Ep. 383: With the Rebbe Discouraging Family Planning, How Should We Deal With Legitimate Concerns Related to Having More Children?
Boruch Benyomin ben Menucha Lana and Miriam bas Chaya Sarah Althaus
Yekusiel ben Leah Rochel amd Rochel bas Liba Farkash
Dedicated by Pinchas Todros ben Miriam and Sarah bas Rochel Althaus
Topics:
- Chassidus applied to Vayechi
- Why is the chapter about Yaakov’s passing called “and Yaakov lived”?
- Why did Yaakov send Yehuda to Egypt to set up a yeshiva – don’t parents do this for their children, rather than the other way around?
- If Yaakov was not allowed to reveal the time of Moshiach’s coming, why did the Rebbe reveal it?
- Why was Yosef not buried in Israel like his father Yaakov?
- How many tribes are there – twelve or thirteen?
- Was Yosef superior to his brothers?
- Lessons from Asarah b’Teves
- What is the significance of this fast day and what does it teach us?
- Why is the writing of the Septuagint on this day considered a bad thing?
- Hei Teves
- Does the ruling mean that every Chassid has part ownership of the books?
- Should we forgive those that stole the books?
- Is it better to give $10 to one cause or $1 to 10 causes?
- Follow-up
- Chanukah
- Dr. Feldman
- Sholom Bayis
- With the Rebbe discouraging family planning, how should we deal with legitimate concerns related to having more children?
- What can I do about my husband singing objectionable songs?
- Did the Rebbe critique Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism?
- Chassidus question: What is the difference between sovev kol almin and mimaleh kol almin?
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