8:00pm: Should We Vote for a Jewish Candidate for Governor Who Is Married to a Non-Jew?

The topics in this week’s 422^nd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: 

• Chassidus Applied to Lech Lecha and Zayin Cheshvan
  • What is the meaning of the statement that Parshas Noach is a melancholy week, but the end of the week is joyous due to the birth of Abraham; but the true joyous week is Lech Lecha, when we live with Abraham all week long?
  • What can Abraham teach us today about dealing with our confusing times?
  • What do we learn from the 7^th of Cheshvan when the last Jews returned home after the holidays?
  • What did Malkizedek do wrong by blessing Avraham before blessing G-d? 
  • Is our connection to the Patriarchs physical or spiritual? 
• Chassidus applied to Bereishis
  • Does Bereishis barah Elokim mean that in the beginning concealment (from the name Elokim) was created?
  • What is the connection between the ten sefiros and the ten maamaros? 
  • Are there maamarim that explain the rakiya? Why was it necessary and what practical lessons do we take from it?
• Chassidus applied to Noach
  • What exactly happened during and after the flood for Hashem to change the rule and now allow the consumption of meat?
  • Are we able to quell our fears about global warming by remembering G-d’s covenant of the rainbow?
  • If the flood eradicated evil from the world, how is it possible that Noach’s offspring could sin and build the Tower of Babel?
  • Why was it a sin to build the Tower of Babel? 
• What are your thoughts on the Miami Boys Choir going viral on social media?
• Should we vote for a Jewish candidate for governor who is married to a non-Jew?
• Can someone with severe PTSD use a phone on Shabbos?

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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