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 Yud Tes Kislev 0:31

• Lessons from Vayeishev 18:20

• How can we compare Tanya to Torah She’Be’Ksav?  25:44

• Why was Chassidus not taught earlier? 36:26

• Why don’t we follow the opinion of the majority regarding Chassidus? 41:48

• Does the body have its own energy besides the life force coming to it from the soul? 46:47

• How do we explain all the deception found in these Torah chapters – Part II 50:42

• Chassidus question: What is the role of Yud Tes Kislev in the development of Chassidus? 59:20

• My Life 2019 essays:

     o המיגדר בראי היהדות, Elchanan Weber, 25, Yerushalayim/Tel Aviv, Israel 01:04:32

     o “In G-d We Trust” – How to Effectively Overcome Stress, Deena Heidingsfeld, 20, Winnipeg, Canada 01:06:16

     o Mind, Heart and Action: a Path to Calm in the Face of the Unknown, Mushka Kaplan, 19, Oak Park, MI 01:07:34

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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:

• Marriage lessons from Yud Dalet Kislev: 91st anniversary of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s wedding 13:30

     o How should a person decide whom to marry? 18:31

     o Who should people invite to their wedding?  22:40

     o What is the bare minimum amount of people that should be at the wedding? 23:50

     o How long should the wedding be?  23:57

     o What should people do at their or other people's weddings if they don't like to dance? 24:58

• How do we explain all the deception found in these Torah chapters: Yaakov and Rivkah deceiving Yitzchak; Laban and Rochel deceiving Yaakov? 32:19

• If we cannot release ourselves from our spiritual fetters, how can the techniques in Tanya help us? 46:05

• Is ahavas yisroel only a means to an end to make someone more frum? 47:36

• Follow up (episode 284-285):  

     o Rambam: 3 chapters or 1? 49:16

     o Labor pains 53:53

     o Homelessness 55:18

     o Blessing on a king 55:49

• Chassidus question: Is our world the destination or the ante-chamber? 57:34

• My Life 2019 essays:

     o How to Love and not to Judge, Mina Zalmanov, 19, Hollis Hills, NY 01:03:14

     o Your Future’s In Your Hands, Minna Phillips, 19, Worcester, MA 01:04:55

     o Happiness Explained, Sholom Raitport, 17, Brooklyn, NY 01:05:58

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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.  MyLife is brought to you by the Meaningful Life Center as a public service, free of charge.

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 Vayeitzei and Tes Kislev  0:14

• What is the connection between the rods Jacob took to breed the flocks and Tefillin? 17:54

• Why didn't Jacob free Bilha and Zilpa? 26:30

• Lessons from the Kinus HaShluchim 34:31

• Is there a point in learning something I don’t understand? 36:26

• Is it within a person’s reach to understand lofty G-dly concepts? 46:16

• Is it preferable to properly learn one daily chapter in Rambam or quickly read three chapters?  47:18

• If someone is not serving G-d is there any purpose to their being alive, since the entire purpose is “to serve my Creator”? 49:55

• What can I do about my parents speaking negatively about my spouse? 53:31

• Is quid pro quo an acceptable principle in Judaism? 58:03

• Chassidus question: As we stand on the threshold of Geulah, are we at a stage where the gevuros rise above the Chassidim? 01:01:12

• My Life 2019 essays:

    o בעיית עודף שעות הפנאי ופתרונה לאור תורת החסידות, Baruch Tzikvashvili, 39, Kfar Chabad, Israel 01:07:54

    o הביקורתיות: איך להביט על זה? ומה העומק הטמון בה, Menachem Mendel Natan, 21, Kiryat Malachi, Israel 01:09:15

    o Exodus from Egypt: Be your own TAS(K) master, Ariella Herzfeld, 28, Morristown, NJ 01:10:48

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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 Rosh Chodesh Kislev and Toldos 0:24

• Lessons from the Kinus HaShluchim 15:24

• Why do so some overdo it and add extreme titles to the Rebbe? 22:26

• What happens to people after they die? 25:19

• What defines a proper avodah in Kriyas Shema She’al Hamitah? 30:13

• Are there Chassidic methods to help ease labor pains? 35:16

• Why does pregnancy – bringing a new life into this world – need to be so difficult? 38:01

