MyLife: Chassidus Applied
MyLife: Chassidus Applied Podcast by Simon Jacobson addresses the personal and emotional needs of our community by answering the most pressing questions of our lives -- from the perspective of Chassidic thought. The podcast demonstrates how the Torah 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. Get unlimited free downloads of MP3 recordings o
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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Adar
- Why do we increase in joy during this month?
- What unique opportunity does this month offer us?
- Can you begin your program about Adar with a piece of humor?
- Is this entire month filled with joy?
- What is the difference between the good mazal of Shevat and that of Adar?
- Is this a month when Iran will be held accountable just as it was with Persia of old?
- How do we rec...
Episode 580
When: Sunday, February 8, 8:00PM ET
For recording visit the archive page or your favorite podcast carrier.
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chof Beis Shevat
- How did this day impact the Rebbe and what do we learn from that?
- What is the significance of this day for each one of us?
- Can you share a short biography and some stories about the Rebbetzin?
- What practical actions should we be d...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
15th of Shevat
- Why do we celebrate the New Year for Trees?
- Why don’t we celebrate it on the third day of creation, when trees and vegetation were created?
- How do trees celebrate their new year?
- What is the basis of Shammai and Hillel’s different opinions of when we celebrate the new year for trees?
- Can it serve as an analogy for stages in the revelation of Moshiach?
- Was this da...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Yud Shevat/Basi L’Gani
- What is the main theme of Basi L’Gani and this year’s 16th chapter?
- What is the mission of our generation?
- What is the role of Gan Eden today?
- Why can’t the Divine be revealed in the presence of sins?
- What treasures are being splurged to win today’s wars?
- If the treasures are being splurged, why are some of us struggling financially?
- How do we benefit ...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Rosh Chodesh Shevat • What is the significance of this month and what should be the main focus of our avodah in this time? 02:36 • What do we learn from the mazal of Shevat – bucket (d’li)? 02:36 • What does the word Shevat mean? 07:20Bo • What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha? 10:42 • Why does this parsha combine both the end of the...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chof Dalet Teves
- What is the significance of a Tzaddik’s histalkus?
- How does it impact us?
- What connection does it have to current events?
- What lessons do we learn from the Alter Rebbe’s hilula?
- What were the circumstances that led to the Alter Rebbe’s passing?
- How was it related to him fleeing Napoleon’s advance?
- Is there a connection between the Alter Rebbe returning to r...
Ep. 575:What Can Be Done About “Discrimination” Against Ba’alei Teshuva or Others Seen as Outsiders?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chof Teves
- What is the significance of the Rambam’s yahrzeit?
- What makes a leader different than a scholar?
- What does the Egyptian exile teach us about dealing with difficulties?
- What did the Rebbe say about this day?
- What did he have in common with the Alter Rebbe?
- What personal lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha?
- Why do w...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What does the cold winter teach us?
Asarah B’Teves
- What is the significance of this day and what lessons does it teach us, especially facing our current challenges?
- Why does this fast day supersede Shabbos?
- Does this fast day commemorate other sad events that happened during these days?
- Why was translating the Torah into Greek considered a tragedy?
- And what about th...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Aftermath of the horrific Sydney massacre
- What inner strength (netzach and hod) does Chanukah offer us?
- What are the souls of the kedoshim experiencing now?
- We still cannot fathom this terrible tragedy. Any words of wisdom?
- Why would G-d allow it to happen?
- How can we call G-d kind and compassionate in face of this horror?
- During the time of the Greeks the Jews would hide th...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
How can we possibly address the horrific terror attack on Jews celebrating Chanukah in Sydney leaving 16 of our people dead?
- Ad mosai?!
- What does G-d want of us?
- How could this happen on Chanukah, which is about conquering darkness with light? And demonstrating this in the streets with a public menorah as the Rebbe instructed?
- How can we ever explain the tragic murder of any in...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What is unique about the month of Kislev, and what lessons does it offer us?
Yud Tes Kislev
- Why is this day the Rosh Hashana of Chassidus?
- Why was Chassidus revealed in the later generations?
- What is the difference between “before Petersburg” and “after Petersburg”?
- What do we learn from this day?
- Why was there a heavenly accusation against the Alter Rebbe for teaching C...
What is unique about the month of Kislev, and what lessons does it offer us?
Yud Kislev
- What do we learn from this day?
- What distinguishes the liberations of the Mitteler Rebbe’s on Yud Kislev and the Alter Rebbe on Yud Tes Kislev?
- How are these differences connected to chochmah and binah?
- Do we know why this day is not celebrated with the same level of festivities as the 19th of Kislev?
- Can you summarize the Maamar P...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Kislev
- Why is it called the month of geulah?
- What message does this month teach us in our personal lives?
- What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha?
- What is the personal application of Vayetzei Yaakov?
- What is represented by Jacob’s ladder and the angels ascending and descending?
- Why is prayer compared to a ladder?
- Why was ther...
MyLife Chassidus Applied: Where YOUR questions are answeredDonate now: https://mylife500.comFor recording visit the archive page or your favorite podcast carrier.Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Shluchim conference • Why did the Rebbe institute the annual Kinus HaShluchim? • What can we all learn from it? • What is the meaning of shlichus? • How did the Rebbe connect the shluchim to the weekly Torah porti...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chof Cheshvan
- What is the unique energy of this time period?
- Who was the Rebbe Rashab named after?
- What is the significance of this name, and how does it reflect the work of the Rebbe Rashab?
- What lessons do we learn from the Rebbe Rashab for our times?
- Did the Rebbe Rashab pick the souls of all the students of Tomchei Tmimim?
- Why did he refer to these students as soldiers going...
MyLife Chassidus Applied: Where YOUR questions are answeredDonate now: https://mylife500.comFor recording visit the archive page or your favorite podcast carrier.Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Vayeira • What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha? 05:25 • Can you explain the story of the Rebbe Rashab crying as a child why Hashem doesn’t appear to him as He did to Abraham, ...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Post Holidays Follow-Up
- What should be the focus of our work during these first days of Cheshvan?
- Why do the revelations of Tishrei, specifically on Shemini Atzeres, give birth only on Pesach?
- And if that’s the case, what does our avodah entail during these months?
- Can MarCheshvan also mean Gmar Cheshvan?
- Why the need for Tohu?
- Why does G-d elaborate on the place of...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Post Holidays
- What should be the focus of our work during these last days of Tishrei?
- What is the meaning of the V’Yaakov holach l’darko announcement after the Tishrei holidays?
- Why is this next month called MarCheshvan, mar meaning “bitter”?
- Can mar be interpreted as “master”?
- What are your thoughts on the over-consumption of alcohol on Simchas Torah in our communities? Why...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Yud Gimmel Tishrei
- What was unique about the Rebbe Maharash?
- How did the Rebbe explain (on 13 Tishrei 5740) the words of the Baal HaHilula: “Now we have to go visit my father and hear what is happening?
- What practical lessons can we learn from the Rebbe Maharash?
- Does a Rebbe ever "leave" us?
- How could such an atrocity happen on the day when G-d’s essence i...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Vav Tishrei
- Any recollections of Vav Tishrei 5725?
- Why did the Rebbe honor his mother by explaining Rashi’s commentary on the parsha?
- Can you tell a story about the Rebbe’s mother to inspire us as we head into Yom Kippur?
- Why is this the holiest day of the year?
- What is the personal significance of this day?
- Does G-d need to “atone” for suffering He has caused us?
- W...
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