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?