MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Ep. 526: How Do We Ensure That the Joy and Lights of Chanukah Last All Year Long?

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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? 

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