Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chassidus applied to Rosh Chodesh Kislev
What is the significance of this day and can we learn from it?
What is the theme and energy of Kislev?
How to grow through setbacks?
What was the origin of the Kinus Hashluchim?
Lessons from Toldos
What can couples experiencing difficulties having children learn from Yitzchak and Rivkah?
What do we learn from the battle of Esau and Yaakov in Rivkah’s womb?
Why did Yaakov have to dress up as Esau in order to steal the blessings?
What justification is there for Yaakov to steal Esau’s blessings?
Why did only Rivkah, and not Yitzchak understand the status of Esau?
Why couldn’t Yitzchak correct himself and bless Esau with the brochos he mistakenly gave Yaakov?
Why was Yitzchak not spared the pain of seeing Esau become a wicked person as Abraham was by having him pass away earlier?
What was the yeshiva of Shem and Eiver?
Ways to find a shidduch – follow-up
Comments: The importance of asking questions
Women in the Torah
Why does the Torah rarely mention the girls in the families?
How should I respond to someone who criticizes the Torah for being a patriarchal system that keeps men in power?
Why don’t women wear a yarmulke?
Chassidus question: Based on the rule that the highest levels fall to the lowest ones, 1) why did Rivkah and Yaakov give up on Esau and not let him receive the blessings in the hope he would do teshuva? 2) Does this rule apply to the monsters in history as well, like Stalin?
Ep. 317: What Should I Say to a Neighbor Pressuring Me to Display a BLM Sign On My Lawn?
Ep. 316: Why Can’t We Be Critical of the BLM Movement?
Ep 315: Fighting for What You Believe In: Lessons from 12-13 Tammuz
Ep. 314: Why Do I Need a Rebbe?
Ep 313: How Do We Explain Different Examples of Racism in the Torah?
Ep 312: Should We Be Joining the Peaceful Protests? On Shabbos?
Ep 311: What Should Be Our Perspective on the Latest Violent Protests in Cities Across the U.S.?
Ep. 310: This Year, How Can We Fulfill the Rebbe’s Request To Hear the 10 Commandments on Shavuos?
Ep. 309: How Can We Build Faith and Trust in Times of Crisis?
Ep. 308: The Power of Rashbi in Times of Crisis
Ep. 307: Can the Current Upheaval Bring Us to Discover a New Perspective on G-d and Torah?
Ep. 306: Revelation: Tanya as Ketores – a Spiritual Vaccine Against a Pandemic
Ep. 305: Iyar - Ani Hashem Rofecho, I, G-d, Am Your Healer
Ep. 304: As a Single, I Find the Loneliness Unbearable. Please Share Some Advice?
Ep. 303: What Did the Tzemech Tzedek Write in a Maamar About the Epidemic in 1832?
Ep. 302: What Are the Spiritual Dynamics of a Virus Epidemic?
Ep. 301: Special Coronavirus Edition Part III
Ep. 300: Special Coronavirus Edition - Should We be Closing Schools and Shuls Due to Ciovid-19?
Ep. 299: Why Is There Ever a Mitzvah to Get Drunk?
Ep. 298: What Attitude Should We Have to the Coronavirus?
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