MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 520, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, November 17, 2024 / 16 Cheshvan 5785 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
Podcast YouTube Chassidusapplied.com
The topics in this week’s 520th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
What do we learn from Parshas Chayei Sarah?
- How can these Torah chapters help us understand today’s wars and what we can do to help the situation?
- What is the central theme of this Torah portion?
- Why is the portion that talks about the death of Sarah called the life of Sarah?
- What is the lesson from Eliezer initially wanting his own daughter to marry Yitzchak, but ends up serving as the messenger to have Rivkah marry him?
- How can Eliezer be Og King of Bashan, who was a villain?
- What is the meaning of V’Avraham zokon bo ba’yomim?
- Why did Abraham remarry Hagar/Keturah?
- Why is Ishmael’s return discussed at the end of this portion?
- What can we learn from Sarah insisting that Ishmael be sent away?
Vayeira
- Why did Sarah laugh when she heard that she would give birth? Was she rebuked?
- Why did the akeidah cause Sarah’s passing?
- If the akeidah was meant to reveal higher levels of love between us and G-d, why was Sarah harmed when she heard about the akeidah?
- Is there a connection between a nisayon (test) and nes (miracle)?
Lech Lecha
- Why don’t we add a letter to the name of everyone who is circumcised as it was added to the name Avraham?
Chof Cheshvan
- What lessons can we learn from the Rebbe Rashab today?
- Can you please share an idea from the Rebbe Rashab?
- Why did the Tzemech Tzedek ask to delay his bris?
Winter
- As we enter the winter season, what lessons does it offer us?
- Why not put on a fur coat while also lighting a fireplace?
What attitude should we have to politics?
- How important is the president of a country in the divine scheme?
War in Israel
- How should we be responding to Israel’s victories over its enemies?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied is a weekly video webcast that candidly answers 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.
VIDEO:
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/mylife-chassidus-applied
