Reacting to Negative Predictions About the Future

MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 555, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, August 10, 2025 / 16 Menachem Av 5785 – 8:00-9:00PM ET

What should be our focus as we go forward from the 15th of Av?
· What is the significance and the virtue of the nights getting longer?
· What do we learn from the full moon – when it reflects the sun in its entirety?
· What is the meaning of yichud shimsha v’sihera, the union of sun and moon?
· How is this connected to increasing in Torah study?
· What are its lessons to our personal lives?

Chof Av
· What is the relevance of this day to us all?
· Is there a connection between this day to the coming New Year?
· What is a timely teaching from Reb Levi Yitzchak that we can all learn from?
· How does a mezuzah reflect peace at home between husband and wife?
· Why do we begin wishing each other a happy new year starting on the 15th of Av?
· Why is Yom Kippur considered a joyous holiday?
· What is its connection to the 15th of Av?

Va’etchanan
· What do we learn from Moshe’s 515 prayers to enter the Promised Land?

How should we react to negative predictions about the future?

Is Chassidus impacting our lives?
· Are there people whose personalities and characters have been refined and transformed by Chassidus?
· Why is Chassidus not inspiring many of us?
· How can we improve how Chassidus is being taught in our schools and ensure that it inspires and is internalized into the next generation?

What guidelines should be followed in publicizing private materials of the Rebbeim?

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