8:00pm: Why Do Some Think That Simchas Torah Must Include Getting Drunk, and What Can We Do About It?

The topics in this week’s 421^st episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: 

• Chassidus Applied to Post Tishrei
  • What is special about this time as we transition from the holiday season into the regular year?
  • How do we draw energy into our daily routines from the renewal of Rosh Hashana, the sanctity of Yom Kippur and the joy of Sukkos?
  • What practical things can we do to tap into this energy?
  • What does it mean that after the Tishrei holidays we need to “unpack the bundles”?
  • What are some of the second chances given to those who didn’t maximize the full energy of, or participate completely in, the Tishrei holidays?
  • What happens after Simchas Torah? Is the dancing itself the container for blessings, or is there something additional I must do?
  • Why do we only dance with the Torah on Simchas Torah and not every time we take out the Torah to read from it?
• Chassidus Applied to Hakhel
  • What is the significance of Hakhel today?
  • How can we observe the spirit of Hakhel without a Beis Hamikdash and a physical king? 
  • Can the newly crowned King Charles serve as king to read the Torah for us?
  • Is a Hakhel year the most opportune time for Moshiach to come? 
• Why do some think that Simchas Torah must include getting drunk, and what can we do about it? 
• Follow-up
  • Grooming young people for leadership positions
  • Why not travel to Uman for Rosh Hashana?
  • Creating change in your life

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