Ep. 513: What Can We Do Differently and Better This Elul to Ensure That 5785 Will Be a Great Year?

MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
How can Elul help us during these trying times?

• What can we do differently and better this Elul to ensure that 5785 will be a great year?
• Can you explain in practical terms how I can connect to the king in the field?
• Why don’t we find Elul and its special customs mentioned in the Talmud or the Rambam?
• What is the proper translation of kesiva v'chasima tova?
• Did the Rebbe say that his favorite prayer is modeh ani?

• 13 Elul
• 15 Elul
• 18 Elul

• As an introverted artist uncomfortable with reaching out to curators and galleries, what more can I do to get my art out there?

• What does the opening verse teach us?
• What is its connection to Elul?
• If the curses in this week’s chapter are really deep hidden blessings, why do we read them in an undertone, and no one is called up to that reading?
• Why does it take 40 years to truly understand the Torah and have a complete relationship with Hashem?

• What more can we do to release the remaining hostages?
• How can we honor the souls of those brutally murdered?
• How can I get beyond my anguish for the families of the hostages and those that have lost loved ones? How can I find a balance between holding space and praying for them and living my own life?