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8:00pm: Did the Rebbe Comment on the Crown Heights Riots 30 Years Ago?

The topics in this week’s 368th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

  • Chassidus applied to Chai Elul
    • What can we learn from this day?
    • Is it significant that the Baal Shem Tov was born on Elul?
    • What was the Baal Shem Tov’s main teachings? 
    • Why was there so much opposition to the Baal Shem Tov?
    • Is there a similarity between the Besht’s teaching that all Jews are equal in the eyes of G-d to l’havdil the elimination of class distinctions in socialism?
    • Who was Achiyoh Hashiloni and what connection did he have with being the teacher of the Besht?
    • Why were there groups of hidden tzaddikim? Doesn’t it seem inappropriate to deprive people of their greatness?
    • Are shluchim fulfilling the words of Moshiach to the Besht?
    • Are all Besht legends true? 
    • Did the Besht eliminate demons?
    • What’s the story with the Maharal and the Golem, and the Frierdiker Rebbe visiting the shul in Prague to see the Golem’s remains?
  • Lessons from 15 Elul: 124th anniversary of the founding of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim
    • What does it mean to be a tamim? 
    • What was different and unique about the curriculum in this yeshiva?
    • Who coined the phrase and what is the meaning of “if someone ate the kasha in Tomchei Tmimim they will always be a tamim”? 
    • Is there a source that the Rashab looked into the future and handpicked all the souls that would be students in the yeshiva?
  • Lessons from Ki Tavo
    • If only after 40 years the people reached the level of having a heart to know, eyes to see and ears to hear, how were they able to say naaseh v’nishma and experience high levels of revelation before that?
    • What is the difference between the rebuke in Bechukosei and the one in our chapter?
  • Selichos: When we say “Machnisei rachamim, hachnisu rachameinu” whom are we addressing and what are we asking to be done?
  • Did the Rebbe comment on the Crown Heights riots 30 years ago?
  • Is there a connection between Covid and dibbuk (covid in reverse)?
  • Is flood damage from a big storm or hurricane bad in and of itself, or is the bad due to too much chesed and lack of gevurah?
  • Follow-up
    • Why would the Torah allow a husband to abuse his power of withholding a get?
    • Mamzeirim
  • Chassidus question: Why do we exist?

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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