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Ep. 346: How Do I Deal With a Serious Setback – Loss, Trauma, Death and Other Hardships?
Ep. 346: How Do I Deal With a Serious Setback – Loss, Trauma, Death and Other Hardships?
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68 minutes
Released:
Mar 7, 2021
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Podcast episode
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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
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
Released:
Mar 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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