MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 190, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, November 26, 2017 / 8 Kislev 5778 – 8:00-9:00PM EST
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The topics in this week’s 190th episode of the highly acclaimed popular MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
Chassidus Applied to Tes-Yud Kislev: 190 years from the histalkus of the Mitteler Rebbe
What lessons do we learn from Kislev 14 and Parshas Vayishlach?
What is the Rebbe’s opinion about ultrasound?
Should I have a relationship with my non-Jewish children from the past?
How to retain bitachon after financial loss?
Unfulfilled shlucha: Should I go to school?
Follow-up:
Golem (Episode 189)
Yellow Flags (Episode 188)
Jew at heart (Episode 185)
Dovid and Shimi (Episode 189)
Shidduchim
Chassidus Question: Tanya Iggeres Hakodesh 11: How can we say that for a true believer yes and no are truly equally desirable outcomes in worldly matters, which includes one’s children?
MyLife Essays: Living with the Times, by Leah Ali, 20, Brooklyn, NY; Avoiding Failure, by Mendy Gollub,20, Long Beach, CA; Jungle or Garden? by Talya Portnoy, 19, Bal Harbour, FL. These and other essays can be read online at meaningfullife.com/essays.
This hour-long dose of insights, broadcast live every Sunday night 8-9PM EST, is meant to inform, inspire and empower us by applying the teachings of Chassidus to help us face practical and emotional challenges and difficulties in our personal lives and relationships. To have your question addressed, please submit it at meaningfullife.com/mylife.
In what has now become a staple in so many people’s lives, MyLife: Chassidus Applied addresses questions that many people are afraid to ask and others are afraid to answer. When asked about the sensitive topics he has been addressing, Rabbi Simon Jacobson commented, “I understand that the stakes are high and great care has to be taken when speaking openly, but the silence and lack of clarity on matters plaguing the community can no longer go unaddressed. The stakes of not providing answers are even higher.”
The on-going series has provoked a significant reaction from the community, with thousands of people viewing each live broadcast and hundreds of questions pouring in week after week. At the root of every question and personal challenge tackled by the series is the overarching question: Does Judaism have the answers to my personal dilemmas?
In inimitable “Jacobson-fashion”, the broadcast answers people’s questions in simple, clear language while being heavily sourced. Each episode is jam-packed with eye-opening advice from the Rebbeim, gleaned from uncovering surprising gems in their letters, sichos and maamorim that address our personal issues with disarming relevance. Simultaneously, Rabbi Jacobson is able to crystallize a concept quickly, succinctly, and poignantly for any level of listener.
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Questions may be submitted anonymously at meaningfullife.com/mylife.
Live Video:
That ultrasounds affect the fetus. Based on research done.
Medicine treats sonogram tests as completely harmless and therefore sees no downside to “routine” tests. The Rebbe is clearly of the opinion that they do affect the child to be born and should only be done in extreme need.
Is it reasonably honest to posit what the rebbe’s opinion is about anything that changes – like technology, medicine? One can, at best, say what the rebbe said on the date he said it and the specifics for which he said it, and then say “I personally feel that what the rebbe said then still stands now, because of xyz..