Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
 What should be our focus during these days? 

• Why do we begin blessing each other with wishes for a good year on the 15th of Av? 
• Why is it written that there were no holidays like the 15th of Av in the past tense? 

• What is the relevance of this day? 
• What is the significance of this day coming 40 days before Rosh Hashana? 
• Why did the Rebbe’s father have to endure such excessive suffering? 
• Can it be explained by the idea that, to grow to an unprecedented higher level, one needs to nullify previous levels entirely? 
• What was unique about Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s teaching style? 
• How would you describe what it adds to Chabad Chassidus in general? 
• Are his writings Chassidishe Chassidus or Rebbe’she Chassidus? 
• Can you give us an example of some of his teachings? 
• How can we honor the Rebbe’s father? 
• Who is in charge of publishing Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s teachings? 
• What is the connection of Reb Levi Yitzchak to the month of Av? 

• What lessons do we learn from living with the times, with this week’s Torah parsha? 
• What is the meaning of the blessings and curses in the Torah? 
• What is the proper way to bless someone? 
• Is there a source that on a birthday one has a special power to bless others? 
• How do we create a vessel for blessings? 
• What can we do to remove blockages from receiving blessings? 
• How do we transform a curse into a blessing? 
• If curses are really hidden blessings, why do we need revealed blessings? 
• Why does the Midrash connect the blessings and curses to the physical topography of the mountains associated with them? 
• What can we learn from the Torah’s way of recognizing a true and false prophet to help us identify charlatans and scammers today? 

Chof Av Re'eh