8:00pm: Why Has Chalukas Hashas Not Gained Traction in Chabad?

This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 240, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm.

This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics:

• Chassidus Applied to 10 Teves and Parshas Vayechi
• Why has Chalukas haShas not gained traction in Chabad?
• What aspect of a Jewish mother determines the Jewishness of her child – conceiving, carrying or both?
• Should we insist that our 8-year-old son go to Shul on Shabbos?
• What should be our goals when we go on mivtzoim?
• How should we speak to non-Jews about sheva mitzvos?
• Follow-up (episodes 238-239):
  • Empowering women
  • Buying a car
• Chassidus question: How does machsoveh (thought) relate to midos?
• My Life 2018 essays:
  • Overcoming Challenges, Ga’m Zu l’Tova, Emunas Hashem and Bitachon, Mindle Lerner, 18, Woodmere, NY
  • The Rebbe’s Leadership after Gimmel Tammuz, Nechama Dina Turk, 44, Chicago, IL
  • To Understand A Convert, Aliza Elisheva Garvin, 26, Brooklyn, NY

This hour-long dose of insights, broadcast live every Sunday night 8-9PM EST, is meant to inform, inspire and empower us by applying the teachings of Chassidus to help us face practical and emotional challenges and difficulties in our personal lives and relationships. To have your question addressed, please submit it at meaningfullife.com/mylife.

In what has now become a staple in so many people’s lives, MyLife: Chassidus Applied addresses questions that many people are afraid to ask and others are afraid to answer. When asked about the sensitive topics he has been addressing, Rabbi Simon Jacobson commented, “I understand that the stakes are high and great care has to be taken when speaking openly, but the silence and lack of clarity on matters plaguing the community can no longer go unaddressed. The stakes of not providing answers are even higher.”

The on-going series has provoked a significant reaction from the community, with thousands of people viewing each live broadcast and hundreds of questions pouring in week after week. At the root of every question and personal challenge tackled by the series is the overarching question: Does Judaism have the answers to my personal dilemmas?

In inimitable “Jacobson-fashion”, the broadcast answers people’s questions in simple, clear language while being heavily sourced. Each episode is jam-packed with eye-opening advice from the Rebbeim, gleaned from uncovering surprising gems in their letters, sichos and maamorim that address our personal issues with disarming relevance. Simultaneously, Rabbi Jacobson is able to crystallize a concept quickly, succinctly, and poignantly for any level of listener.

All episodes are immediately available for viewing in the MLC’s archive and can be downloaded as MP3s for listening on the go.

Questions may be submitted anonymously at meaningfullife.com/mylife.