MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What should our focus be at this time of year as we transition from Cheshvan to Kislev?    Kinus HaShluchim  What lessons can each of us learn from the international gathering of Shluchim?  What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha?  How did Isaac and Rebecca – tzaddikim of the highest order – give birth to...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What should our focus be at this time of year?  How do we find inspiration when we don't feel uplifted from above?  What can we learn from the "lonely" month of Cheshvan?  What can I do about my intense loneliness?  What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha?  Why is the chapter describing Sarah...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What should our focus be at this time of year?    What should we do when we don't feel inspired?  What great things are accomplished through self-generated effort?  What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha?  Can we view Sarah's laughter when she heard that she would bear a child in a positive way? ...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Zayin Cheshvan  What happened on this day and what lessons do we learn from it?  What should our focus be during this time of the year?  What are ways we can express in today's day and age a similar level of Ahavas Yisroel as was manifest on Zayin Cheshvan?  What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha?  Why do...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What should our focus be as Tishrei concludes and Cheshvan begins? What does v’Yaakov holech l’darko mean? Why do we use a verse about Yaakov’s return to Israel to describe our leaving the holiday season and entering the mundane year? Why is this month called MarCheshvan? Can we predict what will happen in 5787 based on its number Tav Shin Paz (gol...

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?  And it being t...

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 correspon...

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 pr...

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 compassio...

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 connection between Sho...

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’s fat...

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 com...

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?  What is the...

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”?...

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 •...

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 do...

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?  Is there a connection betwee...

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 Tammuz wa...

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...

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”?  If Moshe transcended physical mea...

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 begin?  What are the axioms and...

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?  What is the historic and cosmi...

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?  What...

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?  Why don’t we see such harsh consequen...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:   Chassidus Applied to this Omer period  How does refinement of our characters reflect the unique power of being a Jew?  What is the best response to adversity and hatred?   How do you celebrate the beauty of your soul while recognizing the despicable toxins of your selfish body? Lessons from Tanya chapter 31.  How do we apply Netzach, this week’s ...