Welcome to Monday Torah, an inspiring class by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, one of the most sought after speakers in the Jewish world today and spiritual leader of Congregation Bais Shmuel in Crown Heights.
This week’s 30-minute class, explores a Sicha of the Rebbe from Purim 1965, explaining how we learn from the Megillah a perspective on history and the daily news.
A king parties for 187 days. Why is it a Torah obligation to listen on Purim to this part of the story? Is that really relevant to the celebration of Purim? Does it make sense that you are not allowed to miss even one word from a description of a Persian party?
The answer is because this part of the story teaches us something profound: What looks like a party is really part of a Divine plan.
Rabbi Jacobson shares the amazing story of an event that occurred in 1840 when two countries fought over Opium. No one would expect that as a result of that 50,000 Jews were saved a century later. You got to listen to the news behind the news.
The weekly video webcast is aired on TheYeshiva.net and COLlive.com each
Monday evening at 8:30 PM EST.
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