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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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

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 Alef Nissan

• Lessons from Yud Gimmel Nissan

• Chassidus Applied to Pesach

• Why does one forfeit their share in the world-to-come for not respecting Chol Hamoed?

• Can you give us some background on the Rebbe’s mivtza Sefer Torah?

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

• Follow-up: Internet addictions; happiness

• Chassidus question: Please explain the idea of olam haba (the world to come), and how we can say that some people will not have a share in it when every soul is immortal? – Part II

• Announcing My Life 2019 essay contest winners!

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• Chassidus Applied to Metzora and Shabbos HaGadol 12:36

• Lessons from Beis Nissan: 100th year since the Rebbe Rashab’s histalkus in 5680 0:09

• I find it difficult to identify with my soul being divine. What can I do about this? 19:24

• How can we attribute levels to G-d? 25:21

• How can we say that some souls are closer to G-d than others? 33:22

• When learning Rambam, aren’t there some sections that are inappropriate for teenagers? 38:28

• How do I deal with online addictions? 42:58

• How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us? Prayer continued 50:08

• Follow-up: Website responsibility to its viewers 55:07

• Chassidus question: Please explain the idea of olam haba (the world to come), and how we can say that some people will not have a share in it when every soul is immortal? 57:13

• My Life 2018 essays:

      o The Path Toward Overcoming Anxiety, Rivka Bar-Chaim, 19, Brooklyn, NY 01:08:03

      o From Problem to Solution, Mendel Calderon, 22, Sao Paulo, Brazil 01:09:31

     o Chassidic Dating: Listen to the Body and the Mind, Chava Hinsey, 27, Cherry Hill, NJ 01:10:03

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 Tazria, HaChodesh and Rosh Chodesh Nissan 8:44

• Lessons from 25 Adar: Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka’s 118th birthday 2:11

• What responsibility do websites have to their readers? 18:27

• What future is there in this challenging day and age for a Yeshiva student without a secular education? How do you explain the Rebbe’s approach in our times? 30:42

• Can a Rebbe make a mistake? 36:32

• Who is the tzaddik yesod olam today? 46:46

• Does yogati u’motzosi actually work? 48:56

• Why can’t I give my son the choice to have a Bris later in life? 53:55

• How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us? Prayer continued 58:16

• Chassidus question: Does chassidus explain the reason for different hair colors, white hair and baldness? 01:02:48

• My Life 2018 essays:

    o Finding G-d in the Empty Spaces, Yehudis Fishman, 75, Boulder, CO 01:11:21

    o How to Ride a Roller Coaster: Discussions from the PICU, Mushky Naparkstek, 22, Brooklyn, NY 01:13:04

    o The Power of a Chassidic Melody, Levi Goldstein, 40, Postville, IA 01:15:26