Ep. 297: Is Joy Inherent or Acquired?

Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 7:16 p.m.

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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\u2022 Chassidus applied to Adar and Terumah 0:26

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\u2022 Is joy inherent or acquired? 01:25

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\u2022 Why can\u2019t we build the third Temple by ourselves? 11:40

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\u2022 After witnessing the parting of the sea how could the Jews sin? 17:12

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\u2022 How do we explain the laws of slavery? 22:07

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\u2022 Why is mixing meat and milk prohibited when they combine chesed and gevurah? 26:34

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\u2022 How can people frown on marring a ger (convert) when it\u2019s prohibited to discriminate against geirim?  32:04

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\u2022 How to deal with discrepancies between Torah and science? 38:08

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\u2022 Why not study different religious beliefs before determining what is truth? 46:32

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\u2022 What are the standards for a mechitzah according to the Rebbe? 53:01

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\u2022 Follow up (episode 291; 296):  

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      o Kasha on Shabbos Shira  58:16

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      o Secular studies 56:52

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\u2022 Chassidus question: Please explain in practical terms the difference between the three stages discussed by the Rebbe in the sicha of 22 Shevat 5752 01:00:22

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\u2022 My Life 2019 essays:

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      o Get R.E.A.L.! Chanie Wilhelm, 36, Milford, CT 01:09:28

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      o \u05d4\u05de\u05e1\u05d2\u05e8\u05ea \u05d4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8, Meira Nachimovsky, 39, Be'er Sheva, Israel 01:11:15

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