MyLife: Chassidus Applied

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

66 min • 10 mars 2025

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?

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