8:00pm: Is It Appropriate to Demand the Coming of Moshiach?

The topics in this week’s 399th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

  • Chassidus Applied to Post Passover
    • What can we do to ensure that the lessons of Pesach are internalized and last throughout the year?
    • Why do we call one of the four children a “rasha” when the Rebbe would always emphasize the pure soul in every person?
  • Moshiach’s Seudah
    • What is the significance of this meal on the last day of Pesach?
    • Can we apply the process of leaving Mitzrayin followed by Moshiach’s Seudah at the end of the Yom tov to our own freedom from our personal traumas?
    • Why did the Rebbeim not institute the drinking of a fifth cup in Moshiach’s seudah corresponding to Eliyahu’s cup?
    • How do we explain Moshiach’a meal being done in Israel on the 7th day of Pesach?
  • What lesson do we learn from the fact that during these weeks the Torah portion read outside of Israel is different than the one read in Israel? 
  • Lessons from Parshas Acharei and Kedoshim
    • What is the right way of experiencing divine passion without being hurt?
    • Why can we pray anywhere when we could bring offerings only in the Temple?
  • Omer counting
    • What is the importance of counting the Omer?
    • Is there a reason that we only focus on the seven emotions and not on the three intellectual sefirot of chochma bina daas? 
  • Chof Ches Nissan
    • Is it appropriate to demand the coming of Moshiach?
  • Chassidus question: How can we perpetually be leaving Mitzrayim?


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