How Do We Honor Gimmel Tammuz?

How Do We Honor Gimmel Tammuz? What Was the Rebbe’s Last Major Teaching Before Gimmel Tammuz? Are There Guidelines on How to Pray at the Ohel to Ensure That They Are Fulfilled? Is There a Connection Between Korach Challenging Moshe’s Leadership and Gimmel Tammuz? What Can We Do to Not Feel Depressed and Threatened by Today’s World Events? Is the Ceasefire Between Israel and Iran a Positive Thing? How Should We React to the Nomination of an Anti-Israel NY Mayoral Candidate?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 549, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, June 29, 2025 / 3 Tammuz 5785 – 8:00-9:00PM ET

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The topics in this week’s 549th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

Gimmel Tammuz

· How can we describe and explain this day?

· How do we honor this day?

· Why do we say that the presence of a tzaddik is stronger after they pass away?

· What was the Rebbe’s last major teaching before Chof Zayin Adar and Gimmel Tammuz?

· What maamar of the Rebbe would you recommend we study on this day?

· How is Gimmel Tammuz this year, 31 years later, different from previous years?

· Are there guidelines on how to pray at the Ohel to realize the best results?

· Why do some people see their prayers fulfilled more than others?

· Is there a connection between Korach challenging Moshe’s leadership and Gimmel Tammuz?

· Is there a connection with the theme of Parshas Chukas, about purification from the toxins of death?

· What can we do to not feel depressed and threatened by today’s world events?

· What did the Rebbe say about wars waged in Persia?

· Can we say that the Rebbe is Moshiach after Gimmel Tammuz?

· Will everyone in the world immediately know that Moshiach has arrived?

Ceasefire between Israel and Iran

· Is this a positive thing?

· What would the Rebbe say?

· Is there a connection between Khamenei and Haman?

· Did the Rebbe say that one way to defeat irrational hatred is by increasing in irrational love?

Chukas

· What is the connection between suprarational laws and engraved letters – both interpretations of the word Chukas?

· What can we learn from the story of Moshe hitting the rock instead of speaking to it?

How should we react to the nomination of an anti-Israel NY Mayoral candidate?

· What would the Rebbe advise?

· Should we move out of New York?

What lessons can we learn from the recent heat wave?

· How will those sensitive to heat move to Israel?

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