Introduction to the beginning of the Sicha. The Avos kept Mitzvos with reason, like Goyim keep their seven laws of Noach. Page 33.

The argument that introduces this sicha’s question: Torah never changes. The faith that is needed to maintain this priority. Page 34.

The question the Gemara’s remedies and the RaMbaM’s diet are Torah, as they are recorded In their Torah works. Yet the Acharonim say that they are not applicable any longer. How can this be resolved? Page 34-7.

The answer from inside the text. At the end of this class there’s a commentary on evolution attempting to offer a mystical explanation for the apparent relatedness of species. Page 37-8.

So what happened on Lag BaOmer, how to reconcile opposites (life and death) as both being the reasons to celebrate this day? Page 138.

Answer: It was Rabbi Akiva’s own teachings that got them into the (lack of respect) trouble they got into. They followed his lead of Mesiras Nefesh that translated into a zealousness and intolerant passion. Page 138-40.

Ratzoi ViShov and it’s incredible peace. Page 140.

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.

The third point is that if one influences only himself that is good enough, but he has the power to affect the world also, like by Sefiras HaOmer, that counts days and (also) gets us to Shavuos. The Alter Rebbe follows but does not imitate the Arizal, as the Arizal wrote his Siddur for actual…