Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Applying Chai Elul, prayers from a non-Jewish origin, marijuana, a child's soul. Video
How To Trust My Husband Again
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: How To Trust My Husband After He Has Fallen? Chassidic Anger Management; What is the Rebbe’s Message for Children Beginning a New School Season? Video
How to Explain Death to Children
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What did the Rebbe say about a Solar Eclipse? How to Explain Death to Children; My Son-in-Law Doesn’t Daven; Learning Zohar and more. Video
Women’s ‘Home Away From Home’
"Living Chassidus" was started by Sharon and Michal Weiss as a "home away from home" for women who feel lonely and lost in Crown Heights. Full Story, Photos, Video
When Rabbis Conflict With Community
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What can we do when conflicts between communities and Rabbis arise? How much should Jews integrate with the world at large, and more. Video
Is Yiddish a Lost Language?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson Tu B’Av; What Lessons Can We Glean from Chof Av? How Do I Know When to Give in to My Physical Limits? Is Yiddish a Lost Language? And more. Video
When Is it OK To Say “I Can’t”?
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Laxity of standards at weddings, improving memory and a Chassidic Tisha B'Av. Video
Having Children at a Later Age
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Having children at an advanced age, being too sensitive, and the Nine Days. Video
How to Control Your Happiness
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Is tznius the most pressing issue, is free choice a disadvantage and is a gematria important? Video
Missing The Rebbe I Never Knew
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Why are my parents and educators trying to teach me to miss the Rebbe I never knew? 17 Tammuz and the Three Weeks. Video
Lessons from the July 4th
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Is independence healthy, introverted people, waiting for marriage and Tzedaka ethics. Video
‘Why is Lubavitch Always Different’
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Why is Mental Illness Stigmatized? Are We Halachically Obligated to Protect Our Environment? Why is Lubavitch Always Different? Video
Torah’s View On Marijuana Use
Applied Chassidus: How Does a Chassid Look at Summer Vacation? How Do We Reconcile Chassidus’ Emphasis on Non-Indulgence in Material Delights with the Lavish Dinners Thrown by Chassidic Institutions? Is Marijuana Different Than Other Recreational Stress Relievers? Video
Preparing Kids For Overnight Camp
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Preparing kids for overnight camp, male infertility and having non-Jewish grandparents. Video
On Young Boys Going to Mikveh
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Young boys in the Mikveh, self-affliction and dealing with an intermarried relative. Video
Should Embassy Move to Jerusalem
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: If our forefathers kept the Torah, what was the purpose of Matan Torah? What is the Torah view on the US Embassy relocation to Jerusalem? Video
To Give or Not to Give
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: To Give or Not to Give When the Money May be Used for Something Inappropriate? 50 Years from the Six-Day War and Mivtza Tefillin; and more. Video
How Does Lag B’Omer Apply to Me
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: How Can I Apply Lag B’Omer to My Life? When is Being “Wild” Appropriate? Does Chassidus Applied Compromise the Integrity of Chassidus? and more. Video
Would The Rebbe Approve of Strike
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: How Is Abstaining from Enjoying G-d’s Beautiful World Not an Affront to G-d? Can Creativity be Taught? What would the Rebbe Say About a School Strike? and more. Video
How Can I Help a Narcissist
Applied Chassidus by Rabbi Simon Jacobson: How can I help a narcissist, can creativity be taught and feeling sleep deprived. Video
28 Nissan: What Should We Do?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Chof Ches Nisan: 26 Years Later-- What Should We Be Doing? How Should We Communicate with the Emotionally Immature? Are Dreams Significant? and more. Video
How Important Are Minhagim
Chassidus Applied to Pesach; How Important are Minhagim? Do Alcoholics Belong at the Seder? Should Spouses Be Impassive to Each Other in Public? What is the Cornerstone of a Jewish Education? Video
4 Winners in Chassidus Contest
Moishe Chakoff wins the top $10K prize in the 2017 MyLife: Chassidus Applied essay contest, other winners include Shraga Crombie, Hadassah Silberstein and Sara Blau. Full Story
Winners Of Chassidus Essay Contest
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: The winners of the 3rd annual MyLife essay contest, Yud Alef Nisan; Why did Pesach become unaffordable? Video
Essay Winner To Be Announced
The winners of the 3rd Annual MyLife: Essay Contest will be announced on Sunday night, including the first prize of $10,000. Full Story