Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 How can we possibly address the horrific terror attack on Jews celebrating Chanukah in Sydney leaving 16 of our people dead? 

• Ad mosai?! 
• What does G-d want of us? 
• How could this happen on Chanukah, which is about conquering darkness with light? And demonstrating this in the streets with a public menorah as the Rebbe instructed?  
• How can we ever explain the tragic murder of any innocent person, let alone a shliach, when we are told that shluchei mitzvah einan nizokin? 
• Where was the protection from above, especially considering that Chanukah draws down from the highest levels of G-dliness, eight above seven? 
• Is it safe to light public menorahs? 
• What do we do about this – physically and spiritually? 
• How can we not feel deep despair and want to give up on Judaism? 
• How do we celebrate Chanukah and learn its lessons in face of this tragedy? 

• What are the primary lessons of Chanukah? 
• Why do we mark the holiday by lighting flames rather than commemorating the victory in the battle against our enemies? 
• What does the light actually represent? 
• What was the war about between the Greeks and the Jews? 
• Did it also include a civil war between the Jewish Hellenists and the rest of the community? 
• Why do we light the candles in the evening, at the door facing outside, and why eight candles – differently than the menorah lighting in the Holy Temple? 
• Why are we not allowed to benefit from the light of the Chanukah candles? 
• Why did the Rebbe institute the lighting of public menorahs? 
• What is the basis of Hillel and Shammai’s different opinions about the order of lighting the Chanukah candles? 
• How will we light the candles after Moshiach comes? 

• How to navigate when you're at rock bottom with barely any support?\
• Can we apply the story of hearing the child’s cry to Hashem and His people? 

• Does Miketz hint to the end of golus? 

Chanukah Dealing with harsh difficulties Miketz