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?

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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?

8:00pm: What Can You Say to the Families Grieving the Losses of Their Loved Ones in the Surfside Collapse?

The topics in this week’s 361st episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: What Can You Say to the Families Grieving the Losses of Their Loved Ones in the Surfside Collapse? What Lessons Do the Nine Days Have for Us? Why Do We Refer to This Month as Menachem Av? What Can We Do Prevent Negative Things From Happening During These Days? Should We Keep a Mezuzah in Our Cars? Is Moshe’s Final Address to the Nation Similar to the Rebbe’s “Do All That You Can” 28th of Nissan Address?

8:00pm: Whom Should We Be Voting for in the NY Mayoral Election? and Covid Vaccination

The topics in this week’s 361st episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: What Can Chassidus Teach Us About July 4th and Independence? How Can We Still Hold On to Hope Ten Days Since the Surfside Collapse? What Lessons Do the Three Weeks Have for Us? What Should I Do With My Angry Feelings Toward G-D for Allowing Such Tragedy? Why Can’t Women Annul Their Own Vows? Whom Should We Be Voting for in the NY Mayoral Election? Covid Vaccination

Weekly Dvar Torah: The Medicine Is In Place Long Before The Illness

Sometimes, the answer to a problem may be sitting right under our noses, but we have a hard time seeing it that way since it may be counterintuitive. One such example can be seen in this week’s Parsha.

Shazak Parsha Post – Parshas Pinchas

Vigilante Rewarded, Historic Inheritance Declared, Beloved Student Chosen to Lead, Tzfat and Jerusalem Rabbis Wrangle over Rabbinics, and Ads. Shazak has released their weekly “Parsha Post For Parshas Pinchas”, and has made it available for all here on CrownHeights.info.

8:00pm: How Should We React to the Catastrophic Building Collapse in South Florida?

The topics in this week’s 360th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How Should We React to the Catastrophic Building Collapse in South Florida? What Can We Learn From the Breaching of the Jerusalem Walls? Why Do We Still Fast for an Event That Happened 2,000 Years Ago, but We Don’t Have a Fast Day for the Holocaust? Why Is Pinchas Rewarded for Zealotry? Isn’t That Setting a Precedent for Inspiring Zealots to Commit Crimes? Is There an Appropriate Way of Complaining to G-d? Is There Anything Wrong With Obfuscating the Fact I’m Jewish When Going Out in Public, Especially With the Rise of Anti-Semitism?