Ep. 368: Did the Rebbe Comment on the Crown Heights Riots 30 Years Ago?

Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 6:27 p.m.

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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:

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Chassidus applied to Chai Elul

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What can we learn from this day?

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Is it significant that the Baal Shem Tov was born on Elul?

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What was the Baal Shem Tov\\u2019s main teachings?

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Why was there so much opposition to the Baal Shem Tov?

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Is there a similarity between the Besht\\u2019s teaching that all Jews are equal in the eyes of G-d to l\\u2019havdil the elimination of class distinctions in socialism?

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Who was Achiyoh Hashiloni and what connection did he have with being the teacher of the Besht?

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Why were there groups of hidden tzaddikim? Doesn\\u2019t it seem inappropriate to deprive people of their greatness?

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Are shluchim fulfilling the words of Moshiach to the Besht?

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Are all Besht legends true?

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Did the Besht eliminate demons?

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What\\u2019s the story with the Maharal and the Golem, and the Frierdiker Rebbe visiting the shul in Prague to see the Golem\\u2019s remains?

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Lessons from 15 Elul: 124th anniversary of the founding of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim 

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What does it mean to be a tamim?

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Lessons from Ki Tavo

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Selichos: When we say "Machnisei rachamim, hachnisu rachameinu" whom are we addressing and what are we asking to be done? 

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Did the Rebbe comment on the Crown Heights riots 30 years ago?

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Is there a connection between Covid and dibbuk (covid in reverse)?

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Is flood damage from a big storm or hurricane bad in and of itself, or is the bad due to too much chesed and a lack of gevurah?

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Follow-up: Why would the Torah allow a husband to abuse his power of withholding a get? Mamzeirim.

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Chassidus question: Why do we exist?

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