Ep. 513: What Can We Do Differently and Better This Elul to Ensure That 5785 Will Be a Great Year?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
How can Elul help us during these trying times? 

• What can we do differently and better this Elul to ensure that 5785 will be a great year? 
• Can you explain in practical terms how I can connect to the king in the field? 
• Why don’t we find Elul and its special customs mentioned in the Talmud or the Rambam? 
• What is the proper translation of kesiva v'chasima tova? 
• Did the Rebbe say that his favorite prayer is modeh ani? 

• 13 Elul 
• 15 Elul 
• 18 Elul 

• As an introverted artist uncomfortable with reaching out to curators and galleries, what more can I do to get my art out there?  

• What does the opening verse teach us? 
• What is its connection to Elul? 
• If the curses in this week’s chapter are really deep hidden blessings, why do we read them in an undertone, and no one is called up to that reading? 
• Why does it take 40 years to truly understand the Torah and have a complete relationship with Hashem? 

• What more can we do to release the remaining hostages? 
• How can we honor the souls of those brutally murdered? 
• How can I get beyond my anguish for the families of the hostages and those that have lost loved ones? How can I find a balance between holding space and praying for them and living my own life?