Ep. 417: How Should We React When Someone Criticizes Us?

Published: Sept. 5, 2022, 2:58 p.m.

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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:

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  • Chassidus applied to the Month of ElulWhat is special about this month and how can we tap into its energy?
    \\nHow can we apply the work of Elul to our personal mission in life?
    \\nWhy do we say L'Dovid Hashem Ori starting Rosh Chodesh Elul?
    \\nWhy is it customary to check tefillin and mezuzas during Elul?
    \\nAre we allowed to start praying for the new year in Elul?
    \\nAre there things we are not allowed to pray for?
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  • What are the thirteen attributes of Divine compassion?What are practical ways we can benefit from the revelation of the 13 attributes in Elul? How can we access them?
    \\nWhere can we meet the \\u201cking in the field\\u201d \\u2013 do we need an actual field?
    \\nWhat is the correlation between having a beard and the 13 attributes of compassion? Can women and those without a beard access these attributes?
    \\nWhat's the difference between the 13 attributes that Hashem told Moshe and the 13 attributes revealed to the prophet Micha?
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  • How were you able to remain composed when someone berated you in public? How should we react when someone criticizes us?
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  • Should we limit our requests from G-d for the New Year?
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  • Is there anything we can do in Elul about inflation and rising gas prices?
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  • Why are there no maamorim on Parshas Shoftim in Likkutei Torah?
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  • Chassidus Applied to Ki TeitzeiWhat do we learn from this parsha on how to fight our battles and face our challenges?
    \\nHow do we perform the mitzvah of obliterating Amalek in our times?
    \\nWhat ever happened to Amalek? Do we know today who Amalek is?
    \\nWhen Moshiach comes will we physically kill every member of Amalek or is the commandment just to kill the philosophy that they represent?
    \\nWhat is the spiritual meaning of the mitzvah of returning lost objects to their owner?
    \\nWhen we meet our soulmate is that a way of Hashem returning us a \\u201clost object\\u201d?
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  • Is it appropriate to circulate a photo of the Rebbe\\u2019s brother? And what should be our attitude to him?
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