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MyLife-Chassidus Applied: How to Address the Recent Suicides?

The topics in this week’s 293rd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How to Address the Recent Suicides? Is It Okay for a Tzaddik to Say an Untruth? The Power of Presenting Chassidus in Written or Artistic Form; How to Prepare for the Approaching 70th Anniversary of the Rebbe’s Leadership? Was the Rebbe’s Statement That We Are the Last Generation of Galus and the First Generation of Geulah Just a Bracha and a Wish? Why Did G-d Harden Pharoah’s Heart and Then Punish Him?

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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

8:00pm: Is There Anything Wrong With Secular Studies? Why Is Studying Science Not Like Studying Torah, Since They Both Come From G-d?

The topics in this week’s 292nd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Announcing the 6th Annual MyLife Essay Contest; Chassidus Applied to 24 Teves and Vaeira; How to Prepare for the Approaching 70th Anniversary of the Rebbe’s Leadership? How Long Is the 7th Generation? What Was Moshe’s Birth Name Given by His Parents, and Why Is That Name Not the One We Use? Is There Anything Wrong With Secular Studies? Why Is Studying Science Not Like Studying Torah, Since They Both Come From G-d?

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Weekly Story: A Visit to Ruzhin

In continuation with the theme of preparing for Yud Shevat , shnas hasiviim (the 70th year of the Rebbe’s nesius), I chose the following story which is based on a possuk of this week’s parsha and I heard from my father, Reb Meir a”h. A chossid has to recognize that as much as we know and understand, whatever the Rebbe tells us is Emes liamito.

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Weekly Story: Obedience and True Obedience

As we are in the month of preparation for Yud Shevat shnas hashiviim, one of the points of hiskashrus is following and fullfiling the directives and guidance of the Rebbe and all of the Rebeiim. At the conclusion of a yechidus, the Rebbe Maharash would tell his son the [Rebbe] Rashab a story that was connected to the concept discussed in that yechidus. The following is one of the stories he related, connected to the concept of obedience.

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8:00pm: Why Doesn’t Judaism Focus on Self-Defense, Bearing Weapons and Other Methods of Protecting Ourselves?

The topics in this week’s 290th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Why Doesn’t Judaism Focus on Self-Defense, Bearing Weapons and Other Methods of Protecting Ourselves? What Is Chabad’s Position on Daf Yomi and the Siyum Hashas? Isn’t It About Time That We Create Powerful Programs to Teach People About Moshiach? Should a Parent Let Her Child Eat OU-D? What Is the Significance of Wearing a Black Hat? If Birth Is “G-d Saying You Matter,” What Does Death Mean? How Is One Supposed to Spend a Fast Day According to Chassidus?

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Here’s My Story: Searching For A Motive

After leading congregations in Washington DC, Jersey City, New Jersey, and Norwich, Connecticut, Rabbi Sidney Shulman worked as a stock broker for over forty years. He was interviewed in December of 2019. The full text of the Rebbe’s letter to him can be found in Likkutei Sichot vol. 6 page 276.

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8:00pm: Why Doesn’t Judaism Have a Mechanism to Remove Corrupt People in Power?

The topics in this week’s 289th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: What Exactly Are We Celebrating on Hei Teves? Why Is the Last Day of the Holiday Called “Zos Chanukah”? Is It Okay to Give Any Relevance to the Secular New Year? Why Doesn’t Judaism Have a Mechanism to Remove Corrupt People in Power?

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