Class One. Introduction to the Sicha: on the afternoon of the 15th of Nissan we were given freedom and we ran with it. The idea (discussed in Likutei Torah etc.) about the two types of Matza: 1) Before midnight that must be watched 2) After Midnight that guards itself. The events of mid-day on the…

In this Maamar the Rebbe adds a fifth level above the four levels of Geula discussed above. More specifically it breaks down into: 1) Iskafia and Ishapcha (the 2 ideas of מצה or סור מרע ועשה טוב) 2) which then becomes four: סור מרע ועשה טוב in Torah and mitzvos which radiate from סור מרע…

Class One. This class introduces three ideas of Matza: 1) Matza Aniya in Mitzrayim, 2) Matza Aniya after they left Mitzrayim, 3) Matza Ashira. The three appear to be connected to the three אהבות that are three levels of ביטול in this מאמר in the following order: ואהבת את הוי’ אלוקיך בכל… 1) נפשך 2)…

Class One. The two allusions to Matza in the Haggada, one in Mitzrayim and another as they were leaving. חידוש נפלא הנמצא במאמר זה that אתכפיא is higher than אתהפכא. This is the basis for how we understand הא לחמא עני’ די אכלו אבהתנא בארעא דמצרים. Class Two. The Ma’amar inside. Two Matzos- before and…

A four part series of oral lectures on pesach. Class One. 1) Shana (The hebrew word for year connotes both change and repetition. 2) Growth and change vs. consistency. 3) The world of the individual (before Mattan Torah) and the Nation (from Mattan Torah). Class Two. Golus (Exile). It’s outer and inner dimensions. Class Three….

Pesach= Pe Such; a time to talk, Matza being katnus may be linked to the idea that we talk a lot on Pesach.