{"podcast":{"title":"MyLife: Chassidus Applied","slug":"mylife-chassidus-applied-882","podcast_index_feed_id":882,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3a577f8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mylife-chassidus-applied","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/511758/511758-1524992897794-b8c637ef7d06b.jpg","author":"Rabbi Simon Jacobson","episode_count":398,"summary":"MyLife: Chassidus Applied Podcast by Simon Jacobson addresses the personal and emotional needs of our community by answering the most pressing questions of our lives -- from the perspective of Chassidic thought. The podcast demonstrates how the Torah provides us with a comprehensive blueprint of the human psyche as a microcosm of the cosmos, and offers us all the guidance we need to live the healthiest possible life and build nurturing homes and families, bringing up the healthiest possible children, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Get unlimited free downloads of MP3 recordings o","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T08:19:11.355975+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mylife-chassidus-applied-882"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 599: What Is the Correct Way to Understand and Experience the Sadness of This Time of Year","slug":"ep-599-what-is-the-correct-way-to-understand-and-experience-the-sadness-of-this-time-of-year","published_at":"2026-07-21T13:58:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mylife-chassidus-applied-882/ep-599-what-is-the-correct-way-to-understand-and-experience-the-sadness-of-this-time-of-year","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mylife-chassidus-applied-882","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mylife-chassidus-applied/episodes/Ep--599-What-Is-the-Correct-Way-to-Understand-and-Experience-the-Sadness-of-This-Time-of-Year-e3mbuot","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3a577f8/podcast/play/123123933/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-21%2F642b7958-269e-1a35-6118-a68a7fe83eca.mp3","summary":"Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:What should our focus be during these days? 01:48 • What is the correct way to understand and experience the sadness of this time of year? 01:48 • How does the spiral of time work according to Jewish thought? 05:19 • How do we explain the Gemara “just as when Av begins one decreases in rejoicing, so too when Adar begins, one increases in rejoicing”? 04:40Rosh Chodesh Av/Nine Days • What lessons do we learn from this time period? 12:23 • What is unique about Rosh Chodesh Av? 15:30 • Why are these days sadder than other days of the year? 20:54 • What's the highest level of divine revelation that we can access today? 22:33 • How do the laws of the nine days, like not bathing or washing clothes, help build the Third Beis HaMikdash? 27:37Devarim/Chazon • How do we reconcile the literal meaning of Chazon (Isaiah’s vision of the Temple’s destruction) and R’Levi Yitzchok Berditchev’s interpretation that every Jew is shown the Temple from afar? 33:06 • What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha? 35:30 • Why is an entire book of Torah dedicated to reviewing past events that have already happened and been documented? 38:59 • Why are new mitzvos introduced in this book? 42:50 Is there a special connection between the Ramak, whose yahrzeit was on 23 Tammuz, and Chabad Chassidus? 45:57What special strengths does our generation have? 49:46 • Why don’t we have miraculous tools like in previous generations? 54:24 • How are today’s scientific advances in AI consistent with the prophesies about the spread of knowledge in the messianic era? 57:26 What did the Rebbe say when he visited camp? Follow-up • Is money the root of all evil? 58:22","meta_description":"Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:What should our focus be during these days? 01:48 • What is the correct way to understand and experience…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3844,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mylife-chassidus-applied-882/episodes/ep-599-what-is-the-correct-way-to-understand-and-experience-the-sadness-of-this-time-of-year/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mylife-chassidus-applied-882/ep-599-what-is-the-correct-way-to-understand-and-experience-the-sadness-of-this-time-of-year.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}