MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 604 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, August 16, 2026 / 3 Elul 5786 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
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The topics in this week’s 604th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
What should our focus be during these early days of Elul?
- How does Av give birth to Elul?
- What is unique about the “king in the field” in Elul when we have access to G-d all year round?
- Is Elul initiated from below (Ani L’Dodi) or from above (the king in the field)?
- What are the thirteen attributes of divine compassion (Yud Gimmel Midos HaRachamim)?
- How are they related to the Yud Gimmel Tikkunei Dikna (thirteen strands of the beard)?
- What more can I do to ensure that these attributes of compassion manifest in my life?
- Is there a connection between Elul and the similar sounding word hilulah?
- What’s the best way to bless someone for a happy new year?
- Is it enough just to bless each other for a good year, or do we need to do some action as well?
- Why don’t we refrain from sounding the shofar thirty days before Rosh Hashana as we do with eating matzah before Pesach?
- What maamar would you suggest we study in Elul that discusses the spiritual energy of the month of Elul?
How do I deal with a guilty past?
- How to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy remorse?
- Can the mystical concept of sheviras ha’keilim help us in this process?
Ki Teitzei
- What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha?
- Why do we “go out” (ki teitzei) to wage war, and we do so “above our enemies” (al oi’vecho)?
- How does that dramatically change the way we face life challenges?
Who is leading our footsteps when we travel on vacation?
Camp (follow-up)
- Does Gan Israel suggest a level lower than Israel?
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