Ep. 361: What Can Chassidus Teach Us About July 4th and Independence?
and all our brothers and sisters in Surfside
Topics:
- Chassidus applied to the Three Weeks
- What lessons does this time period have for us?
- Why is it called “Bein HaMitzorim”?
- Is there a connection between the ripening of almonds in 21 days and the Three Weeks?
- Surfside
- How can we still hold on to hope ten days since the Surfside collapse?
- What should I do with my angry feelings toward G-d for allowing such tragedy?
- What should we be doing today about events around us?
- Lessons from Matos Massei
- Why can’t women annul their own vows?
- Why weren’t the tribes of Reuven and Gad punished for refusing to enter Israel?
- How did the cities of refuge work?
- Why was Moshe’s Moabite wife different than the other Moabite women?
- What can Chassidus teach us about July 4th and Independence?
- Whom should we be voting for in the NY Mayoral election?
- Comments and Follow-up: Covid vaccination
- Chassidus question: If G-d recreates existence every moment, what happens on Shabbos when G-d “rests” from creation?
- MyLife 2020 Chassidus Applied Essay and Creative Contest – 29th Place winners:
- Essay English: Accept or Expect? Can We Do Both? Mushka Feldman, 19, Shlucha, Machon Alte Seminary. Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
- Essay Hebrew (men): הכל טוב, Yedidyah Aliasi, student, Jerusalem, Israel
- Essay Hebrew (women): מלחמת האדם ביצרו וכיצד להתמודד עם הנסיונות- מתוך מודעות עצמית וחשיבה חיובית, Mayirah Siman Tov, educator, Tzfat, Israel
- Creative: Look Up When Down (drawing & poem), Rochele Rodal, 16, Student, Torah Academy Girls High School, Johannesburg, South Africa
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