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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS:
• Lessons from 9 Adar and Tetzaveh
o What is the significance of the Frierdiker Rebbe's arrival to the “lower hemisphere?
o What can we learn from this about battling the godless “communists” of our time?
o Why is Moshe’s name not mentioned in this parsha?
• Chassidus Applied to Purim
o What is the significance of the mitzvah of eradicating Amalek?
o Why would G-d create evil people and then command us to obliterate them?
o Why don’t we hoot when King Saul’s name is mentioned?
o Why does the Megillah start with a party that happened years before the main part of the story?
o Why are Pesachia and Hadassah called by their secular Persian names, Mordechai and Esther?
o What ever happened to Vashti?
o What happened to Achashverosh after the Purim story in the Megillah?
o Did Haman work in a barber shop before getting a job in Achashverosh's court?
o Why is there a custom to wear masks on Purim?
o Is there a connection to Covid masks?
o Why did the Rebbe not wear a costume on Purim if that is the custom?
• What is special about the month of Adar? Should one push off a court case to this month?
• Is there spiritual significance to the landing on Mars and the general exploration of space?
• Follow-up: Bizbuz ha’otzros
• Chassidus question: How do we explain the statement cited in Chassidus that Yom Kippurim is only like Purim?
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Ep. 459: What Personal Lessons in Growth and Recovery Does Shabbos Nachamu Offer Us?
Ep. 458: How to Deal With a Spouse’s Zealotry?
Ep. 457: Is There More Hope Than the Usual Despair for a Narcissist Who Is Jewish? Frum? A Chassid?
Ep. 456: Is It Better to Be Another Member of a Chassidic Community or Live Out of Town Where You Can Be a Leader?
Ep. 455: What Lessons Can We Learn From the Tragic Implosion
Ep. 454: 29 Years From Gimmel Tammuz! How Much Longer?
Ep. 453: What Lessons Can We Learn From the Intense Smoke Recently Engulfing the East Coast?
Ep. 452: Should Pictures of Women to Be Published in Religious Publications?
Ep. 451: How Do We Address an Issue Without Personalizing It?
Ep. 450: Was the Rebbe Loving?
Ep. 449: How Should I Deal With a Daughter Who Hasn’t Spoken With Me for Years?
Ep. 448: Why Is Lag B’Omer an Auspicious Time for Parents and Children to Reconnect?
Ep. 447: Do We Always Have a Second Chance? Is There Hope After We Have Been Deeply Wounded?
Ep. 446: What Is the Significance of Tiferes She’Btiferes and L’Chatchila Ariber?
Ep. 445: What Should We Do to Honor Chof Ches Nissan?
Ep. 444: Best Response to the Recent Discord in Israel? Invite a Jew You Disagree With to Your Seder
Ep. 443: How Should We Deal With Our Child Who Wants to Marry Someone More Modern?
Ep. 442: How Should We Address the Recent Controversy Around Women Becoming “Halachik Advisors”?
Ep. 441: How to Resolve Differences Between Spouses?
Ep. 440: How Do We Perform the Requirement to Drink on Purim? What Is the Torah/Chassidus View on Plant Medicine and Psychedelics?
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