Should We Allow Jews Siding With Our Enemies Celebrate Purim With Us? What Happened Purim 1966 When the Rebbe Announced “Everyone Who Stretches Out His Hand, Is Given”? What Were the Three Different Ways the Rebbe Reacted to Those Stretching Out Their Cups, and What Fundamental Lessons Can We Learn From Them? How Can Purim Help Us Face Our Enemies Today and Transform Even the Greatest Threat to Total Victory? Why Is Purim Named After a Lottery? Did the Rebbe Say That Whistling Is Connected to Moshiach?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 490, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, March 24, 2024 / 14 Adar II 5784 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
>>> Special Purim Edition <<< Podcast YouTube Chassidusapplied.com The topics in this week’s 490th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: What does Purim teach us today? · What is the main theme of Purim and how can we access its power in our time? · How can Purim help us face our enemies today and transform even the greatest threat to total victory? · Why is Purim celebrated with so much joy, more than any other day in the year? · What is the meaning of “everyone who stretches out his hand, is given” on Purim? · What happened Purim 1966 when the Rebbe made this announcement? · What were the three different ways the Rebbe reacted to those stretching out their cups, and what fundamental lessons can we learn from them? · Can Megillas Esther be translated as the revelation of the concealed? · Why is Purim named after a lottery? · If Haman was accessing a level beyond good and evil how could he have channeled that into evil? · What is the connection between Purim and Yom Ha’Ki-Purim? · Is Haman a representation of the primordial evil of the snake in the Garden of Eden? · Why is Shushan Purim celebrated only in cities that had walls since the time of Joshua? · Is there an advantage to living in a walled city? · What is the deeper meaning behind the Megillah being read from the eleventh to the fifteenth of the month? · How is Purim considered the completion of the giving of the Torah? · Should we gather children together to recite verses to help vanquish our enemies as Mordechai did? · Can we explain Moshiach’s imminent arrival with the events as they occurred during the days of Purim? · If the Rabbis can alter the laws of reading the Megillah allowing it to be read earlier to accommodate Jews, why can’t they decree the immediate coming of Moshiach? · Should we allow Jews siding with our enemies celebrate Purim with us? · Did the Rebbe say that whistling is connected to 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. In what has become a staple in so many people’s lives, MyLife: Chassidus Applied 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? 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. Questions may be submitted anonymously at chassidusapplied.com/ask. Live Video YouTube link: Live Video
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