Ep. 545: How Should We Respond to the Latest Tragic Washington Murders?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
How should we respond to the latest tragic Washington murders? 

• Where is Hashem in all of this? 
• Is there something we can do? 
• Should we stop displaying our Jewish identity, not go to shul, remove Jewish symbols? 

• Why do we read this Torah chapter before Shavuos? 
• Who owns the Torah? Can anyone claim royalties? 
• What personal and global lessons does it offer us for our times? 

• What is the personal significance of this holiday? 
• What is the Torah, and why is the giving of the Torah such a monumental event? 
• What is the deeper meaning of so many seemingly trivial details in the Torah? 
• Why is it important for everyone to go to shul on Shavuos to hear the Ten Commandments if we have already heard them in previous years? 
• If the “entire Torah” is about loving another, why do we see many Torah observant people who are not loving? 
• Does the “entire Torah” include the inner dimension of Torah? 
• Why do the Ten Commandments begin with describing G-d as taking us out of Egypt and not as Creator? And why not G-d that will bring the final redemption? 
• What does Anochi signify? 
• Why were spouses commanded not to be intimate before Mattan Torah? Isn’t intimacy a sacred act? 
• Why do we dance with the Torah on Simchas Torah and not on Shavuos? 
• Why do we celebrate receiving the Torah when we didn't even have a chance to read it yet?  
• Is there a Maamar Chassidus on the book of Ruth that you would suggest we study?