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Ep. 526: How Do We Ensure That the Joy and Lights of Chanukah Last All Year Long?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied
12/31/24 • 62 min
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What is Chanukah’s message to us today?
- How does it teach us to find hope and light in challenging times?
- What is the personal application of the Chanukah light details – time, place, number, oil?
- What does the oil represent?
- Chassidus Applied to Chanukah and Zos Chanukah
- Why do we eat potato latkes and donuts on Chanukah?
- Is it a mitzvah?
- What is the difference between a custom and a mitzvah?
- What is the significance of Zos Chanukah?
- Is Zos Chanukah considered to be the final sealing in the Book of Life inscribed on the New Year?
- According to Shammai would the first day of Chanukah be called Zos Chanukah?
- Just like we put on a few pairs of tefillin, why don’t we light two menorahs to satisfy both opinions of Hillel and Shammai?
- What can we do to ensure that the joy and lights of Chanukah last all year long?
- What is the central theme of this Torah chapter?
- How could the righteous tribes have sold their brother into slavery out of jealousy?
- What do Judah and Joseph represent?
- Why will “action” be greater when Moshiach comes?
- What role does Joseph play as a precursor to Moshiach ben David?
- What personal and global lessons does it offer us?
- How is it connected to Chanukah?
- What does the Tzemach Tzedek mean by saying that rejoicing in the Alter Rebbe’s celebration is to grasp on to the doorknob (klamkeh)?
- Are we required to teach Chassidus to others (follow-up)?
- How can I deal with the fact that I no longer can have children?
Ep. 387: This Year's Yud Shevat Lesson: You Have Infinite Power to Transform Your Life and the Universe
MyLife: Chassidus Applied
01/10/22 • 77 min
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
- Chassidus Applied to Yud ShevatWhat is the primary chiddush in this year's chapter 12 of Basi L’Gani?
What does the Rebbe add in his maamorim of 5722 and 5742?
What lessons do we learn from this discourse and its chapter 12?
What deep hidden treasure is given to us?
In the Basi L’Gani maamer is the Frierdiker Rebbe not just hinting but overtly saying that Moshiach will come in the 7th generation?
Please explain the concept of shtus d’kedusha
What is your favorite maamar of the Frierdiker Rebbe?
Did the Frierdiker Rebbe ever indicate who should be his successor?
What was going on in the community during that year until the Rebbe officially accepted the leadership?
- What is shovavim and is it our community's custom to honor it?
- Did the Rebbe once say the month of Shvat is an acronym of she’nishma besuros tovos?
- How do we stay positive amongst the new covid variant and today's non-ending challenges?
- How should we approach the recent scandal and tragedy of the disgraced author accused of serial abuse? - Follow-up
- Chassidus question: Since the Maamar Basi L’Gani is explaining that the hidden “treasure” being revealed is the level of Ohr Ain Sof l’maaleh maaleh ad ayn keitz, why does he elaborate so much in chapters 12-14 on l’matoh matoh at ayn tachlis?
Ep: 385: Does a Mashpia Have to Care For His Mushpa?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied
12/27/21 • 73 min
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
- Chassidus applied to VaeirahWhat can we learn from this week’s parsha about our own challenges?
Why did G-d reveal the name Havaya to Moshe and not to the Patriarchs?
How could Moshe just walk into Pharoah’s palace?
- Lessons from 24 TevesWhat is the significance of this day and what does it teach us?
What did the Alter Rebbe know about the founding of the USA which happened in his time?
Why was it important that the Alter Rebbe was a new soul?
Why can’t we sing the Alter Rebbe’s niggun any time we wish?
Did the Alter Rebbe write another book called Sefer Shel Tzaddikim?
- Does a mashpia have to care for his mushpa?
- Can a rov ever go bad, and if he does, how can you know and what can you do?
- Follow-upDo I pursue intellectual truth no matter where it may lead me, even if that causes me to leave yiddishkeit?
When Moshe killed the Egyptian why did it matter who descended from him?
Why Exodus is celebrated over one week
- Can you explain Pascal's wager and why it makes sense mathematically to take the gamble that there really is a G-d?
- Chassidus question: Please explain the three impure kelipos. If we are to abstain from them, why can we use them for certain things, as riding a horse or owning a dog?
