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
Episodes
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Tammuz
- What does the month teach us?
- Why would our Sages adopt this month’s name Tammuz when this is the name of a Babylonian deity?!
- What lies behind the paradox of Tammuz?
- What does it teach us about facing our present challenges?
- What is the central theme and lesson from this week’s Torah portion?
- Does it have a connection with this month?
- Why is Balaam’s blessing...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Gimmel Tammuz
- How can we describe and explain this day?
- How do we honor this day?
- Why do we say that the presence of a tzaddik is stronger after they pass away?
- What was the Rebbe’s last major teaching before Chof Zayin Adar and Gimmel Tammuz?
- What maamar of the Rebbe would you recommend we study on this day?
- How is Gimmel Tammuz this year, 31 years later, different from pre...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
- What should we focus on during this time?
- What's a good way to thank Hashem publicly for all the great miracles he did to protect us from Iran's attacks?
- What lessons about current events can we learn from these days and this week’s Torah portion?
- Should we be relying on President Trump and the USA to help Israel?
- How will this war change the future of the world?
- Wh...
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:How should we react to Operation Rising Lion? • What is G-d's message to us today? 05:36 • What can we learn from the operation being called Rising Lion, from the verse k’lovi yokum? 16:20 • Is the lion, the symbol ...
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:Post Shavous? • What is the significance of the 12th of Sivan? 01:10 • What is the energy and focus of our work during this time period? 07:54 • Why did we need to refine ourselves during the 49 days of Sefirah in pre...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
How should we respond to the latest tragic Washington murders?
- Where is Hashem in all of this?
- Is there something we can do?
- Should we stop displaying our Jewish identity, not go to shul, remove Jewish symbols?
- Why do we read this Torah chapter before Shavuos?
- Who owns the Torah? Can anyone claim royalties?
- What personal and global lessons does it offer us for our ti...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What is the connection between this Omer period, Lag B’Omer and the weekly Torah portion?
- Revealing the hidden and deeper good even in negative experiences
- What is the central theme of this week’s Torah chapter?
- Is Judaism rigid or flexible? Static or dynamic?
- What personal and global lessons does it offer us for our times?
- Why are some blessings so great that they h...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What lessons can we learn from 13 Iyar, the 73rd yahrzeit of Reb Yisroel Aryeh Leib a”h
- What does his name and life teach us?
- What did the Rebbe say after he stood up from shiva for his brother in 1952?
- How do we deal with setbacks and difficulties?
- How do we personalize this day?
- Is there a connection between the 13 and 14th of Iyar?
- Why do we celebrate on...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
In loving memory of Rabbi Sholom Lipskar a”h
- A few words about Rabbi Jacobson’s relationship with Rabbi Lipskar
- What is the meaning of “living with the times”?
- What is the central theme of this Parsha?
- What is the meaning of sanctification?
- How do we sanctify the mundane?
- How can someone be despicable in the “name of Torah”?
- How do we create balance in our lives – ba...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:Transition from Nissan to Iyar
- What is the central theme of this period in time?
- What is the meaning of geulah – personally and psychologically?
Rosh Chodesh Iyar
- What lessons do we learn from this month?
- What is the significance of it being the second month, and of its acronyms?
Beis Iyar
- Is there a connection between Tiferes of Tiferes and l'chatchila arib...
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:Yud Alef Nissan • How do we honor the Rebbe’s 123rd birthday? 02:17 • What is the significance of the number eleven? 17:30 • How is it related to the Rebbe’s leadership? 17:50 • Is there a connection to the Rambam’s birth...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Rosh Chodesh Nissan
- Why is this day and month unique?
- What is the significance that the first mitzvah we were given as a nation is blessing the new moon of the month of Nissan?
- What is the meaning of Nissan?
- What is the difference between nissim and niflaos?
- Is the revelation of this month initiated from above or below?
- What does it teach and how can it empower us in dealing with...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
27 Adar
- What lessons do we learn from this day?
- Did the Rebbe say anything prior to this day preparing us for events to come?
- The chronology of this week’s Torah portion and the following books of the Torah
- What is the central theme of this week’s Torah chapter?
- Why is accountability so vital?
- What personal and global lessons does it offer us for our times?
- Why was a...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Triple Purim (Meshulash) in Jerusalem
Adar
- How can joy increase after Purim?
- Is there a connection between joy and Purim and the sign of Pisces/fish of the month of Adar?
- inner dimensions and secrets? How does joy reveal
- What does Purim teach us about today’s wars with our enemies?
- Why did Mordechai not bow to Haman (follow-up)?
- Why do the sages interpret that Esther wa...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What lessons can we learn from Tes Adar – 85 years later?
- Why was coming to America a new era in history?
- What does Purim teach us about today’s wars with our enemies?
- Can we compare Hamas to Haman?
- Is there a connection between the redemption of Purim and the final redemption?
- Why will Purim be the only holiday that we will celebrate in the future?
- Why was it so imp...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
44th Siyum HaRambam
- What is its significance?
- Why did the Rebbe institute learning the daily Rambam?
- When was it instituted and what is some of the background?
- Why does the Rambam’s book of halachas begin and end with discussing G-d's existence?
- What is the theme and energy of this month?
- What is the source that the mazal of this month is special?
- Why is Adar unique when...
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:Bibas family tragedy 0:30 • How should we react to the tragic news that the mother and her two red headed babies were murdered by the terrorist savages? 05:10 • Is revenge an acceptable response? 12:04 13:52 • What should ...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Are we living in Messianic times?
- How do we open our eyes and see redemption coming?
- What lessons do we learn from this day, especially for our times?
- What does the Rebbetzin represent in our lives?
- How do we know what stories to believe about the Rebbetzin?
- If the Rebbetzin wanted her privacy, why are we speaking about her so publicly?
- Is there significan...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Yud Shevat – 75 Years: Chassidus Applied to Basi L’Gani
What is the main takeaway from this foundational discourse?
What do we learn about the tzimtzum in this year’s chapter 15 and the Rebbe’s maamorim of 5725 and 5745?
What are its practical applications?
Does tzimtzum separate or connect us with the Divine?
What do we learn from the Magid’s Torah on tzimtzum, as elaborated upon in...
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Yud Shevat – 75 Years
- What is the significance of this milestone?
- How does Basi L’Gani capture the central theme and mission of our seventh generation?
- What lessons do we learn from chapter 15 of Basi L’Gani?
- What is the chiddush that the most hidden treasures – l'maaleh maaleh ad ayn kaytz – are splurged on to the foot soldiers empowering them to be victoriou...
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