Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
- Lessons from Vov Tishrei
- Why is respecting parents such a great mitzvah?
- What is the connection with the Ten Days of Teshuvah?
- Why did the Rebbe honor his mother by analyzing and explaining Rashi?
- What can we learn from 9/11?
- How crumbling structures lead to greater growth
- Chassidus applied to Yom Kippur
- Why is it the holiest day of the year?
- On the high holidays who serves as our lawyer to defend us in the heavenly court?
- Can we follow a Yom Kippur service via zoom?
- What is the connection between Yom Kippur and the golden calf?
- Why was only the kohen gadol allowed to enter the kodesh kadoshim and only on Yom Kippur?
- Who cleaned the Holy of Holies, and could they tell us what it looked like inside?
- How does throwing a goat off a cliff to its death atone for our sins?
- If Moshiach comes before Yom Kippur will we need to fast?
- Laws and customs
- Is it acceptable to ask forgiveness via social media?
- If all our actions are predetermined, why are we responsible to ask forgiveness for sins?
- What are the origins of the kapparot ritual?
- Why did the Rebbe distribute honey cake before Yom Kippur and how can we maintain this tradition after Gimmel Tammuz?
- Why do we wear a white tunic (kittel) on Yom Kippur?
- Why do we fast over 25 hours on Yom Kippur, when a day is only 24 hours?
- Why are marital relations forbidden on Yom Kippur?
- Is using a caffeine suppository on Yom Kippur cheating?
- Prayers
- Why is Al Cheit said in the plural?
- Why do we read the book of Jonah on Yom Kippur?
- If singing Napolean’s March signifies that we have won the war even before the battle has begun, why don’t we sing it at the beginning of the day, before Kol Nidrei?
- Chassidus question: What is the connection between Yom Kippur and the 15th of Av?
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