8:00pm: Is It Appropriate for Schools to Have Their Children Solicit Their Families for a Fundraising Campaign?

The topics in this week’s 405th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

  • Chassidus Applied to Post Shavuos
    • How do we maintain inspiration after the initial spark dissipates?
    • If G-d gave every Jew the Torah for free, why are yeshiva tuitions so expensive?
    • What positive changes can I expect now that I have finally counted Sefira all 49 days with a brocha?
    • What do we learn from the seven days of tashlumin?
  • Chassidus Applied to Behaalotecha
    • What do we learn from lighting the Menorah in a way that the “flames rise on their own”?
    • Why were the Levites commanded to shave off all their hair? How about their beards?
    • Why did the Jews complain about the manna – the perfect food?
    • Who were Eldad and Medad?
    • Why was Miriam punished for criticizing Moshe?
    • Is there a connection between Miriam waiting seven days and the mikveh?
  • Is it appropriate for schools to have their children solicit their families for a fundraising campaign?
  • Why are people so opposed to the government requiring yeshivas to teach more secular studies? 
  • Chassidus question:  If there is a connection between Shemitah and Shabbos, why is Shemitah only observed within the borders of Israel but Shabbos is observed everywhere?


MyLife: Chassidus Applied is a weekly video webcast candidly answering questions from the public about all life matters and challenges, covering the entire spectrum of human experience. 

This hour-long dose of insights, broadcast live every Sunday night 8-9PM ET, is meant to provide people with inspired guidance and direction, empowering them to deal with any issue they may face. 

In what has become a staple in so many people’s lives, MyLife: Chassidus Applied 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?

MyLife demonstrates how Chassidus provides us with a comprehensive blueprint of the human psyche as a microcosm of the cosmos, and offers us all the guidance we need to live the healthiest possible life and build nurturing homes and families, bringing up the healthiest possible children, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. MyLife is brought to you by the Meaningful Life Center as a public service, free of charge.

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