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Sicha – Alter Rebbe’s Siddur – Sefiras HaOmer (04)

Likutei Sichos – Vol 22 p 114 ff Tefilla is a Mitzva that is done (also) with the heart. Page 116-17.

Sicha – Alter Rebbe’s Siddur – Sefiras HaOmer (03)

Likutei Sichos – Vol 22 p 114 ff Beginning of the answer. Davening has a Halachic and Kabbalistic dimension and both are represented well by Sefiras haOmer and he therefore puts it at the end of the siddur. Page 116.

Sicha – Alter Rebbe’s Siddur – Sefiras HaOmer (02)

Likutei Sichos – Vol 22 p 114 ff The question: why did the alter Rebbe place Sefiras HaOmer at the end, when no one else does. It is because he holds that it reveals the very essence of what the Siddur is both on Halachic and Kabbalisitic grounds. Page 115-16.

Sicha – Alter Rebbe’s Siddur – Sefiras HaOmer (01)

Likutei Sichos – Vol 22 p 114 ff Sefiras HaOmer and its place at the end of the Siddur (by the Alter Rebbe himself). Page 114-15.

Sicha – Rosh Hashana – Chana (11)

Likutei Sichos – Vol 19 p 291 ff Conclusion lesson from Chana what is on the inside should also be on the outside.

Sicha – Rosh Hashana – Chana (10)

Likutei Sichos – Vol 19 p 291 ff The Baal Shem Tov teaches that subconsciously we want what Hashem wants for us.

Sicha – Rosh Hashana – Chana (09)

Likutei Sichos – Vol 19 p 291 ff Beneath our limited self centered self is our idealistic want to fulfill our life’s mission.

Sicha – Rosh Hashana – Chana (08)

Answer on Rosh Hashana our personal needs aren’t personal at all. They are about fulfilling our destiny, and go to (or come from) our very core.

Sicha – Rosh Hashana – Chana (07)

Likutei Sichos – Vol 19 p 291 ff Can one be so “Bottul” as to crown a king and still have (and ask for) personal needs. The same question could apply to the daily prayers as well.

Sicha – Rosh Hashana – Chana (06)

Likutei Sichos – Vol 19 p 291 ff Kingship vs. Ruler-ship.