Ep. 404: What Can Sinai Teach Us About the Horrific Shooting of Innocent Children in Texas?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: What can Sinai teach us about the horrific shooting of innocent children in Texas? What is missing in our education system that can help prevent wanton violence? Chassidus Applied to Bamidbar and ShavuosWhy do we read Parshas Bamidbar before Mattan Torah? Who owns the Torah? What is right way of receiving and learning Torah? What is the significance of the Torah being given on Mount Sinai? How do we reconcile the census of the Jewish people with the teaching that we are not supposed to count people? What exact parts of Torah were given at Sinai? How did the Jews oversleep the night before Mattan Torah? Why is the 50th level of impurity considered a point of no return when we have a concept in torah that anyone can do immediate teshuva? Why do we eat dairy on this holiday? Why don't we read from the Torah every day? What's the difference between a hidden blessing and a revealed blessing? And why would anyone want a hidden blessing? Why are we told in the Torah about the negative actions of our forbearers? What did the Rebbe initiate 55 years this week – two days before the 6-Day War?