8:00pm: Gimmel Tammuz – 25 Years: What Does It Mean?

The topics in this week’s 266th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

  • Gimmel Tammuz – 25 years: What does it mean?
  • How do we turn Gimmel Tammuz day into an ongoing change in our daily lives?
  • Why isn’t calling the Rebbe Nosi Ha’Dor self-serving?
  • How can we describe the Rebbe with Torah verses referring to G-d?
  • Why is the note we write to the Rebbe at the Ohel called a pidyon nefesh?
  • How can we understand our personal expressions regarding the Rebbe in Maaneh Loshon?
  • Chassidus Applied to Chof Ches Sivan and Korach
  • Follow up: Mashpia
  • Chassidus question: Is there a connection between the different events in history that happened on Gimmel Tammuz?
  • My Life 2019 essays: Navigating the Many Waters of Millennial Life , Yitzi Tuvel, 31, Bondi, Australia; Battling the Butterflies, Gavriel Eagle, 18, Baltimore, MD; ’סוד החוכמה העליונה – כח מ”ה: הכוח לשאול ‘מה, Hadas Yehudis Tsuri, 42, Ma’agan Michael, Israel

This hour-long dose of insights, broadcast live every Sunday night 8-9PM EST, is meant to inform, inspire and empower us by applying the teachings of Chassidus to help us face practical and emotional challenges and difficulties in our personal lives and relationships. To have your question addressed, please submit it at chassidusapplied.com/ask.

In what has now become a staple in so many people’s lives, MyLife: Chassidus Applied addresses questions that many people are afraid to ask and others are afraid to answer. When asked about the sensitive topics he has been addressing, Rabbi Simon Jacobson commented, “I understand that the stakes are high and great care has to be taken when speaking openly, but the silence and lack of clarity on matters plaguing the community can no longer go unaddressed. The stakes of not providing answers are even higher.”

The on-going series 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?

In inimitable “Jacobson-fashion”, the broadcast answers people’s questions in simple, clear language while being heavily sourced. Each episode is jam-packed with eye-opening advice from the Rebbeim, gleaned from uncovering surprising gems in their letters, sichos and maamorim that address our personal issues with disarming relevance. Simultaneously, Rabbi Jacobson is able to crystallize a concept quickly, succinctly, and poignantly for any level of listener.

All episodes are immediately available for viewing in the MLC’s archive and can be downloaded as MP3s for listening on the go.

Questions may be submitted anonymously at chassidusapplied.com/ask.