Same as previous Sicha, but discussing the beginning and the end rather than the middle. Moshe, the redeemer, needed to be above the limitations of all (3) levels of exile, his mother therefore was conceived outside of Egypt, and miraculously became young to give birth to Moshe, this is connected (not only with leaving Egypt,…

Miketz the end (RaShI) or the beginning (Even Ezra). The combined understanding of both defines the spirit of Miketz. The darkest moment is also the brightest.

Yosef is very great but Yaakov sends Yehuda to make a Yeshiva where the students have no other occupation other than learning Torah. Toraso Umnaso is very unique and it has, can, and must exist among Jews even in the worst of times.

Yosef dreams so everyone in his generation dreams. The dreams of the Pharaoh are opposite of Yosef’s. Yosef’s dreams lead to the purpose of the world, while Pharaoh’s simply set that up.

Potifar’s wife seduction: The wife of Potifar sees that she must contribute to the future of Yosef and believes that God may work even in strange ways. Yosef’s perspective: the ends don’t justify the means one must follow the law to the letter.

The punishment and exile included drowning the boys in the River but not the girls. The Rebbe points out that the “keeping the girls alive” was also part of the decree, it means living in the spirit of Egypt and their worship of nature. It explains the deeper meaning of drowning the boys in the…

The first two plagues represent parallel yet opposite ideas: Dam- Blood is to warm Egypt from its natural coldness to holiness, and to be warmed by it. Tzfardea- Frogs were to cool off Egypt’s passions to worldliness. Here the order (is atypical:) first from the top down and then from the bottom up.

(5777/ 2017)A thought. Every Ratzui (Yom Kippur) needs a Shov (eating Erev Yom Kippur; and every Shuv (Purim) needs a Ratzo (fasting Ta’anis Esther). (5780/ 2020)Taanis Esther Ratzoi Purim Shov (like Yom Kippur in reverse).

[76 years almost as long as Lubavitch]. Becoming “The Rebbe over the world” 1) engaging in the war personally, 2) Splurging the treasure 3) throwing away his own life 80 years, Tes Adar 5780America is no different, what it means.A Farbrengen

The Rebbe holds (based on some sources) that Moshe was born in a leap year and in the first ADAR.