Ep. 424: How Should We Respond to the Latest Bout of Antisemitic Vitriol?
In loving memory of his father
Dovid Ben Yechezkal HaLevi
a true mensch
Topics:
- Chassidus Applied to Chof Cheshvan
- What is the connection of the Rebbe Rashab to Keser? 02:45
- What were the Rebbe Rashab’s two main contributions? 04:10
- Why is the 5th Chabad Rebbe called the Rebbe Rashab? 09:58
- What was his most important teaching? 13:12
- What can I do differently to manifest and reveal the blessings of the Rebbe Rashab that the students in his yeshiva would be successful? 17:55
- Chassidus Applied to Chayei Sarah
- Why is the chapter called Chayei Sara when it discusses her death? 25:40
- What is true life? 26:53
- Are there any lessons that singles can learn from Eliezer’s successful mission in finding Rivkah for Isaac? 30:14
- Why did G-d bless the patriarchs with mundane things like children and land, and not something more spiritual, such as the world to come? 34:27
- If the patriarchs had difficulty raising their children properly, what chance do we have with ours? 36:58
- What parenting lessons, if any, can we learn from the patriarchs and matriarchs? 37:10
- What does it mean that Abraham’s children will be like the stars? 41:42
- Is it appropriate for frum women and girls to wear nose rings today as they did in Biblical times? 43:35
- What is the difference between the head covering for women in Judaism and the head covering in Islam? 45:19
- How should we respond to the latest bout of antisemitic vitriol? 48:06
- Follow-up
- If Abraham could have saved Sodom with just 50 righteous people, why were the Jews not spared during the Holocaust with many more than 50 righteous? 59:47
- Did Lot speak loshon ha’ra when he said that most of the people in Sodom are wicked? 01:02:02
- Is Lee Zeldin’s loss a heavenly sign that he is being punished and publicly embarrassed for marrying a non-Jew?
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Comments (1)
Regarding the question about a nosering, wondering why Rabbi Jacobson didn’t mention the idea of Das Yehudis? The idea is that the women in the community who are of Rebbetzin-like status determine the standard of what’s appropriate, and what’s the norm according to these women, has the status of Halacha. Additionally, the Rebbe guided Chabad schools who asked what their Tznius standards should be and the Rebbe responded, like Bais Yaakov. As far as I understand in those circles, noserings are not considered appropriate today.