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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:

• Tragedy in Miron 

      o How do we even begin to address the horrific events in Miron on Lag B’Omer?!  

      o Can we correlate this with the death of Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students?  

      o Is it appropriate to blame victims for their demise? 

• Why do we have a period of mourning for Rabbi Akiva's students, but not even one day of mourning for the six million victims of the holocaust?

• Chassidus applied to Behar-Bechukosei 

      o What is the significance of the yovel year? 

      o Why are there curses in the Torah? 

• Why does the Torah discriminate against handicapped people? 

• Chassidus question: How do we reconcile G-d running every aspect of the world and we having the power to create reality above?  

• MyLife 2020 Chassidus Applied Essay and Creative Contest: 21st Place winners: 

      o Essay English: Music, Bitachon, and Mental Health, Yael Kane, 27, Bnos Chomesh Academy, Music Teacher, New York   

      o Essay Hebrew (men): מאמר מאין ליש, Yisef Alperowitz, Student, Kfar Chabad, Israel 

      o Essay Hebrew (women): שליחות משמעותית, Dr. Durit Adina, Kiryat Shmuel (Haifa), Israel 

      o Creative: Conquering Pleasures (video), Mendel Cyrulnik, 14, Student, Melbourne YC, Australia 

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