Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
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? 

• 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?

• 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 can I deal with the fact that I no longer can have children?