Podcast

Samach Vav

Author: Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Feed episode count: 171
Official site: https://www.chassidusapplied.com/
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Summary

Samach Vav by MyLife: Chassidus Applied Hafotzas HaMayanot Chutza Initiative Launched by The Meaningful Life Center to Address the Personal and Emotional Needs of The Chabad Community and Answer the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives. Please subscribe to get the word out, and receive MyLife in your inbox weekly. Our website: meaningfullife.com Submit a Question: http://www.meaningfullife.com/mlc-tv-channels/mylife-chassidus-applied/#question Let us know what you think!

Episodes

Jul 30, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 171: Taanug ha'poshut beyond any palpable pleasure (atzmus ha'taanug ha'ne'elem)

Duration seconds: 3436
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Jul 30, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 170: Taanug ha'poshut expressed in a palpable sensation (taanug ha'bo b'murgash)

Duration seconds: 2829
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Jul 28, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 169: 2 levels of vision in the future: the vision of sechel. ri'yas ha'mehus mamash

Duration seconds: 3293
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Jul 28, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 168: Prophecy sees the very essence; wisdom sees with the eye of the mind

Duration seconds: 5115
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Jul 25, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav 167: Difference between taanug ha'murkav (shir koful) and taanug ha'poshut (shir poshut)

Duration seconds: 4438
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Jul 23, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 166: the he'elem ha'atzmi of Ein Sof is higher than the he'elem ha'atzmi of chochma

Duration seconds: 4028
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Jul 22, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 165: He'elem ha'atzmi of chochma is atzmus ha'taanug, revealed in the future

Duration seconds: 4402
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Jul 21, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 164: Through chochma we reach atzmus, because pnimiyus abba pnimiyus atik

Duration seconds: 4389
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Jul 20, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 163: Ayin of chochma is the ayin of keser; outer and inner chochma sti'maah are one

Duration seconds: 5289
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Jul 19, 2026 · not_requested

Is taanug ha'atzmi generated through Torah study (chochma) or mitzvos (seamless kabolas ol)?

Duration seconds: 3428
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Jul 18, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 161: Opening of discourse 12: Questions on Vayetzei Yaakov m'Beersheba

Duration seconds: 3932
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Jul 16, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 160: Exertion in Torah reaches the he'elem ha'atzmi, ayin lo ro'osoh of Eden

Duration seconds: 3486
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Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 159: Considering its great level, why did Reb Zeira fast to forget Talmud Bavli?

Duration seconds: 4423
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Jul 13, 2026 · not_requested

Intense pilpul is needed for Torah study outside of Israel, which reaches the he'elem ha'atzmi

Duration seconds: 4065
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Jul 11, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 157: Pipul of Talmud Bavli reaches the he'elem ha'atzmi, the Torah in Atzmus

Duration seconds: 3396
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Jul 8, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 156: Questions and answers refine the idea by removing the sediment and impurities

Duration seconds: 4814
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Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 155: Pilpul of Talmud Bavli leads to a crystal-clear understanding of the core truth

Duration seconds: 3729
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Jul 3, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 154: The Second Tablets provide the greater strength needed for avodas ha'birurim

Duration seconds: 3898
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Jul 3, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 153:Torah growth over the generations empowered them to face the growing challenges

Duration seconds: 3714
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Jul 2, 2026 · not_requested

Torah empowers the soul to refine the world; post-sin the 2nd tablets are needed for deeper refining

Duration seconds: 3699
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Jul 1, 2026 · not_requested

How can we explain the increase in Torah gained by the second tablets as a result of sin?!

Duration seconds: 3240
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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 150: How could the punishment of exertion lead to the deepest and innermost truth?

Duration seconds: 5124
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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 149: Deep study, effort and toil reaches the koach hi'uli ha'atzmi

Duration seconds: 4147
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Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested

Koach hiuli ha'atzmi, beyond structure and source, produces far deeper and unlimited ideas

Duration seconds: 3760
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Jun 25, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 147: The koach ha'maskil is a manifestation of wisdom, lower than the core soul

Duration seconds: 3885
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Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 146: Chochmah in keser and keser in chochmah

Duration seconds: 3575
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Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested

Chochmah of ohr yoshor and ohr chozer are like the difference between coal and flint

Duration seconds: 3396
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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 144: Two levels of concealment: with our without substance, hot coal vs. flint stone

Duration seconds: 5722
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Jun 21, 2026 · not_requested

Binah -- the power to dig deeper beyond the parameters of chochma and discover new insights

Duration seconds: 3448
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Jun 19, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 142: "those who wait for him" are those who exert themselves in in-depth Torah study

Duration seconds: 4415
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Jun 19, 2026 · not_requested

Yaaseh l'mechakeh lo (hope) is the performance of mitzvos that generates ratzon and taanug ha'atzmi

