8:00PM: How Can I Guide My Son Struggling With Gender Issues? Is There Anything I Can Do to Repair a Relationship With an Estranged Child?

The topics in this week’s 397th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

·         Lessons from Beis Nissan

o   What was the most important contribution the Rebbe Rashab made to Chassidus and what can we learn from it to improve our lives?

·         Chassidus applied to Metzora

o   What lessons do we learn from this week’s Torah chapter?

o   Is quarantine the perfect punishment for gossiping?

o   What benefits are there in quarantining?

·         Tazria Follow-up: Isn’t conception tangential to the continuing verses? What do we learn from that?

·         Lessons from Shabbos HaGadol: What personal lessons do we learn from this Shabbos?

·         The Miracles of Nissan:

o   What type of miracles happen this month?

o   Are we to expect miracles to occur now as they did during the exodus from Egypt?

·         What can we do about the recent terrorist attacks in Israel?

·         How can I guide my son struggling with gender issues?

·         Is there anything I can do to repair a relationship with an estranged child?

·         Why is it so difficult to find mashpia to speak with?

·         Chassidus question: What is the meaning of the birds in the prayer we recite after each Nassi during the first days of Nissan?


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.

This hour-long dose of insights, broadcast live every Sunday night 8-9PM ET, 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.

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