Mylife: Chassidus Applied

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to Elul and Shoftim 0:10 • Why doesn’t Torah and Judaism celebrate art as it does song?  9:19 • How should we relate to Rabbis with different standards? 24:08 • Considering the Rebbe refusing to receive a new car as a gift, what should our attitude be to receiving gifts? 30:32 • Why are older singles looked down upon? 36:34 • Why isn’t more Chassidus being translated and made accessible to the mainstream? 42:56 • Did the Rebbe ever discuss Jewish extremist attacks against Palestinians? What is the proper way to view followers of Baruch Goldstein? 48:20 • Follow up:       o Male mashpia for women (episode 248) 52:55     o Moon launch (episode 269) 52:15     o Iskafya for pregnant women (episode 274) 54:09 • Chassidus question: Tanya end of chapter 29: If

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to Re’eh and Rosh Chodesh Elul 0:18 • According to Chassidus what relationship should we have with the physical objects in our lives – clothing, furniture, gifts we receive, antiques etc.? 16:31 • What is the source and reason for married women covering their hair? 23:21 • What attitude should we have to superstition, ayin hora and the likes? 29:07 • Do current events have any deeper connection with the Hebrew dates when they occur?  34:37 • Do you recommend reading books on intimacy by known rabbis and teachers? 39:12 • Why is there such conflict about saying Yechi? 43:53 • Does iskafya apply to a pregnant woman? 47:09 • Follow up:       o Male mashpia for women (episode 248) 51:34     o Vaccinations (episodes 269-273) 53:31 • Chassidus question: How can we make sense of

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to Chof Av and Eikev 0:15 • Lessons from Blessing the Month of Elul 16:00 • Is there a lesson from every single word in Torah? 19:11 • How can you say that you are not getting political when the mere fact that you are addressing a political issue makes it political? 22:28 • Please shed some light on how we are to approach davening in our current modern world. 26:43 • What can we do to increase security in Crown Heights? 32:57 • Does Judaism have a place for skeptics? 34:51 • What should be the public role of Jewish women, and where do we draw the line? 37:50 • Follow up:      o Four wounds (episode 272) 41:28     o Teaching about healthy intimacy (episode 272) 44:12     o What does the Rebbe say about vaccinations? (episodes 269-271) 53:50 • Chassidus questi

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to Tishe B’Av nidche 0:11 • Lessons from 15th of Av and Shabbos Nachamu 12:30 • Has the Rebbe ever made public statements about mass shootings, why they happen and what can be done to prevent them? 21:36 • Does real bitachon include believing that everything Hashem sends our way will be revealed good? 26:03 • What should our reaction be to women claiming the right to setup a Tefillin stand for women, just as Chabad does for men? 30:02 • Are we properly educating newlyweds in the difference between healthy and unhealthy intimacy?  34:52 • How are we to react to stories that seem to compromise the Rebbe? 44:38 • Follow up:       o Parental alienation (episode 269) 53:22      o What does the Rebbe say about vaccinations? (episodes 269-271) 57:50    &n

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to the 5th of Av and Shabbos Chazon 1:06 • Is there life on other planets according to Torah? 17:07 • Does Cholov Yisroel affect our emunah? 21:46 • Is it appropriate to paint a mural of the Alter Rebbe on an alley wall? 26:30 • How can we explain the many wives of Yaakov, Shlomo and others? 31:07 • I am no longer frum and feel like I am dying inside. What can I do? 42:17   • AA and the 12 Steps: Is it legitimate according to Torah and Chassidus? 46:08 • Why is it so bad to commit suicide? 50:30 • What does the Rebbe say about vaccinations? Part III 54:03 • Follow up (episode 269): Parental alienation 59:42 • Chassidus question: Does a non-Jew elevate sholosh klipos ha’tmayos when he fulfills the sheva mitzvos?  01:02:19 • My Life 2019 essays:     o The Benefits of Uncertainty, Dov Ber Klein,

