MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 293, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, January 26, 2020 / 29 Teves 5780 – 8:00-9:00PM EST
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The topics in this week’s 293rd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
- Chassidus Applied to Rosh Chodesh Shevat and Bo
- 6th annual MyLife: Chassidus Applied Contest, with a new artistic track: The power of initiating and presenting Chassidus in written or artistic form
- How to prepare for the approaching 70th anniversary of the Rebbe’s leadership?
- Was the Rebbe’s statement that we are the last generation of galus and the first generation of geulah just a bracha and a wish?
- Is it okay for a tzaddik to say an untruth?
- How to address the recent suicides?
- Follow up (episode 292): Secular studies
- Chassidus question: Why did G-d harden Pharoah’s heart and then punish him?
- My Life 2019 essays: ככה” זו לא תשובה”, Meir Heber, 20, Kfar Chabad, Israel; Teenage Rebellion, Chaya Youngworth, 16, Johannesburg, South Africa; Perpetuating Inspiration, Shmuli Hecht, 18, Sunnyvale, CA
This hour-long dose of insights, broadcast live every Sunday night 8-9PM EST, is meant to inform, inspire and empower us by applying the teachings of Chassidus to help us face practical and emotional challenges and difficulties in our personal lives and relationships. To have your question addressed, please submit it at chassidusapplied.com/ask.
In what has now become a staple in so many people’s lives, MyLife: Chassidus Applied addresses questions that many people are afraid to ask and others are afraid to answer. When asked about the sensitive topics he has been addressing, Rabbi Simon Jacobson commented, “I understand that the stakes are high and great care has to be taken when speaking openly, but the silence and lack of clarity on matters plaguing the community can no longer go unaddressed. The stakes of not providing answers are even higher.”
The on-going series has provoked a significant reaction from the community, with thousands of people viewing each live broadcast and hundreds of questions pouring in week after week. At the root of every question and personal challenge tackled by the series is the overarching question: Does Judaism have the answers to my personal dilemmas?
In inimitable “Jacobson-fashion”, the broadcast answers people’s questions in simple, clear language while being heavily sourced. Each episode is jam-packed with eye-opening advice from the Rebbeim, gleaned from uncovering surprising gems in their letters, sichos and maamorim that address our personal issues with disarming relevance. Simultaneously, Rabbi Jacobson is able to crystallize a concept quickly, succinctly, and poignantly for any level of listener.
All episodes are immediately available for viewing in the MLC’s archive and can be downloaded as MP3s for listening on the go.
Questions may be submitted anonymously at chassidusapplied.com/ask.
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Rabbi Jacobson’s weekly video lectures are insightful. But as a parent, I can testify that meaningful essential secular studies after school is an impractical solution. Sadly, multi generational ignorance and poverty are rampant in Crown Heights and education is the way to solve it. More has to be done within the framework of the Rebbe’s directives to raise kids who are knowledgeable in both Judaic and secular studies.