Ep. 490: Should We Allow Jews Siding With Our Enemies Celebrate Purim With Us?

Published: March 26, 2024, 5:57 p.m.

\nEpisode 490: Special Purim Edition
When:\xa0Sunday, March 24, 8:00PM ET
For recording visit the\xa0archive page\xa0or your\xa0favorite podcast carrier.
Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What does Purim teach us today?\xa0

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  • What is the main theme of Purim and how can we access its power in our time?\xa0
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  • How can Purim help us face our enemies today and transform even the greatest threat to total victory?\xa0
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  • Why is Purim celebrated with so much joy, more than any other day in the year?\xa0
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  • What is the meaning of \u201ceveryone who stretches out his hand, is given\u201d on Purim?\xa0
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  • What happened Purim 1966 when the Rebbe made this announcement?\xa0
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  • What were the three different ways the Rebbe reacted to those stretching out their cups, and what fundamental lessons can we learn from them?\xa0
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  • Can Megillas Esther be translated as the revelation of the concealed?\xa0\xa0
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  • Why is Purim named after a lottery?\xa0
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  • If Haman was accessing a level beyond good and evil how could he have channeled that into evil?\xa0
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  • What is the connection between Purim and Yom Ha'Ki-Purim?\xa0
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  • Is Haman a representation of the primordial evil of the snake in the Garden of Eden?\xa0
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  • Why is Shushan Purim celebrated only in cities that had walls since the time of Joshua?\xa0\xa0
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  • Is there an advantage to living in a walled city?\xa0
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  • What is the deeper meaning behind the Megillah being read from the eleventh to the fifteenth of the month?\xa0
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  • How is Purim considered the completion of the giving of the Torah?\xa0\xa0\xa0
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  • Should we gather children together to recite verses\xa0to help vanquish our enemies as Mordechai did?\xa0
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  • Can we explain Moshiach\u2019s imminent arrival with the events as they occurred during the days of Purim?\xa0
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  • If the Rabbis can alter the laws of reading the Megillah allowing it to be read earlier to accommodate Jews, why can\u2019t they decree the immediate coming of Moshiach?\xa0
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  • Should we allow Jews siding with our enemies celebrate Purim with us?\xa0
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  • Did the Rebbe say that whistling is connected to Moshiach?\xa0\xa0
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