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8:00pm: How Do We Determine the Validity of a Torah Teacher?

This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 200, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Chof Beis Shevat: 30th Yahrzeit of the Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka; How Do We Determine the Validity of a Torah Teacher? Why Did G-d Create the World for His Pleasure at Our Expense? How Can We Get Men to Be More Refined? Why Don’t We Daven the Way Chassidus Expects of Us? Does the Inanimate World “Feel” Things?

Something Jewish: Describe A Person Properly

Since this upcoming Wednesday is Chof-Beis (the 22nd) of Shevat, the Yahrzeit of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, I chose to relate the following vignette/snippet of her life, with the hope that we will learn from it. As the Rebbe continuously said after her petirah, Vihachai yieten el libo – and the living shall take to heart.

Taylor Talks: One Thought that will Heal You

G-d says in the book of Exodus: “All the diseases that I placed on Egypt, I will not place on you. I am G-d your Healer.” The verse, at first glance, seems contradictory. First G-d says that sickness will not come, but concludes the verse “I am G-d, your Healer,” implying that sickness may indeed come and He will heal it! The ambiguity can be explained as follows: When G-d brought the plagues to Egypt, He did so as a punishment for transgression. G-d informs the Jewish people that afflictions that come upon them will be of a different nature. Rabbi Pinchas Taylor reminds us that the afflictions will not be punishments per se; they will instead be curative wounds.

8:00pm: Is the Expression “Fake News” Being Overused?

This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 199, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Newly Uncovered Yechidus About the Importance of Applying Chassidus; Tips for Writing a Winning Mylife: Chassidus Applied Essay; Is the Expression “Fake News” Being Overused? How Much Honor Do We Owe Our Parents, Especially an Overbearing One? Is It Better to Daven in a Non-Chabad Shul Where the Davening Is Less Rushed?

Weekly Story: Keep Moving Forward

Today, we are beginning the 68th year of the Rebbe’s nesius (leadership).  Sixty-eight is the numerical value of the word Chaim (life). So while every year the farbrengen in honor of Yud Shevat, is a momentous occasion, this year it is especially so, we have to bring life and vitality into our connection to the Rebbe.