Mylife: Chassidus Applied

Chassidus Applied to Rosh Hashana Chassidus Applied to Rosh Hashana How to experience renewal? Can you share an original and important idea about Rosh Hashana? What personal message does Rosh Hashana offer us? How can we “trick” the angels by not blowing shofar on Erev Rosh Hashana? Why don’t we blow shofar when Rosh Hashana falls out on Shabbos? Please explain the concept that G-d recreates the world every moment Are there things that can block our prayers from reaching G-d, or block His blessings from reaching us? What should I do about my husband’s addiction to inappropriate online content? Part III Follow-up: Neshama chadasha 2020 MyLife: Chassidus Applied Essay and Creative Contest: Winning essay and creative

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-... or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponso... THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to Chai Elul   • Was the Baal Shem Tov a gaon?  • What does it mean that the Alter Rebbe had a neshama chadasha? Are some souls greater than others?  • Can you share the three most practical lessons from the Tanya for people today?  • Lessons from Netzavim-Vayeilech: Unwavering roots and expansive growth  • 60 Days: Resources for preparing for the New Year in these trying and unprecedented times  • When praying, is it better to read from the siddur or can someone just m

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to 11, 13 and 15 Elul:  Love, trust and accountability 01:00 • 60 Days: Resources for preparing for the New Year in these trying and unprecedented times 23:31 • Lessons from Ki Tavo and yeshiva: Intimate connection. Internalizing the experience 11:00 • The power of gratitude 14:08 • Are the verses in the Song of Songs ever to be understood literally? 25:27 • Is Elul considered a month of harvest? 22:38 • What should I think about when listening to the shofar? 34:32 • Is there a t

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-... or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponso... THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to Elul and Ki Teitzei  • How to experience the High Holidays in a new way  • 60 Days: Resources for preparing for the New Year in these trying and unprecedented times  • What practical steps can we do this Elul to make an actual difference in our lives?  • How to fight battles by remaining above your adversaries  • Does G-d answer our prayers in Elul?  • How can you connect with G-d in a way that you can feel Him responding?  • How do we find clarity amidst all th

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to Elul and Shoftim 00:37 22:00 • What lessons does Elul offer us?  05:40 • How the transition from Av to Elul can help us today 06:44 • 60 Days: Resources for preparing for the New Year in these trying and unprecedented times 10:48 • Was the Rebbe a novi (prophet)? 24:45 • Why does the Torah endorse and require a king? 38:26 • Can we “change” G-d's mind? 44:24 • What would the Rebbe’s opinion be about the peace agreement between the UAE and Israel? 46:50 • Why was the Rebbe agai

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to Chof Av 0:35 • Teachings of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak:         o Life is much more than the absence of death 06:07       o Seeing the divine in everything, even in suffering 10:45       o Gifting a child with greatness 16:48 • Re’eh: Behold the gift of clarity 19:18 • Can the Rebbe be Moshiach? 31:13 • What should we do about liberals trying to force our schools to teach their agenda? 43:38 • A

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to 15 Av and Eikev 07:25 • The birth of redemption in the belly of the abyss 02:18 • Why is the 15th of Av equated with Yom Kippur? 12:26 • What is the power of the “heel”? 16:50 • What are your thoughts on today’s political conflicts and polarization? 24:10 • What can I do about my losing trust in G-d? 28:10 • Is the battle between shor ha’bor (a giant ox) and leviathan (a giant fish) a physical or a spiritual one? 37:12 • What should I do about phone addiction and worse...? 41:06 •

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times  27:27 • Announcing the Meaningful Lifeline Campaign 03:28 • Chassidus Applied to 5 Av and 9 Av 06:05 • Why was Moshiach born on Tisha B’Av? 07:42 • How is the uniqueness of the Arizal an antidote to the Nine Days? 22:00 • What do we say to someone who argues that there is no need to fast since we are in Moshiach’s times? 32:20 • Which takes precedent: Doing a mitzvah or helping my wife? 37:00 • Does bitachon apply also for trusting G

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times  14:55 • Chassidus Applied to Menachem Av and Devorim/Chazon 0:27 • Who is our greatest enemy? 20:18 • How should we react to good things happening to us during the three weeks?  33:26 • How should we react to the recent Chilul Hashem caused by someone who last year created an enormous Kiddush Hashem? 36:20 • Is the pandemic a sign that our shlichus has ended? 41:52 • Can I wear a mask made of shatnez? 52:19 • How were the tribes

