Ep. 499: Should We Be Concerned That America Will Turn Against Jews?

06/04/24 • 63 min

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
MyLife 500 campaign
What assets and resources do we have to face life’s challenges?

The power of Torah and Chassidus
Transition from Iyar to Sivan
Rosh Chodesh Sivan: Like one man, with one heart
Bamidbar
Bechukosei
Omer
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?
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?
What should our reaction be to the Trump verdict?
Are we allowed to pray for him?

What does this time-period and Torah portion teach us today? 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? Should we be moving to Israel? Follow-up War with Hamas Donald Trump

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
MyLife 500 campaign
What assets and resources do we have to face life’s challenges?

The power of Torah and Chassidus
Transition from Iyar to Sivan
Rosh Chodesh Sivan: Like one man, with one heart
Bamidbar
Bechukosei
Omer
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?
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?
What should our reaction be to the Trump verdict?
Are we allowed to pray for him?

Previous Episode

Ep. 498: How Does Rabbi Shimeon Bar Yochai Help Us Deal with Our Present Challenges?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
MyLife 500 campaign
What does Lag B’Omer teach us today?

How does Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai help us deal with our challenges?
Why is this day so special?
What is the source that Lag B’Omer is the day of Rashbi’s Hilula?
Why can we listen to music and make weddings on Lag B’Omer?
Did the Rebbe suggest that we visit the Ohel on this day?
Is there an alternative for someone who can’t go to the Ohel?
Why don’t we celebrate with a parade on other special days of the year?
Why is there a custom to light bonfires on Lag B’Omer?
How could the students of Rabbi Akiva defy their teacher’s cardinal rule about loving another?
Why did the students of Rabbi Akiva die in an epidemic – does not respecting another warrant the death penalty?
Why do we say Lag B’Omer, but don’t say Tu B’Av?
Should we be relying on the segulos associated with Lag B’Omer?
Segulos don't seem to work for me. What should I do differently?
What can we learn from Rashbi living 12 years in a cave?
Is there a connection between Lag B’Omer and Moshiach?
Is it connected to the Zohar?
And if so, how does it relate to Chassidus?
Who was Moses de Leon, and what role did he play in disseminating the Zohar?
What do we learn from this parsha?
What is the connection between this parsha and Lag B’Omer?
Why are engraved letters higher than written ones?
What is the significance of the month of Iyar and the general time between Pesach and Shavuos? Follow-up
If Sinai teaches us the lesson of humility, why was the Torah given on a mountain altogether?
Why are we not gathering daily and holding prayer vigils and public reciting of Torah and Tehillim and tzedakah beseeching heaven to free the hostages and end this evil war?
Where are our leaders?

Bechukosei Iyar Sinai Why did the Rebbe not go to Israel? Follow-up
War with Hamas

Next Episode

Ep. 500: How Should We React to the Rescue of the Four Hostages?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:

MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 500
Tribute to Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky a”h
How should we react to the rescue of the four hostages?
What happened on this day 3336 years ago?
Why is it important for us to honor it?
What is Torah?
What is Torah from G-d's perspective?
Why was the Torah not given at the beginning of creation?
Why is it called Mattan Torah? Why is G-d giving us a gift?
Why did the Jews have to restrain themselves for three days before Mattan Torah?
Why don’t we dance with the Torah on Shavuot as we do on Simchat Torah?
Did we receive the Torah willingly or were we coerced?
Why is saying naaseh v’nishma considered such a big thing?
Why were crowns placed on the heads of the Jewish people at Sinai, and why did the angels and not G-d Himself place these crowns on their heads?
What is the significance of a crown (keser)?
What is the difference between the two levels of Keser, arich and atik?
How does the Rebbe Rashab explain the idea of keser in Hemshech Ayin Beis?
Why did G-d offer the Torah to the other nations?
Was it possible that the Jews could have chosen not to receive the Torah?
What lessons do we learn from Mattan Torah in our present lives and challenges?
What shape were the tablets?
Why do we read the Book of Ruth on Shavuot?
Is the last week of Sefirah, when we focus on malchus, connected with Moshiach?