Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
\nOverview
\nHow to find strength and direction in these times?
\nWhat can we learn from the flood destroying the \u201cworld filled with chamas\u201d (in Parshas Noach) for our times today?
\nWhat should Israel be doing now?
\nWhat do we learn from Jacob when he prepared to confront Esau?
\nWhy don\u2019t we try to appease our enemies?
\nShould we celebrate when our enemies are destroyed?
\nAre these events teaching us that we need to all move to Israel?
\nHow does Chassidus explain evil and how to eradicate it?
\nHow can things be getting worse instead of getting better if we are doing the things the Rebbe asked us to do?
\nWhat are the roots and the deeper inside story behind this war?
\nWhere do we find these origins in this week\u2019s Torah portion?
\nPlease elaborate on the prescient verses in this week\u2019s parsha about current events \u2013 the Promised Land, the covenant, the birth of Yishmael and Isaac
\nWhat was the \u201cdeep dark dread\u201d that fell upon Abraham? Was he shown the wars and suffering his children would endure in the future?
\nAre today's conflicts a continuation of unresolved problems between Yitzchok and Yishmael?
\nHow could someone like Yishmael originate from the tzaddik Avraham?
\nHow is Yishmael still causing problems if Yishmael did teshuva later in his life?
\nWhat will the end story look like?
\nWill the Muslims ultimately be tamed and live in peace with the Jews, just as the Christians did after close to 2000 years of persecuting us?
\nShould we at some point teach the people in Gaza and everywhere else the Seven Noachide Laws?