Ep. 523: How Did Yud Tes Kislev Impact the World, and What Is Its Message Today?

MyLife: Chassidus Applied

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Chassidus Applied to Yud Daled Kislev

• What is its significance?
• History and stories
• What did the Rebbe say about meriting the 60th anniversary?
• Why did the Rebbe not edit his blessing on the 60th anniversary?
• What personal lessons do we learn from the Rebbe and the Rebbetzin’s marriage?

• What did Yud Tes Kislev accomplish?
• How did it affect the larger world?
• What is its message today?
• Why did the Alter Rebbe laud the impact his liberation had on the nations of the world?
• Is Yud Tes Kislev connected to Tanya and the verse it is based on: Korov eilecho ha’dovor m’eod?
• Why is it important to know and discuss all the details of the Alter Rebbe’s arrest?
• Why did the Alter Rebbe and the Mitteler Rebbe wear their finest white garments at their trials?
• Why was the Alter Rebbe arrested for teaching chassidus – what can possibly be wrong with that?
• After he was exonerated, were the prosecuting angels held accountable?
• Why did chassidim do somersaults after the Alter Rebbe was freed?
• If the geulah of Yud Tes Kislev indicated permission from heaven to teach and spread chassidus, why was the Rebbe apprehensive about publishing Hemshech Ayin Beis?
• What lesson do we learn from the Alter Rebbe’s opposition to Napoleon winning the war?
• How is the Alter Rebbe’s opposition to France consistent with his teachings that we need to transform, not avoid, the material world?
• Are we still meant to avoid engaging with France and the freedoms of the Western World?
• What did the Alter Rebbe mean when he explained why G-d asked Adam, ayekah? Did G-d not know where Adam stands spiritually?
• What is the connection between this story and the message of Yud Tes Kislev?
• Are we still required to teach others the chassidus we learn?