Ep. 491: How Do We Reconcile Today's Difficulties With This Double Month of Joy and Redemption Leading Into Pesach?

MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today?

• How do you maintain a positive and joyous outlook with all the troubles brewing around us?
• How do we reconcile the difficulties we are facing today with this double month of joy and the redemption of Purim leading into the redemption of Pesach?
• What is the main theme of Parshas HaChodesh, and what lessons can we derive from this unique chapter?
• What is the significance of the four special parshios we read between these weeks – from Adar through Nissan?
• Do they correlate to the four worlds of Atzilus Beriah Yetzira and Asiya?
• What is the main theme of Parshas Shemini and what are its lessons for us?
• What do we learn from the story of Nadav and Avihu?

• What takes precedence: Winning the war or freeing the hostages?
• How do you respond to those that try to create a moral equivalence between both sides?
• Should we excommunicate a Jew who attacks Israel?
• Should we sing Napoleons March every day as a reminder that we will be victorious in the war?

• What can we do differently after Chof Zayin Adar and Gimmel Tammuz to help bring Moshiach?
• What did the Rebbe say that we should be doing when a Rebbe has a stroke?
• Is Moshiach here or not here?
• How are we sure that after Moshiach comes our negative behavior will not reverse the process?
• Should Moshiach’s imminent coming make us work faster and harder, with a greater sense of urgency, to finish our job?
• Why is this time right before the Geulah compared to Erev Shabbos?

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