PARSHA AIDES

REBBE’S UNDERSTANDING OF SOME ISSUES

FROM PARSHAS LECH LECHA
TYPES OF LOVE OF THE SOUL
‫'לקוטי שיחות כ‬

Natural matter; Soul’s own connection to

Brother & Sister ‫עבודת הנשמה‬
doesn’t stop HaShem
Transformation of the
Longing of the Body
Husband & Wife ‫עבודת הגוף‬
Soul
“become one flesh” ‫יחוד‬

AVROHOM PREPARES FOR THE BAIS HAMIKDASH

‫' לקוטי שיחות ל‬

1st Altar Service of Torah

Providing Shelami Eating of the
& Mitzvos feeds
(1 Bais HaMikdash) sustenance
st m korban
the soul
2nd Altar Sprinkling of the Service of
Atonement Chatos
(2nd Bais HaMikdash) blood Teshuvah
3rd Altar No ulterior Revelation of the
Olah Mesiras Nefesh
(3rd Bais HaMikdash) motive Divine Presence

Differing Sources of the Law That An

On-Time Milah Overrides Shabbos
‫' לקוטי שיחות לה‬

‫זו מילה שמותר‬ ‫ושמרו בני ישראל את השבת‬

Condition in the laws of Shabbos
‫לעשות בשבת‬ ‫לדורותם ברית עולם‬

Permission from the laws of Milah ‫ביום אפילו בשבת‬ ‫ביום השמיני ימול‬

Prior to Torah & higher than its

(‫ יא‬,‫לאות ברית )יז‬
limits; connection to the essence; ( ‫גזירה שוה לשבת‬
‫ )בעצם היום‬Shabbos and Yom Kippur ‫ יב‬,‫)לדורותינו )יז‬
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G-d’s Promises Regarding Eretz Yisrael

‫' לקוטי שיחות טו‬

Conquest by
Yehoshua
Future tense
“I will give” Gift Conveyed sanctity
Not
through ownership
(‫ ז‬,‫)יב‬ connected to (from G-d)
rights; when
Avrohom
ownership finished so
did sanctity
Acquisition by Ezra
“I have Past tense Inheritance/Chazaka (chazaka)
given” Connected Avrohom walked Sanctity acquired
(‫ יח‬,‫)טו‬ to Avrohom the land
and persists forever

Inner Dimension

Conquering without
Level of
Gift From Above down facing real opposition
Tzadik
(from the world)

Level of
From below to Engaging and
Inheritance Baal
Above purifying the world
Teshuvah

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