Ep. 537: How Should We Approach Obstacles in Our Lives – As a Challenge to Overcome or a Sign That We Should Change Course?

MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Triple Purim (Meshulash) in Jerusalem

Adar

• How can joy increase after Purim?
• Is there a connection between joy and Purim and the sign of Pisces/fish of the month of Adar?
• inner dimensions and secrets? How does joy reveal

• What does Purim teach us about today’s wars with our enemies?
• Why did Mordechai not bow to Haman (follow-up)?
• Why do the sages interpret that Esther was married to Mordechai (follow-up)?
• Why do we commemorate the Fast of Esther the day before Purim when the actual 3-day fast was in Nissan eleven months earlier?
• Is humor and light-heartedness allowed at other times, or only on Purim?
• Why don’t we find humor in the written Torah? (follow-up)
• Will Moshiach have a sense of humor, or will that time be strictly serious?
• Are we allowed to make fun of the Purim villains?
• What is the difference between frivolous and “holy” humor?

• What is the central theme of this week’s Torah chapter?
• What personal and global lessons does it offer us for our times?
• What do we learn from the Jews donating for the Mishkan more than was needed?

• Should we be working toward transforming our enemies and not just annihilating them?