Ep. 304: As a Single, I Find the Loneliness Unbearable. Please Share Some Advice?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied
04/17/20 • 66 min
SPECIAL CHOL HAMOED PESACH EDITION
In this special edition, Rabbi Simon Jacobson explains what we can learn from Moshiach’s Seudah regarding the challenges facing us today
TOPICS:
• Can you please give us more Torah/Chassidic perspective on the approach we should be taking in dealing with this unprecedented quarantine? 12:55
• As a single, I find the loneliness unbearable. Please share some advice? 13:35
• How can a lockdown in our homes be seen as an opportunity? 27:16
• What possible benefit can the disruption of our routines offer? 35:08
• Chassidus applied to Acharon Shel Pesach especially in this time 41:50
• Why will Moshiach judge with his power of scent? 49:00
• What is the significance of Moshiach’s seudah on the last day of Pesach? 45:53
• Does the coronavirus have any connection with Moshiach? 46:20
• What does Shabbos HaGadol mean today? 55:32
• With a temporary loss of smell do I make the blessing on spices during havdalah? 01:00:30
• Is it permissible to shave one’s beard during coronavirus so that a protective mask will have a better seal? 01:01:20
• What can be done about those fools endangering others? 59:12
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Ep. 268: What Will Chabad Look like in 30 Years?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied
07/15/19 • 69 min
Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought.
TOPICS:
• Chassidus Applied to 12-13 Tammuz and Balak 0:12
• What is the Chabad custom regarding bringing in an early Shabbos? 14:52
• What will Chabad look like in 30 years? 19:00
• When naming a child after a tzaddik/Rebbe can we combine the name with that of a layperson? 24:36
• Should we be concerned with secular values seeping into Chabad ideology? 27:34
• How can I address my apathy to davening and make it a meaningful experience? 36:44
• To what extent should a spouse get involved in their partners davening? 41:38
• Am I responsible to share sensitive information about a potential shidduch with the other party? 43:13
• Follow up:
o Gimmel Tammuz (episode 266) 46:22
o Pidyon nefesh at the Ohel (episode 266) 48:43
o Polygamy (episode 267) 50:29
o Anti-Semitism 53:22
• Chassidus question: How do you reconcile Tanya chapter 15 with the Gemara whether a tzaddik is called oved Elokim? 57:09
• My Life 2019 essays:
o כלים השלכתיים בטיפול: השימוש בחוש הציור ככלי טיפולי במשנתו של אדמו”ר הריי”צ, Mishael Elmalem, 41, Jerusalem, Israel 01:02:45
o הביטחון בבורא ככלי משנה מציאות, Efrat Veber, 32, Beitar Illit, Israel 01:05:34
o האחריות כגורם אחראי בחיינו, Chaya Mushka Perlstein, 19, Haifa, Israel 01:07:13
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Ep: 267: Is Geulah Dependent Upon All Jews Being Observant and All Non-Jews Accepting the 7 Mitzvos?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied
07/08/19 • 63 min
Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought.
TOPICS:
• Chassidus Applied to Chukas 1:04
• Is G-d waiting for every Jew to be observant and every non-Jew to to accept the Sheva Mitzvos before bringing the complete Geulah? 12:32
• Are we meant to be afraid of G-d? Is “fear” the accurate translation? 21:45
• Should I, as a female, be going to a male healer? 26:20
• Is it appropriate for men to lead women's farbrengens? 29:06
• How do we understand polygamy in Judaism? 32:07
• Is What’s App appropriate? 39:28
• Follow up:
o Pidyon nefesh at the Ohel (episode 266) 47:05
o Mashpia (episode 263) 48:35
o Limited contact between groom and bride (episode 264) 52:23
o Handshaking (episode 261) 53:10
• Chassidus question: How can a tzaddik be called by G-d's name? 54:18
• My Life 2019 essays:
o Growth Through Trauma, Hadassa Shemtov, 26, West Hollywood, NY; 59:08
o What Will the Neighbours Think? Rivka Cohen, 34, Greater Manchester, England 01:00:44
o Respectful Parenting: Discipline Through Ahavas Yisrael and Chesed, Yosefa Wood-Isenberg, 01:01:47
29, Philadelphia, PA
Ep. 261: Does Chassidus Ever Expect Us to Sleep Less Than Is Normally Required?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied
05/20/19 • 67 min
Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought.
TOPICS
• Chassidus Applied to Pesach Sheni and Lag B’Omer 0:10
• Lessons from Behar 12:30
• As an orthodox Jew teaching in a secular school, how do I navigate and draw the line between insisting kindness and acceptance of all students in our classroom, and normalizing or condoning behavior that is forbidden by Torah? 17:50
• Is there a healthy need for ego? 26:30
• Can a sociopath do teshuva? 31:45
• Does Chassidus ever expect us to sleep less than is normally required? 37:30
• Are there any situations when we can shake hands with someone from the opposite gender? 45:10
• Follow-up (episode 260): Moustache; Consciousness 51:33
• Chassidus question: Please explain the statement that for certain souls, like Rashbi, there was no churban (destruction of the Beis HaMikdash). 54:50
• My Life 2019 essay contest winners:
o Chassidic Lessons on Growing through Trauma, Aharon Zev Moshel, 18, Melbourne, Australia 1:00:45
o מודל א.ב.א. – התשובה החסידית להפרעות החרדה בעולמנו המודרני, Menachem Mendel Dekel, 22, Yokne-am, Israel 1:02:32
o אגואיזם – מבעיה אל פתרונה, Levi Wilhelm, 17, Tzfat, Israel 1:04:42
Ep. 490: Should We Allow Jews Siding With Our Enemies Celebrate Purim With Us?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied
03/26/24 • 70 min
Episode 490: Special Purim Edition
When: Sunday, March 24, 8:00PM ET
For recording visit the archive page or your favorite podcast carrier.
