Abstract Likkutei Sichos

Ben Chamesh L'Mikra | June 27, 2025

הוראה ענין פסוק חלק

The “avodah of the plagues” enables one to break the power of one’s own Egypt, by bringing passion (hot) into one’s avodah, & calm (cold) into dealings with the world. It’s easier to overcome Galus, if we know that the Geulah is already here.
(א) The plagues broke the Galus, despite the severity of the Galus; for example, blood (hot) overcame the Nile (cold), and the frogs (cold) overcame all, even the ovens (hot).
(יד) The fifth expression of Geulah means it’s here already (just hidden).
Combining the opposites of intellect and emotion, one who sit in the tents of Torah also should be involved in the world, similar to the Previous Rebbe whose talks were translated worldwide. The Avos were associated with emotions; G-d told Moshe, whose service centers on intellect, to temper it with emotion, like the Avos’ unquestioning faith. On Rosh Chodesh Shvat Moshe began expounding the Torah in 70 languages combining intellect with emotion.
Yocheved had a distinguished ancestry as much as Amram.
Teshuvah of a Jew changes the past and uproots the entire sin. Cessation of hail was response to the teshuvah of Paroh; did it (only) not reach the ground or did it (even) cease to fall? Does the Teshuvah of a non-Jew only stop the punishment or entirely remove it?
Chacham placed next to the Rasha to have an influence; in education must reach all children. Reclining and the 4 cups at the Seder express freedom in detail and in general.

הוראה ענין פסוק חלק

The “avodah of the plagues” enables one to break the power of one’s own Egypt, by bringing passion (hot) into one’s avodah, & calm (cold) into dealings with the world. It’s easier to overcome Galus, if we know that the Geulah is already here.
(א) The plagues broke the Galus, despite the severity of the Galus; for example, blood (hot) overcame the Nile (cold), and the frogs (cold) overcame all, even the ovens (hot).
(יד) The fifth expression of Geulah means it’s here already (just hidden).
Combining the opposites of intellect and emotion, one who sit in the tents of Torah also should be involved in the world, similar to the Previous Rebbe whose talks were translated worldwide. The Avos were associated with emotions; G-d told Moshe, whose service centers on intellect, to temper it with emotion, like the Avos’ unquestioning faith. On Rosh Chodesh Shvat Moshe began expounding the Torah in 70 languages combining intellect with emotion.
Yocheved had a distinguished ancestry as much as Amram.
Teshuvah of a Jew changes the past and uproots the entire sin. Cessation of hail was response to the teshuvah of Paroh; did it (only) not reach the ground or did it (even) cease to fall? Does the Teshuvah of a non-Jew only stop the punishment or entirely remove it?
Chacham placed next to the Rasha to have an influence; in education must reach all children. Reclining and the 4 cups at the Seder express freedom in detail and in general.

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