Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What does this time-period and Torah portion teach us today? 

• How does the transition from Adar to Nissan empower us? 
• Chassidus applied to Rosh Chodesh Nissan 
• What do we learn from the new moon? 
• What's the significance of saying the daily nasi the first twelve days of Nissan? 
• Are the miracles of Nissan within or above the natural order? 
• Can we expect to see open miracles this month, namely victory and the safe return of all the hostages? 
• How do we honor Beis Nissan? 
• What do we learn from Parshas Tazria? 
• Is a leper compared to golus, and its healing to geulah? 
• How do we change the letters of negah, the leprosy of golus, to oneg, the pleasure of geulah? 
• What's the connection between Parshas Shemini and Moshiach? 

• Is the eclipse a negative sign? 
• What lessons does it offer us? 
• Are we allowed to leave yeshiva to view the eclipse? 
• What are we to make of the recent earthquake in the tri-state area? 
• Are earthquakes a sign of Moshiach’s imminent arrival? 
• Is there any significance to the number 4.8 (the magnitude of the earthquake and the date of the eclipse)? 

• Why are we always on the defense and not on the offense? 
• Do the nations of the world have any free choice regarding Israel? 
• Should we consider their opinions? 
• Should religious people be exempt from fighting the war? 
• How can we recreate today Moshe’s holding up his arms to heaven to pray for the victory against Amalek? 

What can we learn from the upcoming solar eclipse and the recent East Coast earthquake? The Gaza War 

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? 

• How do you maintain a positive and joyous outlook with all the troubles brewing around us? 
• How do we reconcile the difficulties we are facing today with this double month of joy and the redemption of Purim leading into the redemption of Pesach? 
• What is the main theme of Parshas HaChodesh, and what lessons can we derive from this unique chapter? 
• What is the significance of the four special parshios we read between these weeks – from Adar through Nissan? 
• Do they correlate to the four worlds of Atzilus Beriah Yetzira and Asiya? 
• What is the main theme of Parshas Shemini and what are its lessons for us? 
• What do we learn from the story of Nadav and Avihu? 

• What takes precedence: Winning the war or freeing the hostages? 
• How do you respond to those that try to create a moral equivalence between both sides? 
• Should we excommunicate a Jew who attacks Israel? 
•  Should we sing Napoleons March every day as a reminder that we will be victorious in the war?

• What can we do differently after Chof Zayin Adar and Gimmel Tammuz to help bring Moshiach? 
• What did the Rebbe say that we should be doing when a Rebbe has a stroke? 
• Is Moshiach here or not here? 
• How are we sure that after Moshiach comes our negative behavior will not reverse the process? 
• Should Moshiach’s imminent coming make us work faster and harder, with a greater sense of urgency, to finish our job? 
• Why is this time right before the Geulah compared to Erev Shabbos? 

The Gaza War Moshiach What can we learn from the bridge collapse in Baltimore? 
 
Is it wrong for a Rabbi to use an artificial intelligence program to write his weekly Dvar Torah? 

Episode 490: Special Purim Edition
When: Sunday, March 24, 8:00PM ET
For recording visit the archive page or your favorite podcast carrier.
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What does Purim teach us today? 

• What is the main theme of Purim and how can we access its power in our time? 
• How can Purim help us face our enemies today and transform even the greatest threat to total victory? 
• Why is Purim celebrated with so much joy, more than any other day in the year? 
• What is the meaning of “everyone who stretches out his hand, is given” on Purim? 
• What happened Purim 1966 when the Rebbe made this announcement? 
• What were the three different ways the Rebbe reacted to those stretching out their cups, and what fundamental lessons can we learn from them? 
• Can Megillas Esther be translated as the revelation of the concealed?  
• Why is Purim named after a lottery? 
• If Haman was accessing a level beyond good and evil how could he have channeled that into evil? 
• What is the connection between Purim and Yom Ha'Ki-Purim? 
• Is Haman a representation of the primordial evil of the snake in the Garden of Eden? 
• Why is Shushan Purim celebrated only in cities that had walls since the time of Joshua?  
• Is there an advantage to living in a walled city? 
• What is the deeper meaning behind the Megillah being read from the eleventh to the fifteenth of the month? 
• How is Purim considered the completion of the giving of the Torah?   
• Should we gather children together to recite verses to help vanquish our enemies as Mordechai did? 
• Can we explain Moshiach’s imminent arrival with the events as they occurred during the days of Purim? 
• If the Rabbis can alter the laws of reading the Megillah allowing it to be read earlier to accommodate Jews, why can’t they decree the immediate coming of Moshiach? 
• Should we allow Jews siding with our enemies celebrate Purim with us? 
• Did the Rebbe say that whistling is connected to Moshiach?  

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? 
 7 Adar 

• What mazal does this day bring us? 
• How does Moshe empower us today? 
• Are there any special customs or observances on this day? 
• How could Haman have made such a big mistake and not know the day of Moshe’s birthday? 
• Is there a connection between Moshe’s name not being mentioned in Tetzaveh with G-d's name not being mentioned on the Megillah? 

• What is the primary theme of this parsha and its lessons to us? 
• What is the significance of the small alef in Vayikra? 
• Why offerings? 
• Are we fulfilling the mitzvah of prayer if we just say the words without the intention of offering ourselves to G-d? 
• What is a shelomim (peace) offering? 
•  What is today's equivalent of the peace offering that we can do to end wars? 

