Mylife: Chassidus Applied

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 si