Topics:

• What unique opportunities does Elul offer us?
• Chassidus applied to 25 Elul
  • What do we learn from the day when the world was created?
  • Since time itself was created, how can there be a 25th of Elul, suggesting days and months prior to that day?
• Lessons from Netzavim
  • Why do we read this portion before Rosh Hashana?
  • What is the deeper meaning in ki karov elecha hadavar me’od, and why do we need an entire Tanya to explain this verse?
• What can we learn from the fact that the coming new year is a Shemita Year?
• What do you think should be the acronym for the new year – Tof Shin Peh Beis?
• Do each of us have a unique mission or are we all equally charged with fulfilling G-d’s will?
• Why do our souls need a tikkun?
• Why is speech so powerful that we need to take care of what we say?
• Why do many people use the expression “Torah and Chassidus”?
• Is the return of Taliban control a sign that evil will make one last stand before Moshiach comes?
• What can I do as a tikkun for killing a deer?
• Follow up:
  • Golem
  • Tomchei Tmimim
• Chassidus question: If G-d recreates the world every moment, what is so special about Rosh Hashana?