Mylife: Chassidus Applied

  Gimmel Tammuz – 25 years: What does it mean? How do we turn Gimmel Tammuz day into an ongoing change in our daily lives?  Why isn’t calling the Rebbe Nosi Ha’Dor self-serving?  How can we describe the Rebbe with Torah verses referring to G-d?  Why is the note we write to the Rebbe at the Ohel called a pidyon nefesh?  How can we understand our personal expressions regarding the Rebbe in Maaneh Loshon?  Chassidus Applied to Chof Ches Sivan and Korach  Follow up: Mashpia  Chassidus question: Is there a connection between the different events in history that happened on Gimmel Tammuz?  My Life 2019 essays: Navigating the Many Waters of Millennial Life, Yitzi Tuvel, 31, Bondi, Australia Battling the Butterflies, Gavriel Eagle, 18, Baltimore, MD ’סוד החוכמה העליונה –&nbs

  Chassidus Applied to Shelach  How do I find a mashpia? How can we create a more organized and reliable system for identifying and finding an appropriate mashpia?  What distinguishes between different kosher certifications? Should I be choosing one over another?  Should I accept a once-in-a-lifetime offer to play a role in a TV show?   How should I deal with same gender attraction?  Is same gender relationships prohibited for females as it is for men?  What to do about social anxiety in everyday life?  How to reconcile the seemingly conflicting statements about enjoying life’s pleasures?  Follow up:  Dating a meshichist  Anti-Semitism  Chassidus question: In Chinuch Katan the Alter Rebbe writes that we generate love to Hashem by contemplating on how G-d took us out of Egypt. But how can that elicit love when He a

  Chassidus Applied to Post Shavuos and Behaalosecho  How and who produced the Hanochos -- transcripts – of the Rebbe’s talks?  What does Torah and Kabbalah say about reincarnation and communication with past lives?  Should being a meshichist/saying Yechi be relevant when choosing a shidduch?  How much time should a chosson and kallah be in contact with each other during their engagement?  As a mother of young children how can I daven properly with the right intentions?  Follow up:  Israel-centric Judaism  Chassidus in depth  Teshuva for a sociopath  Anti-Semitism  Chassidus question: Is the long golus a result of baseless hatred or the fact that we are weak souls?  My Life 2019 essays: הנתינה לאחר ככלי לשינוי עצמי, Michal Torenheim,17, Beitar&

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Bamidbar and Shavuos 00:28 • Why do we eat dairy on Shavuos? 9:25 • Now that most of the world's Jews live in Israel, should the focus  shift from a disapora-centric Judaism to an Israel-centric Judaism? 19:25 • Why are we told more about the yetzer hara than the yetzer tov? 27:19 • Should we be more sensitive to older singles when we bless them to find a shidduch? 30:55 • According to Torah, are women permitted to vote? 34:52 • Should I be learning deeper maamorim in Chassidus? And if so, which? 40:18 • Follow up:  Anti-Semitism 45:25 Zohar 51:04 Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students 58:59 • Chassidus question: What does Chassidus contribute to the understanding of Mattan Torah? 1:00:06 • My Life 2019 essay contest winners:    o במקום לְהִתְקַשֵׁ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ר, אולי פשוט נְתַקְשֵׁר, Mu

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Bechukosei and Blessing the Month of Sivan 0:43 • Is Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students a rounded or an actual number? 12:00 • Who authored the Zohar and what are its origins? 16:42 • Why did G-d create poor people? 27:47 • How can I deal with conflicting feelings about Yiddishkeit and Chabad – I feel at times that I am living a double life? 38:03 • Should non-Jewish spouses be welcomed in synagogues? 42:33 • Does a tinok she’nishba have free will? 47:27 • What is the legal and theological perspective on comatose states and on brain death? 49:40 • Anti-Semitism – follow-up 55:45 • Chassidus question: Who repairs the “shattered” containers of Tohu – G-d or us? 58:05 • My Life 2019 essay contest winners:    o התעלמות והדחקה כפתרון אפקטיבי, Yisroel Dandrowitz, 41, Arad, Israel 1:05:21    o מי שם פה

