8:00pm: Should We Have Ahavas Yisroel to Jews Who Incite Against Other Jews?

The topics in this week’s 355th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

  • Chassidus applied to 12 Sivan

o   What is the significance of this day?

o   How has Sinai impacted the world?

  • Chassidus applied to Behaalotcho

o   Why is it so critical to ensure that the “flame rises on its own”?

o   Do the seven types of souls of the menorah correspond to different demographic groups?

  • Israel under attack and the cease fire

o   What should our attitude be?

o   What can we do to help the situation?

o   Is there hope for a peaceful future?

o   Is there anything we can do to show the Arabs that we want peace?

o   In an ideal world, what would happen to the Palestinians currently living in Israel?

o   Are there any verses in Torah where the prophets describe the miracles we are seeing?

  • Rise of anti-Semitic acts

o   Should we remove mezuzos to avoid being targeted by anti-Semitic mobs?

  • Should we have Ahavas Yisroel to Jews who incite against other Jews?
  • When Moshiach comes…

o   Will we have to wait for the priests to be trained?

o   Will service in the beis hamikdosh commence right away?

o   Could Moshiach be here now and we don’t know?

o   Will he be a kohen?

  • Chassidus question: What is the difference between the nefesh elokis vs yetzer tov and nefesh habehamis vs yetzer hara?
  • MyLife 2020 Chassidus Applied Essay and Creative Contest: 23rd Place winners:

o   Essay English: You Are Stronger Than You Think, Aliza Leiner, 26, London,UK

o   Essay Hebrew (men): מידת הכעס, Levi Alishevitz, Student, Kiryat Gat, Israel

o   Essay Hebrew (women): להאמין בעצמנו ולגלות את הכוחות הטמונים בנו, Chana Veinfeld, Student, Eilat, Israel

o   Creative: Creative: Gray World (lyrics), Chaya Solika Garbose, 20, Machon Alte Seminary. Hometown: London, UK

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