MyLife: Chassidus Applied

By Rabbi Simon Jacobson

MyLife: Chassidus Applied Podcast by Simon Jacobson addresses the personal and emotional needs of our community by answering the most pressing questions of our lives -- from the perspective of Chassid... more

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MyLife: Chassidus Applied episodes:

May 09, 2022Ep. 401: What Can We Do About the Horrific Terrorist Attacks in Israel?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What can we do about the horrific terrorist attacks in Israel?

Chassidus Applied to EmorWhy does the Torah discriminate against handicapped Kohanim by not allowing them to bring an offering?
How do we explain seemingly harsh attitudes in the Torah, called a Torah of love and kindness?
What do we learn from the Torah about sensitivity to others, especially the less fortunate?
Why is it forbidden to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day?
What is the story with the son of Shlomit? Why was he so mistreated by the tribe of Dan not allowing him to camp with them?
Why is blasphemy such a severe crime that warrants the death penalty?

Is there ever a situation when we do not show unconditional love to a child? How about one who is behaving in a destructive and criminal way?

OmerHow could they bring an Omer offering of barley on the second day of Pesach when barley is one of the grains forbidden on Pesach?
Why don’t they announce the Omer count after morning services each day?
What is the difference between Netzach she’be’Chesed and Chesed she’be’Netzach?
What went wrong with Rabbi Akiva’s students who did not respect each other? Was it a failure on the part of Rabbi Akiva and his yeshiva?
How did Rabbi Akiva react to their death?
Why are we told about this tragedy and what do we learn from it in educating our own students

With abortion in the news, what is our perspective on this topic?
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1h 10min
May 02, 2022Ep. 400: How Can a Torah Observant Jew Be Obnoxious?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chassidus Applied to the month of IyarWhat energy and message does this month contain?
What are the different acronyms of Iyar?
What is true health and true healing?

Lessons from Parshas KedoshimWhat is holiness?
How is it different than goodness?
What does the Kedoshim add to all the many other verses where we are told to sanctify ourselves?
How can a Torah observant Jew be obnoxious?
Why is love the “entire Torah” when many mitzvos are between man and G-d?
Is eating and sleeping l’shem shomayim a mitzva equal to mitzvos like tefillin, shabbos and kashrus, because it falls under kedoshim ti’hiyu?
How can the Torah speak negatively about people when there is a prohibition of loshon hara?
Will committing not to sacrifice our children to Moloch help us have children?
What do we learn from pigul?

How do I explain to my children why we can't attend a Yom Ha’atzmaut event?

How do I honor my mother who just passed away?

Why isn’t music used more often in shuls and Jewish institutions?

Chassidus question: Can we be as holy as G-d?
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1h 2min
April 27, 2022Ep. 399: How Can We Ensure That the Lessons of Pesach Are Internalized and Last Throughout the Year?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chassidus Applied to Post PassoverHow can we ensure that the lessons of Pesach are internalized and last throughout the year?
Why do we call one of the four children a “rasha” when the Rebbe would always emphasize the pure soul in every person?

Moshiach’s SeudahWhat is the significance of this meal on the last day of Pesach?
Can we apply the process of leaving Mitzrayin followed by Moshiach’s Seudah at the end of the Yom tov to our own freedom from our personal traumas?
Why did the Rebbeim not institute the drinking of a fifth cup in Moshiach’s seudah corresponding to Eliyahu’s cup?
How do we explain Moshiach’a meal being done in Israel on the 7th day of Pesach?

What lesson do we learn from the fact that during these weeks the Torah portion read outside of Israel is different than the one read in Israel?

Lessons from Parshas Acharei and KedoshimWhat is the right way of experiencing divine passion without being hurt?
Why can we pray anywhere when we could bring offerings only in the Temple?

Omer countingWhat is the importance of counting the Omer?
Is there a reason that we only focus on the seven emotions and not on the three intellectual sefirot of chochma bina daas?

Chof Ches Nissan: Is it appropriate to demand the coming of Moshiach?

Chassidus question: How can we perpetually be leaving Mitzrayim?
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1h 8min
April 14, 2022Ep. 398: Why Should the Rebbe’s Birthday Matter to Those That Never Heard of the Rebbe?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chassidus applied to Yud Alef Nissan – 120 YearsWhy are we honoring this day?
Why should the Rebbe’s birthday matter to those that never heard of the Rebbe?
What is the significance of the Rebbes 120th birthday if Gimmel Tammuz happened 28 years ago?
How did the Rebbe change the world and what is his impact on my life today?
How to deal with the challenges of the 21st century?
What methods did the Rebbe teach in order to prosper without apathy?

