Ep. 422: Should the Rainbow Help Quell Fears About Global Warming?
Boruch Benyomin ben Menucha Lana and Miriam bas Chaya Sarah Althaus
Yekusiel ben Leah Rochel and Rochel bas Liba Farkash
Dedicated by Pinchas Todros ben Miriam and Sarah bas Rochel Althaus
Topics:
- Chassidus Applied to Lech Lecha and Zayin Cheshvan
- What is the meaning of the statement that Parshas Noach is a melancholy week, but the end of the week is joyous due to the birth of Abraham; but the true joyous week is Lech Lecha, when we live with Abraham all week long? 0:44
- What can Abraham teach us today about dealing with our confusing times? 03:54
- What do we learn from the 7th of Cheshvan when the last Jews returned home after the holidays? 05:25
- What did Malkizedek do wrong by blessing Avraham before blessing G-d? 12:49
- Is our connection to the Patriarchs physical or spiritual? 22:14
- Chassidus applied to Bereishis
- Does Bereishis barah Elokim mean that in the beginning concealment (from the name Elokim) was created? 28:56
- What is the connection between the ten sefiros and the ten maamaros? 32:12
- Are there maamarim that explain the rakiya? Why was it necessary and what practical lessons do we take from it? 34:59
- Chassidus applied to Noach
- What exactly happened during and after the flood for Hashem to change the rule and now allow the consumption of meat? 39:15
- Are we able to quell our fears about global warming by remembering G-d’s covenant of the rainbow? 50:50
- If the flood eradicated evil from the world, how is it possible that Noach’s offspring could sin and build the Tower of Babel? 44:34
- Why was it a sin to build the Tower of Babel? 46:31
- What are your thoughts on the Miami Boys Choir going viral on social media? 53:55
- Should we vote for a Jewish candidate for governor who is married to a non-Jew? 58:48
- Can someone with severe PTSD use a phone on Shabbos? 01:00:52
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