Ep. 596: What Does Yud Beis Tammuz Teach Us?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Yud Beis Tammuz – 99 years: What does this day teach us? 

• What happened on this day and what lessons does it offer us today? 
• Why does the celebration of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s liberation extend for two days – 12-13 Tammuz? 

• Why is this month named after a Babylonian idol? 
• What is the spiritual energy of this month? 

• Is there a connection between the events of this day in 5754 and back in the time of Joshua when the sun was stopped? 
• Is there something special about today, June 21, being the longest day of the year? 
• Why didn’t Joshua simply pray that the enemy be defeated? 
• What is the mission of Chassidim who are not on shlichus? 
• Is the Rebbe perfect? Follow-up 

• What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha? 
• Can we heal people today by using a similar treatment to gazing at a serpent of brass mounted on a pole, as Moses was commanded? 
• Why was Moses striking the rock such a great sin? 
• Why was he not given the opportunity to do teshuva? 
• Why were others not given the opportunity to do teshuva just as the sons of Korach were? 
• What was the sin of Baal Pe’or? 
• What lessons does this despicable sin offer us today? 
• Why is a Parsha named after the evil Balak? 
• What parts of Balaam’s blessings were about Moshiach? 
• What can we learn from Balaam’s closing plot against the Jews? 

• How should we react to the President's latest deal with Iran? 

• Can we parallel the back-and-forth attitude of Iran to what Pharaoh and the Egyptians did regarding freeing the Jews? 

Tammuz Gimmel Tammuz Chukas-Balak Iran How is today's unrest in the Middle East a continuation of the unresolved conflict between Ishmael and Isaac? And what can we do to achieve permanent peace? Is it a good idea to allow my son to travel with a group to visit the concentration camps in Poland and Ukraine?