Ep. 491: How Do We Reconcile Today’s Difficulties With This Double Month of Joy and Redemption Leading Into Pesach?
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In honor of Chaya & Mendeli Allouche’s first wedding anniversary
Topics:
What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today?
- How do you maintain a positive and joyous outlook with all the troubles brewing around us? 0:38
- How do we reconcile the difficulties we are facing with this double month of joy and the redemption of Purim leading into the redemption of Pesach? 0:38
- What is the main theme of Parshas HaChodesh, and what lessons can we derive from this unique chapter? 16:32
- What is the significance of the four special parshios we read between these weeks – from Adar through Nissan? 20:00
- Do they correlate to the four worlds of Atzilus Beriah Yetzira and Asiya? 22:15
- What is the main theme of Parshas Shemini and what are its lessons for us? 23:23
- What do we learn from the story of Nadav and Avihu? 25:50
The Gaza War
- What takes precedence: Winning the war or freeing the hostages? 29:55
- How do you respond to those that try to create a moral equivalence between both sides? 32:12
- Should we excommunicate a Jew who attacks Israel? 37:40
- Should we sing Napoleons March every day as a reminder that we will be victorious in the war? 40:20
Moshiach
- What can we do differently after Chof Zayin Adar and Gimmel Tammuz to help bring Moshiach? 44:45
- What did the Rebbe say that we should be doing when a Rebbe has a stroke? 46:33
- Is Moshiach here or not here? 50:22
- How are we sure that after Moshiach comes our negative behavior will not reverse the process? 52:11
- Should Moshiach’s imminent coming make us work faster and harder, with a greater sense of urgency, to finish our job? 55:49
- Why is this time right before the Geulah compared to Erev Shabbos? 56:40
What can we learn from the bridge collapse in Baltimore? 41:17
Is it wrong for a Rabbi to use an artificial intelligence program to write his weekly Dvar Torah? 59:59
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