8:00pm: How Much Should One Invest in Lottery Tickets?
The topics in this week’s 375th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
- Chassidus applied to Vayeira
- Why did G-d appear to Abraham and what does that teach us?
- Why did Abraham turn away from G-d to greet guests? Doesn’t that seem rude?
- Why would a benevolent G-d ask Abraham to kill his son? And why did Abraham comply without question?
- Why do we teach our children this violent story?
- How were the angels able to eat with Abraham when they are spiritual beings that don’t consume physical food?
- Why did Sarah laugh when she heard that she would have a child at age 90?
- Why did Abraham protest G-d’s plan to destroy the evil city of Sodom?
- Why was Lot saved?
- Is the forecasted huge solar storm perhaps a sign of the sun being removed from its shield after Moshiach comes?
- How much should one invest in lottery tickets?
- Is there a guaranteed segulah that works in order to become wealthy?
- What should our attitude be toward gambling?
- How can I convince my friend to stop gambling away his money in casinos?
- What should I do about discovering my father watching inappropriate content?
- How do we distinguish between Taliban fundamentalism and l’havdil the “fundamentalism” described in the Torah?
- Chassidus question: What is the experience of “taanug in Elokus” supposed to look or feel like?
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 human experience.
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