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8:00pm: Is It Acceptable to Ask Forgiveness via Social Media & Other Intriguing Yom Kippur Questions

The topics in this week’s 371st episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Is It Acceptable to Ask Forgiveness via Social Media & Other Intriguing Yom Kippur Questions; Vov Tishrei Lessons: Why Is Respecting Parents Such a Great Mitzvah? Why Did the Rebbe Honor His Mother by Analyzing and Explaining Rashi? What We Can Learn From 9/11: How Crumbling Structures Lead to Greater Growth; Why Is Yom Kippur the Holiest Day of the Year? How Does Throwing a Goat off a Cliff to Its Death Atone for Our Sins?

JEM: My Son, The Rebbe

The sixth of Tishrei marks the Yahrzeit of the Rebbe’s mother, Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson. She stood faithfully at the side of her husband, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, as he sacrificed his life for the preservation of Judaism under the Soviet regime.

20 Years Later, Part 1: A Memoir From A Hatzalah Volunteer

As we reach the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, CrownHeights.info presents a series of photos, memoirs, and documents from that fateful day.

8:00pm: How Do We Deal With Holiday Related OCD?

The topics in this week’s 370th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: What Can We Learn From the Heavy Rains That Fell as We Prepare For Rosh Hashana? What Are Some Things the Rebbe Did Erev Rosh Hashana to Prepare for a New Year? Why Does a King Need to Be Coronated Every Year? What Is the Reason for the Different Shofar Sounds? How to Break an Addiction as a New Year Resolution? How Do We Deal With Holiday Related OCD?

JEM: Pre-Rosh Hashanah Blessings

From 1975 (5736), Israeli photographer Levi Yitzchak Freidin would come to spend the High Holidays with the Rebbe each year. In addition to his iconic photos, Freidin would also record films of his Tishrei experiences, which he edited, narrated, and screened at yeshivas around Israel.