Should We Be Concerned That America Will Turn Against Jews, and Begin Planning Our Exit Strategy? What Should Our Reaction Be to the Trump Verdict? Should We Be Looking at the Events of October 7 as Deeper Blessings Hidden in the Curses?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 499, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, June 2, 2024 / 25 Iyar 5784 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
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The topics in this week’s 499th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
MyLife 500 campaign
What assets and resources do we have to face life’s challenges?
- The power of Torah and Chassidus
What does this time-period and Torah portion teach us today?
- Transition from Iyar to Sivan
- Rosh Chodesh Sivan: Like one man, with one heart
- Bamidbar
o Why did Hashem give the Torah in a desert instead of in a beautiful place?
o Why is it important to know all the details of the Jewish people’s journeys in the wilderness, how they erected and dismantled the Mishkan and who carried which parts when they traveled?
- Bechukosei
o If engraved letters are higher than written ones, why do we have a written Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzot?
Is it significant that a group climbing Mt. Everest brought a Sefer Torah with them and held it up in the air doing a “super Hagbah” at the highest point in the world?
- Omer
o Personal refinement
o Why do we recite psalm 67 after counting the Omer, and why is that psalm sometimes written out in the shape of a menorah?
- Should we be moving to Israel? Follow-up
- Should we be concerned that America will turn against Jews, and begin planning our exit strategy?
- Can we compare events today to events that happened in Europe during the 30’s?
- When do we escape danger and when do we remain?
- How could the Frierdiker Rebbe visit Israel and then leave from there?
War with Hamas
- Should we be looking at the events of October 7 as deeper blessings hidden in the curses?
- If the Palestinians turn out to be from the lost twelve tribes would we welcome them?
Donald Trump
- What should our reaction be to the Trump verdict?
- Are we allowed to pray for him?
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Dear Rabbi Jacobson
I really love your work
Would you please be able to put a list of time stamps?
I find it hard to watch the whole thing
And then i find it hard to find the topic