8:00pm: How Should a Couple Resolve Disagreements About Having Children?
The topics in this week’s 384th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
- Chassidus applied to Shemos
- What personal lessons do we learn from the story of the Egyptian exile and redemption?
- Why do we need to read about all the painful details of the Jews suffering and affliction?
- How did Moshe find out he was Jewish?
- Who were the two Jewish men that saw Moshe kill the Egyptian, and why would they report him?
- Why were some wicked people, like Dasan and Aviram, fortunate to have their names and lineage mentioned in the Torah?
- What is the significance of G-d talking to Moshe from the burning bush?
- Why was Moshe commanded to take off his sandals before approaching the burning bush?
- Was the Egyptian redemption initiated from above, and will the future redemption be different?
- What are some practical examples of how we can express bitachon in our everyday lives?
- Lessons from 20 Teves
- What is the significance of this day and what does it teach us?
- Follow-up
- 10 Teves: Why do we have four fast days to commemorate the different stages leading up to and including the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash?
- Vayechi:
- Why do we speak about the bones of Yosef if the body of a Tzaddik remains intact?
- Was Jacobs’ blessing to Zebulun fulfilled, that he will dwell on the coast of the seas?
- Is it appropriate to listen to a sicha of the Rebbe on double speed?
- Sholom Bayis: How should a couple resolve disagreements about having children
- My husband is afraid of having children due to my father’s mental health issues. How can I resolve this?
- What to do if the wife wants children and the husband is just not ready?
- Should I pursue intellectual truth regardless of where it may lead me, even if it may cause me to reject my upbringing?
- What does Torah/Chassidus say about fetishes?
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