Ep. 346: How Do I Deal With a Serious Setback – Loss, Trauma, Death and Other Hardships?

from MyLife: Chassidus Applied · host Rabbi Simon Jacobson

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus applied to Ki Tissa and Parah         o How do I deal with a serious setback? With loss, trauma, death and other hardships?         o What fundamentals can we learn from this week’s Parsha based on the sicha of Ki Tissa 5752?         o What relevant lessons does the red heifer have for us today?         o If the people who saw the miracles of the exodus and the revelations at Sinai could still sin and make a golden calf, what chance do we have to not steer away from sin?         o What are the 13 attributes of mercy, and how can we use them in our daily lives?         o Why did Moshe break the tablets?         o Why was it necessary to create a second set of tablets?         o What exactly was the sin of the golden calf, why is idolatry such a severe sin and why would G-d be “jealous” of false gods?         o Can we correlate Moses’ mask and the Covid masks we are wearing today?  • Lessons from Purim         o What happened after the Purim story in the Megillah?          o Why is the entire Megillah written in Hebrew and not in Persian?         o Are kohanim allowed to drink excessively on Purim?           o What is the importance of giving the half shekel?         o Did the Rebbe ever publicly say a “Purim Torah”?         o Why could Esther commit adultery in order to save the Jews, but Mordechai was not allowed to bow to Haman?  • Follow-up:         o Mars landing         o Bitachon  • Chassidus question: How do you explain the Hayom Yom of Shushan Purim Katan that the stones benefit from the words of Torah we speak while we tread on them?  • MyLife 2020 Chassidus Applied Essay and Creative Contest: 16th Place winners:         o Essay English: First, Love Yourself, Sara Friedman, 18, Student, Yeshiva Schools Pittsburgh, PA        o Essay Hebrew (men): שמחה - אתגר החיים, Simcha Bunem Feldman, Educator, Beis Shemesh, Israel         o Essay Hebrew (women): מצבי רוח במשנת הרבי, Esther Meizlish, Educator, Kfar Chabad, Israel         o Creative: What is Within (3D model), Naomi Deitsch, 17, Student, Beis Chana, Orange, CT, New Haven, CT 

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Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought. THIS WEEK'S TOPICS: • Chassidus applied to Ki Tissa and Parah o How do I deal with a serious setback? With loss, trauma, death and other hardships? o What fundamentals can we learn from this week’s Parsha based on the sicha of Ki Tissa 5752? o What relevant lessons does the red heifer have for us today? o If the people who saw the miracles of the exodus and the revelations at Sinai could still sin and make a golden calf, what chance do we have to not steer away from sin? o What are the 13 attributes of mercy, and how can we use them in our daily lives? o Why did Moshe break the tablets? o Why was it necessary to create a second set of tablets? o What exactly was the sin of the golden calf, why is idolatry such a severe sin and why would G-d be “jealous” of false gods? o Can we correlate Moses’ mask and the Covid masks we are wearing today? • Lessons from Purim o What happened after the Purim story in the Megillah? o Why is the entire Megillah written in Hebrew and not in Persian? o Are kohanim allowed to drink excessively on Purim? o What is the importance of giving the half shekel? o Did the Rebbe ever publicly say a “Purim Torah”? o Why could Esther commit adultery in order to save the Jews, but Mordechai was not allowed to bow to Haman? • Follow-up: o Mars landing o Bitachon • Chassidus question: How do you explain the Hayom Yom of Shushan Purim Katan that the stones benefit from the words of Torah we speak while we tread on them? • MyLife 2020 Chassidus Applied Essay and Creative Contest: 16th Place winners: o Essay English: First, Love Yourself, Sara Friedman, 18, Student, Yeshiva Schools Pittsburgh, PA o Essay Hebrew (men): שמחה - אתגר החיים, Simcha Bunem Feldman, Educator, Beis Shemesh, Israel o Essay Hebrew (women): מצבי רוח במשנת הרבי, Esther Meizlish, Educator, Kfar Chabad, Israel o Creative: What is Within (3D model), Naomi Deitsch, 17, Student, Beis Chana, Orange, CT, New Haven, CT