13 Nissan – Tzemech Tzedek’s 156th Yahrzeit: Why did crying out Tzemech three times not bring the geulah?

Chassidus applied to PesachHow do I deal with my wife’s OCD around Pesach?
If the seder represents our celebration of freedom from slavery, why do we make a seder during golus when we are not entirely truly free yet until Moshiach comes?
Why do we mention during the seder that we are descendants of slaves and idolaters when it is prohibited and insulting to remind a convert that he came from idol worshippers?
Is there a spiritual reason for the custom to peel fruits and vegetables on Pesach?
If matzah represents humility and bread represents arrogance, why do we only eat matza for eight days instead of all year long?
Why do we lean to the left during the Seder?

Chassidus question: How will Pesach be observed after Moshiach comes?
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1h 8min
April 05, 2022Ep. 397: What Can We Do About the Recent Terrorist Attacks in Israel?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Lessons from Beis NissanWhat was the most important contribution the Rebbe Rashab made to Chassidus and what can we learn from it to improve our lives?

Chassidus applied to MetzoraWhat lessons do we learn from this week’s Torah chapter?
Is quarantine the perfect punishment for gossiping?
What benefits are there in quarantining?

Tazria Follow-up: Isn’t conception tangential to the continuing verses? What do we learn from that?

Lessons from Shabbos HaGadol: What personal lessons do we learn from this Shabbos?

The Miracles of Nissan:What type of miracles happen this month?
Are we to expect miracles to occur now as they did during the exodus from Egypt?

What can we do about the recent terrorist attacks in Israel?

How can I guide my son struggling with gender issues?

Is there anything I can do to repair a relationship with an estranged child?

Why is it so difficult to find mashpia to speak with?

Chassidus question: What is the meaning of the birds in the prayer we recite after each Nassi during the first days of Nissan?
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1h 6min
March 28, 2022 Ep. 396: How Do I Begin the Process of Growing Through My Difficult Life?
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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:
• Chassidus applied to Tazria and HaChodesh
       o What lessons do we learn from this week’s Torah chapters? 2:02
       o Is it possible to achieve renewal in our lives? 05:02
       o What can we learn from people with tzaras leprosy being forced to quarantine? 09:04
       o Why was it considered a good tiding if someone's house had leprosy? 12:09
• Shemini Follow-up:
       o Did Nadav and Avihu sin or did they sanctify G-d as ones who were “close” to Him”? 14:16
       o How do we explain their behavior? 16:00
• Is there a connection between the four parshios of Shekalim, Zachar, Parah and HaChodesh and the four worlds of Atzilus, Beriah, Yetzirah and Asiyah? 20:09
• Do we continue to increase in joy in the days of Adar after Purim?
• How do we explain the ad d’lo yoda joy of Purim?
• Which redemption is greater: Purim or Passover?
• What is the significance of this year’s Hebrew calendar?
• Please provide perspective on the passing of Reb Chaim Kanievsky z”l
• Follow-up: Should we be compassionate to Ukrainians?
• Is it permissible to use a car and a phone on Shabbos during a war?
• How do I begin the process of growing through my difficult life?
• Reporting sexual abuse to the police? Follow-up
• Chassidus question: What is the difference between shalosh klippos ha’tmayos and klipas nogah?

MyLife: Chassidus Applied is a weekly video webcast candidly answering questions from the public about all life matters and challenges, covering the entire spectrum of the human experience. The objective of the program is to provide people with inspired guidance and direction, empowering them to deal with any issue they may face. MyLife demonstrates how Chassidus provides us with a comprehensive blueprint of the human psyche as a microcosm of the cosmos, and offers us all the guidance we need to live the healthiest possible life and build nurturing homes and families, bringing up the healthiest possible children, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually.
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59min
March 21, 2022Ep. 395: Should We Be Concerned About Rising Prices?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
How does Purim help us endure and ultimately transform darkness to light?

Chassidus applied to Shemini and ParahWhat does the number eight signify and what is its connection to this time of year?
Why do we read Parah this week and what is its lesson for us?
Why did a continuous fire burn upon the altar; isn’t that a waste of resources?

Follow-up: PurimIs there anything to be learned today from the Rebbe declaring “hurrah” Purim 5713?
Can we place a curse on the Russians?
Can we learn from Haman that humiliation is the beginning of his downfall?
If we wear sackcloth and pour ashes on our heads like Mordechai did, will that inspire Hashem to annul the decree and end the war in Ukraine?
What's the connection between the king awaking from his sleep and our prayers “awakening” G-d in golus?
How can we take advantage of Purim’s kol ha’poshet yad noisnim lo (anyone who stretches out his hand should be given) to receive G-d's blessings?
Should I feel guilty that I didn’t drink on Purim?

