Ep. 571: Why Is Yud Tes Kislev the Rosh Hashana of Chassidus?
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And in merit of Boruch Benyomin ben Menucha Lana Althaus
Yekusiel ben Leah Rochel and Rochel bas Liba Farkash
Dedicated by Pinchas Todros ben Miriam and Sarah bas Rochel Althaus
Topics:
Yud Tes Kislev
- Why is this day the Rosh Hashana of Chassidus?
- Why was Chassidus revealed in the later generations?
- What is the difference between “before Petersburg” and “after Petersburg”?
- What do we learn from this day?
- Why was there a heavenly accusation against the Alter Rebbe for teaching Chassidus?
- Should we be afraid to say a dvar torah at the Shabbos table lest the heavenly court indict us?
- How do we explain the Alter Rebbe’s analogy of Chassidus being like the most precious crown jewel being crushed to help save the life of the royal prince?
- How do you compare the Alter Rebbe’s spreading of Chassidus to other Kabbalists who taught Penimiyus HaTorah? Why did they not face resistance?
- Is Chassidus based on the Zohar and Kabbalah or is something entirely different?
- Is learning the Tanya compared to having a personal yechidus with the Alter Rebbe?
- What “second half” is necessary to understand Tanya?
- Can you appreciate Tanya without song?
- How did the Alter Rebbe deliver his teachings to us?
- What is a farbrengen and where did it originate from?
- What’s the difference between a maamar and a sicha?
- What was the main teaching of the Maggid of Mezritch?
- What is a black Marie chariot and why was it sent for the alter rebbe?
- How did the Alter Rebbe win his court case; what evidence did he produce to exonerate himself?
Vayeishev
- What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha?
- What is the inside story of the tribes’ jealousy of Joseph, and of Joseph’s fall and rise?
- What was the significance of Joseph’s dreams that he will rule over his brothers?
- How could the righteous tribes sell their brother into slavery?
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