Ep. 417: How Should We React When Someone Criticizes Us?

from MyLife: Chassidus Applied · host Rabbi Simon Jacobson

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to the Month of ElulWhat is special about this month and how can we tap into its energy? How can we apply the work of Elul to our personal mission in life? Why do we say L'Dovid Hashem Ori starting Rosh Chodesh Elul? Why is it customary to check tefillin and mezuzas during Elul? Are we allowed to start praying for the new year in Elul? Are there things we are not allowed to pray for? What are the thirteen attributes of Divine compassion?What are practical ways we can benefit from the revelation of the 13 attributes in Elul? How can we access them? Where can we meet the “king in the field” – do we need an actual field? What is the correlation between having a beard and the 13 attributes of compassion? Can women and those without a beard access these attributes? What's the difference between the 13 attributes that Hashem told Moshe and the 13 attributes revealed to the prophet Micha? How were you able to remain composed when someone berated you in public? How should we react when someone criticizes us? Should we limit our requests from G-d for the New Year? Is there anything we can do in Elul about inflation and rising gas prices? Why are there no maamorim on Parshas Shoftim in Likkutei Torah? Chassidus Applied to Ki TeitzeiWhat do we learn from this parsha on how to fight our battles and face our challenges? How do we perform the mitzvah of obliterating Amalek in our times? What ever happened to Amalek? Do we know today who Amalek is? When Moshiach comes will we physically kill every member of Amalek or is the commandment just to kill the philosophy that they represent? What is the spiritual meaning of the mitzvah of returning lost objects to their owner? When we meet our soulmate is that a way of Hashem returning us a “lost object”? Is it appropriate to circulate a photo of the Rebbe’s brother? And what should be our attitude to him?

What this episode covers

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to the Month of ElulWhat is special about this month and how can we tap into its energy? How can we apply the work of Elul to our personal mission in life? Why do we say L'Dovid Hashem Ori starting Rosh Chodesh Elul? Why is it customary to check tefillin and mezuzas during Elul? Are we allowed to start praying for the new year in Elul? Are there things we are not allowed to pray for? What are the thirteen attributes of Divine compassion?What are practical ways we can benefit from the revelation of the 13 attributes in Elul? How can we access them? Where can we meet the “king in the field” – do we need an actual field? What is the correlation between having a beard and the 13 attributes of compassion? Can women and those without a beard access these attributes? What's the difference between the 13 attributes that Hashem told Moshe and the 13 attributes revealed to the prophet Micha? How were you able to remain composed when someone berated you in public? How should we react when someone criticizes us? Should we limit our requests from G-d for the New Year? Is there anything we can do in Elul about inflation and rising gas prices? Why are there no maamorim on Parshas Shoftim in Likkutei Torah? Chassidus Applied to Ki TeitzeiWhat do we learn from this parsha on how to fight our battles and face our challenges? How do we perform the mitzvah of obliterating Amalek in our times? What ever happened to Amalek? Do we know today who Amalek is? When Moshiach comes will we physically kill every member of Amalek or is the commandment just to kill the philosophy that they represent? What is the spiritual meaning of the mitzvah of returning lost objects to their owner? When we meet our soulmate is that a way of Hashem returning us a “lost object”? Is it appropriate to circulate a photo of the Rebbe’s brother? And what should be our attitude to him?