Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
\nTISHREI
\nWhat is the significance of this month?
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ROSH HASHANA
\nHow do I personalize Rosh Hashana?
\nWhy is there no special commemoration of Elul 25, when the world was created?
\nWhy do some people have the custom to visit cemeteries Erev Rosh Hashana?
\nIf we can narrow it down, what is the single most important thing we need to do on Rosh Hashana?
\nWhat is the book of life and how do we get inscribed (with a \u201cfull page ad\u201d) in it?
\nWhy do we dip an apple in honey?
\nIs it better to make good resolutions that are small but easily achievable, or larger and more difficult ones?
\nIs it appropriate to resolve to transgress and then refrain from doing so?
\nWhy can\u2019t Rosh Hashana be on a Friday when the first Rosh Hashana was a Friday?
\nWhy don\u2019t we sound the Shofar on Shabbos? How does Shabbos spiritually accomplish the same thing that blowing the shofar accomplishes?
\nHas anyone yet come up with an acronym for the new year tof shin pey daled?
\nTEN DAYS OF TESHUVA
\nWhat is the significance of these days and how do I personalize them?
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YOM KIPPUR
\nHow do I personalize Yom Kippur?
\nWhy does Yom Kippur come after Rosh Hashana?
\nWhy did the Rebbe dance on a chair during Napolean's March?
\nYOM KIPPUR TO SUKKOS
\nWhat is the significance of the four-day transition from Yom Kippur to Sukkos?
\nWhy is Sukkos such a joyous holiday?
\nIs it related to Yom Kippur?
\nHow do I personalize Simchas Torah?
\nHOLIDAYS
\nHow does Chassidus explain the spiritual energy of all the high holidays and why they all come together at the beginning of the year?
\nIs it called the high holidays because our prayers can travel higher than normal during these holidays
\nIs there a limit how far our prayers can travel through the spiritual worlds? Can our prayers reach the essence of G-d?
\nSUKKOS
\nWhy is Sukkos not in the Spring after Pesach?
\nAre those that sleep in a Sukkah doing anything wrong?
\nHakhel: If G-d enjoys us gathering together, why do we only do it in a Hakhel year?
\nFollow-up: How to resolve a disagreement between spouses whether to hang a picture of a secular hero near the picture of the Rebbe?