Likutei Sichos vol. 16 page 29. Moshe and Aharon (who are Leviim and not enslaved,) get involved in other Yidden’s business despite the Pharoah’s protests, and this is the only thing that can usher in the Geula.

קדיש Class Thirty Five Explaining the word תתקבל, the idea that He accepts our prayers (that is enough in itself). The idea that prayers are like bricks, (man-made  words) and they need further fixing from מלאכים. This is the idea that He accepts our Tefilos.

קדיש Class Thirty Four After a review of earlier ideas, we explore this passage in general. Two versions: 1) Rambam: we pray for ourselves first, and then for the entire world. This makes sense for someone who “deserves” divine kindness. 2) Our version: we include ourselves with everyone because we don’t feel worthy. A brief explanation…

Likutei Sichos vol. 16 page 69 ff. Moshe is Elokim to Pharoe, and Aharon is his Navi. Some things can not be delegated; the breaking of Pharoe needed to be done by Moshe. The story of the מאמר ראה נתתיך אלוקים לפרעה.

Moshe being Moshe from the moment he’s born, and forever.

קדיש Class Thirty Three. This class was about the words מן קדם אבוהון דבשמייא as opposed to מן מארי שמייא וארעא. There are two differences: אבוהון vs. מארי father is אצילות and master is בי”ע, so in our נוסח we see ourselves as being raised up by our זכותים to the place where He is…

What is the answer to Moshe’s question: What merit entitles the Jews to be redeemed? Answer: the waiting and anticipating was already actual in Egypt.

A unique characteristic of מכת שחין was that it was performed in a way that could be seen as natural. This is part of how Hashem taught Egypt about Himself.

Yishmael’s Bris was rational and that is a liability compared with Yitzchok’s super-rational bond. It is the basis of the Jewish people and that they are a miraculous people attached to Hashem higher than reason, from infancy.

Class One. Going out of Mitzrayim, brought the Yidden freedom not by losing their Egyptian masters, but by becoming servants of Hashem. Thus the Mitzvos complete the exodus, and the first to be given and recorded is Kidush Hachodesh and Ibbur Shanim. There is something special about this Mitzvah. It makes three points about Yiddishkeit:…