Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives — from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought

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Topics:

• Chassidus Applied to Chanukah
• What was the dispute between the Jews and the Greeks?
• How do we explain the victory of Chanukah when in the end Greek secularism seems to have prevailed in modern times?
• What is the halachik and hashkafic explanation for public menorahs?
• Lessons from Miketz
• How do we explain the seemingly unacceptable behavior of the tribes?
• If you don’t like someone, is it better to be two-faced and speak nicely to the person, or behave like the tribes who couldn’t speak to Yosef?
• Since the purpose of Chassidus is to apply it to our lives, why was there a “kitrug” to prevent this?
• Why don’t we follow the Alter Rebbe’s directive to recite psalm 119 weekly?
• Follow up (episode 284-286):
  • Rochel and Leah
  • Marriage
• Chassidus question: What is the concept of olives according to Chassidus?
• My Life 2019 essays:
  • I’ll Do It Later, Shmuly Katzoff, 16, Brooklyn, NY
  • Separateness That Leads to Closeness, Levi Berger, Bal Harbour, FL
  • The Three Tricks in a Chassid’s Basket, Ben Diamond, 34