Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chassidus applied to Rosh Chodesh Kislev
What is the significance of this day and can we learn from it?
What is the theme and energy of Kislev?
How to grow through setbacks?
What was the origin of the Kinus Hashluchim?
Lessons from Toldos
What can couples experiencing difficulties having children learn from Yitzchak and Rivkah?
What do we learn from the battle of Esau and Yaakov in Rivkah’s womb?
Why did Yaakov have to dress up as Esau in order to steal the blessings?
What justification is there for Yaakov to steal Esau’s blessings?
Why did only Rivkah, and not Yitzchak understand the status of Esau?
Why couldn’t Yitzchak correct himself and bless Esau with the brochos he mistakenly gave Yaakov?
Why was Yitzchak not spared the pain of seeing Esau become a wicked person as Abraham was by having him pass away earlier?
What was the yeshiva of Shem and Eiver?
Ways to find a shidduch – follow-up
Comments: The importance of asking questions
Women in the Torah
Why does the Torah rarely mention the girls in the families?
How should I respond to someone who criticizes the Torah for being a patriarchal system that keeps men in power?
Why don’t women wear a yarmulke?
Chassidus question: Based on the rule that the highest levels fall to the lowest ones, 1) why did Rivkah and Yaakov give up on Esau and not let him receive the blessings in the hope he would do teshuva? 2) Does this rule apply to the monsters in history as well, like Stalin?
Ep. 459: What Personal Lessons in Growth and Recovery Does Shabbos Nachamu Offer Us?
Ep. 458: How to Deal With a Spouse’s Zealotry?
Ep. 457: Is There More Hope Than the Usual Despair for a Narcissist Who Is Jewish? Frum? A Chassid?
Ep. 456: Is It Better to Be Another Member of a Chassidic Community or Live Out of Town Where You Can Be a Leader?
Ep. 455: What Lessons Can We Learn From the Tragic Implosion
Ep. 454: 29 Years From Gimmel Tammuz! How Much Longer?
Ep. 453: What Lessons Can We Learn From the Intense Smoke Recently Engulfing the East Coast?
Ep. 452: Should Pictures of Women to Be Published in Religious Publications?
Ep. 451: How Do We Address an Issue Without Personalizing It?
Ep. 450: Was the Rebbe Loving?
Ep. 449: How Should I Deal With a Daughter Who Hasn’t Spoken With Me for Years?
Ep. 448: Why Is Lag B’Omer an Auspicious Time for Parents and Children to Reconnect?
Ep. 447: Do We Always Have a Second Chance? Is There Hope After We Have Been Deeply Wounded?
Ep. 446: What Is the Significance of Tiferes She’Btiferes and L’Chatchila Ariber?
Ep. 445: What Should We Do to Honor Chof Ches Nissan?
Ep. 444: Best Response to the Recent Discord in Israel? Invite a Jew You Disagree With to Your Seder
Ep. 443: How Should We Deal With Our Child Who Wants to Marry Someone More Modern?
Ep. 442: How Should We Address the Recent Controversy Around Women Becoming “Halachik Advisors”?
Ep. 441: How to Resolve Differences Between Spouses?
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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