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8:00pm: Special Yud Tes Kislev Student Edition: How Do You Deal With Bad Influences?

The topics in this week’s 334th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will address questions submitted exclusively by high school students, which include: Special Yud Tes Kislev Student Edition: How Do You Deal With Bad Influences? How Do We Reconcile the Rebbe’s Words That on One Hand We Have “Finished Our Avodah” and at the Same Time “Do Everything You Can to Bring Moshiach”? What Should I Do if My Feelings Are Numb? What Is Torah’s Perspective on Therapy? What Does Chassidish Mean? As a Student How Can I Live up to My Fullest Potential?

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New Engagement!

Shalom Assouline (Paris, France) to Bracha Labi (Milan, Italy)
Baby Girl!

Yossi and Mushky (nee Parnes) Teleshevsky from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Esther (nee Fajnland) Scharf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Aharon and Rivka (nee Felberman) Simon from Dallas, TX had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Chaim and Chaya Pape from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Levi and Miri Tenenbaum from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Chanie Mogilevsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moshe and Sarah Spalter from Lake Forest, IL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Itshak Cohen (Versailles, France) to Hanni Sitruk (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Meir Yabra (Crown Heights) to Chaya Spritzer (Monroe Township, NJ) L’Chaim: Wednesday, Oct. 7th, 8:30pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Baby Boy!

David and Elka (nee Boymelgreen) New from Miami, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Mechy and Dini (nee Riechman) Weiss from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Srulik Perlman (Canadensis, PA) to Shoshi Wertheimer (Queens, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at the JCM Upper Level
New Engagement!

Mendel Kopf (Nice, France) to Haya Touitou (Yerres,France)
New Engagament!

Levi Sudak (Edgware, UK) to Muka Sandhaus (Thornhill, Ontario) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana
New Engagement!

Dovid Dworcan (Montreal, Canada) to Mushka Lieberman (West Hempstead, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Upper Level
New Engagement!

Yisroel Meir Kasowitz (Lauderhill/Hollywood, FL) to Sima Steifel (Longmeadow, MA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 6:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs

Weekly Story: Are You An Admirer Or A Chossid?

This Shabbos is Yud Tes Kislev, Chag Hachagim and Rosh Hashanah L’Chassidus, and a day that chassidim always farbrenged, so I am posting two of the points that I will be mentioning in the farbrengen in honor of Yud Tes Kislev. The first one is about Yud Tes Kislev and the second one is in connection to the Chalukas Hashas, which the Alter Rebbe instituted and is part of darkei Hachassidus.

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8:00pm: Should a Husband See Himself as His Wife’s Mashpia?

The topics in this week’s 333rd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Should a Husband See Himself as His Wife’s Mashpia? What Is the Torah’s Position on Marrying Cousins? Why Were the Rebbe’s Parents Unable to Attend His Wedding? Why Doesn’t the Torah Give Marriage Advice? Why Would Heaven Be Opposed to the Alter Rebbe Teaching Chassidus? How Can We Rely on Authorities When It’s Possible That the Blind Are Leading the Blind?

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8:00pm: What Should I Do if My Spouse Chooses to Believe Nearly Every Conspiracy Theory, Especially Those Related to Health?

The topics in this week’s 332nd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: What Should I Do if My Spouse Chooses to Believe Nearly Every Conspiracy Theory, Especially Those Related to Health? What Is the Purpose of Our Descent Into This Hostile World? What Did the Mitteler Rebbe Contribute to Chassidus? Was Rivkah Actually 3 Years Old When She Got Married to Yitzchak?! Why Was It Okay for Yaakov to Cheat Esau Out of His Birthright?! Should We Be Following the New Covid Precautions? Are You a Supporter of Trump or Biden? Should We Stay Out of Politics? Is Our Soul Purified Anew Each Morning?

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Weekly Story: Fighting Impurity

This coming Shabbos, the fifth of Kislev, is the yahrzheit of Reb Shlomo Eliezer HaLevi Eidels,[1] better known as the Maharsha[2], whose commentary on the entire Gemorah as well as on the Aggaditas (the stories in the Gemorah) are well known. This story took place towards the end of his life in the city of Ostroh, Ukraine, where he was the Rov.

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