Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 Purim and Persia: Then and Now 

• What lessons can we learn from Purim about today’s events in Iran? 
• How do we connect the dots of many seemingly fragmented events now and throughout history? 
• Why would anyone think of reading the Megillah backwards? 
• What are the parallels between ancient and modern-day Persia? 
• Is it providential that Khamenei and his cohorts were wiped out while we were reading the Torah portion about obliterating Amalek?  
• What happened on Purim 1953 when the Rebbe led the chassidism in shouting hoo-ra hoo-ra three times, and its connection to Stalin’s death that night? How does that apply to our times? 
• What was the general theme of the maamar the Rebbe delivered then? 
• What is the central message of Purim? 
• Why is G-d's name not mentioned in the Megillah? 
• If our enemies cannot hurt us within the structures of nature, how do we explain tragedies that we suffered throughout history? 
• How do we reconcile the Purim miracle being dressed up in nature and the fact that it was connected to Purim/lots, which is a level beyond nature? 
• Why would we be obligated to reach a point where we can't distinguish between “blessed is Mordechai and cursed is Haman”? 
• If the “Guardian of Israel does not slumber or sleep” why does it say that the “king’s sleep was disturbed that night”? 
• Why is golus (exile) compared to sleep and dreams? 
• How do we access the transcendent power of Purim today? 
• What is the meaning of the expression “anyone who stretches out their hand is given”? 
• What can I do to ensure that these blessings are fulfilled in my life? 
• What happened on Purim 60 years ago? 
• Why did we not take spoils in Persia as we did in Egypt? 
• Now that the world's biggest terrorist Khamenei is gone what comes next? 
• Is this a prelude to Moshiach?