The Avodah of המאור הוא בהתגלות part 2. Review of the ideas of צמצום and that it only relates to אור where the צמצום is שלא כפשוטו, but the מאור need not be מצומצם as it is a בלתי מציאות נמצא. At the same time the Alter Rebbe introduces us to the idea of המאור…

Absolute truths and logical truths, Hashem created and is not bound by the laws of logic.

איי”ר is the abbreviations for: 1) אני השם רופאיך. 2) אברהם יצחק יעקב רחל the idea of מרכבה.

Inside. ר’ מתיא בן חרש who lived in Rome taught that to create the nation of Yidden we must do two things: 1) Go out of evil and idolatry, through the Korban Pesach. 2) Bring good and holiness in, through ברית מילה.

The entire event is an expression of the unconditional love of Hashem to the Jewish People. But we must nevertheless prepare: The preparation for going out of Mitzrayim is Mila and Korban Pesach.

מכת חושך is compared to Golus as it relates 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.

Continued (3). Moshe fears the positive spiritual Pharaoh as well. Why?

This class (only) introduces this Sicha: there is a pattern to how Hashem has Moshe visit the Pharaoh. In the first (fourth and seventh) visit(s) He tells him לך… go to the Pharoh at the River. The second (fifth and eighth) visit(s) He tells him בא… Go see him in the palace. The Third (sixth…

Rav and Shmuel: new king or old king who acted as though he forgot Yosef. Was his sin primarily against God or man.

Class One.The 49 words from למנצח בנגינות beginning with אלקים until ארץ. 49 is חסד, המשכה. The 42 words of אנא בכח are normally גבורה; העלאה but not here we add separately the ראשי תיבות of the 42 words to have 49 which is again חסד; המשכה; שוב. The 49 letters of the Possuk ישמחו…