MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 586 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, March 29, 2026 / 11 Nissan 5786 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
>> Special Yud Alef Nissan and Pesach Edition <<
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The topics in this week’s 586th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
Yud Alef Nissan
- Do we say Gut Yom Tov today?
- How do we honor the Rebbe’s birthday?
- What is the single most important thing each of us should do on this special day?
- How did the Rebbe celebrate his birthday?
o What were the events that led to the things done for Yud Alef Nissan 5742 – eighty years?
- What is the significance of the number eleven?
- Is it significant that “peace in Israel” are the last words in Tehillim chapter 125, which we begin reciting today?
- Do some people receive answers from the Rebbe more than others?
Pesach, Miracles and Iran
- What is the relevance of the war in Iran to Pesach?
- What’s the underlying message of Pesach?
- What does it truly mean to be free?
- How is the energy of Nissan and Pesach different than that of ani l’dodi v’dodi li of Elul and Tishrei?
- Do I have to observe the holiday if I am experiencing financial difficulties, which cause stress and anxiety, antithetical to the theme of Passover?
- Why is Passover celebrated on the day the exodus happened, unlike Purim and Chanukah which are celebrated the day after the miracles happened?
- Why do we celebrate it every year?
- Why does Passover have three names?
- What can we learn from the great miracle of Shabbos HaGadol and the other miracles of the time about today’s miracles?
- How do we reconcile Chizkiyahu being criticized for not praising G-d’s for His miracles with the ruling that one should not say Hallel every day – how do we find the right balance of acknowledging miracles in our lives?
- What can each of us do physically and spiritually to help protect all the innocent people and bring victory in the war against Iran?
- As an American who moved to Israel I am bemused by people questioning the safety of living here.
- How do we resolve a major conflict between husband and wife of how extreme we should be with our Pesach cleaning?
o I feel that my wife’s obsessive behavior borders on mental illness
o I feel that my husband is mocking and dismissing me, and not taking our Pesach cleaning seriously
Seder
- Can you please share some memories of the Rebbe visiting different public Seders in Crown Heights? Why did he do so?
- Why did the Rebbe ask an artist to illustrate a special edition of the Haggadah for children?
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