Can We Still Say That Israel is the Safest Place in the World?

MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 469, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, October 29, 2023 / 14 Cheshvan 5784 – 8:00-9:00PM ET

>>> Special Israel at War Edition <<<

Strength and Direction

• How to find strength and direction in these times?
• What are the treasures and secret weapons that can help us win today’s war?
• How are we to understand the Rebbe’s words that Israel is the safest place in the world?
• Is this like the war against Amalek, where we need to eradicate every last one of our enemies?
• Should we be concerned that our enemies are setting a trap for us?

Empowering Torah Portions

• How can living with the times – the weekly portions in Torah – help us in these times?
• What are the roots and the deeper inside story behind this war, and where do we find it in these weeks Torah portions?
• Can we gain strength from the holiday season that just ended?
• What does Simchas Torah – and its Torah reading – teach us about these terrible events?

o   Can we learn anything from the end of the Torah reading and Rashi’s commentary about Moshe’s breaking the tablets?

o   Did Moshe see G-d face to face?

• What can we learn from Parshas Bereishis:

o   From Rashi on the first verse?

o   From “let there be light”?

• What can we learn from Parshas Noach?

o   How does the destruction of a “world filled with chamas” relate to our times today?

o   Will the destruction of chamas cause the entire world to be destroyed as it was in the time of the flood?

o   How do we build an ark today to protect us from the raging floodwaters?

o   Should we have hooted when “chamas” was read in the Torah?

o   What is the meaning of the verse in Isaiah 60:18 where it says chamas will never be heard from again in your land?

• What can we learn from Parshas Lech Lecha?

o   What role does Abraham play in history?

o   What lesson is there in “I will bless those that bless you”?

o   How does the Brit Bein HaBetarim relate to today’s events?

o   The birth of Yishmael – a wild man

• What can we learn from Parshas Vayeira?
• Are today’s conflicts a result of Yishmael being banished from Abraham’s home and the continuation of unresolved issues between Yitzchok and Yishmael?
• How could someone like Yishmael originate from the tzaddik Avraham?
• How is Yishmael still causing problems if Yishmael did teshuva later in his life?
• What do we learn from Abraham praying to save Sodom?
• Is there any significance to the fact the word for peace is similar in Hebrew and Arabic?

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