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:
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...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Why does Rosh Hashana offer us new opportunities and possibilities? Erev Rosh Hashana • Why is it customary to visit the gravesite of the righteous before Rosh Hashana? • Please describe how to write a letter to the Rebbe at the Ohel. Or do you write to G-d in merit of the Rebbe? • What is the connection to the Tzemach Tzedek’s birthday on Erev Rosh Hashana? Chassidus App...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Preparing for the New Year • What should be our focus during these last days of Elul? • What do we learn from the creation of the universe on the 25th of Elul? • Looking back at 5785 can we say it was a good year? • How can we prepare for the New Year if we feel empty and alone due to family separations? • Can a person prepare for the New Year while remaining emotionally ...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What should be our focus as we begin the third week of Elul?
- What is unique about the month of Elul?
- Why is the entire month of Elul not a holiday due to the revelation of the Divine compassion during this month?
- Why does Elul include V’Dodi Li (from above), which seems to be primarily during the holidays in Tishrei?
- Why am I not seeing the blessings that I asked for from t...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What should be our focus as we begin the second week of Elul?
- How can Elul practically help us in our daily struggles?
- Since we can do teshuva in the “blink of an eye” why do we need thirty days of Elul and ten days of teshuva?
- How do we apply the Alter Rebbe’s example of the “king in the field” in our daily lives?
- What did the Rebbe add to this example?
- Is there value in j...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What should be our focus as we begin the month of Elul?
- What is unique about this month?
- What journey did Moshe take on Rosh Chodesh Elul?
- How do we recreate that journey in our lives?
- Why does the name Elul, adopted from Babylonian, carry so much weight?
- Is there a connection between Elul and hilula?
- What are the thirteen divine attributes of mercy, how are they more reve...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What should be our focus as we move from the month of Av into the month of Elul?
- How does the Jewish calendar mirror our life cycles?
- How does it help us navigate the ups and downs of our lives?
- How do we apply the acronym of Elul in our personal lives?
- What is the significance of the rose in the verse I am to my beloved and my beloved is to me, he who grazes among the ros...
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: What should be our focus as we go forward from the 15th of Av? • What is the significance and the virtue of the nights getting longer? 02:02 • What do we learn from the full moon – when it reflects the sun in its entirety...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chassidus applied to Tisha B’Av
- How does this day capture the paradox of a Jew?
- Why are we still grieving?
- What is the healthy way of mourning over loss while not being defined by it?
- Should the main focus of this day be the sadness and grief over the destruction of the Holy Temple, or should it be the joy and happiness that the third Temple will be revealed and be greater t...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Why are we still mourning?
The inside story of the Nine Days: A Chassidic perspective
Rosh Chodesh Av
- What lessons do we learn from Aaron’s yahrzeit?
- What is the significance of him passing away on Har HaHar?
- What lessons do we learn from the Arzial’s yahrzeit?
- Chassidus Applied: What are the spiritual roots of pain, dissonance and unhappiness...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Three Weeks and Moshiach
- What powerful psychological lessons do we learn from this period in dealing with our own setbacks and difficulties?
- How do we look at today’s events in the Middle East through the lens of the Three Weeks?
- Are they a sign of the imminent redemption?
- After all the signs and promises that Moshiach is about to come, how do we avoid being skeptical that i...
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