Why Are Plans to Expand 770 Deemed Controversial

MyLife: Chassidus Applied Episode 433, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Sunday, January 15, 2023 / 22 Teves 5783 – 8:00-9:00PM ET

· Chassidus Applied to 24 Teves – 210 years

o What is the main contribution of the Alter Rebbe?

o What is the significance of the Alter Rebbe’s Hilula on this day?

o Why did the Alter Rebbe oppose Napoleon instead of trying to transform the Western World?

o Why were the challenges in America more difficult than the ones in Russia?

o What did the Alter Rebbe teach us about the power of song?

o What is a chiddush of the Alter Rebbe that can help us daven better so that our prayers are answered positively?

o What is the best way to study Tanya in English?

o Why do we sing the Alter Rebbe’s song only on special occasions?

· How should one pray?

· One person’s journey from living like a robot to becoming emotionally alive.

· Why not develop a Chassidus-based psychology?

· Chassidus Applied to Vaeira

o Why was the name Havaya revealed to Moses?

o What is the difference between G-d’s name E-l Shaddai and Havaya?

o Why are there four expressions of redemption?

o What lessons do we learn from the ten plagues?

o What is the history behind the Alter Rebbe’s discourse called “der frumer Vaeira”?

· Why are the plans to expand 770 deemed controversial by some in the community?

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