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MyLife: Chassidus Applied
MyLife: Chassidus Applied Podcast by Simon Jacobson addresses the personal and emotional needs of our community by answering the most pressing questions of our lives -- from the perspective of Chassidic thought. The podcast demonstrates how the Torah 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…
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- MyLife: Chassidus Applied
Ep. 489: How Should We React to a Jew Publicly Refuting “His Jewishness Being Hijacked”?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? 7 Adar What mazal does this day bring us?…
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Ep. 488: A Teenager Asks: How Can I Quell My Fear That History May Be Repeating Itself as Our Enemies Attack Us?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? Lessons from Adar II Is there…
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Ep. 487: What Did the Rebbe Mean That "All We Have to Do Is Open Your Eyes”? When I Open My Eyes I See Chaos in the World, Not Moshiach
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? Lessons from Adar Parshas Vayakhel: What…
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Ep. 486: Can You Be a Zionist Without Displaying the Israeli Flag and Singing Its Anthem?
What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? Lessons from Adar How does joy help us get through difficult challenges? What is the…
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Ep. 485: What Can We Learn From President Javier Milei’s Prayers at the Kotel?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Why does the world not demand that Hamas surrender? What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach…
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Ep. 484: What Should Be Our Attitude to Zionism?
When: Sunday, February 11, 8:00PM ET For recording visit the archive page or your favorite podcast carrier. Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics…
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Ep. 483: With War Raging in Israel, Is It Appropriate to Increase in Joy During This Adar?
Submit your question now at https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson, or email: info@chassidusapplied.com. WEBSITE…
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Ep. 482: What More Can We Do to Help Win the War?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What more can we do to help win the war that continues to rage on? Why have all our beautiful, good deeds not…
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Ep. 481: How Should We React to Jews Sympathizing With Our Enemies?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What lessons can we learn from this time period about the war Israel is waging? What resources and strengths…
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Ep 480: What Are We to Make Of the Recent Chaos in 770?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Yud Shevat What is the central theme of Yud Shevat and Basi L’Gani and what lessons do they offer us today?…
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Ep. 479: Why Can’t G-d Just Grant Israel a Quick Victory?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What is our overall responsibility during this time of war in Israel? Are there parallels between the current…
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Ep. 478: Is the War in Gaza a Step Toward Transforming Exile Into Redemption?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this week’s Torah portion teach us about today’s war? Why is the entire book of Shemos, including…
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Ep. 477: What Do We Learn From Nittel About the War?
When: Sunday, December 24, 8:00PM ET For recording visit the archive page or your favorite podcast carrier. Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics…
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Ep. 476: What Can We Learn From Hei Teves About Today’s War?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What can we learn from Hei Teves about today’s war Where does the expression “didan notzach” come from? What…
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Ep. 475: How Does Chanukah Provide Us With Strength and Direction in These Trying Times?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: How Chanukah provides us with strength and direction these trying times What lessons do the lights of…
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Ep. 474: How Yud Tes Kislev and Chanukah Provide Us With Strength and Direction in These Trying Times
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: How Yud Tes Kislev provides us with strength and direction in these trying times What lessons do we take from…
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Ep. 473: What Would the Rebbe’s View Be on the Latest Hostage Deal?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What are our responsibilities in time of war? How have Jews won their battles throughout history? How do the…
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Ep. 472: Are We Just Fighting a Defensive War, or Do We Have a Vision for the Future?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Strength and Direction Are we just fighting a defensive war, or do we have a vision for the future? What is…
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Ep. 471: Should We Attend the Pro-Israel Rally in Washington on Tuesday?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: A Historic Wake-Up Call How are we to look at the latest events shaking us all up? Is this a wake-up call?…
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Ep. 470: What Battles Were Foreseen to Happen in the End of Days? Answering the Tough Questions Part 4
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Strength and Direction What should be our general attitude to recent events? How should we react to this…
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Ep.469: Yishmael vs. Isaac: Biblical Roots of Today's Conflict -- Answering the Tough Questions P. 3
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Strength and Direction How to find strength and direction in these times? What are the treasures and secret…
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Ep. 468: Abraham’s Vision About Today’s Events; Israel at War: Answering the Tough Questions Part 2
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Overview How to find strength and direction in these times? What can we learn from the flood destroying the…
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Ep. 467: Israel at War
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Overview Why would G-d allow this to happen? And on Simchas Torah, no less? Was dancing the appropriate…
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Ep. 466: How Do I Personalize the Holidays?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: TISHREI What is the significance of this month? ROSH HASHANA How do I personalize Rosh Hashana? Why is there…
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Ep. 465: Chai Elul: Revolutionary Ideas Introduced by the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to Chai Elul What does this day teach us? What did Chassidus come to accomplish? How did it…
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Ep. 464: What Is the Chabad View on the Turmoil Israeli Judicial Reform Is Causing in Israel?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to Ki Tavo Lessons from Elul What can I do about missing a day of putting on tefillin due…
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Ep. 463: How to Address Same Gender Attraction?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to Elul What should we be doing during this special month? What was Moshe doing during…
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Ep. 462: What Can We Learn From the Wildfires Ravaging Hawaii?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to Elul What does this time period teach us? Why is the entire month of Av called Menachem…
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Ep. 461: What Should We Do to Honor the Rebbe’s Father on Chof Av?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this time period teach us? Chassidus applied to Chof Av Lessons from Re’eh Who was Moshe’s…
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Ep. 460: When and Why Did the Rebbe Visit Summer Camps?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What do we learn from this time period – following Tisha B’Av? Chassidus applied to the 15th of Av What does…
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Ep. 459: What Personal Lessons in Growth and Recovery Does Shabbos Nachamu Offer Us?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this time period teach us? Chassidus applied to the 5th of Av – the Arizal’s 451st yahrzeit How do…
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Ep. 458: How to Deal With a Spouse’s Zealotry?
