Patriarchs (00) (5776/2015) The pact with non-Jews, the Jewish nation, Iyov tells God there will never be another Avrohom Avinu.

Noach Patriarchs (01) Likutei Sichos vol. 20 page 13 ff. The Rebbe explains that the RaMbaM considers it important to underscore the idea that Avrohom’s pursuit of God started out initially as a strictly intellectual one. However, he then explains that intellect in and of itself it is not sustainable, as is evidenced from what...

Lech Lecha Patriarchs (02) Likutei Sichos Vol. 15 page 75 ff. What we learn from the Avos that relates to us though our Yiddishkiet is so different. How we make Yiddishkiet personal, and felt by us.

Lech Lecha Patriarchs (03) Vol. 25 page 47 ff. Whatever happened to Avrohom until Lech Lecha (at the age of seventy five) is not written in the Torah, because as the first Jew, his life doesn’t begin until he gets divine instruction and follows with bittul. The lesson for us: we must acquiesce.

Lech Lecha Patriarchs (04) Vol. 03 page 757 ff. Bris Mila is another step in Avrohom’s spiritual climb. It was the first (and only) Mitzva that he did that actually elevated the physical.

Lech Lecha Patriarchs (05) Vol. 30 page 53 ff. Bris Mila is two things: 1) a Mitzva, 2) A covenant. In as much as it is a Mitzva, what we do today is separate from what the Avos did, but in as much as it is a Covenant, we continue to bring our children into...

Lech Lecha Patriarchs (06) Vol. 01 page 18 ff. Yishmael’s Bris was rational, and that is a liability compared with Yitzchok’s super-rational bond. It is the basis of the Jewish people and that they are a miraculous people attached to Hashem higher than reason, from infancy.

Vayera Patriarchs (07) Vol. 25 page 86 ff. Yitzchok’s Bris is superior not only to Yishmael’s but to Avrohom’s as well. Avrohom’s Bris was from higher than reason, but his 99 years of preparation cover this over, and the idea that it is entirely from Hashem is not obvious.

Vayera Patriarchs (08) Vol. 10 page 49 ff. Avrohom’s life is divided into two: before and after the Bris. Before he was doing Judaism (like a brick), afterwards he was Jew, a representative of God on this earth (like a stone which is natural and not like a brick which is artificial).

Vayera Patriarchs (09) Likutei Sichos vol. 20 page 73 ff. The Akaida is the last great act of Avrohom’s incredible life. Only at this point is the Mesiras Nefesh of Avrohom Avinu revealed to be totally sacrificial, giving credibility to all the sacrifices he’d made until this point.

Vayera Patriarchs (10) Likutei Sichos vol. 35 page 76-81. After all is said and done and Avrohom shows infinite loyalty to Hashem, he begins protesting. In this Sicha the Rebbe shows (in Rashi’s view at least), that Avrohom was never questioning God, but the fact that maybe Hashem thought he was somehow unworthy of giving...

Chayey Sara Patriarchs (11) Likutei Sichos vol. 01 page 31-4. Sara (the Zohar says) is the body and Avrohom is the Soul, yet, Avrohom 1) listens to her 2) mourns for her, as she is the purpose.

Chayay Sara Patriarchs (12) Likutei Sichos vol. 15 page 145 ff. After Sara passes away we see her life. Her life is about the Jewish people exclusively, while Avrohom is about all of humanity. This shows itself in each of the big events in this Parsha.

Vayera Toldos Patriarchs (13) Likutei Sichos vol. 15 page 122 ff. Torah Ohr Toldos (beg.) This class combines a Sicha about Avrohom and the Torah Ohr (beginning of Parshas Toldos) that help enlighten what separated Avrohom from Yitzchok. Avrohom shone light and inspired from above, doing what appears in affect to be forcing Arabs to...

Toldos Patriarchs (14) Likutei Sichos vol. 30 page 122 ff. Yitzchok’s idea is digging wells. What water the wells give him is Hashem’s business. As a result his wells last. The three wells, built with different levels of dedication and sacrifice last for different lengths of time. The third which is through Bittul and Kabbalas...

Toldos Patriarchs (15) Likutei Sichos vol. 30 page 103 ff. Yitzchok is even more like Avrohom, chesed, than is Avrohom himself because of the Bittul of Yitzchok.

Toldos Patriarchs (16) Likutei Sichos vol. 15 page 191 ff. Avrohom looked so much closer to Yishmael. In fact Yishmael did Teshuva during his father’s lifetime, while Aisav seemed so evil. Under the surface however, Yitzchok’s connection to Aisav is limitless (he was a Jew, only a sinner), while Yishmael’s relationship to Avrohom was on...

Toldos Patriarchs (17) Likutei Sichos vol. 20 108 ff. Aisav is Yitzchok’s son and as he is in Yitzchok, he and Yaakov are just two versions of avodas Hashem, one that is like a Chossid and the other one who overcomes his Yetzer HaRa. Aisav just made bad choices.

Vayeitze Patriarchs (18) Likutei Sichos vol. 01 page 63 ff. Vol. 3 page 787 ff. Yaakov was the most successful of the Avos, as all his children were Tzadikim and he had them in Golus.

Vayeitze Patriarchs (19) Likutei Sichos vol. 15 page 243 ff. Ya’akov makes two conditions with Hashem and then two promises. This Sicha shows that the requests were for help at serving Hashem to set up the fulfillment of the two promises. Aliyas HaNeshama and Dira BiTachtonim.

Vayeitze Patriarchs (20) Likutei Sichos vol. 15 page 252 ff. Ya’akov is involved with many things, but before all, above all, and even after all, his primary involvement is with sheep. This teaches two lessons: 1) Bittul must be before, in, and after all, 2) Bittul alone is not enough, you must also use your...

Vayeitze Patriarchs (21) Likutei Sichos vol. 25 Page 150 ff. Malachim before, Malachim after; When Yaakov leaves Eretz Yisroel, the local angels cannot lead him into Chutz La’aretz and new Malachim appear, while on his return, the Eretz Yisroel angels come out to greet. The reason: in the beginning they are empowering him and at...

Toldos Vayeitze Patriarchs (22) Likutei Sichos vol. 35 page 113 ff. Supplement, a Maamar from the Alter Rebbe about our Galus Edom (Aisav) lasting so long! Overt and covert enemies, Aisav as an outright evil is dealt with, while the devious Lavan took twenty years to subdue. In our Galus it is Aisav that is...

Vayeitze Patriarchs (23) Likutei Sichos vol. 25 Page 168 ff. The return of Yaakov to Eretz Yisroel found him whole, not only according to the promises Hashem gave him, but that he didn’t even suffer (in a lasting way) for the Avoda sacrifices he needed to make in Golus.

Vayishlach Patriarchs (24) Likutei Sichos vol. 35 page 150-155. Dina’s leaving home ended in disaster, but that does not mean that what she intended on doing was wrong. She was social like her mother and that was very good. It allowed the two of them to influence others to be better people.

Vayeishev Patriarchs (25) Likutei Sichos vol. 15 page 310 ff. Ya’akov wanted Shlava (serenity) but to get it he had to go through much more hardship, but in the end he got what he wanted.

Vayeshev Patriarchs (26) Likutei Sichos vol. 30 page 176 ff. Ya’akov wanted the Shalva (serenity) he deserved, but Hashem decided to give him more than he wished for. But to do this he had to go through the twenty two year Yosef ordeal.