(0:38) – General Introduction  

 (3:08) – Rabbi Jacobson’s introduction about תורת חב"ד 

 (7:36) –  Introduction about himself   

 (18:41) – How he got started in חזרה  

 (21:31) – Getting more involved in תשל"ח as Reb Yoiel’s sidekick  

 (25:34) – Becoming an official מניח in winter תשל"ח   

 (26:27) – First הנחה 

 (28:12) – The nightmare of מקץ תש"מ

 (35:23) – How הגהה worked  

 (37:01) – How to tell if a random page is מוגה 

 (40:31) – Sichos that were difficult to remember/understand  

 (43:06) – The difficulty of the pre-הקפות farbrengen  

 (45:08) – Why they didn’t divide the task of remembering  

 (45:49) – His role in מאמרים

 (46:56) – Keys to memory  

 (51:43) – Making a mental map; numbering ideas  

 (54:03) – Demonstrating samples  

 (58:23) – A sharp מענה to a complicated question  

 (1:01:43) – How he took the sharp מענות 

 (1:03:33) – Edits to באתי לגני תש"מ, and the mysterious cutting of the page  

 (1:08:18) – The Rebbe’s כתי"ק about radio  

 (1:14:06) – Did you ever get a galley back from the Rebbe without any corrections?  

 (1:15:03) – Cases when the Rebbe wrote מבהיל  

 (1:23:48) – Working relationship with Reb Yoel  

 (1:26:23) – Defying others to ask the Rebbe a personal question—and it paid off  

  – Yiddish, Hebrew, and other languages  

  – Adapting the spoken word to the written word  

  – Transitioning to a computer in the mid-1980s  

  – The Rebbe choosing fonts  

  – Identifying sources  

  – Sources that have not been found  

  – The struggle and adrenaline rush to keep up with the Rebbe  

  – The science and history of השמטות  

  – When the Rebbe said that certain things should not be printed  

  – Overview of ש"פ פנחס תשמ"ה  

  – Overview of ליל שמח"ת תשמ"ז  

  – The value of the בלתי מוגה even when there’s מוגה  

  – About באתי לגני תשכ"ג 

  Secrets of a Chozer: An Interview with Rabbi Simon Jacobson

  In honor of shnas hakhel, Unzer-Chadash Shul hosted Rabbi Simon Jacobson and had the opportunity to ask him about his work of remembering, transcribing, and publishing the Rebbe’s sichos. Posted in honor of Yud Shvat.