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to the Three Weeks, the Nine Days and Mattos-Massei 0:13 • What is the Rebbe’s opinion on using non-Jewish books for chinuch? 20:04 • Is it appropriate to watch women's wrestling? 25:26 If G-d has no physical form, what does it mean that the Torah, which has physical form, was given to us by G-d? 30:23 • What does the Rebbe say about vaccinations? Part II 37:22 • Follow up (episode 269):       o Illegal immigration 01:00:27     o Yom Hilula 01:01:35 • Chassidus question: What is the meaning of and how can anyone hold of Tzimtzum K’Pshuto? 01:02:44 • My Life 2019 essays:      o בעיית ההתמכרות בראייה חבדי”ת, Shterny Cohen, 16, Kiryat Malachi, Israel;  01:08:51     o אתגר הבחירה, Chaim Zaklos, 36, Elad, Israel 01:10:50   

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to 17 Tammuz Nidche 0:11 • Lessons from Pinchas 8:17 • How can I alleviate financial anxieties? 17:50 • What is the Torah’s view on borders and immigration? Should we be supporting open immigration even if it may cause security risks? 24:09 • Does the Rebbe address the issue of buying German products today? 31:54 • How would Torah and Chassidus address parental custody and alienation due to an acrimonious divorce? 38:18  • What does the Rebbe say about vaccinations? 43:52 • Follow up:      o Older singles (episode 263) 56:10     o BPD (episode 268) 59:05     o Anti-Semitism 01:00:37 • Chassidus question: Where do the five senses belong in context of the ten faculties, which correspond to the ten sefiros? 01:01:18 • My Life 2019 essays:    

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to 12-13 Tammuz and Balak 0:12 • What is the Chabad custom regarding bringing in an early Shabbos? 14:52 • What will Chabad look like in 30 years? 19:00 • When naming a child after a tzaddik/Rebbe can we combine the name with that of a layperson? 24:36 • Should we be concerned with secular values seeping into Chabad ideology? 27:34 • How can I address my apathy to davening and make it a meaningful experience? 36:44 • To what extent should a spouse get involved in their partners davening? 41:38 • Am I responsible to share sensitive information about a potential shidduch with the other party? 43:13 • Follow up:         o Gimmel Tammuz (episode 266)  46:22       o Pidyon nefesh at the Ohel (episode 266)  48:43       o Pol

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS: • Chassidus Applied to Chukas 1:04 • Is G-d waiting for every Jew to be observant and every non-Jew to to accept the Sheva Mitzvos before bringing the complete Geulah? 12:32 • Are we meant to be afraid of G-d? Is “fear” the accurate translation?  21:45 • Should I, as a female, be going to a male healer? 26:20 • Is it appropriate for men to lead women's farbrengens? 29:06 • How do we understand polygamy in Judaism? 32:07 • Is What’s App appropriate? 39:28 • Follow up:       o Pidyon nefesh at the Ohel (episode 266) 47:05       o Mashpia (episode 263) 48:35       o Limited contact between groom and bride (episode 264) 52:23       o Handshaking (episode 261) 53:10 • Chassidus question: How can a tzaddik be called by G-d's

  Gimmel Tammuz – 25 years: What does it mean? How do we turn Gimmel Tammuz day into an ongoing change in our daily lives?  Why isn’t calling the Rebbe Nosi Ha’Dor self-serving?  How can we describe the Rebbe with Torah verses referring to G-d?  Why is the note we write to the Rebbe at the Ohel called a pidyon nefesh?  How can we understand our personal expressions regarding the Rebbe in Maaneh Loshon?  Chassidus Applied to Chof Ches Sivan and Korach  Follow up: Mashpia  Chassidus question: Is there a connection between the different events in history that happened on Gimmel Tammuz?  My Life 2019 essays: Navigating the Many Waters of Millennial Life, Yitzi Tuvel, 31, Bondi, Australia Battling the Butterflies, Gavriel Eagle, 18, Baltimore, MD ’סוד החוכמה העליונה –&nbs

