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\nRabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:

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• Chassidus Applied to Shavuos\xa0
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• What exactly is the Torah and what happened at Mattan Torah?\xa0\xa0
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• When was the Torah written? Did it always exist just as G-d always existed, or did G-d write the Torah when He decided to create the world?\xa0
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• Does the Torah contain all of G-d's knowledge, or just the parts that relate to creation and to us?\xa0
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• If we were able to travel to a distant planet, would we be responsible to observe Torah and mitzvos there, or was the Torah only given on Planet Earth?\xa0
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• Was the Torah written all at one time or did it evolve and grow as a document and get edited into what it is today?\xa0
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• What exactly was given at Sinai \u2013 the written or the oral Torah?\xa0\xa0
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• Why is there a written and an oral Torah?\xa0\xa0
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• Why was it okay for the rabbis to write down the oral torah when it was prohibited to do so?\xa0
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• Why then can\u2019t we change other prohibitions?\xa0
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• Can there be mistakes in the oral Torah?\xa0
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• Since rabbinic Judaism in the oral Torah is filled with disputes, can we say that those that did not hold by it were on a higher state of Ahavas Yisroel, devoid of arguments?\xa0
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• Why don\u2019t the disputes indicate that there are mistakes in the oral Torah?\xa0
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• Since we ignore certain opinions in the Talmud could it be that we are mistaken in our practice?\xa0\xa0
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• How did the Avos do the mitzvos before they were given at Sinai?\xa0\xa0
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• How did they know Torah before it was given?\xa0
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• If Abraham performed all the mitzvos, why did he wait until age 99 to do a bris?\xa0
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• How could the Jews sleep and need to be awoken for the giving of the Torah?\xa0
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• Why is it considered special that the Jews said naaseh v\u2019nishmah?\xa0
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• Did they say naaseh v'nishmah out of their own free will, or were they compelled to do so?\xa0
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• Why don't we count the 50th day of the Omer?\xa0
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• Why do we sing and dance on Simchas Torah and not on Shavuos when the Torah was given?\xa0\xa0
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• Why do we need two separate commandments, one to believe in Hashem, and another not to believe in false gods?\xa0
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• Why does G-d get so angry about idolatry, if other gods don\u2019t even exist?\xa0
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• Was the Rebbe loving?\xa0
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