What Is the Best Response to Adversity and Hatred? Lessons From This Omer Period; How Does Refinement of Our Characters Reflect the Unique Power of a Jew? What Lessons Do We Learn From the R’ Yisroel Aryeh Leib’s 74th Yahrzeit? What Did the Rebbe Say After He Stood Up From Shiva in 1952? The Emotion Code: Is It Legitimate? Should We Rely Solely on Torah and Chassidus, and Not Turn to Other Methods? How Do You Determine What Can or Cannot Be Changed in Torah?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 588 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, April 26, 2026 / 9 Iyar 5786 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
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The topics in this week’s 588th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
Chassidus Applied to this Omer period
How does refinement of our characters reflect the unique power of being a Jew?
What is the best response to adversity and hatred?
How do you celebrate the beauty of your soul while recognizing the despicable toxins of your selfish body? Lessons from Tanya chapter 31.
How do we apply Netzach, this week’s sefirah/midah, to today’s challenges?
Why don’t we listen to music during this period?
What is the connection between refining our character traits with the Omer barley offering?
13 Iyar
What lessons do we learn from the R’ Yisroel Aryeh Leib’s 74th yahrzeit?
What did the Rebbe say after he stood up from Shiva in 1952?
What does his name indicate?
Pesach Sheni
What does this day teach us?
Does it have any specific application to current events?
Emor
What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha?
Why does the Torah seemingly discriminate against handicapped priests?
Praising G-d for miracles
Sharing a personal miracle in my family
Is it appropriate to wear patches with an image of the third temple? follow-up
How should we react to the pope’s critique?
The Emotion Code
Is it legitimate?
Should we rely solely on Torah and Chassidus and not turn to other methods?
Is every sicha of the Rebbe relevant to us?
How do you determine what can or cannot be changed in Torah?
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