MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 456, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, July 2, 2023 / 13 Tammuz 5783 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
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The topics in this week’s 456th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
- Lessons from Yud Gimmel Tammuz
o Why is the geulah of Yud Beis Tammuz celebrated also on the next day, Yud Gimmel Tammuz?
o What does that teach us?
o Why does the Frierdiker Rebbe write that this was a geulah for all people, not just for him personally?
o What does this geulah teach us about overcoming obstacles and even harsh challenges?
o What was the theme of the maamar the Frierdiker Rebbe said in Moscow that contributed to his arrest?
o What does it teach us about the importance of educating children?
- Chassidus applied to Parshas Pinchas
o What is the general lesson from this chapter?
o Is there any room for zealotry in Judaism?
o What was unique about the complaint by the daughters of Tzelofchad that Hashem granted their request, unlike other instances when people complained?
o Is there a correct way to complain?
o What do we know about Joshua, the devoted disciple of Moses?
o What does Joshua represent and teach us?
- Chassidus applied to 17 Tammuz
o Why is it important to mark this day and what lessons does it offer us today?
o Why did Moses break the tablets? Why did G-d thank him for it, when it seemingly was a tragic event?
o What do we learn from the breaching of the walls surrounding Jerusalem?
o What is the relationship between “concealment” (tzimzum) and “the shattering of the vessels” (shevirat ha’keilim)?
- Is it better to be another member of a Chassidic community or live out of town where you can be a leader?
- Should I indulge my family with materialism for the sake of shalom bayis?
- Gimmel Tammuz follow-up
o What can we derive from the last Maamar the Rebbe distributed regarding Gimmel Tammuz?
o Are we still in the seventh generation?
o Why can’t we say that the seventh generation ended?
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The replay cuts of be4 the end. Can it be corrected?
Right, it cuts off near the end…. would like to hear your answer. Thank you.