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8:00pm: What Does It Mean That G-d Never Gives Someone a Problem They Can’t Handle?

The topics in this week’s 415th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: What Does It Mean That G-d Never Gives Someone a Problem They Can’t Handle? What Life Lessons Do We Learn From the Transition of the Month of Av to the Month of Elul? What Is the Meaning of Curses in the Torah? If They Are Truly Blessings Why Are They Expressed in Negative Terms? What Is a Nisayon (Test), and What Is Its Purpose? Does the “King in the Field” Manifest in Physical Ways?

After Salman Rushdie Stabbing, Chautauqua Residents Find Comfort at Chabad

The idyllic lakefront town of Chautauqua, in Western New York, just over the Pennsylvania state line, was a serene spot, a place where about 10,000 people stay over the summer, engrossed in intellectual activity, culture, and recreation. That tranquility was shattered on Friday, Aug. 12, when novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage at the Chautauqua Institute’s amphitheater, a little before 11 a.m.