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Samach Vav

Samach Vav

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.

Rabbi Simon Jacobson

215 episodesEN

Show overview

Samach Vav launched in 2025 and has put out 215 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 230 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 57 min and 1h 10m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 183 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 183 episodes published. Published by Rabbi Simon Jacobson.

Episodes
215
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
1h 3m
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

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!

Latest Episodes

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Samach Vav Part 215: Open for me the eye of a needle and I will open for you the gate of the Ulam

Oct 8, 20261h 5m

Samach Vav Part 214: Ahava rabba is given from above only after man's avodah below

Oct 7, 202654 min

Samach Vav Part 213: All revelations from above manifest only after the avodah below

Oct 7, 202658 min

Samach Vav Part 212: Difference between Shabbos and Torah whether the makif becomes a pnimi mamash

Sep 24, 202657 min

Samach Vav Part 211: Refining the containers makes them capable of receiving the transcendent sovev

Sep 23, 202648 min

Samach Vav Part 210: At times the makif radiates internally, on Shabbos and through Torah

Sep 19, 202657 min

Samach Vav Part 209: Mitzvos reveal the ohr makif -- the divine will -- in existence

Sep 18, 20261h 4m

Samach Vav Part 208: Divine energy within existence is an outer and diminished reflection/expression

Sep 17, 20261h 3m

Samach Vav Part 207: Why is loiven ha'elyon only a stimulant and Aaron's ahava rabba is avodah?

Sep 16, 202659 min

Samach Vav Part 206: Aaron empowers both the avodah pnimis of the ten faculties and ahava rabba

Sep 15, 202647 min

Samach Vav Part 205: Difference between the Temple's dedication and Aaron lighting the Menorah

Sep 14, 20261h 1m

Samach Vav Part 204: Inspiration is only an introduction, not the actual avodah

Sep 10, 20261h 0m

Samach Vav Part 203: Avodah pnimis refines the animal soul and transforms the person

Sep 9, 202652 min

Samach Vav Part 202: Avodah b'koach atzmo sustains and internalizes the inspiration from above

Sep 9, 20261h 12m

Samach Vav Part 201: The natural ratzo of the soul is aroused by the ruach/razton from above

Sep 7, 20261h 25m

Samach Vav Part 200: The soul's ratzo is aroused by a divine power from above

Sep 5, 20261h 2m

Samach Vav Part 199: The soul's ratzo v'shuv comes from a higher divine power -- supernal whiteness

Sep 4, 20261h 4m

Samach Vav Part 198: A higher divine power causes the soul's ratzo and shuv -- Aaron's ahava rabba

Sep 3, 202659 min

Samach Vav Part 197: What causes the soul's ratzo and shuv?

Sep 2, 20261h 5m

Samach Vav Part 196: Torah Ohr (aish) is dependent on Ner Mitzvah (ruach)

Sep 1, 20261h 6m
Rabbi Simon Jacobson