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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:

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• Chassidus Applied to Yud Tes Kislev250th yahrzeit of the Maggid of Mezeritch
  \nWhy is Yud Tes Kislev referred to as the Rosh Hashana of Chassidus?
  \nWhy was there a problem with the Alter Rebbe teaching Chassidus?
  \nSince we begin the new Tanya cycle on Yud Tes Kislev, what is a short synopsis of some of Tanya's most important lessons?
  \nIs Tanya geared toward both men and women?
  \nIs the idea of two souls a revolutionary innovation of the Tanya? What does it add to the fundamental Torah idea of the yetzer tov and yetzer hara?
  \nAre the Alter Rebbe\u2019s teachings his own chiddushim, or were they compilations of what he learned from his teachers?
  \nIs Tanya considered like a \u201cportrait\u201d of the Alter Rebbe?
  \nDid the Alter Rebbe write and edit all the contents of the Tanya or were some parts added by his students who heard the teachings from him?
  \nIs there greater emphasis in Chassidus Chabad on bittul than on dveikus?
  \nWhat do we learn from the Alter Rebbe\u2019s name Schneur, two lights?
  \nDid Karl Marx borrow concepts from Tanya for his Communist Manifesto?
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• Chassidus Applied to VayeishevWhy could Jacob not have calm and peace in his life?
  \nWhy did King David have to come from relationships such as Yehuda and Tamar giving birth to Peretz?
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• Follow-upWomen leading the way to Geulah
  \nWorld Cup lessons
  \nWere the Jews originally dark-skinned?
  \nWhat is the source of the Rebbe negating the story about Moshe\u2019s portrait?
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