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8:00pm: Is Psychology Antithetical to Torah?

The topics in this week’s 343rd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

  • Chassidus Applied to Mishpatim, Shekalim and Rosh Chodesh Adar
    • How do we balance reason and faith?
    • How do we build a relationship with G-d?
    • What is the power of joy?
  • Our polarized country – follow-up
  • Was the Rebbe ever in a pandemic?
  • Psychology and Torah
    • Please frame psychology, spirituality, and Chassidus in some sort of context
    • Is psychology antithetical to Torah?
  • Non-Jews
    • Do non-Jews have a soul and free will?
    • What is the difference between psyche and soul from a Chassidic perspective, and how are they different by Jews and non-Jews?
    • How do you explain the end of chapter one in Tanya?
  • Chassidus question: What are the 288 sparks? Where did they come from and what are we supposed to do with them?
  • MyLife 2020 Chassidus Applied Essay and Creative Contest: 14th Place winners:
    • Essay English: The BT Approach: Ways to Move Past Barriers to Growth, Michoel Moshel, 25 Psychology Student, Dover Heights, Australia
    • Essay Hebrew (men): מעלות הנישואין, Ariel Nevai, Beitar Ilit, Israel
    • Essay Hebrew (women): שמחה זו לא בדיחה, Student, Miri Sudakevitch, Kfar Chabad, Israel
    • Creative: The World Around Us through the Lens of Chassidus (mixed media with text and visual), Fraida Raskin, 18, Student, Beth Rivkah Ladies’ College. Hometown: East Bentleigh, Australia


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 the human experience. 

This hour-long dose of insights, broadcast live every Sunday night 8-9PM EST, 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.

Questions may be submitted anonymously at chassidusapplied.com/ask.

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