MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Strength and Direction  Are we just fighting a defensive war, or do we have a vision for the future?   What is the spiritual, cosmic and psychological nature of this war?  What is the true role of Israel and the Jewish people, why are they integrally connected, and what crucial mission must they bring to the entire world?  How to deal with a sworn...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: A Historic Wake-Up Call  How are we to look at the latest events shaking us all up?  Is this a wake-up call?  How do we respond?  What are its implications?  What responsibility do we have today and what should we be doing?  How can I move away from obsessively following the news?  How do we deal with upheaval?  What can I do to comfort someone who...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Strength and Direction What should be our general attitude to recent events? How should we react to this tragedy? How should we deal with fear? What should we tell our children? Should we be traveling to Israel now? Should we be leaving Israel? Actions What actions should we be taking? What more should we be doing? Should there be special emphasis...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Strength and Direction  How to find strength and direction in these times?  What are the treasures and secret weapons that can help us win today’s war?  How are we to understand the Rebbe’s words that Israel is the safest place in the world?  Is this like the war against Amalek, where we need to eradicate every last one of our enemies?  Should we b...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Overview How to find strength and direction in these times? What can we learn from the flood destroying the “world filled with chamas” (in Parshas Noach) for our times today? What should Israel be doing now? What do we learn from Jacob when he prepared to confront Esau? Why don’t we try to appease our enemies? Should we celebrate when our enemies a...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Overview  Why would G-d allow this to happen? And on Simchas Torah, no less?  Was dancing the appropriate reaction when we first heard about the brutal attacks?  What is the Rebbe’s approach to events like this?  What can we do?  During this time of war does halacha allow us to use radios and cellphones on Shabbos to keep us safe?  How this tragedy...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: TISHREI What is the significance of this month? ROSH HASHANA How do I personalize Rosh Hashana? Why is there no special commemoration of Elul 25, when the world was created? Why do some people have the custom to visit cemeteries Erev Rosh Hashana? If we can narrow it down, what is the single most important thing we need to do on Rosh Hashana? What...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to Chai Elul What does this day teach us? What did Chassidus come to accomplish? How did it address the challenges of the time? How does Chai Elul help us enter Rosh Hashana? What were some of the revolutionary ideas introduced by the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe? What is the difference between the “two luminaries”? Is inspir...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to Ki Tavo  Lessons from Elul  What can I do about missing a day of putting on tefillin due to illness?  If I'm traveling to a small town that doesn't have any known Jewish people, should I put on my tefillin at home or should I wait until I get to this town and do it there to elevate the land with a mitzvah, which might n...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to Elul What should we be doing during this special month? What was Moshe doing during Elul? What indestructible power do we have in this month? Does “the king in the field” mean a literal field? Is there something we can do via prayer and meditation during this month to guarantee that Hashem will answer our prayers positively in...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to Elul What does this time period teach us? Why is the entire month of Av called Menachem Av? With Elul approaching, what are some practical things we can do to end the year on a high note and begin the new year with the proper inspiration? What does “the king is in the field” practically mean? Lessons from Shoftim Why does the T...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this time period teach us?    Chassidus applied to Chof Av  Lessons from Re’eh  Who was Moshe’s “mouthpiece” after Aaron passed away?  How should we react to yesterday’s riot in Union Square?  What's more important in a child developing their personality – genes or environment?    How does a spiritual soul transform and become a physi...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What do we learn from this time period – following Tisha B’Av? Chassidus applied to the 15th of Av What does this day teach us? What is the connection between the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur? Does it make a difference if we say Tu B'Av or Chamisha Asar B'av? Why is this day related to shidduchim? Why is it customary to start wishing each othe...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this time period teach us?  Chassidus applied to the 5th of Av – the Arizal’s 451st yahrzeit  How do we counter and transform the negative and divisive energy of these days?  Shabbos Chazon  Tisha B’Av  What can we learn from the loose lion in Berlin in this month of Leo?   What can we learn from the recent rainstorms?  Lessons from Shabb...

Chassidus applied to the Nine Days What do we learn from these days? How are they reflected in our psyches? What is the significance of Aaron’s yahrzeit on Rosh Chodesh Av? Why specifically nine days? Lessons from Shabbos Chazon How do we reconcile R’ Levi Yitzchak Berditchever’s explanation of Chazon with its literal meaning? How to transform a vision of destruction into a vision of redemption? L...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to the Three Weeks  Lessons from Parshas Matos Massei  Why don’t we fall off the earth?  What is the process of a soul descending to earth?   Dealing with narcissism  Gimmel Tammuz follow-up 

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Lessons from Yud Gimmel Tammuz  Chassidus applied to Parshas Pinchas  Chassidus applied to 17 Tammuz  Is it better to be another member of a Chassidic community or live out of town where you can be a leader?   Should I indulge my family with materialism for the sake of shalom bayis?  Gimmel Tammuz follow-up 

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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Lessons from Gimmel Tammuz  Is darkness a creation or is it just an absence of light?   Chassidus applied to Parshas Korach  Behaalotecho – follow up: What does the upward and downward movement of light teach us about G-d?   Shelach – follow up:  

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to Parshas Shelach  Lessons from Chof Ches Sivan  What lessons can we learn from the intense smoke recently engulfing the East Coast?  If a kind act below generates the divine attribute of chesed from above, does that mean that an unkind act generates unkindness from above?  What is Chassidus “standing on one foot”? 

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Sivan 15  Lessons from Parshas Behaalotecho  Why would someone become a nazir? Follow-up  Summer  Should pictures of women to be published in religious publications?  G-d and nature 

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Post Shavuos  End of Sefirah  Lessons from Parshas Nasso  How to deal with estrangement between parents and children? Follow-up   Was the Rebbe loving? Follow-up  How do we address an issue without personalizing it?  What criteria do you use is discussing any given topic?  What would you advise someone whose public statements w...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Shavuos  What exactly is the Torah and what happened at Mattan Torah?   When was the Torah written? Did it always exist just as G-d always existed, or did G-d write the Torah when He decided to create the world?  Does the Torah contain all of G-d's knowledge, or just the parts that relate to creation and to us?  If we were...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Bamidbar  Did the Rebbe suggest that people should visit the Ohel on Lag B’Omer? Follow-up  The students of Rabbi Akiva  When Moshiach comes will there be a coronation ceremony like they made for King Charles of England but on a much grander scale?  Parents and children  Sholom Bayis  Can we ask for wealth? Follow-up  What shou...

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Lag B’Omer  Lessons from Behar-Bechukosei  Why is G-d not responding to us and bringing the Geulah as he did to the Jews who cried out “why are we deprived?!”  Jewish Soul  How should we deal with difficult children? With children who reject their parents?  Why is Lag B’Omer an auspicious time for parents and children to reconn...