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8:00pm: Should We Be More Sensitive to Older Singles When We Bless Them to Find a Shidduch? According to Torah, Are Women Permitted to Vote?

The topics in this week’s 263rd episode of the highly acclaimed popular MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

  • Chassidus Applied to Bamidbar and Shavuos
  • Why do we eat dairy on Shavuos?
  • 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?
  • Why are we told more about the yetzer hara than the yezter tov?
  • Should we be more sensitive to older singles when we bless them to find a shidduch?
  • According to Torah, are women permitted to vote?
  • Should I be learning deeper maamorim in Chassidus? And if so, which?
  • Follow up:
    • Anti-Semitism
    • Zohar
    • Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students
  • Chassidus question: What does Chassidus contribute to the understanding of Mattan Torah?
  • My Life 2019 essay contest winners: במקום לְהִתְקַשֵׁ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ר, אולי פשוט נְתַקְשֵׁר, Mushka Malka Dekel, 18, Yokneam, Israel; ‏‏דחף מול דחק, Orya Maimon, 21, Yokneam Illit, Israel; תוכחה מלב אל לב – מצליחה, Chana Esther Cohen, 18, Ocean City, MD

This hour-long dose of insights, broadcast live every Sunday night 8-9PM EST, is meant to inform, inspire and empower us by applying the teachings of Chassidus to help us face practical and emotional challenges and difficulties in our personal lives and relationships. To have your question addressed, please submit it at chassidusapplied.com/ask.

In what has now become a staple in so many people’s lives, MyLife: Chassidus Applied addresses questions that many people are afraid to ask and others are afraid to answer. When asked about the sensitive topics he has been addressing, Rabbi Simon Jacobson commented, “I understand that the stakes are high and great care has to be taken when speaking openly, but the silence and lack of clarity on matters plaguing the community can no longer go unaddressed. The stakes of not providing answers are even higher.”

The on-going series has provoked a significant reaction from the community, with thousands of people viewing each live broadcast and hundreds of questions pouring in week after week. At the root of every question and personal challenge tackled by the series is the overarching question: Does Judaism have the answers to my personal dilemmas?

In inimitable “Jacobson-fashion”, the broadcast answers people’s questions in simple, clear language while being heavily sourced. Each episode is jam-packed with eye-opening advice from the Rebbeim, gleaned from uncovering surprising gems in their letters, sichos and maamorim that address our personal issues with disarming relevance. Simultaneously, Rabbi Jacobson is able to crystallize a concept quickly, succinctly, and poignantly for any level of listener.

All episodes are immediately available for viewing in the MLC’s archive and can be downloaded as MP3s for listening on the go.

Questions may be submitted anonymously at chassidusapplied.com/ask.

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