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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:

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• What life lessons do we learn from the transition of the month of Av to the month of Elul?
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• Chassidus Applied to Re\\u2019eh and its connection to this time of the yearWhat is the meaning of curses in the Torah?
  \\nIf they are truly blessings why are they expressed in negative terms?
  \\nWhy were the people obligated to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem three times a year? And what can we do today to connect and draw down similar energies?
  \\nWhat is a nisayon (test), and what is its purpose?
  \\nHow does it elevate the Divine sparks? And how does it increase one\\u2019s perception (daas)?
  \\nWhat does it mean that G-d never gives someone a problem they can't handle?
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• Preparing for ElulDoes the \\u201cking in the field\\u201d manifest in physical ways?
  \\nHow would you explain repentance to someone who is not that familiar with the concept, and how can we practically implement it?
  \\nCan you provide a fresh perspective on the high holidays?
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• Rebuilding the Beis HamikdashWhy don't the sages use positive and empowering terms instead of saying that in every generation the Temple is not built, it is as if that generation destroyed it?
  \\nWhere can I find texts that explain how the human being mirrors and corresponds to the Temple and its parts?
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• Lessons from Eikev and Va\\u2019etchananIs there a connection between Eikev and Yaakov?
  \\nIs there a connection between women covering their eyes when they light Shabbas candles and covering our eyes when we say Shema?
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• Follow-up:Which is the happiest day of the year?
  \\nWhat is the name of the niggun you sang?
  \\nWhy does the crime of the tribe of Benjamin not carry over to the next generations?
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