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to the Three Weeks and Matos-Massei  0:25  • What can we do when we find ourselves in dire straits? 7:23 • What are the two secrets to growing through challenges? 10:05 • Should we be praying also for non-Jews during this pandemic? 22:09 • What should I say to a neighbor pressuring me to put up a BLM sign on my front lawn? 26:48 • Can mandatory volunteerism be part of the way to help America heal? (follow-up) 36:50 • Why are there such brutal punishments in the Torah? 44:05

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times  26:07 • Chassidus Applied to 12-13 Tammuz and Pinchas: Nothing is Impossible 1:30 • Lessons from 17 Tammuz and the Three Weeks: Fighting to uphold the “walls” surrounding and protecting Judaism 18:02 • Please share more personal experiences and songs 30:27 • Why is no one wearing masks in 770?  34:31 • Why can’t we talk openly and be critical of the BLM movement? 38:22 • What’s your opinion about the distinction made by politica

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to 12-13 Tammuz and Chukas-Balak 01:48 • Fighting for what you believe in: Lessons from 12-13 Tammuz 07:28 • Are your commitments superimposed or engraved in you?  • How can we know if we have made a successful connection with the Rebbe? 30:48 • Is increasing in goodness and kindness the best way to honor Gimmel Tammuz? 28:08 • Can you share your personal experience of Gimmel Tammuz? 35:43 • What’s your opinion on the tearing down of statues? 47:01 • How should we react to firewo

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times   • Chassidus Applied to Gimmel Tammuz and Korach: Lessons for our times  • Why do I need a Rebbe?  • How do I connect with the Rebbe after 26 years?  • How do I practically honor Gimmel Tammuz?  • Should we be afraid of rising anti-Semitism in the present climate?  • What specific mitzvah can we do to counter all the violent protests?  • Follow-up: What is our attitude to racism?  • Is dark skin a r

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times  07:07 • Chassidus Applied to 28 Sivan and Shelach 10:25 • What is our attitude to racism?  25:08 • Are there expressions of racism in the Torah? 31:52 • Is dark skin color a result of a punishment? 41:01 • Why do we make a blessing boruch meshaneh ha’briyos? 50:37 • Why did G-d make people so different? 52:20 • Did Moses marry a black woman? 55:56 • Were the Jews who left Egypt black? 59:28 • With all the unrest, should we consi

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times   • Chassidus Applied to 15 Sivan and Behaalotecho  • What is the significance of "raising the flames until they rise on their own"?  • What is our attitude to racism and to the recent violent protests?  • Should we be joining the peaceful protests? On Shabbos?  • Can we compare racism today to the persecution faced by the Jewish people throughout history?  • Should Chassidim be discussing the riots?  • W

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to Post-Shavuos and Nasso regarding our challenges today 02:16 • What should be our perspective on the latest violent protests in cities across the U.S.? 08:15 • Lessons from the Aseres Hadibros for our times 16:03 • Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times 04:20 • Why should we believe that G-d is good in the same sense that we understand what 'good' is? 37:47 • What do you think about the spiritual awakening brought on by the upheaval? 44:06 • How to manage yo

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-... or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponso... THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: Chassidus Applied to Rosh Chodesh Sivan   Lessons from Shavuos in addressing our challenges  The power of unity  This year, with shuls closed, how should we fulfill the Rebbe’s request that all men, women and children go to shul and hear the Ten Commandments on Shavuos?  How do we explain this to our children who were so anticipating going?  Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times  What possible benefit is there in us being deprived of our shuls and schools?  I

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • The secret of growth: Turning liabilities into assets  • Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times  • Chassidus Applied to Bamidbar in addressing our challenges  • How can we build faith and trust in times of crisis? continuation  • Does prayer help?  • Why is there collective punishment in Judaism?  • Why were the 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva killed because they did not respect each other?  • Why do we light bonfires on Lag B’Omer? MyLife: Ch

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson/ or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to Lag B’Omer and Behar-Bechukosei in relation to our challenges  • The power of Rashbi in times of crisis  • What we learn from Lag B’Omer about countering a plague  • Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times  • What is the connection between Lag B’omer activities and this special day?  • Who is the founder of Pnimius haTorah?  • Is it sincere to call for achdus on “my terms”?  • How can we be fearless in frightening times?&nb

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. Submit your question now at  https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-... or email: [email protected]. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: [email protected] SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponso... THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to Pesach Sheni and Emor in relation to our challenges  • Programs and resources for these trying and unprecedented times  • Perhaps we should not call the virus by its name?  • After a long day committed to my children, is it wrong for me to be 'happy' that my kids are asleep, and I will have some quiet time?  • Can the current upheaval bring us to discover a new perspective on G-d and Torah?  • Can we learn anything from G-d hiding His Face from Moshe about our need to hid