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Live at 8:00pm: In this week’s Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Did the Frierdiker Rebbe wear two yarmulkes? Why did the Frierdiker Rebbe start enlarging the yud in the second name of his signature leading up to Yud Shevat? and More • Watch Live
From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: One of the interesting byproducts of our paradoxical times is the birth of sensationalism. Two powerful forces of the modern paparazzi age – mass media and instant gratification – have joined, in a bizarre confluence, to brew a “new” concoction: publicity stunts • Full Article
Live at 8:00pm: In this week’s Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What is the connection between this month and Yud Shevat, the Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe? How much power do we have to refine the atmosphere around us (taharas ha’avir)? and More • Watch Live
Live at 10pm EST: In this week’s Tanya Applied #93 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson – Almost Perfect • Watch Live
From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: As we read this week’s Torah portion about the intensifying Egyptian Exile and the deepening misery of bondage, one of the most powerful lessons that we can glean from the Exodus story is the answer to the big question: How does one survive difficult times? • Full Article
Live at 10pm EST: In this week’s Tanya Applied #92 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson – The Greater the Love the More the Rejection of the Opposite • Watch Live
From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: Who is the individual identified by the following clues? A man known by a name not given to him by his parents. Indeed, till this very day this man’s birth name remains unclear • Full Article
Live at 8:00pm: In this week’s Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: What similarities are there between the Rambam and the Alter Rebbe? How does Chassidus explain the test Pharaoh gave Moshe with the plate of diamonds and the plate of hot coals? How can pain make us stronger? and More • Watch Live
Live at 10pm EST: In this week’s Tanya Applied #90 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson – A journey into the deepest teachings of the Torah and their application to our personal, emotional and psychological lives • Watch Live
From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: What distinguishes the very wise from the wise? Their ability to never get distracted by the moment and always look at the big picture. The view from the ground level allows you to perceive only that which is within your reach and range — the immediate here and now, and the space in your proximity and scope • Full Article
Shloime Auerbach (ben R’ Eliezer) –South Africa to Chaviva Carlebach (bas R’ Alex) – South Africa
Baby girl to Yankel and Mushky Katzman – Crown Heights
Baby boy to Moshe and Sarahle Nigri (née Zippel) – Crown Heights
Baby girl to Levi and Chanie Schechter (nee Zimmerman) – Phoenix, AZ