Hayom Yom 29 Nissan - The Alter Rebbe directed the notes be in the body of the text

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman

Day 14 of the Omer

הַקְדָּמַת הַלִּקּוּטֵי תּוֹרָה עַל ג' פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת

The introduction to Likkutei Torah al Gimmel Parshiyos

"לְהָבִין עִנְיַן נֶפֶשׁ הָאֱלֹקִית, הִנֵּה כְתִיב לֹא תֹאכְלוּ"

consists of the maamar entitled Lehavin Inyan HaNefesh HaElokis: Hinei Ksiv Lo Sochlu.

הוּא מַאֲמָר שֶׁאֲמָרוֹ רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן לִפְנֵי הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק

This discourse was first delivered by the Alter Rebbe to the Tzemach Tzedek,

וַחֲזָרוֹ הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק לְפָנָיו

who later reviewed it orally [for the Alter Rebbe].

וַיֹּאמֶר רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן: נוּ, הַטְעָמָה

The response was: “Nu, and what about the flavoring?”

וַיִּכְתּוֹב הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק הֲנָחָה עִם הַגָּהוֹת בְּמוּקָּף

The Tzemach Tzedek thereupon recorded the discourse in writing, including his own notes in parentheses.

רַבֵּנוּ הִגִּיהַּ הַהֲנָחָה, וַיְצַו לְהַכְנִיס הַהַגָּהוֹת בִּפְנִים הַמַּאֲמָר

The [Alter] Rebbe edited the record and directed that the notes be included in the body of the text.

עַל פִּי הַצָּעַת אַאַמוּ"ר בָּחֲרוּ בַּמַּאֲמָר זֶה בְּתוֹר הַקְדָּמָה לְהַלִּקוּטֵי תּוֹרָה

[Many years later,] on the suggestion of my revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab], this maamar was chosen to serve as the introduction to Likkutei Torah [al Gimmel Parshiyos].

Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English

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