Duration seconds: 3583
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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

Ratzon and taanug ha'atzmi in mitzvos; today the ratzon is revealed and the taanug concealed

Duration seconds: 3083
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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 139: How taanug and ratzon interact with each other

Duration seconds: 3315
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Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested

Ratzon expresses the depths of the etzem; taanug ha'atzmi remains fundamentally concealed

Duration seconds: 4312
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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 137: Ratzon, mesiras nefesh reaches Atzmus, deeper than revealed pleasure

Duration seconds: 3004
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Jun 12, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 136: Taanug and ratzon's role in creating an interface between Atzmus and existence

Duration seconds: 4448
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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 135: Ratzon expresses the intense drive of the soul, unlike conscious taanug

Duration seconds: 4297
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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 134: Ratzon is expressive; taanug -- non-expressive

Duration seconds: 3023
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Jun 10, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 133: Taanug ha'atzmi remains concealed and unexpressed

Duration seconds: 3311
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Jun 7, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 132: Every ratzon has concealed taanug within

Duration seconds: 2758
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Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 131: Ratzon reaches higher than taanug, causing the soul to be in a state of shuv

Duration seconds: 2221
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Jun 3, 2026 · not_requested

The baal teshuva's transformation and mesiras nefesh is greater than that of the tzaddik's

Duration seconds: 4167
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Jun 3, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 129:Difference between a tzaddik and a baal teshuva's repulsion to worldly pleasures

Duration seconds: 3045
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Jun 3, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 128: Ratzon has the power to turn pleasure into pain and pain into pleasure

Duration seconds: 5876
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Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 127: How do we explain taanug and ratzon?

Duration seconds: 3804
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Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 126: Ratzon -- the inner driving force of mitzvos, and taanug its outer expression.

Duration seconds: 3884
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May 28, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 125: Taanug and ratzon are one -- the level of etzem

Duration seconds: 3403
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May 17, 2026 · not_requested

A second, opposite mode: ratzon is the inner driving force, and taanug is its outer expression

Duration seconds: 3686
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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 123: Pleasure is the inner driving force of the outer expression of desire

Duration seconds: 4178
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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 122: Pleasure is the inner motive and vitality behind will

Duration seconds: 3156
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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 121: Mitzvos reach and generate ta'anug ha'atzmi, the level which no eye has seen

Duration seconds: 3389
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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

Action-based Mitzvos in Asiya draw the etzem into the written and oral Torah (beriya and yetzira)

Duration seconds: 3729
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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 119: How souls reach the etzem, re'usa d'liba, and then reveal it in giluiim

Duration seconds: 4365
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May 9, 2026 · not_requested

Re'usa d'liba's impact on mitzvos. Reaching re'usa d'liba through avodah with the revealed faculties

Duration seconds: 4250
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May 8, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 117: Souls are connected with the Divine on a core level, like a child to a parent

Duration seconds: 3406
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May 7, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 116: The love of re'usa d'liba is due to the soul's core connection with Atzmus

Duration seconds: 3540
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May 6, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 115: Levels of contemplation in prayer that generate love, but cannot grasp Atzmus

Duration seconds: 3539
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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

Atzmus Ohr Ein Sof is completely beyond existence and all forms of comprehension, including negation

Duration seconds: 3355
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May 4, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav 113: No thought can grasp You at all. Two types of comprehension: Positive and negative

Duration seconds: 4611
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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 112: The primary element in mitzvos is kabolas ol, which generates the ratzon atzmi

Duration seconds: 3816
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May 1, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 111: The difference between sovev in creation and that revealed through mitzvos

Duration seconds: 3362
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Apr 26, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 110: Mitzvos draw the core essence of ohr ein sof into existence

Duration seconds: 3417
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Apr 24, 2026 · not_requested

Difference between the inherent structure of creation and the desired structure of mitzvos

Duration seconds: 4219
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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 108: The parameters of mitzvos are only a result of the divine desire, not inherent

Duration seconds: 3877
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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 107: Difference between the desire for creation and the desire for mitzvos

Duration seconds: 4009
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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 106: Review of the three levels in the Kav HaMidah

Duration seconds: 4358
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Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 105: Three levels in the kav ha'midah. The etzem can change the structure entirely.

Duration seconds: 4569
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Apr 18, 2026 · not_requested

Root of medidah in the pre-tzimtzum desire for existence that envisions all that will be actualized

Duration seconds: 3314
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Apr 17, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 103: The partitions throughout the cosmic order, which conceal the divine light

Duration seconds: 3606
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Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 102: The light flows through one kav, and not many kavim, to create hierarchy

Duration seconds: 3198
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Apr 15, 2026 · not_requested

Samach Vav Part 101: The role of the elements used to create existence -- ohr ein sof, tzimtzum, kav

Duration seconds: 3373
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