8:00PM: Is There a Connection Between Mrs. Lapine’s Murder 30 Years Ago This Week and the Rebbe’s Stroke Three Weeks Later?

The topics in this week’s 390th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

  • Chassidus Applied to Adar I
    • What is the significance of this year being a leap year, with two months of Adar? 
    • What do we learn from a leap year?
    • Why is Adar the extra month?
    • Did the Rebbe ever say that a leap year is a propitious time and has more opportunities for Moshiach to come?
    • In this month when it’s favorable to go to a din-Torah, can we take G-d to a din-Torah to bring Moshiach?
  • Lessons from Terumah
    • How do we build a mishkan in our lives today?
    • Why can’t we have a temporary sanctuary until the Third Temple is rebuilt?
    • What was the showbread in the Mishkan? What is its substitute today?
    • Does praying toward the north bring us wealth?
  • Follow-up: 22 Shevat – How do we repay the Rebbe for all he did and does for us?
  • Is there a connection between Mrs. Lapine’s murder 30 years ago this week and the Rebbe’s stroke three weeks later?
  • Did the feminist movement kill femininity?
  • How should we address the recent abuse scandal? – Follow-up
  • Chassidus question: Please explain the concept of “אליו ולא מדותיו” (ailov v’lo l’midosov)


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