Class One Hundred and Twenty Nine, Journeying.The Yidden leave the Yam Suf (with some cajoling from Moshe) and move out into the desert.Within days they complain (again) about water.This is the story of the divine challenge: He pushes us as fast as He thinks we can move, but we are always not ready, so… we…

In contrast to the convention that there are two successive stages to the Pharaoh’s stubbornness; one where he is stubborn on his own and another where Hashem makes him stubborn. The Rebbe proves that: 1) The two levels of the Pharaoh’s stubbornness are simultaneous and last for the duration of all ten Makkos beginning with…

This series is (unfortunately) unfinished, but what is here stands on it’s own, and is certainly worth listening to. Class One: 1) Awaiting and desiring Moshiach 2) redemption (as it is) separate from the idea of a person who is Moshiach. Class Two: 3) King Moshiach, Moshiach as a part of Halacha: a king, no…

Likutei Sichos vol. 18 page 271 ff.   Class One. This class gets to the heart and center of this Sicha, which discusses the basic understanding of Moshiach according to the RaMbaM and Halacha. The end of RaMbaM is about Moshiach, because Moshiach is the end of Torah, Mitzvos, and Halacha. This means, when it…

Class One Hundred and Thirty Three, (first of 2 parts) Likutei Sichos vol 31 p 85 ff. The Manna and Shabbos- total rest.Lecture (with no text).This class discusses the side of Shabbos and the Manna which explains the idea of pure rest and the divine pleasure of this.And how this is not nothing or worse…

Three personalities, three Galus perspectives: 1) Yaakov, he was not in the Galus at all. 2) The Shvatim, they are a part of the Galus and only survive it by being in (relative) isolation, as Shepherds. 3) Yosef, he is in the Galus and very much at it’s epicenter, but it makes no difference on…

Malachim before, Malachim after; When Yaakov leaves Eretz Yisroel, the local angels cannot lead him into Chutz La’aretz and new Malachim appear, while on his return, the Eretz Yisroel angels come out to greet. The reason: in the beginning they are empowering him and at the end they are honoring him.

The Rebbe expalins that the RaMbaM considers it important to underscore the idea that Avrohom’s pursuit of God started out initially as a strictly intellectual one. However, he then explains that intellect in and of itself it is not sustainable, as is evidenced from what happened to Yidden in Mitzrayim, The RaMbaM is teaching us…

Ya’akov wishes to tell his children when the Geula will come and they will leave Egypt. But God doesn’t let him. How could they both be correct [as Ya’akov is a Merkava and above error]?? The answer is perspective: Ya’akov hopes to encourage harder work to earn, and maybe even expedite, the Geula. But God…

Class One. This class gets to the heart and center of this Sicha, which discusses the basic understanding of Moshiach according to the RaMbaM and Halacha. The end of RaMbaM is on Moshiach, because Moshiach is the end of Torah, Mitzvos, and Halacha. This means when it is all complete and we are able to…