Ep. 606: What is Chai Elul's Personal Message to Us?

<p><strong>Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:</strong><br> <strong>What is Chai Elul&#39;s Personal Message to Us? </strong></p><ul><li>Who revealed to us that this day is the birthday of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe? </li><li>Why was it kept secret for many years? </li><li>What is the meaning of the statement that Chai Elul infuses chayus into the entire month of Elul? </li><li>What is the source that the last twelve days of this month correspond to the twelve months of the year? And what is the connection with Chai Elul?  </li><li>Why did the Baal Shem Tov sign his name “Yisroel from Okup” when he was born in Tlust? </li><li>What is the story about the Baal Shem Tov’s previous reincarnation? </li><li>What is the significance of the Alter Rebbe being a neshama chadasha? Why does such a neshama need 24 months of gestation? </li><li>Who was Achiya HaShiloni, the teacher of the Baal Shem Tov, and what is their connection? </li><li>What do we know about the thirty-six hidden tzaddikim? </li><li>What were the two last things the Baal Shem Tov heard from his father, and how did that shape him and the philosophy of Chassidus? </li><li>Why was the Baal Shem Tov not arrested for spreading Chassidus like the Alter Rebbe? </li><li>What is the connection with the establishment of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim? </li><li>Do we know why the cornerstone of 770&#39;s expansion was laid on the 17th of Elul? </li><li>Why do they say that if you don&#39;t believe Baal Shem Tov stories you are an apikores and if you do believe them, you are a fool? </li><li>Did the Baal Shem Tov banish demons from this earth?</li></ul><ul><li>Why did the Frierdiker Rebbe get married on a Friday, as was customary then, but today we don&#39;t usually have weddings on a Friday? </li></ul><ul><li>Does the “king in the field” mean that Elul impacts us even if we don’t improve our behavior? </li><li>And does this power exist all year round?  </li><li>How do we reconcile the explanation of ani l’dodi v’dodi li with the Frierdiker Rebbe’s interpretation that it refers to businesspeople and scholars? </li><li>How do we justify tragedies in this month of compassion? </li><li>Why are our prayers not being answered? </li></ul><p><strong>13 Elul Elul Thank you </strong></p>