MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 457, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, July 9, 2023 / 20 Tammuz 5783 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
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The topics in this week’s 457th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
- Chassidus applied to the Three Weeks
o Why do we commemorate this sad period?
o Is there anything more to this time than just grieving over tragic events?
o What is the deeper significance of the Three Weeks? How does it reflect the paradoxes of life?
o Does diminishing in joy when the month of Av begins also apply to the last weeks of Tammuz?
o What is the best way to honor these days?
o How does visualizing the Temple help rebuild it?
o As a musician can I buy a new instrument during this time?
- Lessons from Parshas Matos Massei
o What do we learn from the paradox of the names of these two portions? I
o What is their connection the three Weeks?
- Why don’t we fall off the earth?
o How do we understand the Alter Rebbe’s explanation why those in America don’t fall off the earth?
o Is he negating the power of gravity?
o Does this explanation apply to outer space as well?
o What do we learn from this concept?
- What is the process of a soul descending to earth?
- Dealing with narcissism
o What is the psychological/spiritual manifestation of the Three Weeks?
o Is there more hope than the traditional despair for a narcissist who is Jewish? Frum? A chassid?
o How do we balance compassion and acceptance for a narcissistic spouse while upholding one’s own dignity, boundaries and self worth?
o Is it their fault that they are this way?
o Do they deserve empathy?
- Gimmel Tammuz follow-up
o What will happen with the future of Chabad once all those that saw the Rebbe pass on?
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Narcissist is a huge problem and effects marriage!! Who ever is married to a narcissist and your in therapy and nothing is changing get divorced!! You don’t deserve to live life suffering the way you are!
If someone is going through abuse devorce is a Mitzvah!