<aside> 💡 Two Chassidic discourses by Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson delivered on 11 Nissan and Acharon Shel Pesach (final day of Passover) 5734 (1974).

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🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences

  1. Exodus from Egypt occurred in its original event, commemorated every year on Passover, it occurs daily in our personal lives breaking through our own limitations (in The Shema Prayer), and as it will occur to a greater degree in the Messianic Era.
  2. A persons personal Egypt consist of the limiting bodily habits, thought patterns, and predispositions, as well as the "perspectives of larger society," including our family and neighbors, and even limitation by the Godly soul itself (which is what the first discourse address).
  3. By comparing the miracles of the Messianic era to that the Jews experienced during exile from Egypt, it presents the magnitude of the redemptive period. The miracles the Jewish nation experienced on their exile from Egypt were there to prepare them for the receiving of the Torah. It also demonstrated the great revelations from the highest level to the lowest level that were opened at the splitting of the sea.

🎨 Impressions

This short yet spiritually dense discourse is illuminates deep insights into the Torah and its events, as described with the Exodus from Egypt and the miracle of the Splitting of the Sea of Reeds.

How I Discovered It

At Jumbo Judaica when buying a book (the Hagaddah) for my father for his 69th birthday. It grabbed my attention.

Who Should Read It?

Anyone interested in learning about breaking through personal barriers expressed through Torah, Chassidut, and Kabbalah.

☘️ How the Book Changed Me

<aside> 💡 How my life / behaviour / thoughts / ideas have changed as a result of reading the book.

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