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This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in January 1967, on Shabbat Sedra Va'era. It discusses why there had to be the pain of the slavery in Egypt - which relates also to the pain of other periods...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe early in 1965, on Shabbat of Sedra Vaera. This Sedra tells how G-d appeared to the Patriarchs with His Name Sha-dai, and yet He will be revealed in a higher way...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Va’era in 1970. There are two verses (Ex.6:26-7) which speak of Aaron and Moses taking the Jews out of Egypt, and Moses and Aaron speaking to Pharaoh. The...
This discourse, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1966 on Shabbat Vaera, discusses a discourse for this Sedra by Rabbi Shneur Zalman called "the Pious Vaera." This teaching is sharply self-critical,...
This discourse of 1965 explores the spiritual factors which empowered Moses to take the Jews out of Egypt and which also empowers us to find redemption from our own inner Exile.
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 January 2012) studied a discourse for Sedra Va'era said in 1958, starting with a verse from the near the beginning of the Sedra, "Therefore tell the Children of Israel..."...
The Alef Kabbala Group (12 January 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Vaera 1983 (5743), which was also Rosh Chodesh, the New Moon of the month of Shevat, as Shabbat...
The Alef Kabbala Group (20 January 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Vaera, taught in 1975. The session was led by Rabbi Yisrael Weisz.
The Alef Kabbala group (16 Jan 07) explored a discourse on VA'ERA. This discourse was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1972. Two years later the Rebbe edited the discourse and it was published in...
This teaching of Shabbat Va'era 1988 is about how we learn from the patriarchs and from Moses how to relate to G-d in our day to day lives.
Exploring the Sedra. The response by G-d to Moses' complaint that since he went to Pharoah, the suffering had increased.
Parallels between the Egyptian slavery and the inner enslavement of the individual, using Rabbi Eliezer's and Rabbi Akiva's accounts of four and five levels of inner bondage. Understanding these...
The dual roles of Moses and Aaron: Moses receiving the Divine word directly and Aaron translating it into comprehensible terms for Pharaoh and the people. This complementary relationship illustrates...
On the figure of Moses at this season of Torah readings, exploring his unique combination of reaching the heights of spirituality and descending to care for the most vulnerable. Moses's role as...
Different levels of redemption through G-d's reply to Moses at the beginning of Va'era, moving from physical freedom from slavery to the deeper redemption of revealing G-d's Name and ultimately...
The human paradox of needing to be simultaneously calm and caring, using Moses's dual response of distress at Jewish suffering and calm trust in G-d's plan. G-d's rebuke to Moses at the beginning of...
The Jewish people's situation after 210 years of slavery in Egypt and Moses's confrontation with Pharaoh, exploring how the plagues struck at Egypt's dependence on the Nile as a deity. The Haftorah...
Pharaoh as representing the stage of total indifference to the Divine, contrasting his narcissistic self-creation claim with other Biblical figures who struggle or submit. The sheet explores how a...
The confrontation between Moses, Aaron and Pharaoh through the miraculous staff as a battle over the question of who rules the universe. The plagues are presented as establishing that nature is not...
The relationship between mind and heart using the distinction between Moses and the Patriarchs. G-d's reply to Moses's complaint, that He was known to the Patriarchs by one Name but not by another,...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Vaera, 5734 (1974). The Sedra begins 'And I appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob', and Rabbi Shneur Zalman in Torah Or notes that these...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Vaera, 5727 (1967). The Sedra tells us that even though Moses came to redeem the Jewish people, they could not listen because of their...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Vaera, 5725 (1965). The Sedra presents the beginning of Moses' mission to free the Israelites, and an intriguing genealogy of Moses and...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Va'era, 5734 (1974). The words 'I appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob' can be read not only in the past tense but as a continual present,...