Ep. 387: This Year's Yud Shevat Lesson: You Have Infinite Power to Transform Your Life and the Universe

01/10/22 • 77 min

MyLife: Chassidus Applied

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?

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?

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Ep. 386 Special Edition: Abuse, Betrayal and Protecting Our Children - Addressing the Recent Horrific Scandal

Torah Perspective on Such a TravestyWhat should be our overall response?
Why would G-d allow an individual who would commit such heinous crimes to reach such a high position of power and influence within the religious public, and especially over the innocent hearts and minds of children?
How do we deal with such a mass betrayal?
Who comes first: perpetrator or victim?
Can we assume his absolute guilt?
Where do you draw the line between assuming someone’s innocence and judging people favorably and the danger they pose and the damage they may cause others?
If someone harmed people, but also helped others, does one negate the other?
How do I deal with my deep feelings of betrayal and internal conflict: On one hand I grew up and was shaped by his books. Yet, I cannot look at his books knowing what kind of double life he led, and the countless people he harmed?
Do we have the right to judge another?
Is there hope for a perpetrator?
Why isn't child molestation considered an issur in the Torah?
Intervention and Reporting AbuseDo the laws of mesirah and loshon hara apply to a sexual predator?
Can we report them to the police?
Are we allowed to publicly shame a perpetrator to prevent him from harming others?
How should the community deal with abusers who have been accused by credible accusations without creating collateral damage?
Community ResponseHow can you find clarity between the conflicting and even seriously contradictory messages coming from different Torah authorities?
How do we justify or explain Rabbis whitewashing or ignoring the travesty?
How would you respond to the Rabbis that blame the public’s loshon hara for murdering this author?
Was it wrong that “gedolim” gave positive eulogies at his funeral after all the horrible things he has been accused of? Is this not an overt insult to the victims?
Speaking with ChildrenWhat should we be telling our children?
How can we protect our children?
His BooksWhat should we be doing with his educational books?
Should we be reading books from an unholy author?
ClosureWhat can the victims now do to get closure and find justice?
Do we continue to pursue justice and humiliate him after his death?
Are we allowed to defile his memory for revenge?
Can the victims sue his family and his estate for compensation for their injuries?
How should one think about the suicide of one that caused others harm?
Lessons Learned and Looking AheadWhat can we learn from this and what can we do as individuals and as a community?
What can we do to help grow awareness and prevent further atrocities against the innocent?
Why aren’t more female mental health professionals addressing this issue?

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Ep. 388: What Can We Learn From Yesterday’s Hostage Crisis in Texas?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:

Chassidus Applied to 15 ShevatWhat do we learn from trees?
Should we water our plants on the Rosh Hashana of Trees?
Lessons from YisroWhat is the relevance of Sinai today?
Why was the Torah given in a way that frightened the people?
How do we reconcile the Jews accepting the Torah without question, and then trembling when they heard G-d's voice?
Did we receive the entire Torah at Sinai or only the Ten Commandments?
Is there a connection between Yisro advising Moshe to delegate and the Rebbe sending out thousands of shluchim?
Yud Shevat follow-upDuring the Yud Shevat Farbrengen 5711, did someone ask the rebbe to say a maamar?
What’s the story about the newspaper announcing the Rebbe’s assuming leadership?
What is the shechina? And how can it be concealed?
What can we learn from yesterday’s hostage crisis in Texas?
Do these things happen to elicit our prayers and tehillim?
What attitude should we have to the recent auction of personal items of the Rebbeim?
Can one use a pig’s heart for a heart transplant?
Should we be applauding the launch of a new telescope that can peer back to the beginning of existence?
How should we address the recent abuse scandal? Follow-up
Chassidus question: What is the meaning of the statement that “without Ohr the world would be dark and separate from its creator” - doesn’t all of life come from Ohr?