Purim and Persia: Then and Now; What Lessons Can We Learn From Purim About Today’s Events in Iran? What Are the Parallels Between Ancient and Modern-Day Persia? Is It Providential That Khamenei and His Cohorts Were Wiped Out While We Were Reading About Obliterating Amalek? Is This a Prelude to Moshiach? What Happened on Purim 1953 When the Rebbe Led the Chassidism in Shouting Hoo-Ra Hoo-Ra Three Times, and Its Connection to Stalin’s Death That Night?
MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 583 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, March 1, 2026 / 12 Adar 5786 – 8:00-9:00PM ET
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The topics in this week’s 583rd episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
Purim and Persia: Then and Now
- What lessons can we learn from Purim about today’s events in Iran?
- How do we connect the dots of many seemingly fragmented events now and throughout history?
- Why would anyone think of reading the Megillah backwards?
- What are the parallels between ancient and modern-day Persia?
- Is it providential that Khamenei and his cohorts were wiped out while we were reading the Torah portion about obliterating Amalek?
- What happened on Purim 1953 when the Rebbe led the chassidism in shouting hoo-ra hoo-ra three times, and its connection to Stalin’s death that night? How does that apply to our times?
- What was the general theme of the maamar the Rebbe delivered then?
- What is the central message of Purim?
- Why is G-d’s name not mentioned in the Megillah?
- If our enemies cannot hurt us within the structures of nature, how do we explain tragedies that we suffered throughout history?
- How do we reconcile the Purim miracle being dressed up in nature and the fact that it was connected to Purim/lots, which is a level beyond nature?
- Why would we be obligated to reach a point where we can’t distinguish between “blessed is Mordechai and cursed is Haman”?
- If the “Guardian of Israel does not slumber or sleep” why does it say that the “king’s sleep was disturbed that night”?
- Why is golus (exile) compared to sleep and dreams?
- How do we access the transcendent power of Purim today?
- What is the meaning of the expression “anyone who stretches out their hand is given”?
- What can I do to ensure that these blessings are fulfilled in my life?
- What happened on Purim 60 years ago?
- Why did we not take spoils in Persia as we did in Egypt?
- Now that the world’s biggest terrorist Khamenei is gone what comes next?
- Is this a prelude to Moshiach?
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