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Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 118 – Wells by Avrohom and Yitzchok

Vayera Likutei Sichos vol. 15 page 118 ff.Wells by Avraham and Yitzchok the Zohar on the difference between the two.

Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 070 ff – Ten Generations

Lech Lecha Likutei Sichos vol. 15 page 70 ff.Ten generations end and in one case they are destroyed and in the other they are uplifted.What is the explanation?

Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 034 ff – Noach and the Taiva

Noach Likutei Sichos vol. 15 page 34 ff.Noach the Taiva (ark) and thinking about the people of his time.Did Noach build the Taiva alone?

Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 432 ff – Menashe and Ephraim

Vayechi The Tribes (56) Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 432 ff In Galus there are two ‘first borns’: Yosef’s first born is Menashe: to remember from where you come and not to be influenced by the environment you are in. Ya’akov’s first born is Ephrayim: to succeed and prosper and take something from the…

Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 422 ff – Yaakov’s Passing and Living

Vayechi The Tribes (55) Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 422 ff Parshas Vayechi really is about Ya’akov’s passing, yet it is called Vayechi- that Ya’akov lived his best years there! The idea is that life is eternity and that is only in and with God, and only when Ya’akov showed his true connectedness was…

Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 405 ff – Egypt

Vayigash The Tribes (52) Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 405 ff Jewish people settle in Egypt and take possession of (what is theirs,) but it is Egypt. Eventually Egypt will take hold of them. Ultimately however the land’s taking hold of them will result in them leaving Egypt with all Egypt’s wealth!

Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 387 ff – “Is my Father still Alive?”

Vayigash The Tribes (47) Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 387 ff Yosef asks his brothers, is my father still alive?, though he knows the answer. He says it to underscore the fact that Yaakov had suffered indescribably and should not be kept in suffering for one extra moment. In these words Yaakov’s Galus is…

Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 339 ff – Yosef interprets dreams

Miketz The Tribes (39) Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 339 ff Yosef’s advice isn’t separate from the dream’s interpretation, it is a part of it, this demonstrates his full intelligence and raises him up to the level of vizier. In these dreams opposites converge, Galus and Geula, in the source of Yosef the two…

Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 310 ff – Yaakov wanted Serenity

Vayeshev Patriarchs (25) Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 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.

Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 252 ff – Yaakov and Sheep

Vayeitze Patriarchs (20) Likutei Sichos – Vol 15 p 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: it must be before, in, and after all, 2) Bittul alone is not enough, you must also…