Ep. 219: Can We Establish Policy Based on a Chassidishe Hergesh? Lessons from July 4th

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 Shiva B’asser B’Tammuz Nidche • Lessons from the Three Weeks and Parshas Pinchas • Did the Rebbe say anything about July 4th? • Can we establish policy based on a chassidishe hergesh? • As converts we feel isolated in our community and can’t find a mashpia. What can and should we do? • What can we say to parents who were hurt by their child telling them that a chassid farbrenged with his class and said that not they, but the Rebbe is his true parent? • Chassidus question: If keeping the 613 mitzvohs is the recipe to make a dirah b’tachtonim why does the Tanya chapter 15 say that only a person who struggles is an oved Elokim? • My Life 2018 essays: Tools for Dealing with the Temptations of the Internet, Malkie Alperovitch, 22, Migdal Haemek, Israel; Freeing Oneself from Depression and the Path.