Ep. 419: How Can I Actually Change?

from MyLife: Chassidus Applied · host Rabbi Simon Jacobson

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to SelichosWhat is selichos? Why is the first selichos recited at night? Chassidus Applied to Rosh HashanaHas anyone made a nice acronym yet for the new year 5783, tof shin pei gimmel? What is the significance of eating certain foods at certain times? What benefit do we achieve by saying the Hebrew words of davening in the siddur if we don't know what they mean? Do some people have more power to bless others? Is it advantageous to go to the top of a mountain to daven because it's closer to the heavens? What are your thoughts about a chabadnik going to Uman? What can I do to stop my husband from trying something strange this Rosh Hashana to bring Moshiach? Why 60 days and not 40? Is there special creative energy available every year on the 25th of Elul, when the world was created? What can a couple struggling with infertility do differently in the month of Elul to have the “king in the field” grant them a child? Can you give an example of something you actually changed in your life? Chai Elul: What does it mean that Achiye Hashiloni taught the Baal Shem Tov? Apologizing for having negative feelings Can we test G-d with tzedakah and expect reward? Are we guaranteed to get what we want when we give tzedakah? Are we allowed to attend the Queen's funeral in order to be respectful to this country?

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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to SelichosWhat is selichos? Why is the first selichos recited at night? Chassidus Applied to Rosh HashanaHas anyone made a nice acronym yet for the new year 5783, tof shin pei gimmel? What is the significance of eating certain foods at certain times? What benefit do we achieve by saying the Hebrew words of davening in the siddur if we don't know what they mean? Do some people have more power to bless others? Is it advantageous to go to the top of a mountain to daven because it's closer to the heavens? What are your thoughts about a chabadnik going to Uman? What can I do to stop my husband from trying something strange this Rosh Hashana to bring Moshiach? Why 60 days and not 40? Is there special creative energy available every year on the 25th of Elul, when the world was created? What can a couple struggling with infertility do differently in the month of Elul to have the “king in the field” grant them a child? Can you give an example of something you actually changed in your life? Chai Elul: What does it mean that Achiye Hashiloni taught the Baal Shem Tov? Apologizing for having negative feelings Can we test G-d with tzedakah and expect reward? Are we guaranteed to get what we want when we give tzedakah? Are we allowed to attend the Queen's funeral in order to be respectful to this country?