Is Europe Suffering Its Fate Due to Its Mistreatment of Jews?

Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: Is Europe Suffering Its Fate Due to Its Mistreatment of Jews? What Should We Do When We Don’t Feel Inspired?

Is Europe Suffering Its Fate Due to Its Mistreatment of Jews? What Should We Do When We Don’t Feel Inspired? Are the Problems Caused Today by Arabs/Muslims a Continuation of Hagar and Ishmael Being Sent Away From Abraham’s Home? Why Doesn’t G-d Destroy Other Wicked Cities? How Do We Explain the Strange Story of the Akeidah?

MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 610 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, October 25, 2026 / 14 Cheshvan 5786 – 8:00-9:00PM ET

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The topics in this week’s 610th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:

What should our focus be at this time of year?

· What should we do when we don’t feel inspired?

· What great things are accomplished through self-generated effort?

Vayeira

· What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha?

· Can we view Sarah’s laughter when she heard that she would bear a child in a positive way?

· Are the problems caused today by Arabs/Muslims a continuation of Hagar and Ishmael being sent away from Abraham’s home?

· How could Abraham, a merkavah to G-d’s will, challenge G-d for wanting to destroy Sodom?

· Was it inappropriate of Abraham to pray for Sodom?

· What does it mean when G-d says “I will descend now and see” if Sodom has sinned – isn’t G-d omnipresent and omniscient?

· Why did the residents of Sodom mistreat travelers?

· Why doesn’t G-d destroy other wicked cities?

· Why did Lot’s wife turn into a pillar of salt?

· How do we explain the strange story of the Akeidah?

· Why didn’t Isaac resist?

Chof Cheshvan

· Can you present a short biography of the Rebbe Rashab?

· How do we explain the Tzemech Tzedek’s response that Abraham earned G-d’s revelation due to his circumcision – didn’t G-d reveal Himself to Abraham earlier as well?

Can we say that Europe is suffering its fate due to its mistreatment of Jews, as G-d told Abraham, “Those that bless you shall be blessed”?

MyLife: Chassidus Applied is a weekly video webcast candidly answering questions from the public about all life matters and challenges, covering the entire spectrum of human experience. This hour-long dose of insights, broadcast live every Sunday night 8-9PM ET, is meant to provide people with inspired guidance and direction, empowering them to deal with any issue they may face.

In what has become a staple in so many people’s lives, MyLife: Chassidus Applied has provoked a significant reaction from the community, with thousands of people viewing each live broadcast and hundreds of questions pouring in week after week. At the root of every question and personal challenge tackled by the series is the overarching question: Does Judaism have the answers to my personal dilemmas?

MyLife demonstrates how Chassidus 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. MyLife is brought to you by the Meaningful Life Center as a public service, free of charge.

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