The Birth of a Nation. (5771). It’s not about a few righteous people but an entire union.
Class One (Yeshiva). The righteous man Avrohom would father G-d’s nation, but there was to be much to endure first. And the Jews would (in part) choose their own destiny. How would their history unfold? Would Moshiach come immediately or not. The conclusion was theirs to determine.
Class One
Class Two (The Besht). Plan a: for Yidden to leave Egypt righteous (and Mattan Torah would have been Moshiach [Pnimyus HaTorah would remain revealed]). Plan b: We fell into 49 gates of impurity and left because “The time came’ undeserving. All of history since then is our earning our freedom. Likutei Sichos vol. 17 p. 78 ff. is the basis for this class.
