters plaguing the community can no longer go unaddressed. The stakes of not providing answers are even higher.”
The on-going series has provoked a significant reaction from the community, with thousands of people viewing each live broadcast and hundreds of questions pouring in week after week. At the root of every question and personal challenge tackled by the series is the overarching question: Does Judaism have the answers to my personal dilemmas?
In inimitable “Jacobson-fashion”, the broadcast answers people’s questions in simple, clear language while being heavily sourced. Each episode is jam-packed with eye-opening advice from the Rebbeim, gleaned from uncovering surprising gems in their letters, sichos and maamorim that address our personal issues with disarming relevance. Simultaneously, Rabbi Jacobson is able to crystallize a concept quickly, succinctly, and poignantly for any level of listener.
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Live Video:
I didn’t know that the Rebbe had asked for Prayer.
It makes so much sense.
Before the Rebbe agreed to a moment of silence, the Rebbe strongly advocated prayer in the schools. He spoke Sichos about this, even recommending a Constitutional Amendment for it. The Rebbe quoted that the Constitution was written, “for the people and by the people.”
The Rebbe encouraged families to welcome multiple children. Rabbi Jacobson mentions “the loner”. I wonder if children growing up with siblings have a less tendency to be loners. Rabbi Jacobson mentions responsibility. It is likely that a child with siblings will grow up with responsibilities from early childhood. It goes without saying that taking G-d out of the schools has had a negative impact, and the Rebbe’s plea for a campaign for Moment of Silence echos in an empty space left to be filled. But the Rebbe also spoke about families having more children. Children growing up with siblings are… Read more »
B”H
Yesterday, bais adar was the yahrzeit of Mrs. Pesha Leah Lapine HYD; this is what the Rebbe said after her shiva:
“As for G-d holding ‘precious’ the self-sacrifice of a Jew, it’s enough that Jews are in exile over 1900 years! May G-d spare us from all further sacrifices, and immediately send the Redemption, and the Resurrection, at which time she and her children will be joyfully reunited.:”
WE ARE STILL WAITING! AD MOSAI!