Vayeshev The Tribes (29) Likutei Sichos – Vol 25 p 193 ff – (version 1) Three personalities, three Galus perspectives: 1) Yaakov, he was not in the Galus at all. 2) The Shvatim, they are a part of the Galus and only survive it by being in (relative) isolation, as Shepherds. 3) Yosef, he is…

Vayeshev: above work and yerida tzorach aliya is real and constant peace that is after descending into Eretz Migurei Aviv and (lower stilll) Eretz Kinaan. Later he decends further into Mitzrayim and achieves an even higher VaYechi! How this ties into Chanuka, Golus etc.

There are two lands in the land where Yaakov lives, higher and lower. These two are represented by two levels of Torah. This Ma’amar explores the great advantage of the lower level of Torah in and of itself. Through the laws there is Birurim. This is why it must also invlove מרמה.

Class One. Peace exists on two levels: 1) You fight and win resoundingly, 2) there is no fight in the first place, the enemy is automatically vanquished. In Vayeshev, Yaakov is aspiring to the higher peace but gets instead the lower one: In golus Mitzrayim he has tranquility. Class Two. The Chanuka miracles are like…

The second dream. The second dream of Yosef was about the heavens, involved Yaakov also and seems to follow the first dream. It reflects what would happen to them in Egypt on various levels. The mysticism is that in order to reach the higher level one must first engage birurim which is the lower level…

(for beginners). VAYEISHEV 1999 – CHANUKA AND MESIRUS NEFESH

A discussion on the basic wish of the Ba’al Shem Tov: that we live by our Neshama rather than our mind.

Part 1. Farbrengen. Part 2. The Tanya. Part 3. 21 KISLEV, Connecting 19 KISLEV to the rest of the year.

Many examples of Shalom.