Volume 30 - Bereshit

37 sichos, 21 with English text.

• Vol 30.01 - Bereshit 1

  "The world was created with ten utterances etc. in order to make the wicked accountable for destroying a world" (7)

• Vol 30.02 - Bereshit 2

  The claim of the Moon: "Is it possible for two kings to rule with one crown" (8)

• Vol 30.03 - Noach 1Partial, Links

  Midrash: "praise to Hashem came only through water"(8)

• Vol 30.04 - Noach 2

  Rambam. The Mitzvah of procreation. (7)

• Vol 30.05 - Noach 3

  Rashi: "between G-d and between every living creature". (5)

• Vol 30.06 - Lecha 1Partial

  The aspect of the three altars that Abraham built (8)

• Vol 30.07 - Lecha 2Links

  "Avraham Avinu was not called complete (shalem) until he circumcised himself" (9)

• Vol 30.08 - Lecha 3Links

  The source of the Mitzvat Milah in Rambam. The blessing "to enter him into the Covenant etc" (8)

• Vol 30.09 - Vayeira 1Links

  Tal. Bavli and Yerushalmi in the nature of the three characteristics of the Jewish nation" (7)

• Vol 30.10 - Vayeira 2

  Rambam's wording concerning the location of the Altar (8)

• Vol 30.11 - Vayeira 3Translated

  Rashi: "Instead". The chidush of Avraham's prayer that "Over every sacrificial act that he performed etc" (6)

• Vol 30.12 - Chayei Sarah 1Translated

  Abraham' s treaty with the Hittites concerning the city of Jebus etc. (8)

• Vol 30.13 - Chayei Sarah 2Translated

  Rashi: "So I came today". The nature of contracting the earth (7)

• Vol 30.14 - Chayei Sarah 3Translated

  Debate in the story of the Haftorah of our parsha that Shlomo was crowned during the lifetime of David (6)

• Vol 30.16 - Toledot 1Translated

  Rashi: "He shaped the features of Isaac's face to resemble Abraham's (7)

• Vol 30.17 - Toledot 2Links

  Rashi: "And her days were completed" and "there were twins in her womb" (6)

• Vol 30.18 - Toledot 3

  Explanation of Ramban that the three wells that Isaac dug correspond to the three Temples. (9)

• Vol 30.19 - Vayetze 1

  Rambam: "Whoever observes the Sabbath according to law and honors it and delights in it etc" (9)

• Vol 30.20 - Vayetze 2Translated

  The connection between the avodah of business people (Zebulun) and learning Torah (Yaakov) (7)

• Vol 30.21 - Vayetze 3

  Rashi: "his sons and his wives". Debate regarding prefacing the males to the females (7)

• Vol 30.22 - Vayishlach 1Translated

  The remembrance to the deliverance of Jacob from the angel to Gid HaNasheh; Hashgacha Pratis (7)

• Vol 30.23 - Vayishlach 2

  Rambam: The impurity (Tumah) from the deities of the foreign nations is Rabbinic (6)

• Vol 30.24 - Vayishlach 3

  Rashi: "Basemath, daughter of Ishmael" Who was called Mahalath-forgiven. fasting on the day of a wedding (9)

• Vol 30.25 - Yud Tet KislevTranslated, Links

  Story of the Alter Rebbe that the "accusation against him was because he said much Chassidus openly etc" (6)

• Vol 30.26 - Vayeshev 1

  "When Jacob sought to dwell in tranquility the troubles of Joseph sprang upon him". The nature of the request of Tzaddikim to dwell in tranquility (8)

• Vol 30.27 - Vayeshev 2

  Rashi: "the one upon whose hand was the crimson thread" - Four things that Achan trespassed (6)

• Vol 30.28 - Miketz 1Translated

  Rashi: "Why do you appear satiated" - the reason that Jacob's claim is specifically "before the sons of Ishmael etc" (8)

• Vol 30.29 - Miketz 2Translated

  "Didn't I tell you?". Why does Reuben add to the pain of his brothers. Rambam Free Will (6)

• Vol 30.30 - Chanukah 1Translated

  Debate of Rambam and Meiri if the victory of the war took place on the twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth of Kislev (5)

• Vol 30.31 - Chanukah 2Translated

  Explanation of the text of the V'al Hanissim prayer: "You delivered the mighty into the hands etc" (6)

• Vol 30.32 - Vayigash 1

  From where do we know that a guarantor is an obligation (Shibud) (7)

• Vol 30.33 - Vayigash 2

  The connection between the broken-necked heifer to "Enough! My son Joseph is still alive" (7)

• Vol 30.34 - Vayigash 3Translated

  Rashi: "Do not be afraid of going down to Egypt" - Trust in G-d; demanding "Ad Mosai" (7)

• Vol 30.35 - Vayechi 1Translated, Links

  Rashi: "when I came from Padan etc". The greatness of Rachel in that she was buried on the way, (5)

• Vol 30.36 - Vayechi 2

  Rashi: "gave me here - He (Joseph) showed Jacob the document of betrothal and the ketubah (8)

• Vol 30.36 - Vayechi 3Links

  Completion of the book of Bereshit with the subject of Joseph's passing (10)

• Vol 30.37 - Hosafot - Supplement

  Bereshit - TOC partially Complete