Likutei Sichos vol. 26 page 49 ff. (part one). The event of the stick becoming a serpent and then a stick again and only then swallowing the sticks of the Egyptian magicians, goes to the core of all the ten Makkos to show Hashem’s dominance over the Pharoh. This explains why so much of the…

Likutei Sichos vol. 26 ff (Part Two). This class continues the Sicha, explaining the point of this miracle with the serpent, to show Hashem’s dominance over the Pharaoh.

Likutei Sichos vol. 31 page 28 ff. 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…

Likutei Sichos vol. 31 page 34 ff. Class One. The plague of blood was static- being fully manifest from the first moment and not advancing over the course of the week it lasted. Still at week’s end it was completed- why? We’ll continue next time.

Class Two. Blood still advances over the week, as its education is completed not only over the course of the week it afflicted Egypt, but even the three weeks between plagues was a part of the education.

The last מכה is different than the others inasmuch that it goes beyond “educating” Egypt to killing Egyptians. The question became why are these more deserving than these? And no answer of logic exists; it is just because of a transcendent love.

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.

Stopping time vs. dividing time; the best of both and it’s spiritual implications.

קדיש Class Fourteen. בחייכון וביומיכון ובחיי דכל בית ישראל בעגלה ובזמן קריב ואמרו אמן. Class Four. ובחיי דכל בית ישראל בעגלה ובזמן קריב Both these phrases include a masculine and feminine aspect, making the tandem like ז”א ונוקבא. The difference (according to the רמ”ק) is that the first is מלמטה למעלה like תיקון, and the…

קדיש Class Thirteen. בחייכון וביומיכון ובחיי דכל בית ישראל בעגלה ובזמן קריב ואמרו אמן. Class Three. בחייכון is the idea of bringing אין סוף into the containment and order (קדושה) of חיות- life, פנימיות in other words למקום הראוי ובאופן הראוי בלי יניקה. וביומיכון is the idea of bringing the highest idea of time (ימי…