MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Ep. 520: How Can These Torah Chapters Help Us Understand Today’s Wars?

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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:What do we learn from Parshas Chayei Sarah? 

  • How can these Torah chapters help us understand today’s wars and what we can do to help the situation? 
  • What is the central theme of this Torah portion? 
  • Why is the portion that talks about the death of Sarah called the life of Sarah? 
  • What is the lesson from Eliezer initially wanting his own daughter to marry Yitzchak, but ends up serving as the messenger to have Rivkah marry him? 
  • How can Eliezer be Og King of Bashan, who was a villain? 
  • What is the meaning of V’Avraham zokon bo ba’yomim? 
  • Why did Abraham remarry Hagar/Keturah? 
  • Why is Ishmael’s return discussed at the end of this portion? 
  • What can we learn from Sarah insisting that Ishmael be sent away? 

    • Vayeira

    • Why did Sarah laugh when she heard that she would give birth? Was she rebuked? 
    • Why did the akeidah cause Sarah’s passing? 
    • If the akeidah was meant to reveal higher levels of love between us and G-d, why was Sarah harmed when she heard about the akeidah? 
    • Is there a connection between a nisayon (test) and nes (miracle)? 

      • Lech Lecha 

      • Why don’t we add a letter to the name of everyone who is circumcised as it was added to the name Avraham? 

        • Chof Cheshvan 

        • What lessons can we learn from the Rebbe Rashab today? 
        • Can you please share an idea from the Rebbe Rashab? 
        •  Why did the Tzemech Tzedek ask to delay his bris?

          • Winter 

          • As we enter the winter season, what lessons does it offer us? 
          • Why not put on a fur coat while also lighting a fireplace? 

            • What attitude should we have to politics? 

            • How important is the president of a country in the divine scheme? 

              • War in Israel 

              • How should we be responding to Israel’s victories over its enemies? 


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