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Pesach Sheni and Lag B’Omer 0:10 • Lessons from Behar 12:30 • As an orthodox Jew teaching in a secular school, how do I navigate and draw the line between insisting kindness and acceptance of all students in our classroom, and normalizing or condoning behavior that is forbidden by Torah? 17:50 • Is there a healthy need for ego? 26:30 • Can a sociopath do teshuva? 31:45 • Does Chassidus ever expect us to sleep less than is normally required? 37:30 • Are there any situations when we can shake hands with someone from the opposite gender? 45:10 • Follow-up (episode 260): Moustache; Consciousness 51:33 • Chassidus question: Please explain the statement that for certain souls, like Rashbi, there was no churban (destruction of the Beis HaMikdash). 54:50 • My Life 2019 essay contest winners:    o Chassidic Lessons

• Chassidus Applied to Emor 4:16 • Poway follow-up 17:10 • Is Ahavas Yisroel achieved by ignoring our differences?  30:00 • Am I allowed to shave or trim my beard or moustache?  33:40 • Are there standards for what is considered an appropriate Shaitel? Are long wigs an issue?  43:45 • What can I do about nightly emissions?  47:15 • Follow-up (episodes 256-257): Internet addictions  53:25 • Chassidus question: Please explain the concept of our counting 49 days of the Omer, preparing us to then receive, as a gift from above, the 50th day, which is beyond our capacity to reach on our own.  56:00 • My Life 2019 essay contest winners 1:02:00 Student Winner: How to Avoid Low Self-Esteem and Get Motivated to Serve G-d, Aryeh Yonaton Chadad, 20, Israel Inwardness: The Chassidic Solution to the Epidemic of Escapism, Shraga Crombi, 37, New Brunswick, NJ Difficult is the New Easy, Devori Garelick, 19, Naharia, Israel

  Chassidus Applied to Rosh Chodesh Iyar, Beis Iyar and Kedoshim and its relevance to the tragic shooting in Poway Rabbi Goldstein: After your harrowing experience, staring death in the eyes, where do you find the formidable energy and courage to be such a powerful and tireless advocate of spreading light and goodness? What is Kiddush Hashem? How important is it? How do we fulfill it? How do you stand strong and proud in the face of evil? What can I do to muster strength when all seems lost? How can we not get depressed and demoralized from senseless pain and suffering? What lessons do we learn from l’chatchila ariber? Where is G-d in all of this? If G-d protects us all the time and shows us miracles, why did He not protect Lori? Why did the Rebbe emphasize a Moment of Silence? As we stand at the end of the month of redemption, what lessons does this horrific event, which occurred on the last day of Pesach, teach us? What can each one if us do to make this world a better place and brin

• Chassidus Applied to Isru Chag Pesach, Chof Ches Nissan and Acharei 11:00 • Poway shooting on Acharon Shel Pesach – how should we react? 01:12 • Are the Rebbe’s words on 28 Nissan still relevant today, or did we miss an opportunity? 21:17 • What’s the practical difference between the existence and the revelation of Moshiach? 28:41 • What guidelines can we use to find the right yeshiva for our child? 35:19 • Why not send children to non-Chabad schools which produce better results? 42:46 • Can we make a connection between two negative events that happened in the same location? 45:50 • How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us? Prayer continued  49:25 • Follow-up (episodes 256-257):      o Internet addictions 52:40     o Learning all parts of Torah 57:23 • Chassidus question: What is bittul and how can I begin to perceive Hashem and his unity in the right way instead of some obscure concept? 58:50 • My Life 2019 essay contest winners:  &nbs

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Yud Alef Nissan • Lessons from Yud Gimmel Nissan • Chassidus Applied to Pesach • Why does one forfeit their share in the world-to-come for not respecting Chol Hamoed? • Can you give us some background on the Rebbe’s mivtza Sefer Torah? • How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us? Prayer continued • Follow-up: Internet addictions; happiness • Chassidus question: Please explain the idea of olam haba (the world to come), and how we can say that some people will not have a share in it when every soul is immortal? – Part II • Announcing My Life 2019 essay contest winners! Submit your question now at http://www.meaningfullife.com/mylifelive or email: [email protected].

