Mylife: Chassidus Applied

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus Applied to Yud Tes Kislev250th yahrzeit of the Maggid of Mezeritch Why is Yud Tes Kislev referred to as the Rosh Hashana of Chassidus? Why was there a problem with the Alter Rebbe teaching Chassidus? Since we begin the new Tanya cycle on Yud Tes Kislev, what is a short synopsis of some of Tanya's most important lessons? Is Tanya geared toward both men and women? Is the idea of two souls a revolutionary innovation of the Tanya? What does it add to the fundamental Torah idea of the yetzer tov and yetzer hara? Are the Alter Rebbe’s teachings his own chiddushim, or were they compilations of what he learned from his teachers? Is Tanya considered like a “portrait” of the Alter Rebbe? Did the Alter Rebbe write and edit all the contents of the Tanya or were some parts added by his students who heard the teachings from him? Is there greater emphasis in Chassidus Chabad on bittul than on dveikus? What do we learn from the Alter Rebbe’s name Schneur, two ligh