8:00pm: Is It Appropriate to Induce a Spiritual Experience Through a Drum Circle?

The topics in this week’s 365th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

  • Chassidus applied to Re’eh
    • How can a “curse” be called a gift? 
    • What happened at Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal? 
    • Why are we not allowed to drink blood?
    • What is the criteria for an evil idolatrous city to be destroyed?
  • How to respond to recent tragedies?
  • As I celebrate my 100th birthday, what is one important lesson of Jewish wisdom I can impart to my family to ensure they will have the passion to carry on our Jewish traditions?
  • Is it appropriate to induce a spiritual experience through a drum circle?
  • How should I deal with my family opposing my choice of being a Chassid?
  • As I become more religious I am alienating some of my friends. What should do about that?
  • Follow up: Magen Dovid on the Reb Levik’s matzeivah
  • Traveling to Alma Ata: Sentiments about the Rebbe and his father
  • Chassidus question: Is it significant that there are three weeks of mourning and seven weeks of consolation?
  • MyLife 2020 Chassidus Applied Essay and Creative Contest – 32nd Place winners:
    • Essay English: Just Not Feeling It, Chani Herzog, 21, Teacher at Lubavitch Senior Girls school London, England. 
    • Essay Hebrew (men): ויתעצב אל לבו בהשקפת תורת החסידות, Rav Royi Tor, Beit Sha’an, Israel
    • Essay Hebrew (women): הלילה הזה, Mrs. Irit Tzipori, Kiryat Shemona, Israel
    • Creative: A Soul; A Flame (short story), Shaina Rochel Goldstein, 19, Student, Beis Chana – Tzfas Seminary. Home town: Brooklyn, NY

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.