MyLife: Chassidus Applied

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 the Three Weeks, the Nine Days and Mattos-Massei 0:13 • What is the Rebbe’s opinion on using non-Jewish books for chinuch? 20:04 • Is it appropriate to watch women's wrestling? 25:26 If G-d has no physical f...

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 17 Tammuz Nidche 0:11 • Lessons from Pinchas 8:17 • How can I alleviate financial anxieties? 17:50 • What is the Torah’s view on borders and immigration? Should we be supporting open immigration even if it 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. TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to 12-13 Tammuz and Balak 0:12 • What is the Chabad custom regarding bringing in an early Shabbos? 14:52 • What will Chabad look like in 30 years? 19:00 • When naming a child after a tzaddik/Rebbe can we combin...

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 Chukas 1:04 • Is G-d waiting for every Jew to be observant and every non-Jew to to accept the Sheva Mitzvos before bringing the complete Geulah? 12:32 • Are we meant to be afraid of G-d? Is “fear” the accura...

  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&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...

  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 s...

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?...

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 peopl...

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...

• 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 addicti...

  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...

• 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 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. 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...

• 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 section...

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 thi...

• 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...

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 med...

• 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 o...

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...

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...

• 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...

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...

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 influen...

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 22 Shevat and Mishpatim 0:14 • Please explain the mitzvos of slavery in this week’s Torah portion. How could the Torah sanction slavery? What eternal relevance does it have? 10:07 • How do I choose between pe...