Ep. 484: What Should Be Our Attitude to Zionism?

When: Sunday, February 11, 8:00PM ET

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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:

How do we find strength in challenging times? 

What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today?      > What are three fundamental steps of growth? Exodus, Sinai and the Mishkan      > Lessons from Parshas Terumah 

     > How revolutionary is the idea of building a temple in and from this physical world?      > Lessons from Adar      > How can one be joyous in times of war and loss?      > What is true joy?  

Moshiach 

     > What will the world look like when Moshiach comes? 

     > What can we do to bring Moshiach closer? 

     > What is the difference between the feminine shira and the masculine shir referring to the song of the future? 

     > If G-d is the true reality and is omnipresent, what exactly are we accomplishing when we create a “home for the divine” in this lowest of worlds?

What is our attitude to Zionism? 

     > What are the different opinions about the modern State of Israel? 

     > What is Chabad’s approach? 

     > Why did the Rebbe Rashab oppose the creation of a secular state? 

     > Is the Rebbe’s position different? 

     > Did things change after 1948? 

     > How does our unity transcend all the different opinions?