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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
\\nChassidus applied to Yud Tes Kislev
\\nWhat is the most important lesson we can learn from the Alter Rebbe\\u2019s imprisonment and redemption in our daily lives?
\\nSince Chassidus empowers and heals our souls, why was it not given earlier?
\\nHow could have heavenly angels mistakenly opposed the revelation of Chassidus?
\\nHow was the Alter Rebbe\\u2019s spreading of Chassidus different than that of his predecessors?
\\nWhy did other Jewish communities see the Alter Rebbe\\u2019s work as an existential threat to Judaism? And did they ever apologize to him afterward?
\\nHow do we explain Reb Shmuel Munkes\\u2019 words to the Alter Rebbe before he was arrested \\u201cif you\\u2019re a Rebbe no harm will come to you:\\u201d 1) Didn\\u2019t the Alter Rebbe know this on his own? 2) We see that true tzaddikim were harmed throughout history?
\\nWhat is the comparison of Yud Tes Kislev to Yetziyas Mitzrayim?
\\nIs their significance in Yud Tes Kislev leading right into Chanukah?
\\nWhat was the significance of printing the Tanya in countries all over the world?
\\nLessons from Vayeishev
\\nDid Yosef get what he deserved because he taunted his brothers?
\\nWhy was Yosef given more attention than Reuven, the firstborn?
\\nHow are we to understand the bizarre story of Tamar and Yehuda\\u2019s seemingly self-serving behavior?
\\nWhy was Onan required to enter into a levirate marriage if the Torah, and why did he die?
\\nAre we allowed to celebrate Thanksgiving?
\\nWhat do we learn from the story of the man who posed as a Jew and married a Jewish woman?
\\nHow should we react to the recent scandal about an author of Jewish children\\u2019s books?
\\nChassidus question: If we have two souls, why do we identify with only one of them as being our true identity?
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