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8:00pm: What Can You Say to the Families Grieving the Losses of Their Loved Ones in the Surfside Collapse?

The topics in this week’s 361st episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: 

  • What can you say to the families grieving the losses of their loved ones in the Surfside collapse?
  • Chassidus applied to the Nine Days
    • What lessons does this time period have for us?
    • Why do we refer to this month as Menachem Av?
    • Is there significance that the only death in the Torah where it notes the exact time and place is that of Aaron on Rosh Chodesh Av?
    • What can we learn from the Arizal’s yahrzeit being on the 5th of Av?
    • Do we have to only focus on the negative during these sad days?
    • What can we do prevent negative things from happening during these days? Should we keep a mezuzah in our cars?
    • Is someone born during the nine days prohibited from making a birthday party?
  • Lessons from Parshas Devarim and Shabbos Chazon
    • Why is there the fifth book of Mishne Torah – why the need to repeat what was said earlier?
    • Is Moshe’s final address to the nation similar to the Rebbe’s “do all that you can” 28th of Nissan address?
    • Who wrote the five books of Chumash? If Moses wrote it, how can we explain the parts where it talks about Moses’ death? 
  • What should I do with my angry feelings toward G-d for allowing such tragedy?
  • Chassidus question: Why are they exactly nine days?

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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