Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: The Power of Rashbi in Times of Crisis; What We Learn From Lag B’Omer About Countering a Plague; Is It Sincere to Call for Achdus on “My Terms”? How Can We Be Fearless in Frightening Times? Video
Regarding the Achdus Among Shluchim…
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Please Comment on the Recent Hisorerus of Achdus Among Shluchim; Perhaps We Should Not Call the Virus by Its Name? After a Long Day Committed to My Children, Is It Wrong for Me to Be 'Happy' When My Kids Are Asleep and I Have Some Quiet Time? Video
Should We Pay Tuition While Schools Are Physically Closed
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Revelation: Tanya as Ketores – a Spiritual Vaccine Against a Pandemic; Lessons For Our Time From Beis Iyar; What Is the Story Behind Moshiach’s Sefer Torah? Does Unity Make Us More Immune? Should We Be Paying Tuition to Closed Schools? Video
How Do We Address the Guilt of the Surviving Relatives in This Pandemic?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Are There Any Parallels Between Our Current Corona Plague and the Plague That Struck Rabbi Akiva's Students? How Do We Address the Guilt of the Surviving Relatives in This Pandemic? How Should I Deal With Marriage Problems During This Time? Video
How to Deal With Unprecedented Quarantine?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Can You Please Give Us More Torah/Chassidic Perspective on the Approach We Should Be Taking in Dealing With This Unprecedented Quarantine? As a Single, I Find the Loneliness Unbearable. Please Share Some Advice? How Can a Lockdown in Our Homes Be Seen as an Opportunity? Video
What Did the Tzemech Tzedek Write About the Epidemic in 1832
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What Did the Tzemech Tzedek Write in a Maamar About the Epidemic in 1832 and What Lessons Does it Offer Us Today? Full Story, Video
What Are the Spiritual Dynamics of a Virus Epidemic?
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: A powerful and unique text from the Arizal discussing the nature and spiritual roots of an epidemic, and what can be done to counter it Video
Letter From Milan: How Can We Hold On During Coronavirus
Special edition of Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Where Is G-d in All of This? Why Is It Happening These Days – the Most Joyous and Liberating Time of the Year? Who Do We Turn to Today for Answers? What Is Our Responsibility When a Plague Breaks Out? Video
Should We Be Closing Schools and Shuls Due to Coronavirus?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Special Coronavirus Edition: Should We Be Closing Schools and Shuls Due to Covid-19? How Did Our Ancestors Deal With Plagues? Has the Rebbe Ever Made Public Statements About Pandemics and What We Can Do on a Physical and Spiritual Level to Stop Them? Full Story, Video
What Attitude Should We Have to Coronavirus?
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Coronavirus, killing all Amalekites, 80 years since Tes Adar, why Menashe and Ephraim were not included in the Shoham Stones, Adar joy and free will. Full Story, Video
How Can People Frown on Marrying a Ger When It’s Prohibited to Discriminate Against Geirim?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What Are the Standards for a Mechitzah According to the Rebbe? How Can People Frown on Marrying a Ger When It’s Prohibited to Discriminate Against Geirim? Full Story, Video
Why Didn’t the Rebbe Get the Frierdiker Rebbe’s Shtreimel
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: How will Moshiach come, what's Tu B'shvat, did Moshe marry into non-Jewish family, why didn't the Rebbe get the Frierdiker Rebbe’s shtreimel and what's the Chassidic take on the manna? Full Story, Video
How to Address Issue of Suicides
Chassidus Applied With Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Dealing with suicides, can a Tzaddik say an untruth, Chassidus in artistic form, preparing for the 70th anniversary of the Rebbe’s leadership. Video
The Issues With Secular Studies
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Announcing the 6th Annual MyLife Essay Contest, preparing for Chof Daled Teves and Yud Shvat, Moshe’s real birth name, and what's wrong with secular studies and isn't science from Hashem too? Video
Any Relevance to the Secular New Year?
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Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Why isn't the Rebbe's Library open to the public, maintaining the Chanukah energy, is there any relevance to the secular new year and why doesn't Judaism have a mechanism to remove corrupt people in power? Video
An Instruction of the Alter Rebbe That We Don’t Follow?
Chassidus Applied to Chanukah: Did we actually win over Greek Secularism, is it better to be two-faced and be nice or to speak the truth, halachik and hashkafic explanation for public Menorahs and why don’t we follow the Alter Rebbe’s directive to recite Tehillim 119 weekly. Video
Why Wasn’t Chassidus Introduced In Earlier Generations
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Why Was Chassidus Not Taught Earlier? Why Don’t We Follow the Opinion of the Majority Regarding Chassidus? Video
Marriage Lessons from Yud Daled Kislev
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson - marriage edition: Deciding whom to marry, who to invite to a wedding, how long should the wedding be and what to do if they don't like to dance? Video
What Can I Do About My Parents Speaking Negatively About My Spouse?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What can I do about my parents speaking negatively about my spouse? Is there a point in learning something I don’t understand? Video
What Happens to People After They Die
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Why Does Pregnancy Need to Be so Difficult? Lessons from the Kinus Hashluchim; Why Do so Some Add Extreme Titles to the Rebbe? What Happens to People After They Die? How to Deal with Spiritual and Emotional Numbness? Video
What Can We Do About Talking in Shul?
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Explaining the Akeidah, when parents don't respond to a child's issue, dealing with social anxiety, feeling stuck in life and stopping the talking in shul. Video
The “Kiddish Clubs” in Shuls
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Address drinking problems in communities and “Kiddish Clubs,” looking during Birchas Kohanim, making Chitas meaningful and more. Video
What is the Meaning of Kol Nidrei?
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Kol Nidrei, forgiveness, why are Chassidus of the Rebbe Maharash and Tzemach Tzedek mostly ignored and the Rebbe's Position on the State of Israel. Video
Should Women Be Drinking L’Chaim?
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Should I work hard if my income is determined on Rosh Hashana, why is ear-piercing allowed if tattooing isn't, should women say L’Chaim, and was the Creation in Tishrei or in Nissan? Video
Dealing With Divorce of My Parents
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Explaining why men can't hear women singing, seeing a psychic, divorce of parents, feeling immature at age 40 and woman keeping maiden name after marriage? Video