Chassidus applied to the Nine Days What do we learn from these days? How are they reflected in our psyches? What is the significance of Aaron’s yahrzeit on…
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Ep. 457: Is There More Hope Than the Usual Despair for a Narcissist Who Is Jewish? Frum? A Chassid?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to the Three Weeks Lessons from Parshas Matos Massei Why don’t we fall off the earth? What…
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Ep. 456: Is It Better to Be Another Member of a Chassidic Community or Live Out of Town Where You Can Be a Leader?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Lessons from Yud Gimmel Tammuz Chassidus applied to Parshas Pinchas Chassidus applied to 17 Tammuz Is it…
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Ep. 455: What Lessons Can We Learn From the Tragic Implosion
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Ep. 454: 29 Years From Gimmel Tammuz! How Much Longer?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Lessons from Gimmel Tammuz Is darkness a creation or is it just an absence of light? Chassidus applied to…
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Ep. 453: What Lessons Can We Learn From the Intense Smoke Recently Engulfing the East Coast?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to Parshas Shelach Lessons from Chof Ches Sivan What lessons can we learn from the intense…
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Ep. 452: Should Pictures of Women to Be Published in Religious Publications?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Sivan 15 Lessons from Parshas Behaalotecho Why would someone become a nazir? Follow-up…
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Ep. 451: How Do We Address an Issue Without Personalizing It?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Post Shavuos End of Sefirah Lessons from Parshas Nasso How to deal with estrangement…
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Ep. 450: Was the Rebbe Loving?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Shavuos What exactly is the Torah and what happened at Mattan Torah? When was the Torah…
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Ep. 449: How Should I Deal With a Daughter Who Hasn’t Spoken With Me for Years?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Bamidbar Did the Rebbe suggest that people should visit the Ohel on Lag B’Omer?…
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Ep. 448: Why Is Lag B’Omer an Auspicious Time for Parents and Children to Reconnect?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Lag B’Omer Lessons from Behar-Bechukosei Why is G-d not responding to us and bringing…
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Ep. 447: Do We Always Have a Second Chance? Is There Hope After We Have Been Deeply Wounded?
Submit your question now at https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson, or email: info@chassidusapplied.com. WEBSITE…
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Ep. 446: What Is the Significance of Tiferes She’Btiferes and L’Chatchila Ariber?
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Ep. 445: What Should We Do to Honor Chof Ches Nissan?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Post Pesach What opportunities do we have at the end of Nissan? Why don’t we say a…
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Ep. 444: Best Response to the Recent Discord in Israel? Invite a Jew You Disagree With to Your Seder
Submit your question now at https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson, or email: info@chassidusapplied.com. WEBSITE…
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Ep. 443: How Should We Deal With Our Child Who Wants to Marry Someone More Modern?
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Ep. 442: How Should We Address the Recent Controversy Around Women Becoming “Halachik Advisors”?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Chof Zayin Adar Did the Rebbe give us any hints or do anything unusual before Chof Zayin…
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Ep. 441: How to Resolve Differences Between Spouses?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: How do we increase in the joy of Adar after Purim? What work is required from us in the days between Purim…
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Ep. 440: How Do We Perform the Requirement to Drink on Purim? What Is the Torah/Chassidus View on Plant Medicine and Psychedelics?
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Ep. 439: How to Treat a Child Who Has Wandered Away?
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Ep. 438: How Can We Be Joyous When Faced With Difficulty?
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Ep: 437: What Are the Main Lessons of Chof Beis Shevat?
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Ep. 436: Does Torah Allow Using Ketamine and Psilocybin for Treating Trauma, Depression and Anxiety?
Submit your question now at https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson, or email: info@chassidusapplied.com. WEBSITE…
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Ep. 435: What is Yud Shevat's Universal Message for the World?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Yud ShevatWhat is the mandate and main lessons of this day? What is the purpose of…
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Ep. 434: How Much Power Do We Have to Refine the Atmosphere Around Us?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Rosh Chodesh ShevatWhat is the significance of this month? What is its sign and…
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Ep. 433: What Is the Main Contribution of the Alter Rebbe?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to 24 Teves – 210 yearsWhat is the main contribution of the Alter Rebbe? What is the…
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Ep. 432: What Can I Say to a Friend Who Is Suffering From a Terminal Illness?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to ShemosWhy is Shemos called the “book of redemption”? What profound lessons to we learn…
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Ep. 431: Is It Appropriate to Wish “Happy New Year”?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to 10 TevesWhat is the significance of this day? Why is the siege of the wall around…
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Ep. 430: Is Zos Chanukah an Opportune Time for Blessings for Having Children?
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Zos ChanukahWhat is unique about this day? Is Zos Chanukah an opportune time for…