Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What’s Wrong with a Handshake? Is There a Remedy to Resignation? What is the History of the Kinus HaShluchim? Video
Can We Be ‘Into Fashion?’
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What Did the Rebbe Say About Thanksgiving? Can We Refine Today’s Progressive Left? Is it Acceptable to Be into Fashion? Video
Is There Truth to the Big Bang?
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Does Torah care about science, are events in the Torah literal and the election results. Full Story
A Chassidic View on the Elections
Rabbi Simon Jacobson offers his take on the elections during the Chassidus Applied webcast. Plus: Treating an accused abuser. Video
Coping With Post-Holiday Blues
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: How to Cope with Post-Holiday Blues? Are Chassidic Standards Compatible with Halacha? How Can a Chassid be Mean? Video
My Life: Yom Kippur & Sukkos
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What is Yechida? Can Yom Kippur Help Us Conquer Our Vices? Drinking on Simchas Torah; How Does Joy Nourish Us? Video
What If I Dread Davening?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: On prayer fatigue ahead of Rosh Hashana, what secrets can you keep and more. Video
Dealing With Rising Tuition Costs
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What can we do about rising tuition costs? How can we improve our educational systems? Video
Chasidus View Of Terror Attacks
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Did the Rebbe say anything that can help us understand 9/11 and today's war on terror? Full Story, Video
Who’s Allowed to Study Kabbalah
Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: The balance between science and religion? Can we actually control our hearts? Video
Travel With No Minyan?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Could One Travel for Leisure to a Place With No Minyan? What Is the Jewish View on Meditation? What Does Torah Say About Owning a Pet? Video
How Important is a Beard?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: How Can We Balance Fun and Higher Purpose? What Attitude Should We Have to Jews Marching With Palestinians? How Important is a Beard? Video
Can Women Understand Chassidus
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Can Women Understand Chassidus Like Men? Are We Supposed to Love Criminals? Is Lashon Hara Really Like Murder? Video
Is This ‘Generation Moshiach’?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Is it possible, G-d forbid, that this generation won’t bring Moshiach? Why is childbirth so difficult? And more. Video
Yeshiva Vs. Secular Education
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Wasting Time in Yeshiva vs. Secular Education and a Job? The 9 Days: Why Do We Grieve Till This Day? Are There Modern Day Miracles? I Still Can’t Master Bitachon! Video
How Can I Overcome My Jealousy
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: How Can I Overcome My Jealousy of Others? Can My Soulmate be a Non-Jew? Is Shiva Asar B’Taamuz Only a Commemoration? Can People Honestly Change? Video
Can One Distort Truth for Peace?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Is One Allowed to Distort the Truth for Peace? Does Applying Chassidus Rob It of Its Purity? Can People Really Change? and more. Video
Always Trust My Mashpia’s Advice?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: When Is/Isn’t Humor Appropriate? Can Non-Jews Study Torah? Should I Always Trust My Mashpia’s Advice? Video
Finding Meaning in 3 Tammuz
Applied Chsssidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Has the Role of a Rebbe Changed? What is the Significance of Writing a “Pan”? What Meaning Can We Find in Gimmel Tammuz? Full Story
Addressing the Eruv ‘Controversy’
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What would the Rebbe say about this eruv debate? What does Torah say about a second spouse when Moshiach comes? and more. Video
If There Was a Pill For Self-Control
If There Was a Pill that Guaranteed Self-Control.., What is the Virtue of Effort and Taking the Initiative? How Does One Ensure that Spiritual Growth isn’t Compromised During Summer? Video
Tznius: Walk With My Eyes Closed?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: How Do We Explain the Relevance of Shavuot to a Secular World? How Can I Balance My Talents and the Need to Earn a Living? Temptation: Is Walking with My Eyes Closed the Solution? Video
Why Are Some Physically Disabled
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Why are some people born with physical disabilities? Does the Torah discriminate against them? How can we know if passion is being channeled properly? Video
250 Join Viktor Frankl Conference
Over 250 people gathered in Brooklyn for the inaugural Torah psychology conference on the work of Victor Frankl and how it applies to our life today. Full Story, Photos, Video
Who Is ‘Running the Show’ Now?
Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: We seem to be experiencing a serious vacuum in leadership... With various issues arising, like the recent controversy around building an eiruv in Crown Heights – how are we to find any clarity today? Video