8:00pm: How Did the Rebbe Change the World and What Is His Impact on My Life Today?

The topics in this week’s 398^th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

• Chassidus applied to Yud Alef Nissan – 120 Years
  • Why are we honoring this day?
  • Why should the Rebbe’s birthday matter to those that never heard of the Rebbe?
  • What is the significance of the Rebbes 120th birthday if Gimmel Tammuz happened 28 years ago?
  • How did the Rebbe change the world and what is his impact on my life today? 
  • How to deal with the challenges of the 21st century?
• What methods did the Rebbe teach in order to prosper without apathy?
• 13 Nissan – Tzemech Tzedek’s 156^th Yahrzeit: Why did crying out Tzemech three times not bring the geulah?
• Chassidus applied to Pesach
  • How do I deal with my wife’s OCD around Pesach?
  • If the seder represents our celebration of freedom from slavery, why do we make a seder during golus when we are not entirely truly free yet until Moshiach comes?
  • Why do we mention during the seder that we are descendants of slaves and idolaters when it is prohibited and insulting to remind a convert that he came from idol worshippers?
  • Is there a spiritual reason for the custom to peel fruits and vegetables on Pesach? 
  • If matzah represents humility and bread represents arrogance, why do we only eat matza for eight days instead of all year long?
  • Why do we lean to the left during the Seder?
• Chassidus question: How will Pesach be observed after Moshiach comes?

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