MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 464, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, August 27, 2023 / 10 Elul 5783 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
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The topics in this week’s 464th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
- Chassidus applied to Ki Tavo
o What is the primary lesson from this week’s portion?
o What do we learn from bikkurim, the first fruit offering?
o Why was the Alter Rebbe the only one able to reveal the blessings hidden within the curses?
o What are hidden blessings and how do we reveal them?
o What is the meaning of the verse that only after 40 years the people achieved “a heart to know, eyes to see and ears to hear”?
o Is there a connection between that and the suggestion that one should wait until the age of 40 before learning Kabbalah?
- Lessons from Elul
o Can you provide a short synopsis of the maamorim that speak about Elul?
o What is it about the energy of Elul that is aligned with the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe who were born on Chai Elul?
o What is teshuva?
o Is there a way for us to know when our teshuva is complete and if Hashem has accepted our teshuva?
- What can I do about missing a day of putting on tefillin due to illness?
- If I’m traveling to a small town that doesn’t have any known Jewish people, should I put on my tefillin at home or should I wait until I get to this town and do it there to elevate the land with a mitzvah, which might not normally occur there?
- What is the Chabad view of the turmoil Israeli judicial reform is causing in Israel?
- How to address different sexual orientations and identities?
o Should I reveal to my spouse my inclinations even if I don’t act on them?
o Does a gay life hurt anyone?
o Should someone with same gender inclinations be dating an opposite gender?
- Follow-up: Dealing with narcissism
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