EPISODE · Sep 16, 2024 · 1H 8M
Ep. 513: What Can We Do Differently and Better This Elul to Ensure That 5785 Will Be a Great Year?
from MyLife: Chassidus Applied · host Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:How can Elul help us during these trying times? What can we do differently and better this Elul to ensure that 5785 will be a great year? Can you explain in practical terms how I can connect to the king in the field? Why don’t we find Elul and its special customs mentioned in the Talmud or the Rambam? What is the proper translation of kesiva v'chasima tova? Did the Rebbe say that his favorite prayer is modeh ani? 13 Elul 15 Elul 18 Elul As an introverted artist uncomfortable with reaching out to curators and galleries, what more can I do to get my art out there? What does the opening verse teach us? What is its connection to Elul? If the curses in this week’s chapter are really deep hidden blessings, why do we read them in an undertone, and no one is called up to that reading? Why does it take 40 years to truly understand the Torah and have a complete relationship with Hashem? What more can we do to release the remaining hostages? How can we honor the souls of those brutally murdered? How can I get beyond my anguish for the families of the hostages and those that have lost loved ones? How can I find a balance between holding space and praying for them and living my own life?
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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:How can Elul help us during these trying times? What can we do differently and better this Elul to ensure that 5785 will be a great year? Can you explain in practical terms how I can connect to the king in the field? Why don’t we find Elul and its special customs mentioned in the Talmud or the Rambam? What is the proper translation of kesiva v'chasima tova? Did the Rebbe say that his favorite prayer is modeh ani? 13 Elul 15 Elul 18 Elul As an introverted artist uncomfortable with reaching out to curators and galleries, what more can I do to get my art out there? What does the opening verse teach us? What is its connection to Elul? If the curses in this week’s chapter are really deep hidden blessings, why do we read them in an undertone, and no one is called up to that reading? Why does it take 40 years to truly understand the Torah and have a complete relationship with Hashem? What more can we do to release the remaining hostages? How can we honor the souls of those brutally murdered? How can I get beyond my anguish for the families of the hostages and those that have lost loved ones? How can I find a balance between holding space and praying for them and living my own life?
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Ep. 513: What Can We Do Differently and Better This Elul to Ensure That 5785 Will Be a Great Year?
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