Can You Be a Zionist Without Displaying the Israeli Flag and Singing Its Anthem? Should We Participate in Events That Have These Displays? How Does Joy Help Us Get through Difficult Challenges? If We Defeated Amalek on Purim Why Are We Still Facing Enemies Like Hamas? What Can We Learn From Moshe Challenging and Prevailing Over G-d to Forgive the People? Why Not Deport the Arabs and Muslims From Israel?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 486, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, February 25, 2024 / 16 Adar I 5784 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
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The topics in this week’s 486th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today?
– Lessons from Adar
– How does joy help us get through difficult challenges?
– What is the acronym of Adar?
– Does the joy in Adar have the power to transform true darkness?
– Is the joy in Adar initiated from above or from our work below?
– If we defeated Amalek on Purim why are we still facing enemies like Hamas?
– Why don’t I see blessings in my life as the Rebbe Rashab promised to those who will learn Chassidus?
– Parshas Ki Tisa
– What can we learn from Moshe challenging and prevailing over G-d to forgive the people?
– Is there a connection between the broken tablets and the shattered containers of Tohu?
– Is the October 7 massacre and subsequent war a punishment for building the Golden Calf?
– How could the people transgress such a grave sin of idolatry just 39 days after the greatest revelation at Sinai?
Why not support a Palestinian state?
Why not deport the Arabs and Muslims from Israel?
What should be our attitude to Zionism and to displaying the Israeli flag and singing HaTikvah?
– Can you be a Zionist without displaying the Israeli flag and singing its anthem?
– Should we allow these displays in our organizations?
– Should we not participate in events that have these displays?
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I like very much how the rabbi says “sheleimus ha torah, ha aretz, ve ha am.” עם ישראל, ארץ יראל, תורת ישראל. Pretty soon he will get a nice big kippa sruga. Of course I jest. But I like it. We do have different symbols yes. The traditional religious Zionists and Hassidic Judaism. But the substance is what is important and the goals are the same in the end. The strength of the Jewish people, physically and spiritually. I like where things are headed within our people. Maybe I am over optimistic, but although it is dark outside, I see… Read more »
We love the whole Jewish Nation, we love the entire Land of Israel, the security of both are paramount and precious to us.
I believe the Rebbe stated the State is not the beginning of the Geulah.