Ep. 499: Should We Be Concerned That America Will Turn Against Jews, and Begin Planning Our Exit Strategy?
And in merit of Boruch Benyomin ben Menucha Lana Althaus
Yekusiel ben Leah Rochel and Rochel bas Liba Farkash
Dedicated by Pinchas Todros ben Miriam and Sarah bas Rochel Althaus
Topics:
MyLife 500 campaign
What assets and resources do we have to face life’s challenges?
- The power of Torah and Chassidus 08:00
What does this time-period and Torah portion teach us today?
- Transition from Iyar to Sivan 09:00
- Rosh Chodesh Sivan: Like one man, with one heart 10:00
- Bamidbar
- Why did Hashem give the Torah in a desert instead of in a beautiful place? 13:33
- Why is it important to know all the details of the Jewish people’s journeys in the wilderness, how they erected and dismantled the Mishkan and who carried which parts when they traveled? 20:08
- Bechukosei
- If engraved letters are higher than written ones, why do we have a written Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzot? 24:00
Is it significant that a group climbing Mt. Everest brought a Sefer Torah with them and held it up in the air doing a “super Hagbah” at the highest point in the world? 28:51
- Omer
- Personal refinement
- Why do we recite Psalm 67 after counting the Omer, and why is that psalm sometimes written out in the shape of a menorah? 31:10
Should we be moving to Israel? Follow-up 34:50
- Should we be concerned that America will turn against Jews, and begin planning our exit strategy? 36:06
- Can we compare events today to events that happened in Europe during the 30’s? 37:00
- When do we escape danger and when do we remain? 45:02
- How could the Frierdiker Rebbe visit Israel and then leave from there? 47:15
War with Hamas
- Should we see the events of October 7 as deeper blessings hidden in the curses? 47:15
- If the Palestinians turn out to be from the lost twelve tribes would we welcome them? 53:05
Donald Trump
- What should our reaction be to the Trump verdict? 54:32
- Are we allowed to pray for him? 01:00:45
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