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8:00pm: What Can We Do About the Housing Crisis Facing Our Young Couples Today?

The topics in this week’s 366th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: What Can We Do About the Housing Crisis Facing Our Young Couples Today? Does a Community Bear Responsibility if One of Its Members Is Hurt or Abused? What Lessons Can We Learn From the Recent Efforts to Build Rockets to Travel Into Outer Space? Do We Really Exist or Are We Just Programmed to Think We Exist? What Special Power Does Elul Have?

8:00pm: Is It Appropriate to Induce a Spiritual Experience Through a Drum Circle?

The topics in this week’s 365th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Traveling to Alma Ata: Sentiments About the Rebbe and His Father; Is It Appropriate to Induce a Spiritual Experience Through a Drum Circle? How Should I Deal With My Family Opposing My Choice of Being a Chassid? As I Become More Religious I Am Alienating Some of My Friends. What Should Do About That? How Can a “Curse” Be Called a Gift? As I Celebrate My 100th Birthday, What Is One Important Lesson of Jewish Wisdom I Can Impart to My Family to Ensure They Will Have the Passion to Carry On Our Jewish Traditions?

8:00pm: How Should We React to Ben and Jerry’s Boycott of Israel?

The topics in this week’s 364th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How Should We React to Ben and Jerry’s Boycott of Israel? What Is the Rebbe’s Fathers’ Most Famous Torah? How Should We Categorize the Rebbe’s Fathers’ Contribution to Chassidus? Is It Advisable to Pray in the Forest as the Baal Shem Tov Did?

Weekly Story: Shema Yisroel

Two weeks ago I wrote about the HaKriah V’Hakedusha. While browsing through it, I noticed that in the issue of Cheshvan 5703 (pp. 440 – 438 in the bound edition) in the column that is devoted to explain parts of the siddur, that month was devoted to explaining the first parsha of Shema Yisroel and its unique connection to the Ten Commandments. Since in this week’s parsha we read and learn the parsha of Shema, I decided to post it.

8:00pm: Since You Worked Together With the Iconic Reb Yoel Kahn a”h, Can You Please Share Some Thoughts About Him Upon His Sad Passing?

The topics in this week’s 363rd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Will Unconditional Love Reverse the Damage Done by Baseless Hate? What Does It Mean That Moshiach Is Born on Tisha B’Av? Since You Worked Together With the Iconic Reb Yoel Kahn a”h, Can You Please Share Some Thoughts About Him Upon His Sad Passing? How Does One Deal With the Anxiety Resulting From the Recent Tragedies?