Bo Exile and Redemption (105) Likutei Sichos vol. 31 page 46 ff. מכת חושך is compared to Golus as it relates to the Yidden (as we’ll see in the next class on this Sicha.) Accordingly we discuss how this מכה was a Golus (of sorts) for the Egyptians.

Bo Exile and Redemption (104) Sefer HaSichos Bo 5752 (03) Continued (3). Moshe fears the positive spiritual Pharaoh as well. Why?

Bo Exile and Redemption (103) Sefer HaSichos Bo 5752 (02) Continued (2). Moshe fears the spiritual evil of Pharaoh which is above קדושה!

Bo Exile and Redemption (102) Sefer HaSichos 5752 page 280 ff. This class (only) introduces this Sicha: there is a pattern to how Hashem has Moshe visit the Pharaoh. The first (forth and seventh) visits, He tells him לך… go to the Pharoh at the River. The second (fifth and eighth) visits, He tells him…

Vaeira Exile and Redemption (101) Likutei Sichos vol. 06 page 46 ff. In the aftermath of מכת ברד (for the first time) we find the Pharaoh being remorseful and even penitent. The way the מכת ברד ended reveals levels in the תשובה that the Pharaoh was thinking to do. Did he do the equivalent of…

Vaeira Exile and Redemption (100) Likutei Sichos – vol 36 p 26 ff A unique characteristic of מכת שחין was that it was performed in a way that could be seen as natural. This is part of how Hashem taught Egypt about Himself.

Exile and Redemption (099) Introduction to New Year (5778) (02) Getting Yidden out of Mitzrayim didn’t need to be so complicated. It was because it was (also) an education to Egypt and the Jewish people about Achdus Hashem. This is why there needed to be ten Makkos.

Exile and Redemption (098) Introduction (part one). The history of the world until this point in the series.

Vaeira Exile and Redemption (097) Likutei Sichos vol. 11 page 24 ff. (2). Continued. The Midrash sees all the מכות beginning with the very first as a series of steps to exhaust Egypt. accordingly ערוב wasn’t about killing Egypt, but to confuse them, thus the name: ערוב.

Vaeira Exile and Redemption (096) Likuti Sichos vol. 11 page 24 ff. (01) The first three plagues punished the Egyptian gods, only from the fourth plague and on were the Egyptians themselves being punished. Therefore only from the fourth plague on was the difference between the Jews and the Egyptians very noticeable.