MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 500, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, June 9, 2024 / 3 Sivan 5784 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
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The topics in this week’s 500th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
- MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 500
- Tribute to Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky a”h
- How should we react to the rescue of the four hostages?
What does Shavuot teach us today?
- What happened on this day 3336 years ago?
- Why is it important for us to honor it?
- What is Torah?
- What is Torah from G-d’s perspective?
- Why was the Torah not given at the beginning of creation?
- Why is it called Mattan Torah? Why is G-d giving us a gift?
- Why did the Jews have to restrain themselves for three days before Mattan Torah?
- Why don’t we dance with the Torah on Shavuot as we do on Simchat Torah?
- Did we receive the Torah willingly or were we coerced?
- Why is saying naaseh v’nishma considered such a big thing?
- Why were crowns placed on the heads of the Jewish people at Sinai, and why did the angels and not G-d Himself place these crowns on their heads?
- What is the significance of a crown (keser)?
- What is the difference between the two levels of Keser, arich and atik?
- How does the Rebbe Rashab explain the idea of keser in Hemshech Ayin Beis?
- Why did G-d offer the Torah to the other nations?
- Was it possible that the Jews could have chosen not to receive the Torah?
- What lessons do we learn from Mattan Torah in our present lives and challenges?
- What shape were the tablets?
- Why do we read the Book of Ruth on Shavuot?
- Is the last week of Sefirah, when we focus on malchus, connected with Moshiach?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied is a weekly video webcast candidly answering questions from the public about all life matters and challenges, covering the entire spectrum of human experience.
This hour-long dose of insights, broadcast live every Sunday night 8-9PM ET, is meant to provide people with inspired guidance and direction, empowering them to deal with any issue they may face.
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MyLife demonstrates how Chassidus provides us with a comprehensive blueprint of the human psyche as a microcosm of the cosmos, and offers us all the guidance we need to live the healthiest possible life and build nurturing homes and families, bringing up the healthiest possible children, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. MyLife is brought to you by the Meaningful Life Center as a public service, free of charge.
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