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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: MyLife 500 campaign What assets and resources do we have to face life’s challenges? What does this time-period and Torah portion teach us today? Is it significant that a group climbing Mt. Everest brought a Sefer Torah with them and held it up in the air doing a “super Hagbah” at the highest point in the world? Should we be moving to Israel? Follow-up War with Hamas Donald Trump

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: MyLife 500 campaign What does Lag B’Omer teach us today? Bechukosei Iyar Sinai Why did the Rebbe not go to Israel? Follow-up War with Hamas

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What lessons and empowerment does this time-period and Torah portion offer us in facing today’s war? War with Hamas

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this time-period and Torah portion teach us today? sefirah v’sefartem

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this time-period and Torah portion teach us today?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does Pesach teach us today?

Episode 493: When: Sunday, March 24, 8:00PM ET For recording visit the archive page or your favorite podcast carrier. Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: • How can we explain the attack by Iran in the month of miracles and redemption? 02:20 • What does this time-period and Torah portion teach us today? 08:13 • What can we learn from the first Nassi, Nachshon ben Aminodov? 08:53 • How should we prepare for Yud Alef Nissan? 15:59 • What is the best gift to give the Rebbe in honor of his birthday? 20:34 • What lessons can we glean from this week’s parsha? 20:40 • Why would a parsha have such a negative name? 21:10 • How does spiritual “leprosy” apply today, and what is its cure? 26:20 • Is tzaraat of the home a punishment or a reward? 27:43 • Pesach • Pesach is all about chinuch. But I'm filled with pain when I think about my inability to find an appropriate Jewish school for my special needs child. 32:04 • How should we react to the latest attack by Iran? • What are the most effective actions we can take and prayers we can say to help protect us and everyone in Israel from Iran's attacks? 37:59 • Should we say Hallel and sing praises to hashem for the open miracles of hundreds of Iranian drones and missiles being launched at Israel and thankfully no serious damage or injuries? 42:10 • Should we learn from Chezkiah’s mistake and sing praise to Hashem to win the war? 42:58 • Would the Rebbe encourage retaliation? 46:54 • Is this attack hinted at in Ezekiel chapters 38-39? 48:10 • What can we learn from the dispute between Yitzchok and Yishmael to help resolve today’s battles? 56:15

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this time-period and Torah portion teach us today? What can we learn from the upcoming solar eclipse and the recent East Coast earthquake? The Gaza War

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? The Gaza War Moshiach What can we learn from the bridge collapse in Baltimore? Is it wrong for a Rabbi to use an artificial intelligence program to write his weekly Dvar Torah?

Episode 490: Special Purim Edition When: Sunday, March 24, 8:00PM ET For recording visit the archive page or your favorite podcast carrier. Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does Purim teach us today?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? 7 Adar shelomim

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 significance to moving the clock forward for daylight savings time, which adds an extra hour of light to the day? Parshas Pekudei Shekalim The Gaza War Moshiach Is it appropriate for women to go on a “mikvah strike” in order to coerce their husbands to put pressure on a get withholder?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today?

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 acronym of Adar? Does the joy in Adar have the power to transform true darkness? Is the joy in Adar initiated from above or from our work below? If we defeated Amalek on Purim why are we still facing enemies like Hamas? Why don’t I see blessings in my life as the Rebbe Rashab promised to those who will learn Chassidus? Parshas Ki Tisa What can we learn from Moshe challenging and prevailing over G-d to forgive the people? Is there a connection between the broken tablets and the shattered containers of Tohu? Is the October 7 massacre and subsequent war a punishment for building the Golden Calf? How could the people transgress such a grave sin of idolatry just 39 days after the greatest revelation at Sinai? Why not support a Palestinian state? Why not deport the Arabs and Muslims from Israel? What should be our attitude to Zionism and to displaying the Israeli flag and singing HaTikvah? Can you be a Zionist without displaying the Israeli flag and singing its anthem? Should we allow these displays in our organizations? Should we not participate in events that have these displays?

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 us today?

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: How do we find strength in challenging times? What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? > What are three fundamental steps of growth? Exodus, Sinai and the Mishkan > Lessons from Parshas Terumah > How revolutionary is the idea of building a temple in and from this physical world? > Lessons from Adar > How can one be joyous in times of war and loss? > What is true joy? Moshiach > What will the world look like when Moshiach comes? > What can we do to bring Moshiach closer? > What is the difference between the feminine shira and the masculine shir referring to the song of the future? > If G-d is the true reality and is omnipresent, what exactly are we accomplishing when we create a “home for the divine” in this lowest of worlds? What is our attitude to Zionism? > What are the different opinions about the modern State of Israel? > What is Chabad’s approach? > Why did the Rebbe Rashab oppose the creation of a secular state? > Is the Rebbe’s position different? > Did things change after 1948? > How does our unity transcend all the different opinions?

Submit your question now at https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ask-rabbi-jacobson, or email: info@chassidusapplied.com. WEBSITE: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/ EMAIL US: info@chassidusapplied.com SPONSOR A MYLIFE: CHASSIDUS APPLIED EPISODE, OR EXPLORE OTHER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.meaningfullife.com/sponsorships THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us about today’s war? • Lessons from Adar: The power of joy 02:57 • What is joy and can we be joyous even when bad things are happening? 05:54 • Lessons from Parshas Mishpatim 09:16 What do we learn from the month of Adar, and especially the two Adar’s in this leap year? 13:23 • With war raging in Israel, is it appropriate to increase in joy during this Adar? 22:37 • Is a leap year a positive or a negative thing? • The paradox of the moon 18:02 • Were the Rebbeim more concerned during a leap year? 20:27 • Is it more likely for Moshiach to come in a leap year? 24:20 Lessons from Chof Beis Shevat • What did the Rebbe say about the Rebbetzin’s ability to bless others? 27:34 • Does a blessing need a container? 27:34 • What is the difference between a blessing and a prayer? 29:32 Since G-d can do whatever He wants, how are we guaranteed that G-d will fulfill His promises? 32:39 What should be our approach to the Muslim world? 36:24 • Are they our sworn enemies? 36:44 • Is there room for reconciliation with them? 44:43 • How many of our problems with our enemies are due to our own mistakes? 44:43 • Is there legitimacy to Meir Kahana’s approach of incentivizing Arabs to leave Israel? 50:18 • How do we address the hypocrisy of liberals supporting UNRWA, the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency? 53:50 How do we maintain confidence that we will success and build a positive future, with the coming of Moshiach? 58:59 Can you please explain the idea of turning the world into a divine garden? 58:59 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 the human experience. The objective of the program is to provide people with inspired guidance and direction, empowering them to deal with any issue they may face. 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 #Chassidus #Uvalde

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What more can we do to help win the war that continues to rage on? ech ti zimlak With the passing of Cantor Tzvi Tzazkes, what can you share about his connection with the Rebbe? What lessons can we

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What lessons can we learn from this time period about the war Israel is waging?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Yud Shevat