12:00pm: How Should a Person Decide Whom to Marry?

The topics in this week’s 286th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: 

• Chassidus Applied to Yud Kislev and Vayishlach
• Marriage lessons from Yud Dalet Kislev: 91st anniversary of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s wedding
  • How should a person decide whom to marry?
  • Who should people invite to their wedding? 
  • What is the bare minimum amount of people that should be at the wedding?
  • How long should the wedding be? 
  • What should people do at their or other people’s weddings if they don’t like to dance?
• How do we explain all the deception found in these Torah chapters: Yaakov and Rivkah deceiving Yitzchak; Laban and Rochel deceiving Yaakov?
• Why did Rochel die after having children? 
• If we cannot release ourselves from our spiritual fetters, how can the techniques in Tanya help us?
• Is ahavas yisroel only a means to an end to make someone more frum?
• Follow up (episode 284-285): 
  • Rambam: 3 chapters or 1?
  • Labor pains
  • Non-Jews
  • Homelessness
  • Blessing on a king
• Chassidus question: Is our world the destination or the antechamber?
• My Life 2019 essays: How to Love and not to Judge, Mina Zalmanov, 19, Hollis Hills, NY; Your Future’s In Your Hands, Minna Phillips, 19, Worcester, MA; Happiness Explained, Sholom Raitport, 17, Brooklyn, NY

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.