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
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?
Ep. 475: How Does Chanukah Provide Us With Strength and Direction in These Trying Times?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied
12/15/23 • 65 min
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
How Chanukah provides us with strength and direction these trying times
- What lessons do the lights of Chanukah offer us?
- Why do we celebrate the war victory with lighting candles?
- What do we learn from the length of time which the Chanukah lights must burn – “until the feet of the Tarmudoi have ceased”?
- Is there a connection between the dreidel and Moshiach?
- Who was Antiochus and why did he have a problem with the Jews doing Torah and Mitzvos?
- What is the spiritual difference between Shammai and Hillel’s opinion on how we light the Chanukah candles?
- Why don't we light two separate menorahs to cover Shammai and Hillel’s opinions?
- Can we glean different military strategies from their opinions?
- If Zos Chanukah is the true essence of Chanukah being the brightest day, how do we reconcile that with Beis Shammai’s opinion that we light only one candle on that day?
- Do our Biblical enemies, like Antiochus and Amelek, actually manifest today or are they more symbolic?
- How does the story of Joseph help us understand today’s events?
- How can we counter all the confusion today?
- What can we do to deprogram and re-educate Muslim/Arab civilians?
- Can we trust the enemy?
- Do the prophets foretell current events?
- Should we be studying these prophecies?
- Which ones most vividly describe today’s events?
- Was it in a form of prophecy, or were they wise men who could discern patterns and predict the future?
- Can we apply the prophesies in the Book of Daniel to our times?
- Is there anywhere in the Torah that says this war will be called operation iron swords?
- Can this war lead us directly to Moshiach?
- Is it possible that G-d will not allow Moshiach in our generation because we are involved in a war?
- If Moshiach comes today, will we still have murderous enemies? Will Hamas be brought to justice?
- Will Moshiach have supernatural powers to destroy our enemies?
- How do I respond to people who claim that Israel occupied Palestinian land?
- In addition to Rashi on the first verse in the Torah that G-d gave the Jewish people the land of Israel, why don’t we also cite Rashi later that speaks about how Noach and Abraham apportioned the land to their children?
- Does the Torah document Abraham purchasing land in Israel to pre-empt others claim to the land?
Empowering Torah Portions Dealing with the enemy Can you share details about your meeting with the Argentinian president?
How Does the Story End?
Who owns the Land of Israel? Conclusion: What is the message of the enduring flames of Chanukah?
Ep. 502: How Should We React to the Israeli Court Ruling Forcing Haredim to Join the Army?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied
07/05/24 • 73 min
MyLife Chassidus Applied: Where YOUR questions are answered Donate now: https://mylife500.com For recording visit the archive page or your favorite podcast carrier. Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this time period and Torah portion teach us today? • What do we learn from Chof Ches Sivan? 04:40 • Why does this day signify the beginning of a new era in history? 04:40 • What do we learn from Parshas Korach? 10:05 • What lessons do we derive from the Korach episode about leadership and uniting under one leader? 13:00 • What is the significance of Aaron’s rod sprouting almonds to prove that G-d chose him to be the high priest? 20:15 • Why did Korach want to be the high priest? 22:40 • Will he be a high priest in the future? 24:58 • What’s the story with Dasan and Aviram? 29:08 • What do we learn from the haftorah? 29:53 • How do we explain why the Jews so readily received the Torah but opposed entering the Promised Land incited by the scouts? 33:43 How should we react to the Israeli court ruling forcing haredim to join the army? 36:08 USA President • How should we react to the presidential debate? 45:17 • Who should we vote for? 47:00 War in Israel • Are we doing enough in fighting the spiritual war? 53:28 • How do we address the divisiveness that still exists between us? 56:02 • What is the best way to pray for our success? 57:26 • Are we allowed to put the pulsa d’nura curse on governments and officials that are siding with the Hamas terrorists? 59:18 • Can becoming a Nazir help the situation? 01:00:56 • Should we welcome the news that our enemies are fighting with each other? 01:03:20 • Should we celebrate the defeat or death of our enemies? 01:06:19 Should we ban a book that has a negative article about the Rebbe? 01:07:50
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The first episode of MyLife: Chassidus Applied was released on Apr 29, 2018.
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