Ep. 454: 29 Years From Gimmel Tammuz! How Much Longer?
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:
- Lessons from Gimmel Tammuz
- Why did Gimmel Tammuz happen? 02:43
- What are we to make of this day? 02:43
- 29 years! How much longer? 13:25
- If a shepherd never deserts his flock, how do we explain Gimmel Tammuz? 17:47
- How do we understand the two diametrically opposite energies of this day? 21:09
- Are there any similarities to the events leading up to and during Yud Shvat and Gimmel Tammuz? 22:49
- What can we do to protest and demand that Hashem return the Rebbe to us and send Moshiach as we have been promised? 24:33
- Is darkness a creation or is it just an absence of light? 27:40
- Chassidus applied to Parshas Korach 34:30
- What is the primary lesson we learn from Korach’s rebellion? 34:30
- Does it have a connection with Gimmel Tammuz? 37:45
- Was Korach’s argument that “everyone is equal” the seed of the idea of socialism? 39:51
- What is the answer to Korach’s claims? 40:10
- Are there any positive lessons we can learn from Korach’s reasoning? 44:35
- What does it mean that “the children of Korach did not die”? 47:00
- Did they actually survive underground, and did they continue to live afterwards? 48:50
- What is the significance of overlaying the altar with the copper pans brought by the 250 men with Korach who offered incense and died? And how does that contrast with the copper mirrors of the women used to make the water basin? 51:15
- Are some people given more opportunity than others to do teshuva? 54:55
- Does Chassidus explain the difference between the avodah of the Avos and Korach? 57:15
- What happened with the almonds that grew on Aaron’s rod? 57:58
- Behaalotecho – follow up: What does the upward and downward movement of light teach us about G-d? 59:50
- Shelach – follow up:
- Why did everyone get punished because of the scouts? 01:03:07
- Why did Joshua send two scouts into Jericho when scouts were already sent by Moshe? 01:04:33
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