  Chassidus Applied to Shelach  How do I find a mashpia? How can we create a more organized and reliable system for identifying and finding an appropriate mashpia?  What distinguishes between different kosher certifications? Should I be choosing one over another?  Should I accept a once-in-a-lifetime offer to play a role in a TV show?   How should I deal with same gender attraction?  Is same gender relationships prohibited for females as it is for men?  What to do about social anxiety in everyday life?  How to reconcile the seemingly conflicting statements about enjoying life’s pleasures?  Follow up:  Dating a meshichist  Anti-Semitism  Chassidus question: In Chinuch Katan the Alter Rebbe writes that we generate love to Hashem by contemplating on how G-d took us out of Egypt. But how can that elicit love when He a

  Chassidus Applied to Post Shavuos and Behaalosecho  How and who produced the Hanochos -- transcripts – of the Rebbe’s talks?  What does Torah and Kabbalah say about reincarnation and communication with past lives?  Should being a meshichist/saying Yechi be relevant when choosing a shidduch?  How much time should a chosson and kallah be in contact with each other during their engagement?  As a mother of young children how can I daven properly with the right intentions?  Follow up:  Israel-centric Judaism  Chassidus in depth  Teshuva for a sociopath  Anti-Semitism  Chassidus question: Is the long golus a result of baseless hatred or the fact that we are weak souls?  My Life 2019 essays: הנתינה לאחר ככלי לשינוי עצמי, Michal Torenheim,17, Beitar&

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Bamidbar and Shavuos 00:28 • Why do we eat dairy on Shavuos? 9:25 • Now that most of the world's Jews live in Israel, should the focus  shift from a disapora-centric Judaism to an Israel-centric Judaism? 19:25 • Why are we told more about the yetzer hara than the yetzer tov? 27:19 • Should we be more sensitive to older singles when we bless them to find a shidduch? 30:55 • According to Torah, are women permitted to vote? 34:52 • Should I be learning deeper maamorim in Chassidus? And if so, which? 40:18 • Follow up:  Anti-Semitism 45:25 Zohar 51:04 Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students 58:59 • Chassidus question: What does Chassidus contribute to the understanding of Mattan Torah? 1:00:06 • My Life 2019 essay contest winners:    o במקום לְהִתְקַשֵׁ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ר, אולי פשוט נְתַקְשֵׁר, Mu

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Bechukosei and Blessing the Month of Sivan 0:43 • Is Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students a rounded or an actual number? 12:00 • Who authored the Zohar and what are its origins? 16:42 • Why did G-d create poor people? 27:47 • How can I deal with conflicting feelings about Yiddishkeit and Chabad – I feel at times that I am living a double life? 38:03 • Should non-Jewish spouses be welcomed in synagogues? 42:33 • Does a tinok she’nishba have free will? 47:27 • What is the legal and theological perspective on comatose states and on brain death? 49:40 • Anti-Semitism – follow-up 55:45 • Chassidus question: Who repairs the “shattered” containers of Tohu – G-d or us? 58:05 • My Life 2019 essay contest winners:    o התעלמות והדחקה כפתרון אפקטיבי, Yisroel Dandrowitz, 41, Arad, Israel 1:05:21    o מי שם פה

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Pesach Sheni and Lag B’Omer 0:10 • Lessons from Behar 12:30 • As an orthodox Jew teaching in a secular school, how do I navigate and draw the line between insisting kindness and acceptance of all students in our classroom, and normalizing or condoning behavior that is forbidden by Torah? 17:50 • Is there a healthy need for ego? 26:30 • Can a sociopath do teshuva? 31:45 • Does Chassidus ever expect us to sleep less than is normally required? 37:30 • Are there any situations when we can shake hands with someone from the opposite gender? 45:10 • Follow-up (episode 260): Moustache; Consciousness 51:33 • Chassidus question: Please explain the statement that for certain souls, like Rashbi, there was no churban (destruction of the Beis HaMikdash). 54:50 • My Life 2019 essay contest winners:    o Chassidic Lessons

