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8:00pm: What Do You Think Should Be the Acronym for the New Year – Taf Shin Peh Beis?

The topics in this week’s 369th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: 

  • What unique opportunities does Elul offer us?
  • Chassidus applied to 25 Elul
    • What do we learn from the day when the world was created?
    • Since time itself was created, how can there be a 25th of Elul, suggesting days and months prior to that day?
  • Lessons from Netzavim
    • Why do we read this portion before Rosh Hashana?
    • What is the deeper meaning in ki karov elecha hadavar meod, and why do we need an entire Tanya to explain this verse?
  • What can we learn from the fact that the coming new year is a Shemita Year?
  • What do you think should be the acronym for the new year – Taf Shin Peh Beis?
  • Do each of us have a unique mission or are we all equally charged with fulfilling G-d’s will?
  • Why do our souls need a tikkun?
  • Why is speech so powerful that we need to take care of what we say?
  • Why do many people use the expression “Torah and Chassidus”?
  • Is the return of Taliban control a sign that evil will make one last stand before Moshiach comes?
  • What can I do as a tikkun for killing a deer?
  • Follow up:
    • Golem
    • Tomchei Tmimim
  • Chassidus question: If G-d recreates the world every moment, what is so special about Rosh Hashana?

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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