8:00pm: Is There Anything Wrong With Giving Chanukah Presents? Should Yichus Matter When It Comes to Shidduchim?
The topics in this week’s 381st episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
- Chassidus applied to Chanukah
- Why do the Chanukah lights endure, while the Temple Menorah did not?
- Why do we light eight candles, at night, facing outside, unlike the Temple Menorah?
- What does Chanukah teach us today?
- What is the connection with us being lamplighters and Chanukah?
- Is the oil of Chanukah related to Chassidus?
- Why do we celebrate the zealotry of the Maccabees?
- Is there anything wrong with giving Chanukah presents?
- Is religion stopping frum Jews from contributing to society (a modern Hellenist claim)?
- Lessons from Miketz
- Why did Joseph have to torment his brothers with an elaborate scheme and not just reunite with them and his father?
- Can Pharoah’s dreams about the seven cows and seven stalks of wheat be interpreted to relate to the seven generations of Chabad and the subsequent time after Gimmel Tammuz?
- Why did Joseph have to suffer so?
- Should yichus matter when it comes to shidduchim?
- Do I need to donate to every crowdfunding campaign?
- Sholom Bayis
- How can I learn to respect my husband?
- What should I do when I am feeling annoyed at my spouse’s behavior?
- When to let go and when to address an issue that bothers me in my marriage?
- How do I deal with a spouse who has lost her faith?
- Chassidus question: Please elaborate on the idea that each Rebbe added understanding to Chassidus corresponding to the sefiros: chochma, bina, daas etc.
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Joanne
I doubt that people looks only at the person itself for a Shidduch. People preach a lot but when it comes to their own children they look for someone with a yichus.