MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Ep. 545: How Should We Respond to the Latest Tragic Washington Murders?

69 min • 26 maj 2025

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
How should we respond to the latest tragic Washington murders? 

  • Where is Hashem in all of this? 
  • Is there something we can do? 
  • Should we stop displaying our Jewish identity, not go to shul, remove Jewish symbols? 
  • Why do we read this Torah chapter before Shavuos? 
  • Who owns the Torah? Can anyone claim royalties? 
  • What personal and global lessons does it offer us for our times? 
  • What is the personal significance of this holiday? 
  • What is the Torah, and why is the giving of the Torah such a monumental event? 
  • What is the deeper meaning of so many seemingly trivial details in the Torah? 
  • Why is it important for everyone to go to shul on Shavuos to hear the Ten Commandments if we have already heard them in previous years? 
  • If the “entire Torah” is about loving another, why do we see many Torah observant people who are not loving? 
  • Does the “entire Torah” include the inner dimension of Torah? 
  • Why do the Ten Commandments begin with describing G-d as taking us out of Egypt and not as Creator? And why not G-d that will bring the final redemption? 
  • What does Anochi signify? 
  • Why were spouses commanded not to be intimate before Mattan Torah? Isn’t intimacy a sacred act? 
  • Why do we dance with the Torah on Simchas Torah and not on Shavuos? 
  • Why do we celebrate receiving the Torah when we didn't even have a chance to read it yet?  
  • Is there a Maamar Chassidus on the book of Ruth that you would suggest we study? 

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