Follow-up: UkraineWhat was the peace offering brought in the temple and what could we bring today as a substitute in order to bring peace in Ukraine?
Why are my prayers of hareini mekabel and ach tzadikim not bring peace to Ukraine?
Will it help to print Tanyas in Ukraine?
Should we be building new institutions instead of helping those in need?
Should we be embarrassed by the fact that this war was started by Russia, the place where Chabad was founded?
Was it appropriate for Russian generals to go pray in Lubavitch?
Should we be concerned about rising prices?
Did the Rebbe ever advise how to survive a nuclear war?

How can I make sense of a good deed that I did, which 30 years ago destroyed my life and recently saved my life?

Chassidus question: How can we compare “blessed is Mordecahi to cursed is Haman”?
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1h 5min
March 14, 2022Ep. 394: What Can Purim Teach Us About the War in Ukraine Today?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Personal thank you

Transformation of darkness to light

What can Purim teach us about the war in Ukraine today?Is it a sign that Moshiach is coming when nations are at war?
Are there similarities between the Jews in Persia and Ukraine?
What are we to do when we witness such battles?
What did the Rebbe say in 1983 about nations in conflict?
How are we to see these events in context of the Rebbe’s words over 30 years ago about the bloodless fall of the Soviet Union?
Letter from Kharkiv: How can we increase in joy during the month of Adar with a war raging in our city?
Should we cancel Purim this year in solidarity with the Ukranian Jews?
When leaders attack others is it by their free will or is it ordained from above?

More about the war in UkraineShould we be taking sides in this war?
Should we be pacifying or fighting the aggressor?
Are Ukrainians being punished for their crimes?
Should Jews be escaping Ukraine? Is that consistent with what the Rebbe said in the past about dangerous situations?
Should we go to Ukraine and volunteer to help in any way we can?

Chassidus question: What is joy beyond reason, to the point that we can’t distinguish between “cursed is Haman and blessed is Mordechai”?
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1h 6min
February 21, 2022Ep. 393: Who Should We Support in a War Between Russia and Ukraine?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chassidus Applied to the Book of Shemos and the MishkanWhy is it called the Book of Redemption?
What is the connection between the Egyptian Exodus, Sinai and the Sanctuary?
If the main purpose of creation is to reveal the divine presence in each of us, why do we need to have a centralized temple in Jerusalem?
What were the cherubim on top of the holy ark and what was their purpose? And what replacements do we have for them today?
Were the donations to the tabernacle an atonement for the golden calf?

Lessons from Vayakhel and ShekalimWhat do we learn from this chapter? The power of synergy
Does community compromise individuality?
What do we learn from Shekalim?

Is the recent new development making the library manuscripts available to the public a form of “splurging the treasures”?

Who should we support in a war between Russia and Ukraine?

Is it appropriate to name someone after an abuser or a criminal?

How should we address sexual abuse and its coverup? - Follow-up

By reading a book do we connect to its author as we do to a composer through listening to his music?

With all the talk about sexual abuse, how about addressing mental and other forms of abuse?

What is the story with the Rebbetzin Nechama Dina after Yud Shevat?

Did the Frierdiker Rebbe ever wear a bulletproof vest and carry a gun?

Chassidus question: Tanya chapter 29 – Is struggling with faith legitimate or only a result of “sitra achra”? sh between appropriate and inappropriate “intermediaries” between G-d and us?
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1h 16min
February 14, 2022 Ep. 392: Is It Appropriate to Watch the Super Bowl and the Olympics?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chassidus Applied to Ki Tissa
What do we learn from this chapter?
How do we navigate life’s ups and downs and twists and turns? The Rebbe’s Sicha 30 years ago this week
Is there a connection between the golden calf and the giant bull sculpture on Wall Street which symbolizes money and greed?
If the 13 attributes of mercy say G-d is slow to anger, why was G-d so quick to anger at when He saw people building and worshipping a golden calf?
What is the significance of Moshe’s mask?
Does it have any connection to the masks we wear on Purim?
Why was it necessary to make a second set of tablets instead of just repairing the first broken set?
Purim Katan
Did the original Purim happen in a leap year, and if so was it in the first or second Adar?
What are some of the customs we do on Purim Katan?
Is there a connection between a leap year, called a “pregnant” year (shana m’ueberes) and women having children?
What is the background behind the Baal Shem Tov’s Siddur?
How can my spouse and I reconcile after an argument?
Is it appropriate to watch the Super Bowl and the Olympics?
What is an appropriate relationship between cousins of opposite gender?
How should we address sexual abuse and its coverup? - Follow-up
Chassidus question: How do we distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate “intermediaries” between G-d and us?
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1h 10min

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