Ep. 536: What Does Purim Teach Us About Today’s Wars With Our Enemies?

MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What lessons can we learn from Tes Adar – 85 years later?

• Why was coming to America a new era in history?

• What does Purim teach us about today’s wars with our enemies?
• Can we compare Hamas to Haman?
• Is there a connection between the redemption of Purim and the final redemption?
• Why will Purim be the only holiday that we will celebrate in the future?
• Why was it so important that Mordechai not bow to Haman? After all, Jacob bowed to Esau.
• If Esther could violate one of the three cardinal sins to save the Jewish people, why couldn’t Mordechai bow to Haman for the same reason?
• Is there a way today to replicate the Rebbe’s hurrah hurrah hurrah that eliminated Stalin?
• How do we justify the killing of 75,000 enemies?
• Why do we praise the Jews for not taking spoils when they killed so many people?
• Why the need for a second decree?
• Why does fasting annul decrees?
• Why then don’t we fast or wear sackcloth today in honor of the hostages?
• What is the significance of Purim falling out on a Friday?
• How can we explain the obligation of drinking on Purim until we can't distinguish between blessed is Mordechai and cursed is Haman?!
• How could Rabba “kill” Reb Zeira on Purim?
• What do we learn from this incident?
• Does this story indicate that we ought to be careful how much Chassidus to learn?
• How could Esther have relations with Achashverosh, especially according to the opinion that she was married?
• Why do we wear Purim costumes?
• What is the origin of the “Purim Torah”?
• Why is Purim a holiday in which things are turned inside out and upside down?