• Chassidus Applied to Emor 4:16 • Poway follow-up 17:10 • Is Ahavas Yisroel achieved by ignoring our differences?  30:00 • Am I allowed to shave or trim my beard or moustache?  33:40 • Are there standards for what is considered an appropriate Shaitel? Are long wigs an issue?  43:45 • What can I do about nightly emissions?  47:15 • Follow-up (episodes 256-257): Internet addictions  53:25 • Chassidus question: Please explain the concept of our counting 49 days of the Omer, preparing us to then receive, as a gift from above, the 50th day, which is beyond our capacity to reach on our own.  56:00 • My Life 2019 essay contest winners 1:02:00 Student Winner: How to Avoid Low Self-Esteem and Get Motivated to Serve G-d, Aryeh Yonaton Chadad, 20, Israel Inwardness: The Chassidic Solution to the Epidemic of Escapism, Shraga Crombi, 37, New Brunswick, NJ Difficult is the New Easy, Devori Garelick, 19, Naharia, Israel

  Chassidus Applied to Rosh Chodesh Iyar, Beis Iyar and Kedoshim and its relevance to the tragic shooting in Poway Rabbi Goldstein: After your harrowing experience, staring death in the eyes, where do you find the formidable energy and courage to be such a powerful and tireless advocate of spreading light and goodness? What is Kiddush Hashem? How important is it? How do we fulfill it? How do you stand strong and proud in the face of evil? What can I do to muster strength when all seems lost? How can we not get depressed and demoralized from senseless pain and suffering? What lessons do we learn from l’chatchila ariber? Where is G-d in all of this? If G-d protects us all the time and shows us miracles, why did He not protect Lori? Why did the Rebbe emphasize a Moment of Silence? As we stand at the end of the month of redemption, what lessons does this horrific event, which occurred on the last day of Pesach, teach us? What can each one if us do to make this world a better place and brin

• Chassidus Applied to Isru Chag Pesach, Chof Ches Nissan and Acharei 11:00 • Poway shooting on Acharon Shel Pesach – how should we react? 01:12 • Are the Rebbe’s words on 28 Nissan still relevant today, or did we miss an opportunity? 21:17 • What’s the practical difference between the existence and the revelation of Moshiach? 28:41 • What guidelines can we use to find the right yeshiva for our child? 35:19 • Why not send children to non-Chabad schools which produce better results? 42:46 • Can we make a connection between two negative events that happened in the same location? 45:50 • How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us? Prayer continued  49:25 • Follow-up (episodes 256-257):      o Internet addictions 52:40     o Learning all parts of Torah 57:23 • Chassidus question: What is bittul and how can I begin to perceive Hashem and his unity in the right way instead of some obscure concept? 58:50 • My Life 2019 essay contest winners:  &nbs

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. TOPICS • Chassidus Applied to Yud Alef Nissan • Lessons from Yud Gimmel Nissan • Chassidus Applied to Pesach • Why does one forfeit their share in the world-to-come for not respecting Chol Hamoed? • Can you give us some background on the Rebbe’s mivtza Sefer Torah? • How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us? Prayer continued • Follow-up: Internet addictions; happiness • Chassidus question: Please explain the idea of olam haba (the world to come), and how we can say that some people will not have a share in it when every soul is immortal? – Part II • Announcing My Life 2019 essay contest winners! Submit your question now at http://www.meaningfullife.com/mylifelive or email: Mylife@meaningfullife.com.

• Chassidus Applied to Metzora and Shabbos HaGadol 12:36 • Lessons from Beis Nissan: 100th year since the Rebbe Rashab’s histalkus in 5680 0:09 • I find it difficult to identify with my soul being divine. What can I do about this? 19:24 • How can we attribute levels to G-d? 25:21 • How can we say that some souls are closer to G-d than others? 33:22 • When learning Rambam, aren’t there some sections that are inappropriate for teenagers? 38:28 • How do I deal with online addictions? 42:58 • How can we begin to daven the way Chassidus expects of us? Prayer continued 50:08 • Follow-up: Website responsibility to its viewers 55:07 • Chassidus question: Please explain the idea of olam haba (the world to come), and how we can say that some people will not have a share in it when every soul is immortal? 57:13 • My Life 2018 essays:       o The Path Toward Overcoming Anxiety, Rivka Bar-Chaim, 19, Brooklyn, NY 01:08:03       o From Problem to Solution, Mendel C