Ep. 529: Is the Recent Cease Fire and Hostage Exchange a Positive Thing?

MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Is the recent cease-fire and hostage exchange a positive thing?

• What would the Rebbe say about this?
• Is there anything positive that emerged from the hostage crisis?
• What should be our long-term goal?
• With all the disappointments should we become more complacent?

• What can we learn from the Rambam today?
• How was the Rambam unique?

• What can we learn from the Alter Rebbe today?
• What does his name represent?
• What were the Alter Rebbe’s last words to the Tzemach Tzedek?
• Is this yahrzeit a sad day?
• How do we honor it?
• Is it appropriate to reprimand those who persecuted the Alter Rebbe?

• What is the central theme of this Torah chapter?
• What personal and global lessons does it offer us?
• Should we expect to see ten plagues against Iran and its proxies?

• How should we prepare for this day?
• What is a short synopsis of the main ideas and innovative chiddushim of chapter 15 of Basi L’Gani?
• What is a practical example of “splurging the treasures” (bizbuz ha’otzros) applicable to our times?
• How do we explain the difference between the preciousness of seven and the transcendence of eight?
• How do we receive answers from the Rebbe today?

• Should we be celebrating a mezuzah preserved in a burned-down building?

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