MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 What should our focus be during this last week before Rosh Hashana?  

25 Elul 

• What is the significance and personal application of this day?  
• How can we say that the world was created on the 25th of Elul when time itself was a creation and there was no time before creation? 

• What is unique about this year beginning on Shabbos...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 What is Chai Elul's Personal Message to Us? 

• Who revealed to us that this day is the birthday of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe? 
• Why was it kept secret for many years? 
• What is the meaning of the statement that Chai Elul infuses chayus into the entire month of Elul? 
• What is the source that the last twelve days of this month correspond to the twe...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 What should our focus be during these days of Elul? 

• What makes Elul unique? 
• Is Elul initiated from below (Ani L’Dodi) or from above (the king in the field)? (follow-up) 
• How do we create vessels for G-d's blessings this time of the year? 
• If the king is in the field during Elul, where does that leave us the rest of the year? 
• Is G-d more pres...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:What should our focus be during these early days of Elul? 05:03 • How does Av give birth to Elul? 01:04 • What is unique about the “king in the field” in Elul when we have access to G-d all year round? 08:59 • Is Elul initiated from below (Ani L’Dodi) or from above (the king in the field)? 15:29 • What are the thirteen attributes of divine compassion (Yud Gimme...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 What should be our focus during these days as we transition from Av to Elul? 

• Why is Elul a special month?  
• How do we maximize its opportunities? 
• What is our main work this month? 
• What is its personal relevance in our lives? 

• What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha? 
• What is the co...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 What should be our focus during these days? 

• Why do we begin blessing each other with wishes for a good year on the 15th of Av? 
• Why is it written that there were no holidays like the 15th of Av in the past tense? 

• What is the relevance of this day? 
• What is the significance of this day coming 40 days before Rosh Hashana? 
• Why did the Rebbe&...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 What should be our focus during these days following Tisha B'Av? 

15 Av 

• What is the relevance of this day? 
• Why is it considered the greatest holiday together with Yom Kippur? 
• Why did they break the axe after finishing the yearly wood chopping quota instead of keeping it for next year? 
• Will this day still be celebrated after Moshiach comes...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 5 Av: Yahrzeit of the Arizal 

• What is the relevance of this day? 
• How was the Arizal unique? 
• What is a short biography of the Arizal and his teachings? 
• What does it teach us?  
• What did the Arizal say in his eulogy of the Ramak? 
• How should we honor this day? 

• What should be our focus during these days leading into Tisha B'Av?...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:What should our focus be during these days? 01:48 • What is the correct way to understand and experience the sadness of this time of year? 01:48 • How does the spiral of time work according to Jewish thought? 05:19 • How do we explain the Gemara “just as when Av begins one decreases in rejoicing, so too when Adar begins, one increases in rejoicing”? 04:40Rosh Chodesh Av/...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: How do we transform this period of the three weeks into geulah? 00:54250th anniversary of July 4th • How did the Rebbe connect July 4th with his arrival to America? 07:50 • Is there an explanation why July 4th 1776 was the 17th of Tammuz? 12:09 • How about the divine providence of Founding Fathers Adams and Jefferson both dying on July 4th? 15:38 • What are the challenges of fre...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Yud Gimmel Tammuz – 99 years: What does this day teach us? 

• What is the underlying power and message of this liberation for our times? 
• What maamorim did the Frierdiker Rebbe deliver on the days of his geulah, and what are their lessons for today? 
• Is there a comparison between Rashbi and Reb Elozor and the Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe? 

• What ...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 Yud Beis Tammuz – 99 years: What does this day teach us? 

• What happened on this day and what lessons does it offer us today? 
• Why does the celebration of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s liberation extend for two days – 12-13 Tammuz? 

• Why is this month named after a Babylonian idol? 
• What is the spiritual energy of this month? 

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 29 Tammuz: The bridge between 28 Sivan and 3 Tammuz 

• What should be our focus as we move from the third to the fourth month?

• How do we reconcile Gimmel Tammuz with the Rebbe telling us about the imminence of Moshiach’s coming? 
• Ad mosai – how much longer must we wait for the geulah? 
• Did the Rebbe make any statements that implied Gimmel T...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 Chof Ches Sivan – 85 years: What lessons does this day teach us? 

• What is the historic, spiritual and cosmic significance of the Rebbe coming to America? 

• What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha? 
• "Send them if you wish": Why did G-d leave the decision to Moshe, and what does it teach us about l...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 15 Sivan 

• What is the significance of this day? 
• What events happened with the Rebbe and Rebbetzin during the arrest on this day in 1927? 

• What lessons do we learn from the word behaalotecho – raising the flame until it rises on its own?  
• What is the deeper meaning behind Moshe’s words “where will I find meat”? ...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 What should be our primary focus during these days following Shavuos? 

How do we integrate and internalize Torah into our lives? 

What is the appropriate way to learn Torah? 

• Where do you begin? 
• How important is it to understand what you’re learning? 
• How can the study be inspiring and dynamic?  

• Where do you ...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 Rosh Chodesh Sivan 

• What is the unique power of this day? 
• What does “like one person, with one heart” mean? 
• What’s the most important way to prepare for Matan Torah? 
• It’s gratifying to see that Rabbis in Jerusalem reacted to your program last week, warning against harassment. 

• What are we celebrating on Shavuos?&nb...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 Bamidbar 

• What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha? 
• What is the connection between Bamidbar and Matan Torah on Shavuos? 
• If the Torah was given in the desert to show that nobody can claim ownership of it, how can the Jewish nation claim exclusive ownership of the Torah? 
• Is the Torah only for Jews?&nb...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 16 Iyar 

• Why don’t we recite the Parsha about Manna every day, as well as the Ten Commandments, like we do the Parsha of the Akeidah, as stated in Shulchan Aruch?  

• What is the significance of this special day? 
• How could the students of Rabbi Akiva not respect each other to the point of it causing a plague? 
• ...