Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
TISHREI
What is the significance of this month?
ROSH HASHANA
How do I personalize Rosh Hashana?
Why is there no special commemoration of Elul 25, when the world was created?
Why do some people have the custom to visit cemeteries Erev Rosh Hashana?
If we can narrow it down, what is the single most important thing we need to do on Rosh Hashana?
What is the book of life and how do we get inscribed (with a “full page ad”) in it?
Why do we dip an apple in honey?
Is it better to make good resolutions that are small but easily achievable, or larger and more difficult ones?
Is it appropriate to resolve to transgress and then refrain from doing so?
Why can’t Rosh Hashana be on a Friday when the first Rosh Hashana was a Friday?
Why don’t we sound the Shofar on Shabbos? How does Shabbos spiritually accomplish the same thing that blowing the shofar accomplishes?
Has anyone yet come up with an acronym for the new year tof shin pey daled?
TEN DAYS OF TESHUVA
What is the significance of these days and how do I personalize them?
YOM KIPPUR
How do I personalize Yom Kippur?
Why does Yom Kippur come after Rosh Hashana?
Why did the Rebbe dance on a chair during Napolean's March?
YOM KIPPUR TO SUKKOS
What is the significance of the four-day transition from Yom Kippur to Sukkos?
Why is Sukkos such a joyous holiday?
Is it related to Yom Kippur?
How do I personalize Simchas Torah?
HOLIDAYS
How does Chassidus explain the spiritual energy of all the high holidays and why they all come together at the beginning of the year?
Is it called the high holidays because our prayers can travel higher than normal during these holidays
Is there a limit how far our prayers can travel through the spiritual worlds? Can our prayers reach the essence of G-d?
SUKKOS
Why is Sukkos not in the Spring after Pesach?
Are those that sleep in a Sukkah doing anything wrong?
Hakhel: If G-d enjoys us gathering together, why do we only do it in a Hakhel year?
Follow-up: How to resolve a disagreement between spouses whether to hang a picture of a secular hero near the picture of the Rebbe?
Ep. 358: Gimmel Tammuz – 27 Years: What Is the Significance of This Day? How Could This Happen if a Shepherd Never Forsakes His Flock?
Ep. 357: 28 Sivan – 80 Years: What Is the Significance of This Day?
Ep. 356: With the Rise of Anti-Semitic Acts Is It Time to Start Fighting Back?
Ep. 355: Should We Have Ahavas Yisroel to Jews Who Incite Against Other Jews?
Ep. 354: If the “World Is Ready For Moshiach” Why Are We Still Suffering Tragedy After Tragedy? What Does G-d Want of Us?
Ep. 353: How Do We Even Begin to Address the Horrific Tragedy in Miron on Lag B’Omer?!
Ep. 352: What Can We Learn From the Rebbe’s Brother About Dealing With Setbacks and Descents in Life?
Ep. 351: What Is the Rebbe’s View On the State of Israel?
Ep. 350: Special Chof Ches Nissan Edition: What Did the Rebbe Mean With the Words “Do All You Can”?
Ep 349: How Do We Celebrate Yud Alef Nissan?
Ep. 348: Did the Rebbe Ever Publicly Speak Out Against Pesach Food Price Gouging?
Ep 347: 27 Adar: Redeeming the Rebbe’s Speech by Becoming the Rebbe’s Mouthpiece
Ep. 346: How Do I Deal With a Serious Setback – Loss, Trauma, Death and Other Hardships?
Ep 345: Is There Spiritual Significance to the Landing on Mars and the General Exploration of Space?
Ep 344: How Are We to Understand the Idea of Jews as the “Chosen People”?
Ep. 343: Is Psychology Antithetical to Torah?
Ep. 342: What Can We Learn About the Covid Vaccine From the Rebbe’s Attitude to Previous Vaccinations?
Ep. 341: Can We Be Angry at G-d When Our Friends and Community Members Die of Covid?
Ep. 339: What Are We to Make of President Trump and Events of This Week?
Ep. 338: I Plan on Committing Suicide. I’m in So Much Pain! Please Help...
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