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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 children, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Get unlimited free downloads of MP3 recordings o

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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 children, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Get unlimited free downloads of MP3 recordings o

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Ep. 495: How Should We Respond to the Rebbe’s Call: “Do Everything You Can to Bring Moshiach”?

5/6/2024
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this time-period and Torah portion teach us today?

Duration:01:10:16

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Ep. 494: How Do the Miracles and Redemption of Pesach Empower Us in Facing Our Current Challenges?

5/2/2024
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does Pesach teach us today?

Duration:01:16:08

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Ep. 493: How Can We Explain the Attack by Iran in the Month of Miracles and Redemption?

5/1/2024
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

Duration:01:04:13

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Ep. 492: What Can We Learn From the Upcoming Solar Eclipse and the Recent East Coast Earthquake?

4/8/2024
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

Duration:01:08:45

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Ep. 491: How Do We Reconcile Today's Difficulties With This Double Month of Joy and Redemption Leading Into Pesach?

4/1/2024
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?

Duration:01:03:59

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Ep. 490: Should We Allow Jews Siding With Our Enemies Celebrate Purim With Us?

3/26/2024
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?

Duration:01:10:36

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Ep. 489: How Should We React to a Jew Publicly Refuting “His Jewishness Being Hijacked”?

3/18/2024
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? 7 Adar shelomim

Duration:01:08:10

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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?

3/11/2024
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?

Duration:01:12:31

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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

3/11/2024
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today?

Duration:01:12:46

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Ep. 486: Can You Be a Zionist Without Displaying the Israeli Flag and Singing Its Anthem?

2/26/2024
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?

Duration:01:17:20

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Ep. 485: What Can We Learn From President Javier Milei’s Prayers at the Kotel?

2/19/2024
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?

Duration:01:12:45

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Ep. 484: What Should Be Our Attitude to Zionism?

2/12/2024
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?

Duration:01:04:40

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Ep. 483: With War Raging in Israel, Is It Appropriate to Increase in Joy During This Adar?

2/5/2024
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

Duration:01:03:52

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Ep. 482: What More Can We Do to Help Win the War?

1/29/2024
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

Duration:01:07:28

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Ep. 481: How Should We React to Jews Sympathizing With Our Enemies?

1/22/2024
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What lessons can we learn from this time period about the war Israel is waging?

Duration:01:06:45

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Ep 480: What Are We to Make Of the Recent Chaos in 770?

1/15/2024
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Yud Shevat

Duration:01:14:00

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Ep. 479: Why Can’t G-d Just Grant Israel a Quick Victory?

1/8/2024
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 battles and events that transpired in the Egyptian exile? What does this week’s Torah portion teach us about today’s war?

Duration:01:09:28

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Ep. 478: Is the War in Gaza a Step Toward Transforming Exile Into Redemption?

1/1/2024
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What does this week’s Torah portion teach us about today’s war? 20 and 24 Teves The Enemy Actions Lessons from Tunnels New Year

Duration:01:10:34

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16.10-17.1_1. Natural vs Acquired Emotions. 2. Can We Control Our Emotions

12/31/2023
Tanya Applied: Episode 142 - Chapter 16.10-17.1 A journey into the deepest teachings of the Torah and their application to our personal, emotional and psychological lives. The Tanya Applied radio show is broadcast every Saturday night, 10–10:30PM ET on WSNR 620 AM – Metro NY area WJPR 1640 AM — Highland Park and Edison, NJ Online: www.talklinenetwork.com By phone: Listen Line: 641-741-0389 Many of us may be familiar with some of the central ideas in Tanya – including the battle of the two souls; what defines man and makes us tick; how we can control our temptations; how we can become more loving; what we can do to curb and harness our vices, like anger, jealousy, and depression; the formula for growth; how we can develop a healthy relationship with G-d; and why we are here. In this 30-minute program, you will learn how these ideas can be applied to your life today. You will discover secrets to a successful life that will transform you and your relationships. Rabbi Simon Jacobson is the best-selling author of Toward a Meaningful Life, and he is the creator of the acclaimed and popular MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, which has empowered and transformed hundreds of thousands through Torah and Chassidus. Now, Rabbi Jacobson brings his vast scholarship and years of experience to Tanya. Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for this exhilarating journey into your psyche and soul. You will come away with life-changing practical guidance and direction, addressing all the issues and challenges you face in life.

Duration:00:29:24

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Ep. 477: What Do We Learn From Nittel About the War?

12/25/2023
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: What does this time period teach us? Will the third temple be built of iron? Why was the regret of Joseph’s brothers not sufficient to spare the Ten Martyrs from their haunting fate? What can we learn from this week’s Torah portion about today’s war? 30 Days Pre-Yud Shevat Actions Who owns the Land of Israel?

Duration:01:03:14