Likutei Sichos vol. 16 page 1 ff. Rav and Shmuel: new king or old king who acted as though he forgot Yosef. Was his sin primarily against God or man.

Likutei Sichos vol. 01 page 111 ff. 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…

Introduction: Hoda’a- Asiya: Davening is a four runged ladder, until Boruch Sheumar is AssiyaWednesday 8 Elul 5774, September 3 2014.Introduction. This class introduces a new year and explains at least basically the stage of Davening called Hoda’a.

Likutei Sichos vol. 3 page 848 ff. Making the Jews bitter was not only physical but spiritual. They became distracted from who they really are, and this is real bitterness. The lesson.

Likutei Sichos vol. 06 page 26 ff. [Same as class sixty three 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…

הודו להוי’ קראו בשמו Class Six. This class starts with a review of the choices about הודו. The version we follow that it is before ברוך שאמר, makes it about the ארון (=Torah) and קרבנות (=Prayer), higher but perhaps less understood. Then we learned the first Possuk: הודו להוי’ה. It is Hoda’a but at least…

הודו להוי’ קראו בשמו Class Fourteen.Introduction to the second of the three parts of הודו (paralleled in Tehillim Perek 96).This is not uniquely a Jewish prayer but a universal one: All the world sings when Moshiach comes for seeing Hashem in the world. There are differences between how Yidden see Hashem and how the entire…

Introduction to Birchas HaTorah 1) Where is it said in the davening? 2) Two or Three Brachos? 3) On Torah SheBa’al Peh, Mishna (or Midrash) and the third on Mikra!! 4) Reasons for these Brachos and more. Another (short) introduction to Birchas HaTorah (Yeshiva 5780).1) These Brachos are biblical.2) We celebrate Torah itself.3) Before we…

First Bracha of the Birchas HaTorah, Al Divrei Torah 1) LiHisasek BiDivrei Torah vs. al Divrei Torah, 2) Why do we say Al Divrei Torah rather than LiHisasek Bi… 3) Torah and Mitzvos are included in this language, The words are bringing Torah down to the lowest levels. 4) and more.

Second Bracha of Birchas HaTorah, Viha’arev Nu 1) ViHa’arev means sweet but also from the word integrate (Arvus). We are interconnected when it comes to Torah; this is why it says ‘Kol’ Amcha twice. 2) Mishna is what this Bracha is about. This is a meeting of the Godliness (Neshama) and intellect (Torah SheBa’al Peh)….