Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 Adar 

• What does Purim teach us about retroactively transforming a negative past? 
• Is there a connection between joy and Pisces, the sign of Adar? 
• Why is Adar made up of the two words, “alef dar”? 
• Are there other reasons why we increase in joy during this month? 
• Does Adar have an association with Adaru (this month in Akkadian and Babylonian), which means darkness and gloom? 
• Can animals be trained to do mitzvos? 

7 Adar 

• Why don’t we make a bigger deal of this day – the birthday and yahrzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu? 
• How do we apply Zayin Adar to our lives? 

11 Adar 

• What do we learn from the Rogatchover Gaon, whose yahrzeit is on this day? 

Tetzaveh 

• What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha? 
• Why is Moshe’s name not mentioned in this Parsha? 
• What is the positive reason for this? 
• Why is the pure olive oil, the ketoros and the Yom Kippur service not discussed in the same Torah portion of the actual building of the Mishkan and its vessels? 

• What should our attitude to sports be? 

• How should we react to someone watching a game while sitting in a Torah class? 
• Is there room for sports in a Chassidishe life? 
• How about the Olympics? 

How would the Rebbe advise a community facing a disagreement whether to build a smaller or larger building? 
 
Which places should I visit in Israel?