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\nRabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
What does the 15th of Av teach us today?\xa0\xa0

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• How does the cycle from destruction to rebuilding help us navigate the extremes in our times?\xa0\xa0
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• Why is this day such a great holiday, comparable to Yom Kippur?\xa0
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• How do we reconcile the great holiday of the 15th of Av with the rule that we must diminish in joy when the month of Av arrives?\xa0
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• Why did we break the axes on this day, and not just put them away to be used the next year?\xa0
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• I don\u2019t see the Beis Hamikdash on Shabbos Chazon. What am I doing wrong?\xa0
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• Who will build the Third Temple?\xa0
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• How is this parsha connected to Moshiach?\xa0
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• Why is the time before Moshiach called \u201cikvesa d\u2019meshicha\u201d?\xa0
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• Should we be concerned that our lack of unity may negatively impact today\u2019s events?\xa0
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• What can we do to increase unity?\xa0
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• How can we help steer Muslim fundamentalists to change course and live peacefully with their neighbors, as the Christians ultimately learned to do after centuries of aggression?\xa0\xa0
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• Before Moshiach\u2019s coming do we need to endure difficulties?\xa0
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• What can we do to wake up people who have been brainwashed by a false alternative narrative?\xa0
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• Can we use recent events \u2013 the recent plot to attack a popular music concert; Iran\u2019s ludicrous accusations against Israel \u2013 to help bring clarity to those that have been indoctrinated?\xa0
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• Why don\u2019t you endorse a political party? Follow-up\xa0
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• If Moshiach comes now will there still be a presidential election?\xa0
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What do we learn from Parshas Eikev?\xa0War in Israel\xa0Presidential Election\xa0\n\n