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Here’s My Story: Who Is A Chassid?

After earning a Ph. D. in biological sciences and studying medicine at Oxford, Dr. David Weiss was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Immunology and Bacteriology at the University of California in Berkley. When he took up this post in 1957, he moved with his family to the San Francisco area. While there, he befriended Rabbi Shlomo Cunin, who was the Rebbe’s emissary to California, and believes that it was Rabbi Cunin who brought him to the Rebbe’s attention.

8:00pm: Does Everyone Have a Soulmate?

This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 213, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: My Teenage Friends Are Drowning: What Can We Do? How to Deal with Religious OCD? Are We Sure That Everyone Has a Soulmate? How to Educate Children About Intimacy? How Do We Explain the Words in Tanya That One Has to Let Go of Everything, Including Wife and Children, for G-d? Chassidus Applied to Shavuos.

Weekly Story: I Am Like A Thick Tree Trunk

A chossid was travelling to the Rebbe in Lubavitch. In those days, one didn’t have access to devices that could give you directions, so they used landmarks and the posted signs to help them along the way. So whenever the chossid came to a crossroad or fork in the road, he looked at the sign and followed the arrow that pointed towards Lubavitch.

8:00pm: Is the Torah Always Sensitive to People’s Feelings?

This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 212, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Is There Any Truth to the Idea of Chassidim and Family Members “Giving” of Their Years to the Rebbe? Is the Torah Always Sensitive to People’s Feelings? How Can a Spouse Handle a Relationship When There Is Absolutely No Intimacy? What Is the Healthy Way for a Teenager to Interact with the Opposite Gender?