Chof Ches Sivan – 85 Years: What Is the Historic, Spiritual and Cosmic Significance of the Rebbe Coming to America? Shelach – “Send Them if You Wish”: Why Did G-d Leave the Decision to Moshe, and What Does It Teach Us About Life’s Choices? How Should We React to the Mayor of NYC Not Marching in the Israeli Day Parade? What Should Be Our Attitude to Other Types of Jewish Communities?

MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 594 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, June 7, 2026 / 22 Sivan 5786 – 8:00-9:00PM ET

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The topics in this week’s 594th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

Chof Ches Sivan – 85 years: What lessons does this day teach us?

• What is the historic, spiritual and cosmic significance of the Rebbe coming to America?

Shelach

• What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha?
• “Send them if you wish”: Why did G-d leave the decision to Moshe, and what does it teach us about life’s choices?
• Why were all the Jews punished for the sin of the scouts?
• Who was Tzelofchad and what was he trying to accomplish by purposely gathering sticks on Shabbos?

What do we “live with” when the parsha we read in Israel is different than the one we read outside of Israel?

23 Sivan: What is the significance of this day?

May we walk on the Temple Mount?

How should we react to the Mayor of NYC not marching in the Israeli Day Parade?

What should be our attitude to other types of Jewish communities?

• Modern Orthodoxy?
• How do we determine which different opinions are acceptable in Torah?

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