• What is the main theme of Purim and how can we access its power in our time? 
• What does Purim teach us about today’s war? 
• Are any of our enemies today a reincarnation of Haman and his cohorts?  
• Why is G-d's name not mentioned on the Megillah, and how does that give us a deeper appreciation of G-d's essence? 
• How do the references to “the king” throughout the Megillah reflect on G-d? 
• What do we learn from Mordechai about... 
• Why are Jews referred to as Yehudim in the Megillah? 
• What did the Jews do wrong in attending Achashverosh's party? 

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? 

• Lessons from Adar II 

• Is there significance to moving the clock forward for daylight savings time, which adds an extra hour of light to the day? 

• Parshas Pekudei

• Shekalim 

• The Gaza War 

• Moshiach 

• Is it appropriate for women to go on a “mikvah strike” in order to coerce their husbands to put pressure on a get withholder? 

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? 

• Lessons from Adar 
• Parshas Vayakhel: What power is there in gathering together? 
• Parshas Ki Tissa:  

• Should we be doing anything different?   
• Are there any parallels between the war in Ukraine and in Gaza? 
• Why not return any part of Israel? 
• What can we learn from the demonic passion of our enemies? 

• Are we allowed to try to force G-d's hand to bring Moshiach? 
• Why is intensifying Torah and Mitzvos in order to bring Moshiach not an attempt at forcing G-d's hand? 
• Are we prohibited from controlling Israel until Moshiach comes? 
• If there is a question about controlling Israel, why was the Rebbe adamant about holding on to every inch of land?  

• What did the Rebbe mean when he said that the birurim are finished?  
• What does “open your eyes” mean? When I open my eyes I see chaos in the world, not Moshiach 
• Did anything change after 5750 regarding Moshiach’s imminent arrival?

What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today?

Lessons from Adar

How does joy help us get through difficult challenges?

What is the acronym of Adar?

Does the joy in Adar have the power to transform true darkness?

Is the joy in Adar initiated from above or from our work below?

If we defeated Amalek on Purim why are we still facing enemies like Hamas?

Why don’t I see blessings in my life as the Rebbe Rashab promised to those who will learn Chassidus?

Parshas Ki Tisa

What can we learn from Moshe challenging and prevailing over G-d to forgive the people?

Is there a connection between the broken tablets and the shattered containers of Tohu?

Is the October 7 massacre and subsequent war a punishment for building the Golden Calf?

How could the people transgress such a grave sin of idolatry just 39 days after the greatest revelation at Sinai?

Why not support a Palestinian state?

Why not deport the Arabs and Muslims from Israel?

What should be our attitude to Zionism and to displaying the Israeli flag and singing HaTikvah?

Can you be a Zionist without displaying the Israeli flag and singing its anthem?

Should we allow these displays in our organizations?

Should we not participate in events that have these displays?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Why does the world not demand that Hamas surrender?
What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today? 

• Lessons from Adar
• Lessons from Purim Katan 
• Parshas Tetzaveh 
• Parshas Terumah 
• Parshas Mishpatim 

• Can you distinguish between supporting the State of Israel as a secular governing body and recognizing it as a divinely sanctioned state?  
• What are the different opinions about the “three oaths” which include forbidding Jews from forcefully reclaiming Israel? 
• How can we support the government of Israel if the Rebbe Rashab strongly opposed modern Zionism? 
• How do we respond to the question whether we are Zionists? 
• Should we allow displays of the Israeli flag and the singing of its anthem in our institutions? 
• How much should we fight about these issues, if at all?  
• How do we focus on proliferating the positive meaning of Israel and Zionism, instead of addressing the negative?  

When: Sunday, February 11, 8:00PM ET
For recording visit the archive page or your favorite podcast carrier.
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? 

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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What more can we do to help win the war that continues to rage on? 

• Why have all our beautiful, good deeds not ended the war? 
• After all that we have done, can we demand that G-d finally put an end to this nightmare? 

• What is the meaning of the song ech ti zimlak that the Rebbe instructed him to sing on various occasions? 

• What does this day offer us? 
• What lessons can we learn from the Rebbetzin about how to win the war against Hamas and their antisemitic supporters?  
• Why do people refer to the Rebbetzin as the Frierdiker Rebbe’s daughter or the Rebbe’s wife instead of describing her in her own right? 
• What did the Rebbe mean when he said marrying the Rebbetzin bound him to the chassidim:   
• Wasn't the Rebbe already bound to the chassidim by being a descendant of the Tzemach Tzedek? 
• Did the Rebbe explain the significance of her passing in connection with the number eleven – on the 22nd day (twice 11) in the 11th month? 
• Is there a connection between the Basi L’gani maamar and the 15th and 22nd of Shevat? 

• What do we learn from the central theme of this parsha? 
• Why were only 10 of the 613 commandments said at Sinai? 
• If the 10 commandments frightened the Jews even when they heard it directly from G-d, how can we expect to embrace Torah and mitzvos on an ongoing basis? 
• Did the Jews accept the Torah with joy? 
• How does G-d observe the mitzvah of honoring parents? 

• Will civil war break out among Hamas as it did among the Egyptians? 
• Why did they lie to Phraoah about leaving Egypt for several day when they never intended to return? Can we learn anything from this in our war with Hamas? 
• How does the manna manifest today in our livers? 
• Why don’t we say the parsha of manna every day? 

With the passing of Cantor Tzvi Tzazkes, what can you share about his connection with the Rebbe? What lessons can we