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 Chukas 1:04

• Is G-d waiting for every Jew to be observant and every non-Jew to to accept the Sheva Mitzvos before bringing the complete Geulah? 12:32

• Are we meant to be afraid of G-d? Is “fear” the accurate translation?  21:45

• Should I, as a female, be going to a male healer? 26:20

• Is it appropriate for men to lead women's farbrengens? 29:06

• How do we understand polygamy in Judaism? 32:07

• Is What’s App appropriate? 39:28

• Follow up:

      o Pidyon nefesh at the Ohel (episode 266) 47:05

      o Mashpia (episode 263) 48:35

      o Limited contact between groom and bride (episode 264) 52:23

      o Handshaking (episode 261) 53:10

• Chassidus question: How can a tzaddik be called by G-d's name? 54:18

• My Life 2019 essays:

     o Growth Through Trauma, Hadassa Shemtov, 26, West Hollywood, NY; 59:08

     o What Will the Neighbours Think? Rivka Cohen, 34, Greater Manchester, England 01:00:44

     o Respectful Parenting: Discipline Through Ahavas Yisrael and Chesed, Yosefa Wood-Isenberg, 01:01:47 

        29, Philadelphia, PA 

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 Bamidbar and Shavuos 00:28

• Why do we eat dairy on Shavuos? 9:25

• Now that most of the world's Jews live in Israel, should the focus  shift from a disapora-centric Judaism to an Israel-centric Judaism? 19:25

• Why are we told more about the yetzer hara than the yetzer tov? 27:19

• Should we be more sensitive to older singles when we bless them to find a shidduch? 30:55

• According to Torah, are women permitted to vote? 34:52

• Should I be learning deeper maamorim in Chassidus? And if so, which? 40:18

• Follow up:

• Chassidus question: What does Chassidus contribute to the understanding of Mattan Torah? 1:00:06

• My Life 2019 essay contest winners:

   o במקום לְהִתְקַשֵׁ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ר, אולי פשוט נְתַקְשֵׁר, Mushka Malka Dekel, 18, Yokneam, Israel 1:07:33

   o ‏‏דחף מול דחק, Orya Maimon, 21, Yokneam Illit, Israel 1:09:12

   o תוכחה מלב אל לב – מצליחה, Chana Esther Cohen, 18, Ocean City, MD 1:10:15

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:

   o התעלמות והדחקה כפתרון אפקטיבי, Yisroel Dandrowitz, 41, Arad, Israel 1:05:21

   o מי שם פה לאדם, Menachem Mendel Amiti, 24, Jerusalem, Israel 1:07:09

   o מיינדפולנס חסידי, Shmuel Elboim, 40, Beitar Illit, Israel 1:08:01

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

• 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

• Chassidus Applied to Isru Chag Pesach, Chof Ches Nissan and Acharei 11:00

• Poway shooting on Acharon Shel Pesach – how should we react? 01:12

• Are the Rebbe’s words on 28 Nissan still relevant today, or did we miss an opportunity? 21:17

• What’s the practical difference between the existence and the revelation of Moshiach? 28:41

• What guidelines can we use to find the right yeshiva for our child? 35:19

• Why not send children to non-Chabad schools which produce better results? 42:46

• Can we make a connection between two negative events that happened in the same location? 45:50

• How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us? Prayer continued  49:25

• Follow-up (episodes 256-257): 

    o Internet addictions 52:40

    o Learning all parts of Torah 57:23

• Chassidus question: What is bittul and how can I begin to perceive Hashem and his unity in the right way instead of some obscure concept? 58:50

• My Life 2019 essay contest winners:

    o Ageless, Ayelet Skinner, 48, Southfield, MI 01:05:07

    o The Chassidic Method of Dealing with Fear, Ariel Nevei, 44, Beitar Illit, Israel 01:07:46

    o The Essential Yes of a Strong No, Mushka Silberberg, 22, Lincolnwood, IL 01:09:25

    o Rediscovering the Joy of Giving – from Self-Love to Selfless Love, Aidel Cohen, 24, Brooklyn, NY 01:11:15