Ep. 509: What Can We Do to Wake Up People Who Have Been Brainwashed by a False Narrative?

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:What does the 15th of Av teach us today?   How does the cycle from destruction to rebuilding help us navigate the extremes in our times?   Why is this day such a great holiday, comparable to Yom Kippur?  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?  Why did we break the axes on this day, and not just put them away to be used the next year?  I don’t see the Beis Hamikdash on Shabbos Chazon. What am I doing wrong?  Who will build the Third Temple?  How is this parsha connected to Moshiach?  Why is the time before Moshiach called “ikvesa d’meshicha”?  Should we be concerned that our lack of unity may negatively impact today’s events?  What can we do to increase unity?  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?   Before Moshiach’s coming do we need to endure difficulties?  What can we do to wake up people who have been brainwashed by a false alternative narrative?  Can we use recent events – the recent plot to attack a popular music concert; Iran’s ludicrous accusations against Israel – to help bring clarity to those that have been indoctrinated?  Why don’t you endorse a political party? Follow-up  If Moshiach comes now will there still be a presidential election?  What do we learn from Parshas Eikev? War in Israel Presidential Election