Volume 3 - Bereshit, Shmot, Vayikra

44 sichos, 12 with English text.

• Vol 3.01 - Bereshit

  The lesson from the sin of the Tree of Knowledge (4)

• Vol 3.02 - Noach

  The lesson from the Dor haflagah to our generation after the Destruction of the Temple and the Holocaust(8)

• Vol 3.03 - LechaLinks

  The reason that Avraham did not circumcise himself until he was commanded (8)

• Vol 3.04 - VayeiraLinks

  Explanation of Rambam concerning Hachnasas Orchim that "is a statute which Abraham our Patriarch instituted (9)

• Vol 3.05 - Chayei Sarah

  "Just as they are perfect their years are perfect etc" (9)

• Vol 3.06 - ToledotLinks

  Many explanations in the double expression "Isaac the son of Abraham" etc (8)

• Vol 3.07 - Vayetze

  "For the twenty years during which he stayed in the house of Lavan, he did not sleep" (8)

• Vol 3.08 - Vayishlach

  Two levels of "Yaakov" and "Yisroel" in Avodat HaShem (5)

• Vol 3.09 - Yud Tet KislevLinks

  Yud Tes Kislev is the Brit (of a Chassid) (7)

• Vol 3.10 - VayeshevLinks

  The explanation of the dreams of Joseph in Avodah (6)

• Vol 3.11 - Chanukah

  Rambam: Sabbath candles have a priority over Chanukah lights. Lights for their own sake. (10)

• Vol 3.12 - Miketz

  The dreams of Pharaoh as a result of the dreams of Joseph (5)

• Vol 3.13 - Vayigash

  The purpose of descending into Galut for a "great deliverance" and for "great wealth" (9)

• Vol 3.14 - Vayechi

  The announcement of the Redemption ( "God will surely remember you etc) through Yosef (9)

• Vol 3.15 - ShmotLinks

  Explanation of the name "Shmot" and the connection to Galut and its rectification (10)

• Vol 3.16 - Chof Dalet Tevet

  The reason for happiness on the Hillulah of the Alter Rebbe. Story of the Alter Rebbe and the snuffbox (3

• Vol 3.17 - Va'eira
• Vol 3.18 - BoLinks

  The reason that the plague of the firstborn was at "midnight" (9)

• Vol 3.19 - Yud Sh'vat

  "b'reish galei" - hint to Rashbi, Arizal, Baal Shem Tov, and the Rebbe Rayatz (5)

• Vol 3.20 - Beshalach

  Explanation of the views of the four camps (at the splitting of the sea) and their error (12)

• Vol 3.21 - Yitro

  Matan Torah - connection between the upper and lower worlds (9)

• Vol 3.22 - MishpatimLinks

  Merging of all the explanations in "And these are the ordinances that you shall set before them"(8)

• Vol 3.23 - TerumahLinks

  The reason that the resting of the Shechinah in the Mishkan was specifically through the sacrifices (9)

• Vol 3.24 - Tetzaveh

  Debate of R. Eliezer and the Sages in the reason that the Golden and Copper Altars did not receive Tumah (4)

• Vol 3.25 - Parshat Zochor

  Explanation of the sin of Shaul that he did not eradicate the seed of Amalek (4)

• Vol 3.26 - PurimLinks

  Explanation of: "Light is Torah, Simcha (happiness) is Yom Tov, Joy (Sason) is Milah, Honor is Tefillin" (8)

• Vol 3.27 - Tisa

  Explanation of the Mitzvah of the half-shekel, a "coin of fire" (8)

• Vol 3.28 - VayakhelLinks

  The differences between the contributions to the Mishkan and the Half-Shekel coin (4)

• Vol 3.29 - Pekudei

  The difference between "Vayakhel" and "Pekudei"; Avodah of created beings and the effluence from Above (7)

• Vol 3.30 - VayikraLinks

  The aspect of the Korban Tamid in Avodat HaAdam - constant dedication(10)

• Vol 3.31 - Tzav

  View of Rambam that the Sages set the time limit of midnight, even for the offerings of the fats and limbs (6)

• Vol 3.32 - Shabbat HaGodol

  Explanation of the Alter Rebbe in his Shulchan Aruch (Beginning of 429) concerning the sermons on Shabbat HaGadol (5)

• Vol 3.33 - Chag HaPesach

  The section "Hei Lachma Anya", "What does the wise son say" (10)

• Vol 3.34 - Shevii Shel Pesach

  Two aspects in the Splitting of the Red Sea: The completion of the exodus from Egypt and the preparation to Matan Torah (8)

• Vol 3.35 - Shemini

  Sefirat HaOmer is a preparation to Matan Torah - in Avodat HaAdam (7)

• Vol 3.36 - Tazria

  The effect of Brit Mila that was delayed, retroactively (5)

• Vol 3.37 - MetzoraLinks

  "Niddah" regarding the husband - a prohibition and not impurity. Correlation between G-d and the Jewish People (5)

• Vol 3.38 - AchareiLinks

  The sin of the sons of Aaron - "ratzu" (advance) without a "shuv" (retreat) (7)

• Vol 3.39 - Kedoshim

  The concept of "attached is not nullified" (Mchubar lo batal) in Avodat HaAdam (3)

• Vol 3.40 - Emor

  Two aspects of Matan Torah: Fiftieth day of the Omer and the Sixth of Sivan. International date line. (8)

• Vol 3.41 - Lag B'Omer

  The advantage of Lag B'Omer and the Rashbi and the connection to all Jews.(6)

• Vol 3.42 - Behar

  The prohibition of usury (Ribis) in Avodat HaAdam (6)

• Vol 3.43 - BechukotaiLinks

  The reason for the wording "If you follow My statutes" even though the intent is: "you must toil" etc (5)

• Vol 3.44 - Hosafot - Supplement

  Bereshit, Shmot, Vayikra - Explanation of sections of the Hagaddah (5718) - TOC Complete