The topics in this week’s 526th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include:
What is Chanukah’s message to us today?
· How does it teach us to find hope and light in challenging times?
· What is the personal application of the Chanukah light details – time, place, number, oil?
· What does the oil represent?
Chassidus Applied to Chanukah and Zos Chanukah
· Why do we eat potato latkes and donuts on Chanukah?
· Is it a mitzvah?
· What is the difference between a custom and a mitzvah?
· What is the significance of Zos Chanukah?
· Is Zos Chanukah considered to be the final sealing in the Book of Life inscribed on the New Year?
· According to Shammai would the first day of Chanukah be called Zos Chanukah?
· Just like we put on a few pairs of tefillin, why don’t we light two menorahs to satisfy both opinions of Hillel and Shammai?
· What can we do to ensure that the joy and lights of Chanukah last all year long?
Vayigash
· What is the central theme of this Torah chapter?
· How could the righteous tribes have sold their brother into slavery out of jealousy?
· What do Judah and Joseph represent?
· Why will “action” be greater when Moshiach comes?
· What role does Joseph play as a precursor to Moshiach ben David?
· What personal and global lessons does it offer us?
· How is it connected to Chanukah?
Yud Tes Kislev
· What does the Tzemach Tzedek mean by saying that rejoicing in the Alter Rebbe’s celebration is to grasp on to the doorknob (klamkeh)?
· Are we required to teach Chassidus to others (follow-up)?
How do I cope with a life altering surgery?
· How can I deal with the fact that I no longer can have children?
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