Moses At Eighty

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 Aaron at eighty years old is inserted into the narrative. The discourse explores why G-d revealed His Name differently to the Patriarchs compared to Moses, and what it means that Moses began his greatest mission at the age of eighty.