Classes

Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 229 ff – Yaakov Goes to Mitzrayim

Vayigash The Tribes (49) Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 229 ff Ya’akov is happy to go to Egypt yet apprehensive. How can this be reconciled. The Rebbe reveals that not only are these two feelings not incompatible they are actually mutually interdependent.

Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 222 ff – Yaakov celebrates Yosef’s Accomplishments

Vayigash The Tribes (48) Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 222 ff רב עוד יוסף בני חי Upon discovering that his son is alive not only in body but in spirit as well, Ya’akov celebrates what his son Yosef has become, exceeding all expectation.

Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 198 ff – His brothers stand before Yosef

Miketz The Tribes (42) Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 198 ff The brothers finally stand in front of Yosef, and debate… Teshuva!

Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 190 ff – In Golus Hashem’s Hashpaah comes through Non-Jews

Miketz The Tribes (41) Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 190 ff Ya’akov tells his children to get ready to be dependent on the Non-Jews in the time of famine, because he senses that Golus is coming, and that this is how God’s miracle would reach them. In Golus we get our food and knowledge…

Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 176 ff – Yaakov wanted Shalva II

Vayeshev Patriarchs (26) Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 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.

Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 122 ff – Three Wells of Yitzchok

Toldos Patriarchs (14) Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 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…

Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 103 ff – Bittul of Yitzchok

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

Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 053 ff – Bris Mila

Lech Lecha Patriarchs (05) Likutei Sichos – Vol 30 p 053 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…

Likutei Sichos – Vol 28 p 131 ff – Para Aduma and a Prayer for Moshiach

Chukas Para Aduma and a prayer for Moshiach. This Sicha explores the RaMbaM’s prayer for Moshiach in the middle of the laws of Para Aduma and explains that there is a Halacha in this. It is law in Tefilla (hinted and not said outright) that the time to pray for Moshiach is always.

Likutei Sichos – Vol 26 p 049 – Stick / Serpent / Stick (02)

Vaeira Exile and Redemption (090) This class continues the Sicha, explaining the point of this miracle with the serpent, to show Hashem’s dominance over the Pharaoh.