How Should I Deal With a Daughter Who Hasn’t Spoken With Me for Years? Should I Be Relying on My Husband or on Hashem? Why Did Moshe Separate From His Wife? What Should Be Our Attitude Toward Healing Methods Which May Originate From Other Disciplines? Is There Any Truth in Other Spiritual Schools of Thought? Why Was It Important for Us to Be in the Desert for Forty Years? Why Do Some Communities Not Listen to Music After Lag B’Omer?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 449, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, May 14, 2023 / 23 Iyar 5783 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
Podcast YouTube Chassidusapplied.com
The topics in this week’s 449th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
· Chassidus Applied to Bamidbar
o Why do we read this portion before Shavuos?
o What personal message does this parsha offer us?
o Why was it important for us to be in the desert for forty years?
o What is the relevance of the tribes camping formation?
· Did the Rebbe suggest that people should visit the Ohel on Lag B’Omer? Follow-up
· The students of Rabbi Akiva
o Why do some communities not listen to music after Lag B’Omer?
o How is it possible that Rabbi Akiva’s students defied their teacher’s fundamental statement that loving your fellow as yourself is a cardinal principle of Torah?
o Why didn’t Rabbi Akiva recognize and resolve the disrespect among his students?
o If the students of Rabbi Akiva deserved to be punished for disrespecting each other, why do we mourn them?
o Why did they deserve such a harsh punishment for disrespecting each other?
o Do we have a right to be upset at the 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva, because due to their bad behavior we are deprived from listening to music?
· When Moshiach comes will there be a coronation ceremony like they made for King Charles of England but on a much grander scale?
· Parents and children
o How should I deal with a daughter who hasn’t spoken with me for years? Should I just accept it or attempt reconciliation?
o Does honoring parents mean that they can hurt their children?
· Sholom Bayis
o Should I be relying on my husband or on Hashem?
o Why did Moshe separate from his wife? What does that teach us about the importance of sholom bayis?
· Can we ask for wealth? Follow-up
· What should be our attitude toward healing methods, like chakra energy healing, which may originate from other spiritual or religious disciplines?
· Is there any truth in other spiritual schools of thought?
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.
Questions may be submitted anonymously at chassidusapplied.com/ask.
Live Video
Also at: chassidusapplied.com/mlc-tv
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/mylife-chassidus-applied
