Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought.

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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:

• Chassidus Applied to the post holidays 

• Lessons from Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan and Parshas Noach 

• Which health guidelines should we be following today according to the Torah? 

• With conflicting messages coming from different sources about our behavior during these times, what and who should we believe?  

• What attitude should we have to the government’s enforcement of health measures in orthodox Jewish communities, and to the protests and mask burnings in response? Are Jews being unfairly targeted? If yes, what should we do about it? 

• What higher message is there to be learned from the confluence of chaos happening now in so many areas – from the pandemic to the political, racial, economic etc.? 

• Chassidus question: What is the significance of saying v’yaakov holech lidarko at the end of the Tishrei holidays? 

• 2020 MyLife: Chassidus Applied Essay and Creative Contest: 2nd place winning essay and creative

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.

Chassidus Applied to Rosh Hashana

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought.

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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:

• Chassidus Applied to Chai Elul  

• Was the Baal Shem Tov a gaon? 

• What does it mean that the Alter Rebbe had a neshama chadasha? Are some souls greater than others? 

• Can you share the three most practical lessons from the Tanya for people today? 

• Lessons from Netzavim-Vayeilech: Unwavering roots and expansive growth 

• 60 Days: Resources for preparing for the New Year in these trying and unprecedented times 

• When praying, is it better to read from the siddur or can someone just make up their own prayers? 

• Can I pray in a place where there are idols? 

• What should I do about my husband’s addiction to inappropriate online content? Part II 

• Announcing the Winners of the 2020 MyLife: Chassidus Applied Essay and Creative Contest

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.

Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected].

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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:

• Chassidus Applied to 11, 13 and 15 Elul:  Love, trust and accountability 01:00

• 60 Days: Resources for preparing for the New Year in these trying and unprecedented times 23:31

• Lessons from Ki Tavo and yeshiva: Intimate connection. Internalizing the experience 11:00

• The power of gratitude 14:08

• Are the verses in the Song of Songs ever to be understood literally? 25:27

• Is Elul considered a month of harvest? 22:38

• What should I think about when listening to the shofar? 34:32

• Is there a time of year when prayers are more effective? 40:45

• What should I do about my husband’s addiction to inappropriate online content? 43:23

• Chassidus question: How do we understand the statement that after six millennia there will be one or two thousand years of “destruction”? Will the Messianiac era last only one millennium? 01:05:40

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.

Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-... or email: [email protected].

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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:

• Chassidus Applied to Elul and Ki Teitzei 

• How to experience the High Holidays in a new way 

• 60 Days: Resources for preparing for the New Year in these trying and unprecedented times 

• What practical steps can we do this Elul to make an actual difference in our lives? 

• How to fight battles by remaining above your adversaries 

• Does G-d answer our prayers in Elul? 

• How can you connect with G-d in a way that you can feel Him responding? 

• How do we find clarity amidst all the disinformation being spread today? 

• Are there any predictions about current events in the Torah? 

• Follow-up: 

      o What should we do about liberals trying to force our schools to teach their agenda?  

      o Political conflicts 

• Chassidus question: Why is it special to pray at certain holy sites when G-d hears our prayers everywhere?

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.

Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected].

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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:

• Chassidus Applied to Elul and Shoftim 00:37 22:00

• What lessons does Elul offer us?  05:40

• How the transition from Av to Elul can help us today 06:44

• 60 Days: Resources for preparing for the New Year in these trying and unprecedented times 10:48

• Was the Rebbe a novi (prophet)? 24:45

• Why does the Torah endorse and require a king? 38:26

• Can we “change” G-d's mind? 44:24

• What would the Rebbe’s opinion be about the peace agreement between the UAE and Israel? 46:50

• Why was the Rebbe against the Camp David peace agreement with Egypt? 46:50

• Follow up

         • Trust 01:00:08

• Chassidus question: Please explain the Alter Rebbe’s example for Elul of “the king in the field” 01:00:54

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.

Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected].

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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:

• Chassidus Applied to Chof Av 0:35

• Teachings of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak:  

      o Life is much more than the absence of death 06:07

      o Seeing the divine in everything, even in suffering 10:45

      o Gifting a child with greatness 16:48

• Re’eh: Behold the gift of clarity 19:18

• Can the Rebbe be Moshiach? 31:13

• What should we do about liberals trying to force our schools to teach their agenda? 43:38

• Are we facing a real moral battle in the upcoming elections? 51:17

• Is it appropriate to see non-religious therapists and read secular advice books? 55:43

• Follow-up: 

      o Trust  59:10

      o Gog U’magog 01:01:26

• Chassidus question: What are the dynamics of the “shattering of the containers” in Tohu? 01:02:44

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.

Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected].

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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:

• Chassidus Applied to 15 Av and Eikev 07:25

• The birth of redemption in the belly of the abyss 02:18

• Why is the 15th of Av equated with Yom Kippur? 12:26

• What is the power of the “heel”? 16:50

• What are your thoughts on today’s political conflicts and polarization? 24:10

• What can I do about my losing trust in G-d? 28:10

• Is the battle between shor ha’bor (a giant ox) and leviathan (a giant fish) a physical or a spiritual one? 37:12

• What should I do about phone addiction and worse...? 41:06

• Is it appropriate to see non-religious therapists? 52:30

• Chassidus question: Was the “shattering of the containers” an accident? Can everyone elevate sparks? 01:03:00

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.

Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected].

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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:

• Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times  27:27

• Announcing the Meaningful Lifeline Campaign 03:28

• Chassidus Applied to 5 Av and 9 Av 06:05

• Why was Moshiach born on Tisha B’Av? 07:42

• How is the uniqueness of the Arizal an antidote to the Nine Days? 22:00

• What do we say to someone who argues that there is no need to fast since we are in Moshiach’s times? 32:20

• Which takes precedent: Doing a mitzvah or helping my wife? 37:00

• Does bitachon apply also for trusting G-d to provide us with luxuries? 40:15

• What is the war of Gog and Magog before the coming of Moshiach? 48:05

• Follow-up: 

      o Masks 56:38

      o Secular books on marriage 57:55

• Chassidus question: Does Chassidus connect the Ninth of Av with the statement about the sefiros “ten and not nine”? 01:04:34

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.

Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected].

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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:

• Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times  14:55

• Chassidus Applied to Menachem Av and Devorim/Chazon 0:27

• Who is our greatest enemy? 20:18

• How should we react to good things happening to us during the three weeks?  33:26

• How should we react to the recent Chilul Hashem caused by someone who last year created an enormous Kiddush Hashem? 36:20

• Is the pandemic a sign that our shlichus has ended? 41:52

• Can I wear a mask made of shatnez? 52:19

• How were the tribes of Reuven and Gad allowed to settle outside of Israel? 54:12

• Follow-up: BLM signs 01:03:48

• Chassidus question: Chassidus speaks about being a pnimi and being completely focused on one task. How do you reconcile that with the ability, especially of women, to multitask? 01:00:10

• Niggun: 01:05:13

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.