• Chassidus Applied to Metzora and Shabbos HaGadol 12:36 • Lessons from Beis Nissan: 100th year since the Rebbe Rashab’s histalkus in 5680 0:09 • I find it difficult to identify with my soul being divine. What can I do about this? 19:24 • How can we attribute levels to G-d? 25:21 • How can we say that some souls are closer to G-d than others? 33:22 • When learning Rambam, aren’t there some sections that are inappropriate for teenagers? 38:28 • How do I deal with online addictions? 42:58 • How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us? Prayer continued 50:08 • Follow-up: Website responsibility to its viewers 55:07 • Chassidus question: Please explain the idea of olam haba (the world to come), and how we can say that some people will not have a share in it when every soul is immortal? 57:13 • My Life 2018 essays:       o The Path Toward Overcoming Anxiety, Rivka Bar-Chaim, 19, Brooklyn, NY 01:08:03       o From Problem to Solution, Mendel C

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Tazria, HaChodesh and Rosh Chodesh Nissan 8:44 • Lessons from 25 Adar: Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka’s 118th birthday 2:11 • What responsibility do websites have to their readers? 18:27 • What future is there in this challenging day and age for a Yeshiva student without a secular education? How do you explain the Rebbe’s approach in our times? 30:42 • Can a Rebbe make a mistake? 36:32 • Who is the tzaddik yesod olam today? 46:46 • Does yogati u’motzosi actually work? 48:56 • Why can’t I give my son the choice to have a Bris later in life? 53:55 • How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us? Prayer continued 58:16 • Chassidus question: Does chassidus explain the reason for different hair colors, white hair and baldness? 01:02:48 • My Life 2018 essays:     o Finding G-d in the Empty Spaces, Yehu

• Chassidus Applied to Shemini and Parah 5:16 • Questions about tracht gut vet zayn gut – how far do our thoughts affect our reality? 17:00 • Is there an issue with listening to non-Jewish music with meaningful lyrics? 24:01 • What should we be doing about the situation in Israel? 29:08 • What is my responsibility as a single girl living at home? 34:53 • Should parents show their affection to each other in front of their children? 40:14 • How high should our standards be in seeking a shidduch? Is it too much to ask for a girl who davens 3x daily and learns Chitas? Are there standards that are too high? 47:29 • How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us  Prayer continued 53:10  • Follow-up (episode 253):     o Megillah reading by women 57:47     o Josephus 01:02:44 • Chassidus question: If thought is the garment for intellect, what is the garment for emotions? 01:04:57 • My Life 2018 essays:     o G-d’s Dream, Akiva Greenbaum,

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Purim 0:15 • May women read the Megillah for other women? 16:55 • Why was I born with talents if I am seemingly not allowed to develop and express them? 20:38 • What is the Rebbe’s opinion on Chiropractic medicine? 28:13 • What is our attitude to Josephus (Yosifun)? 33:02 • How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us? Prayer continued 40:42 • Follow-up (episodes 250-251):     o MicDrop 46:56     o HaMapil 53:51     o Hypnosis 56:46 • Chassidus question: Why the need for Seder Histalshilus? 58:44 • My Life 2018 essays:     o Learning How to Truly Forgive in your Heart, Malky Katz, 24, Brooklyn, NY  01:07:45     o For Example…, Uriel Segel, 36, Jerusalem, Israel 01:09:25     o The Chal

• Chassidus Applied to Vayikra and Zachor 4:04 • Lessons from 9 Adar II – 79 years since the Frierdiker Rebbe’s arrival to America 14:04 • What should I do about my doubts in G-d? 23:46 • Why do we need to ask G-d for our needs in prayer – doesn’t G-d know what we need? 28:40 • How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us? 34:25 Prayer continued • How can we as a couple overcome our obstacles? Can we expect a brighter future? 42:30 • Should one write BS”D or B"H on an email or a computer document? 45:59 • Follow-up (episodes 250-251):     o What is the Rebbe’s approach to Anti-Semitism? 50:44     o Why did G-d make the most sacred human organ also the one used for expelling waste? 56:30 • Chassidus question: What is the kelipah of Amalek in our personal lives? And how do we reconcile the two statements that Amalek is daas of kelipah and that there is no daas in sitra achra? 59:55 • My Life 2018 essays:     o Social Belonging and Individu

TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to 27 Adar 0:09 • Lessons from Chodesh Adar II and Pekudei 9:13 • If everything that happens is orchestrated from above, how much free choice do we really have?  15:45 • What Torah concepts can we transmit to non-Jews? How far can we go? 18:50 • How do we address the issue of anti-Semitic attacks and safety? 23:12 • Since G-d created the human body with such amazing design why did he allow it to be so fragile? 27:29 • Should we be talking with our children about puberty? 36:11 • What is the meaning of the verse “also the prophets and the spirit of contamination I will remove from the earth”? 42:34 • Follow-up (episode 250): MicDrop 44:55 • Chassidus question: Will the roles of women and men change in the times of Moshiach when feminine energy will be greater than male energy? 59:26 My Life 2018 essays: I Am My Own Greatest Enemy: Shedding Chassidic Light on Destructive Behaviors, Countess Rivka Elkaim, 67, United States; You ARE your Struggles, Sara Malka Fox, 19, Pretoria, Sou

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Vayakhel, Shabbos Mevarchim Adar II and Shekalim 2:53 • Can we speak after saying the bedtime hamapil prayer? 13:26 • Shidduchim: What should I do when nothing seems to work? 19:18 • What should our attitude be to the recent MicDrop issue? 23:32 • How do I know if I am making the right choice?  38:57 • Is one allowed to curse another person? 44:15 • Follow-up:     o Walking past a church (episode 249) 48:47     o Natural Approach to Dealing with Depression (episode 243) 50:09     o Is it my yetzer hara or my dysfunctional childhood? (episode 155) 51:32 • Chassidus question: What does the Tanya mean by saying that a soul is literally a “piece of G-d”? And how do you explain that the soul and G-d are “two half images”? 53:44 • My Life 2018 essays:  &nbs

• Chassidus Applied to Purim Katan and Ki Tisa 1:44 • Is obesity overblown? 11:55 • Is it appropriate to refer to a meshichist rabbinic figure by a rabbinic title? 18:49 • What is the difference between the Jewish concept of bitachon and the law of attraction? 23:23 • Is there any halacha or minhag about not walking past a church? 25:46 • How should a Jew react to the separation of families? 28:33 • Follow-up:     o Boundaries for males teaching girls (episode 248) 37:32     o Hypnosis (episode 248) 45:28     o Bible Unauthorized (episode 247) 50:16     o Abortion (episode 247) 48:10     o Shaming abusers (episodes 202-204) 51:44 • Chassidus question: How does Chassidus explain the verse “no man can see me and live”? 01:00:24 • My Life 2018 essays:      o The Avodah of Davening in Light of Chassidus, Esther Rochel Elkaim, 31, USA 01:09:30     o Fear, Anxiety and Pres

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Zayin Adar I and Tetzaveh 0:28 • What is going on with all the recent tragedies? 13:59 • Should I be concerned over an ominous chain letter I received? 22:52 • Are their guidelines for using hypnosis to treat mental health? 26:58 • Will we be able to have children in the world to come? 30:17 • When a yeshiva sends students as shluchim to other yeshivos, is it considered as if the Rebbe is sending them, or as a faculty decision (which could be mistaken)? 33:36 • What boundaries should be kept when single girls have male teachers? 38:24 • Follow-up:     o Mental health referrals (episodes 243-244) 45:08     o Nursing (episode 245) 46:32     o Can anyone publish the Rebbe’s talks? (episodes 246-247) 48:16     o Not listening to the Rebbe (episo

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Adar I and Terumah 0:38 • Are there lessons from the Rebbe about the recent bitter cold? 9:20 • How do you explain Chassidim violating the Rebbe’s limit on drinking? 13:26 • How do we balance parental influences with finding our own path? 19:15 • Why in our prayers is mention made only of males, and not females? 26:40 • What can be done to preserve a marriage in which a spouse suffers from a personality disorder? 32:19 • Based on the Rebbe's emphasis on teaching the world about sheva mitzvos Bnei Noach, do Jews have an obligation to bring up the prohibition of abortion in our politically charged climate? 39:01 • What is the story with the book called The Bible Unauthorized by A.H. Moose? Is it legitimate? 46:11 • Follow-up:     o Who owns the Rebbe’s words and images? (episode 246) 55:57