Weekly Story: Yaakov Avinu Lo Meis

As we are coming closer to Yud Shevat, and each chossid is preparing himself for this day, I decided to post the following anecdotes which may bring some clarity to the saying of Yaakov Avinu Lo Meis – Our Father Yaakov Did Not Pass On. Your feedback is always greatly appreciated.

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8:00pm: Can a Rov Ever Go Bad, and if He Does, How Can You Know and What Can You Do?

The topics in this week’s 385th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Does a Mashpia Have to Care For His Mushpa? Can a Rov Ever Go Bad, and if He Does, How Can You Know and What Can You Do? What Can We Learn From Vaeirah About Our Own Challenges? Lessons From 24 Teves: What Did the Alter Rebbe Know About the Founding of the USA? Why Was It Important That the Alter Rebbe Was a New Soul? Why Can’t We Sing the Alter Rebbe’s Niggun Any Time We Wish?

8:00pm: How Should a Couple Resolve Disagreements About Having Children?

The topics in this week’s 384th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How Should a Couple Resolve Disagreements About Having Children? Is It
Appropriate to Listen to a Sicha of the Rebbe on Double Speed? What Personal
Lessons Do We Learn From the Story of the Egyptian Exile and Redemption?
Why Do We Need to Read About All the Painful Details of the Jews Suffering
and Affliction? What Are Some Practical Examples of How We Can Express
Bitachon in Our Everyday Lives? Should I Pursue Intellectual Truth Regardless of
Where It May Lead Me, Even if It May Cause Me to Reject My Upbringing?

8:00pm: With the Rebbe Discouraging Family Planning, How Should We Deal With Legitimate Concerns Related to Having More Children?

The topics in this week’s 383rd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: With the Rebbe Discouraging Family Planning, How Should We Deal With Legitimate Concerns Related to Having More Children? If Yaakov Was Not Allowed to Reveal the Time of Moshiach’s Coming, Why Did the Rebbe Reveal It? How Many Tribes Are There – Twelve or Thirteen? What Is the Significance of Asarah B’Teves and What Does It Teach Us? Is It Better to Give $10 to One Cause or $1 to 10 Causes? Did the Rebbe Critique Ayn Rand’s Philosophy of Objectivism?