Ep. 261: Does Chassidus Ever Expect Us to Sleep Less Than Is Normally Required?

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

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

• 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

Previous Episode

Ep. 260: Is Ahavas Yisroel Achieved by Ignoring Our Differences?

• Chassidus Applied to Emor 4:16

• Poway follow-up 17:10

• Is Ahavas Yisroel achieved by ignoring our differences? 30:00

• Am I allowed to shave or trim my beard or moustache? 33:40

• Are there standards for what is considered an appropriate Shaitel? Are long wigs an issue? 43:45

• What can I do about nightly emissions? 47:15

• Follow-up (episodes 256-257): Internet addictions 53:25

• Chassidus question: Please explain the concept of our counting 49 days of the Omer, preparing us to then receive, as a gift from above, the 50th day, which is beyond our capacity to reach on our own. 56:00

• My Life 2019 essay contest winners 1:02:00

Student Winner: How to Avoid Low Self-Esteem and Get Motivated to Serve G-d, Aryeh Yonaton Chadad, 20, Israel
Inwardness: The Chassidic Solution to the Epidemic of Escapism, Shraga Crombi, 37, New Brunswick, NJ
Difficult is the New Easy, Devori Garelick, 19, Naharia, Israel

Next Episode

Ep. 262: Why Did G-d Create Poor People?

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 Bechukosei and Blessing the Month of Sivan 0:43

• Is Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students a rounded or an actual number? 12:00

• Who authored the Zohar and what are its origins? 16:42

• Why did G-d create poor people? 27:47

• How can I deal with conflicting feelings about Yiddishkeit and Chabad – I feel at times that I am living a double life? 38:03

• Should non-Jewish spouses be welcomed in synagogues? 42:33

• Does a tinok she’nishba have free will? 47:27

• What is the legal and theological perspective on comatose states and on brain death? 49:40

• Anti-Semitism – follow-up 55:45

• Chassidus question: Who repairs the “shattered” containers of Tohu – G-d or us? 58:05

• My Life 2019 essay contest winners: