8:00pm: Parents’ Involvement in Children’s Marriages
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 49, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Parents Involvement in Children’s Marriages, the Baal Teshuvah’s Plight, Friendships, Competition and More.
“My parents disagree with my spouse’s approach to educating our children. What should I do?” While most parents are well-intending, what is the Rebbe’s advice about parents intervening in their children’s marriages? Is it better to honor our parent’s wishes or preserve shalom bayis?
How should a Baal Teshuvah deal with the frustration at their inability to integrate their creativity into their new identity, and disappointment when their idealism shatters? How do we maintain our individuality and passion in traditional community where there is so much pressure to conform and fit in?
Other topics to be addressed in episode 49 include: What lessons, if any, can be learned from the secular world and can they be integrated? How much information should we strive to communicate when inspiring others with Yiddishkeit? Does action supersede education? Should we dilute the full intensity of Jewish commitment? How do we maintain the integrity of Torah while communicating in ways that people can absorb it, without frightening them off?
Additionally, this episode will discuss the importance Chassidus places on friendships: How to be a friend and how to find a friend;as well as how to deal with friendships that become competitive.
This hour-long dose of insight 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 atwww.meaningfullife.com/mylifelive.
The topics in this Sunday’s hour-long broadcast will include:
- Chassidus Applied: Personalizing Hei Teves and Vayechi
- Baal Teshuva disillusionment (follow-up)
- Should we be learning anything from the secular world?
- Should we dilute Yiddishkeit when inspiring others? (follow-up)
- The importance of friendship in Chassidus
- How to nurture friendships
- Competition between friends
- Shalom Bayis: Dealing with different approaches to education
- Should parents intervene in children’s marriages?
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, 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. 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 MP3’s for listening on the go.
Questions may be submitted anonymously at www.meaningfullife.com/mylifelive.