• Why is it not misguided to ask the Rebbe for blessings when he is an Ohr Atzmi and beyond showing miracles? 52:24

•Follow up (episodes 283):  

    o Impeachment 54:35

    o Kings 58:02

•Chassidus question: How would you explain the maamar V’isha Achas about spiritual and emotional numbness? 01:01:06

•My Life 2019 essays:

     o Rx Derech Chayim, Michael Dinerman, 48, Atlanta GA 01:07:39

     o Controlling Your Anger So It Doesn’t Control You, Chaya Katz, 28, St. Paul, MN 01:09:04

     o חינוך למעשה מתורתו של הרבי, Aahron Shwartz, Kiryat Malachi, Israel 01:10:16

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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 Chof Cheshvan: Beginning of 160 years since the Rebbe Rashab’s birth (5621), and 100 years from his histalkus (5680) 4:13

• Lessons from Chayei Sarah 17:52

• How does the mistreatment of the poor by Sodom compare to some behavior today? 23:27

• What lessons can we learn from the current impeachment hearings? 28:15

• Are non-Jews created in the Divine Image? Do they have a soul? 45:33

• Is it appropriate to recite the blessing on a king when we see the President of the USA? 38:33

• Should I be bothered by my spouse speaking to people of the opposite gender? 49:39

• How much of a relationship should one have with his wife's younger sisters? 53:09

• How do we explain controversial behavior by our heroes in Tanach? 55:16

• Why not broadcast MyLife on more websites? 0:55

• Follow up (episodes 282): Social anxiety 56:53

• Chassidus question: Does the soul feel what the body feels? 58:27

• My Life 2019 essays:

    o Big G-d and Little Me, Hindy Litvin, 17, Atlanta, GA 01:06:35

    o Cultivating an Identity Within the Framework of Chassidus, Ahava Keet, 17, Los Angeles, CA 01:08:13

    o It’s Not About You, Mendy Halberstam, 37, Miami Beach, FL 01:09:20

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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 Vayeira. 0:15

• How did Avraham know that it was G-d talking to him, and not a hallucination? 09:40

• How can we explain the Akeidah?  15:55

• How can you find your personal Lech-Lecha?  25:05

• What can a child do if he is having issues with his parents, and they don’t respond? 28:11

• How to deal with social anxiety? 33:39

• What can I do about feeling stuck in my life? 43:08

• What can we do about talking in shul? 47:26

• Follow up (episodes 280-281): 

    o Boring holidays 52:51 

    o Kiddush clubs 54:57

    o Peyot 59:00

    o Expanding 770 01:01:50

• Chassidus question: What is the difference between a divine soul rooted in the divine name and all other things that are rooted in the divine name? 01:03:16

• My Life 2019 essays:

    o סוד ההצלחה בחיים, Mordechai Segal, 21, Kfar Chabad, Israel 01:07:29

    o טיפים של קאוצ’ינג חסידי, Arik Melchiali, Lud, 45, Israel 01:08:48

    o Tap In, Tap Out, Shterna Sara Ringo, 18, Montreal, Canada 01:10:43

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Chassidus Applied to Zayin Cheshvan and Lech Lecha 0:12

What should we be doing to disseminate the seven Noachide laws?  12:00

Are today’s non-Jews chassidei umos ha’olam (righteous gentiles)? 12:30

How can we be a light onto the nations, when the eastern cultures, which make up half the world, have had little exposure to Judaism? 24:50

Why do some Jews have long peyot (sidelocks) and others do not? 30:46 

Why has 770 not been expanded as the Rebbe wished? 44:27

When is the right time to consider getting married? 50:32

Should we be worried about the rise of anti-Semitic acts? 55:37

How can we explain capital punishment in the Torah: Does one really deserve to be stoned to death for violating Shabbat? 57:46

Chassidus question: Why does evil still exist after the great flood? 01:01:23

My Life 2019 essays: A Big Part of a Bigger Puzzle: Self-Esteem in Chassidus, Malka Bracha Heidingsfeld, 15, S. Monica, CA; 01:04:56

Mindfulness: The Mechanics of Obstacles, Kalman Ezagui, 21, London, England; 01:06:15

