Weekly Story: My Father HaRav Hachossid Reb Meir Avtzon

This coming Thursday is the twentieth yahrzeit of my father HaRav HaChossid Reb Meir Avtzon a”h.  Those that knew my father knew that he enjoyed sharing stories which he heard from elder chassidim or personally witnessed.  I am pleased to announce that a collection of two hundred of his stories have been translated into English and is shortly going to print.

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8:00pm: How Does One Stay Positive That Hashem Has a Bashert for Them, After a Long and Trying Dating Process?

The topics in this week’s 376th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How Does One Stay Positive That Hashem Has a Bashert for Them, After a Long and Trying Dating Process? What Can I Do to Improve My Relationship With My Parents? 20 Cheshvan: What Was Unique About the Rebbe Rashab and What Lessons Do We Learn From Him Today? How Do We Reconcile the Frierdiker Rebbe Saying That We Should Never Expel a Student From Tomchei Temimim With Sarah Sending Away Yishmael? What Defines True and Enduring Life? Where Are the Ten Lost Tribes?

Weekly Story: Chof Cheshvan – The Rebbe Rashab

Being that this Tuesday, chof Cheshvan is the 161st birthday of the Rebbe Rashab (and those who say his kapital Tehillim will begin saying kapital 12), I decided to begin with a short anecdote that we all could farbreng with.

8:00pm: How Much Should One Invest in Lottery Tickets?

The topics in this week’s 375th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How Much Should One Invest in Lottery Tickets? Why Would a Benevolent G-d Ask Abraham to Kill His Son? And Why Did Abraham Comply Without Question? Is the Forecasted Huge Solar Storm Perhaps a Sign of the Sun Being Removed From Its Shield After Moshiach Comes? Is There a Guaranteed Segulah That Works in Order to Become Wealthy? What Should Our Attitude Be Toward Gambling? How Do We Distinguish Between Taliban Fundamentalism and L’Havdil the “Fundamentalism” Described in the Torah?

8:00pm: How Do We Maintain Inspiration After the Holidays?

The topics in this week’s 373rd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How Do We Maintain Inspiration After the Holidays? How Do We Apply the Chet Etz Hadaas to Our Personal Lives? Why Are There No Holidays in Cheshvan? When Were Angels Created? Is the Soul a Creation, or Did Souls Always Exist? Why Did Adam and Eve Cover Themselves After Eating From the Tree of Knowledge? Why Did G-d Ask Adam “Where Are You?” Was It Part of G-d’s Plan That Adam and Eve Sin in Order to Repair? What Can We Learn From the Three Floors in the Ark?