Ep. 343: Is Psychology Antithetical to Torah?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:

• Chassidus Applied to Mishpatim, Shekalim and Rosh Chodesh Adar
  How do we balance reason and faith?
  How do we build a relationship with G-d?
  What is the power of joy?
  
• Our polarized country - follow-up
• Was the Rebbe ever in a pandemic?
• Psychology and Torah
  Please frame psychology, spirituality, and Chassidus in some sort of context
  Is psychology antithetical to Torah?
  
  Non-Jews
  Do non-Jews have a soul and free will?
  What is the difference between psyche and soul from a Chassidic perspective, and how are they different by Jews and non-Jews?
  How do you explain the end of chapter one in Tanya?
  
• Chassidus question: What are the 288 sparks? Where did they come from and what are we supposed to do with them?
• MyLife 2020 Chassidus Applied Essay and Creative Contest: 14th Place winners:
  Essay English: The BT Approach: Ways to Move Past Barriers to Growth, Michoel Moshel, 25 Psychology Student, Dover Heights, Australia
  Essay Hebrew (men): מעלות הנישואין, Ariel Nevai, Beitar Ilit, Israel
  Essay Hebrew (women): שמחה זו לא בדיחה, Student, Miri Sudakevitch, Kfar Chabad, Israel
  Creative: The World Around Us through the Lens of Chassidus (mixed media with text and visual), Fraida Raskin, 18, Student, Beth Rivkah Ladies’ College. Hometown: East Bentleigh, Australia