Volume 5 - Bereshit

30 sichos, 6 with English text.

• Vol 5.01 - Bereshit 1

  Rashi: "Said Rabbi Isaac: It was not necessary to begin the Torah etc" (15)

• Vol 5.02 - Bereshit 2

  Rashi: "the. .sea monsters" (8)

• Vol 5.03 - Bereshit 3

  Rashi: "And G-d completed on the seventh day". Debate in the boundary of work of finishing an object (12)

• Vol 5.04 - Noach 1

  "These are the generations of Noah". "The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing". Lashon Hara(11)

• Vol 5.05 - Noach 2

  Rashi: "and only Noah survived". (10)

• Vol 5.06 - Lecha 1Links

  The name of the parsha "Lech" - going from strength to strength (11)

• Vol 5.07 - Lecha 2Links

  Why does Rambam attribute the Mitzvah of Maaser to Yitzchak and not to Avrohom (9)

• Vol 5.08 - VayeiraLinks

  "Now the L-rd appeared to him" - "to visit the sick. It was the third day from his circumcision" (9)

• Vol 5.09 - Chof MarCheshvan

  The story of the Rebbe Rashab who cried in his youth why Hashem did not appear to him

• Vol 5.10 - Chayei Sarah 1

  "Just as they are perfect their years are perfect etc" This refers to Sarah etc (14)

• Vol 5.11 - Chayei Sarah 2

  Rashi: "Machpelah (double) Cave". (6)

• Vol 5.12 - Toledot 1

  Rashi: "And these are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham (9)

• Vol 5.13 - Toledot 2

  Rashi: "a hundred fold". The explanations - two ways in the miracle; "Do not deviate" (8)

• Vol 5.14 - Tet Kislev

  Hint of the Histalkus and Avodah of the Mitteler Rebbe in the verse: "This pile (Gal) is a witness"

• Vol 5.15 - Vayetze 1

  Since he (Isaac) was confined he was like a dead person, the evil inclination having ceased from him (9)

• Vol 5.16 - Vayetze 2Links

  According to Pshat) How did Jacob marry two sisters even though "I kept 613 Mitzvot" (9)

• Vol 5.17 - Vayishlach 1

  The obligation of a thirteen year male in Mitzvot. Debate if a Ben Noach is obligated in honoring parents and charity (13)

• Vol 5.18 - Vayishlach 2

  Rashi: "Basemath, daughter of Ishmael" (9)

• Vol 5.19 - Yud Tet Kislev

  Explanation of the saying of the Alter Rebbe: "This day will be fixed as a everlasting festival"

• Vol 5.20 - Vayeshev 1

  Rashi:. "awaited the matter" - awaiting His Faithfulness; Geulah (5)

• Vol 5.21 - Vayeshev 2

  Rashi : "and let her be burned" The reason according Pshat that Tamar was sentenced to be burned (11)

• Vol 5.22 - Miketz 1

  Rashi: "It came to pass at the end" (6)

• Vol 5.23 - Miketz 2

  Rashi: "the king's patron". The need for the three explanations (11)

• Vol 5.24 - Miketz 3

  Rashi: "Lest misfortune befall him". Marriage (10)

• Vol 5.25 - Chanukah

  The lights of Chanukah and Mezuzah; The advantage of Chanukah over other Mitzvot. Connection to Mitzvat Tefilin (5)

• Vol 5.26 - Vayigash 1

  Rashi: "the son of the Canaanitess" - Debate that Shimon married his sister (11)

• Vol 5.27 - Vayigash 2

  "All Yisroel is called after Joseph" Explanation of the three aspects in the Midrash (12)

• Vol 5.28 - Vayechi 1

  Rashi: "for in their wrath they killed a man" (10)

• Vol 5.29 - Vayechi 2

  Rashi: "And his sons carried him". Debate between R' Yehuda and R' Nechemiah (14)

• Vol 5.30 - Hosafot - Supplement

  Bereshit - TOC Complete