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 לאדם, Menachem Mendel Amiti, 24, Jerusalem, Israel 1:07:09
o מיינדפולנס חסידי, Shmuel Elboim, 40, Beitar Illit, Israel 1:08:01
Ep 497: Should We Move to Israel Due to Fears of Rising Antisemitism?
Ep. 496: What Does Parshas Emor Teach Us About Education That Can Help Us Address the Crises in Our Schools and Universities?
Ep. 495: How Should We Respond to the Rebbe’s Call: “Do Everything You Can to Bring Moshiach”?
Ep. 494: How Do the Miracles and Redemption of Pesach Empower Us in Facing Our Current Challenges?
Ep. 493: How Can We Explain the Attack by Iran in the Month of Miracles and Redemption?
Ep. 492: What Can We Learn From the Upcoming Solar Eclipse and the Recent East Coast Earthquake?
Ep. 491: How Do We Reconcile Today's Difficulties With This Double Month of Joy and Redemption Leading Into Pesach?
Ep. 490: Should We Allow Jews Siding With Our Enemies Celebrate Purim With Us?
Ep. 489: How Should We React to a Jew Publicly Refuting “His Jewishness Being Hijacked”?
Ep. 488: A Teenager Asks: How Can I Quell My Fear That History May Be Repeating Itself as Our Enemies Attack Us?
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
Ep. 486: Can You Be a Zionist Without Displaying the Israeli Flag and Singing Its Anthem?
Ep. 485: What Can We Learn From President Javier Milei’s Prayers at the Kotel?
Ep. 484: What Should Be Our Attitude to Zionism?
Ep. 483: With War Raging in Israel, Is It Appropriate to Increase in Joy During This Adar?
Ep. 482: What More Can We Do to Help Win the War?
Ep. 481: How Should We React to Jews Sympathizing With Our Enemies?
Ep 480: What Are We to Make Of the Recent Chaos in 770?
Ep. 479: Why Can’t G-d Just Grant Israel a Quick Victory?
Ep. 478: Is the War in Gaza a Step Toward Transforming Exile Into Redemption?
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