Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 What is unique about the month of Kislev, and what lessons does it offer us? 
Yud Tes Kislev 

• Why is this day the Rosh Hashana of Chassidus? 
• Why was Chassidus revealed in the later generations? 
• What is the difference between “before Petersburg” and “after Petersburg”? 
• What do we learn from this day? 
• Why was there a heavenly accusation against the Alter Rebbe for teaching Chassidus? 
• Should we be afraid to say a dvar torah at the Shabbos table lest the heavenly court indict us? 
• How do we explain the Alter Rebbe’s analogy of Chassidus being like the most precious crown jewel being crushed to help save the life of the royal prince? 
• How do you compare the Alter Rebbe’s spreading of Chassidus to other Kabbalists who taught Penimiyus HaTorah? Why did they not face resistance? 
• Is Chassidus based on the Zohar and Kabbalah or is something entirely different? 
• Is learning the Tanya compared to having a personal yechidus with the Alter Rebbe? 
• What “second half” is necessary to understand Tanya? 
• Can you appreciate Tanya without song? 
• How did the Alter Rebbe deliver his teachings to us? 
• What is a farbrengen and where did it originate from? 
• What's the difference between a maamar and a sicha? 
• What was the main teaching of the Maggid of Mezritch? 
• What is a black Marie chariot and why was it sent for the alter rebbe? 
• How did the Alter Rebbe win his court case; what evidence did he produce to exonerate himself? 

• What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha? 
• What is the inside story of the tribes’ jealousy of Joseph, and of Joseph’s fall and rise? 
• What was the significance of Joseph’s dreams that he will rule over his brothers? 
• How could the righteous tribes sell their brother into slavery? 

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