Is There Life on Other Planets According to Torah? Is It Appropriate to Paint a Mural of the Alter Rebbe on an Alley Wall? How Can We Explain the Many Wives of Yaakov, Shlomo and Others? I Am No Longer Frum and Feel like I Am Dying Inside. What Can I Do? Why Is It so Bad to Commit Suicide?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 271, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, August 4, 2019 / 3 Menachem Av 5779 – 8:00-9:00PM EST
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The topics in this week’s 271st episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
- Chassidus Applied to the 5th of Av and Shabbos Chazon
- Is there life on other planets according to Torah?
- Does Cholov Yisroel effect our emunah?
- Is it appropriate to paint a mural of the Alter Rebbe on an alley wall?
- How can we explain the many wives of Yaakov, Shlomo and others?
- I am no longer frum and feel like I am dying inside. What can I do?
- AA and the 12 Steps: Is it legitimate according to Torah and Chassidus?
- Why is it so bad to commit suicide?
- What does the Rebbe say about vaccinations? Part III
- Follow up (episode 269): Parental alienation
- Chassidus question: Does a non-Jew elevate sholosh klipos ha’tmayos when he fulfills the sheva mitzvos?
- My Life 2019 essays:
o The Benefits of Uncertainty, Dov Ber Klein,70, Manchester, England
o How Does One Break Out of “It’s All-Or-Nothing” Attitude? Gishy Weinfeld, 33, Ontario, Canada
o A More Perfect Union, Chana Peterson, 25, Givat Shmuel, Israel
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 chassidusapplied.com/ask.
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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Questions may be submitted anonymously at chassidusapplied.com/ask.
Live Video:
I wrote the rebbe asking if i had to keep cholov yisroel. Rabbi hadokov the rebbe’s secretary gave me the rebbe’s answer. דאיסור מטמטם את המוח ואת הלב.
Meaning the forbidden thing has an affect on the heart and mind. Rabbi hodakov clarified that cholov akum is a forbidden thing
Shlomo Hamelech had 1000 wives, not 3000