Mylife: Chassidus Applied

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:What can we learn from the LA fires?  Should we see them as a punishment?  How do our good deeds help prevent disasters?  Are they a sign of better things to come?  What does it mean that after a fire we become rich?  Are events like this foretold in the Torah?  Why are the prophets cryptic?  What is the central theme of this Torah chapter?  What personal and global lessons does it offer us?  What does it teach us about suffering?  Why is Moshe known by the name given to him by Pharoah’s daughter and not the one given to him by his parents?    What do we learn from the incident of Moshe killing the Egyptian?  Do Dasan and Aviram get any “credit” for informing on Moshe and thereby leading him to his wife and ultimately G-d appearing to him?  Why did Moshe accuse G-d of “doing evil to these people”?  How does Dan salvaging lost items relate to the winter months?  What guidance is offered to us by the story in Midrash about dida