With the Rise of Anti-Semitic Attacks, Is It Time to Start Fighting Back? In this Current Climate What Can We Do to Increase Unity and Love? With Cities Opening up, Can We Say That It Is a Sign of the Imminent Geulah? What Did the Scouts Do Wrong? Why Was the One Who Carried Wood on Shabbos Put to Death? When Moshiach Comes… Will 770 Be Transported to Israel? Can Moshiach Be a Woman?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 356, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, May 30, 2021 / Sivan 19 5781 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
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The topics in this week’s 356th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
· Chassidus applied to Shelach
o Why did G-d tell Moshe to send the scouts of his own volition?
o What did the scouts do wrong?
o Why did they bring back large grapes?
o Why was the one who carried wood on Shabbos put to death?
o How do tzitzis remind us of the mitzvos?
· What can we do to increase unity and love?
· Now that cities are opening up, can we say that it is a sign of the imminent geulah?
· With the rise of anti-Semitic acts is it time to start fighting back?
· When Moshiach comes…
o Will he be an actual human being?
o Can Moshiach be a woman?
o Will our divine service be more similar to the Temple periods in Jewish history or shul services today?
o Will 770 be transported to Israel?
· Comments and Follow-up:
o What were the colors and images of the tribes’ flags?
o 12 Sivan
o One state solution
· Chassidus question: Can a neshomo be in two places at once?
· MyLife 2020 Chassidus Applied Essay and Creative Contest: 24th Place winners:
o Essay English: Elevated Sleep, Rena Pinson, 19, Student, Beis Chana – Tzfas Seminary. Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
o Essay Hebrew (men): אהבת ישראל – אינטראקציה אנושית בהשקפה חסידית, Eliyahu Lichshtein, Student, Tel Aviv, Israel
o Essay Hebrew (women): מוח שליט על הלב – כהצעה לטיפול בהתמכרות, Mrs. Nechama Dina Kozlofsky, Kfar Chabad, Israel
o Creative: Every Jew is a Diamond that Needs to be Refined (sketchbook), David Naccache, 25, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, France
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