 תפיסת השכל כמטרה לשינוי, Eliezer Asraf, 18, Kfar Chabad, Israel 01:07:20

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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 End of Tishrei, post holidays, Cheshvan and Noach 3:30

• How can we be sure that other people have forgiven us, as G-d forgives us? 18:58

• During the High Holidays why is there more focus on our relationship with G-d than on our relationship with each other? 19:05

• What exactly is happening when the kohanim give the priestly blessing? Why are we not allowed to look at them blessing us? 28:16  

• Why do we kiss the Rebbe’s Sefer Torah? 31:37

• What do you think has caused the unhealthy obsession with alcohol on Simchas Torah? 36:48

• How should we address drinking problems in communities and “Kiddish Clubs” in Shul? 36:57

• How to energize the holidays so that they not be boring? 52:51

• Can we make Tehilim and Chitas meaningful? 53:01

• Follow up (episodes 278-279): 

     o Ear piercing 56:15

     o Chassidus of the Rebbe Maharash and the Tzemach Tzedek 58:30

• Chassidus question: How does Chassidus explain the great flood? 01:01:59

• My Life 2019 essays: 

    o היום הראשון שאחרי הגירושים, Liraz Nachmias, 41, Mismeret, Israel 01:06:45

    o כיצד מגשרים על הפער בין הרצוי למצוי על פי תורת החסידות, Menachem Mendel Arabov, 29, Eilat, Israel;  01:09:49

    o אדם פנימי ורגוע, Yaakov Tzvi Kola, 44, Beitar Illit, Israel 01:10:51

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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 Yom Kippur and Sukkot 9:45 38:45

• Lessons from Vov Tishrei 55 years 2:11

• What is the meaning of Kol Nidrei? 14:13

• What is the view of Chabad Chassidus on tikkunim for aveiros? 20:01   

• How do we understand the obligation of forgiveness? 23:54

• Why is the Chassidus of the Rebbe Maharash and the Tzemach Tzedek for the most part ignored? 40:46

• What is the Rebbe's position on the State of Israel's existence? How was it different from the positions of other Jewish leaders? 46:16

• Why is there a difference in the pronunciation of Hebrew words between older Chassidim and younger Chassidim? 54:43

• Is it appropriate to accept "outside help" from those who are Chagas or non-chasiddim in combating meshichism as a movement? 57:24

• Follow up (episode 278): Ear piercing 59:16

• Chassidus question: How does Chassidus explain the sequence of the Tishrei holidays? 01:01:58

• My Life 2019 essays:

    o ?חיים בעולם המודרני ללא דאגות- הייתכן, Shoshana Glis, 22, Tel Aviv, Israel 01:05:38

    o כיצד נתגבר על קשיים ולא נניח לעצבות לשלוט בחיינו, Chana Gavish, 19, Haifa, Israel 01:07:40

    o זהות בדויה? זהות כפולה, Yosef Yitzchak Shloime Pevzner, 21, Beitar Illit, Israel 01:09:18

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MyLife is brought to you by the Meaningful Life Center as a public service, free of charge.

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 Rosh Hashana 5780 0:08

• Lessons from 25 Elul and Netzavim 11:58

• Since a person’s amount of income is determined on Rosh Hashana, does it make any difference how many hours we invest in work? 15:34

• Can we call G-d a "She"? 25:29

• If the Torah forbids tattooing because one's body belongs to G-d, why then is ear piercing or other body piercing allowed? 28:55

• How can I find kosher Jewish poetry to replace poetry coming from other sources? 34:02

• Should women be drinking l’chaim? 38:46

• Follow up (episode 276): Images of women 43:21

• Chassidus question: 1) Was the creation in Tishrei or in Nissan? 2) Tanya Iggeres Hakodesh 16: Since charity is considered as a loan to G-d, isn’t G-d's manifold repayment ribis (interest), which is forbidden? 48:48

• My Life 2019 essays:

    o Plagued by Indecision: How to Make the Right Choices, Leah Goldman, 21, Oklahoma City, OK 01:02:53

    o איך לא לדחות למחר- ב3 מדרגות, Dani Faivish, 19, Naharia, Israel; 01:04:31

    o ין שום דבר קבוע ותמידי מלבד השינוי, Bracha Roitenburd, 19, Chadera, Israel 01:06:12

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