OVERVIEW Likkutei Sichos

CONTENT HIGHLIGHT

• Central themes in the life of Yitzchak: fear of G-d; order of marriage, blessings not yet fulfilled
• Miracles, a natural matter to a Jew
• The good precedes the bad
• What is the merit of a “hundred gates”?
• To perfect G-d’s world
• Giving the ability to give again
• Yitzchak has an effect that Eisav remains a Jew
• Holiness of the land in the time of the Avos
• Blindness to avoid Lashon HaRa
• Be stringent with oneself but give others extra room
• Eisav understood two things; blessings connected to Padan Aram and the need to go to Yishmael for a wife
• Yitzchak had a different avodah but appeared physically similar to Avrohom
• Eisav was not born bad
• Yaacov inherited Avrohom’s blessings
• Deep implications of Eisav’s questions
• Yitzchak continued Avrohom’s mission by creating spiritual off-springs (Toldos)
• In the outside world, one must remain connected to the essence
• Service of awe allows true bitul, which leads to closeness to G-d
• Accomplishment of overcoming one’s bad inclination is a great achievement
• Wells are dug by our effort and then the water flows into it
• The Avos lived 15 years together in this world; the first three Chabad Rebbes lived 24 years together in this world
• Connection of Avrohom to Torah & Mitzvos
• Two types of “bad” – apparent and one “mixed” with good