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 (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.

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…

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.

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.

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…

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 (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.

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 (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.