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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 3 Shvat - Publishing the Torah-Or and the Likkutei-Torah
Description: ΧͺΦΌΧΦΉΧ¨ΦΈΧ ΧΧΦΉΧ¨ Χ Φ΄ΧΦ°Χ€ΦΌΦ·Χ‘ ΧΦΈΧ¨Φ΄ΧΧ©ΧΧΦΉΧ ΦΈΧ ΧΦΌΦ΄Χ©ΧΦ°Χ Φ·Χͺ ΧͺΧ§Χ¦"Χ ΧΦΌΦ°Χ§ΦΈΧΧ€ΦΌΧΦΌΧ‘Χ (ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΦ΄Χ ΧΦ·ΧΧΦΉΧ‘ΦΈΧ€ΧΦΉΧͺ)Torah Or was first published in 5597 (1837) in Kopust, without its appendices.ΧΦ·Χ¦ΦΌΦΆΧΦ·Χ Χ¦ΦΆΧΦΆΧ§ ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΦ΄ΧΦ°ΧͺΦΌΦΈΧΧΦΉ ΧΦ΄ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧ Χ' Χ©ΧΦ°ΧΦΈΧ ΧͺΧ§Χ¦"Χ ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧͺΦ΅ΧIn a letter of 3 Shvat of that year the Tzemach Tzedek writes:Χ‘Φ΅Χ€ΦΆΧ¨ ΧͺΦΌΧΦΉΧ¨ΦΈΧ ΧΧΦΉΧ¨ ΧΦ·Χ Φ΄ΦΌΧΦ°Χ€ΦΈΦΌΧ‘ Χ’Φ·ΧͺΦΈΦΌΧβTorah Or, which was published nowβ¦,ΧΦΌΧΦΉ ΧΦ·ΧΦ²ΧΦΈΧ¨Φ΄ΧΧ Χ¨ΧΦΉΧ ΧΦ·ΧΦ°ΦΌΧ¨ΧΦΌΧ©Φ΄ΧΧΧ Χ©ΦΆΧΧΦ΄ΦΌΧ©Φ°ΦΌΧΧ Φ·Χͺ ΧͺΧ§Χ "Χ Χ’Φ·Χ Χ‘ΧΦΉΧ£ ΧͺΧ§Χ’"Χincludes most of the maamarim that the Alter Rebbe delivered between 5556 (1795) and the end of 5572 (1812).ΧΦ²Χ©ΦΆΧΧ¨ ΧΦ·Χ¨Φ°ΧΦ΅ΦΌΧ ΧΦ΅ΧΦΆΧ Χ©ΦΈΧΧ Χ¨Φ·ΧΦ΅ΦΌΧ ΧΦΌ Χ"Χ ΧΦ°ΦΌΧ’Φ·Χ¦Φ°ΧΧΦΉ Χ’Φ΅ΧΧ Χ’Φ΄ΧΦΌΧΦΌΧ ΧΦΉ Χ’Φ²ΧΦ΅ΧΧΦΆΧ ΧΦ°ΧΦ΄ΧΦ΄ΦΌΧΧΦΈΧMany of them were critically read and edited by our master himself,ΧΦ°ΧΦ΄Χ‘Φ°ΧΦ΄ΦΌΧΧΦΈΧ ΧΦ·ΦΌΧ’Φ°ΧͺΦΌΧΦΉ ΧΦ·Χ§Φ°ΦΌΧΧΦΉΧ©ΦΈΧΧ ΧΦ°ΧΦΈΧΦ΄ΧΧΦΈΧ ΧΦ°ΧΦ΅ΧΧͺ ΧΦ·ΧΦ°ΦΌΧ€ΧΦΌΧ‘and he gave his consent for their publication.ΧΦ°ΧΦ·Χ‘Φ΅ΦΌΧ€ΦΆΧ¨ ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧΦ΅Χ Χ©Φ°ΧΧ Φ΅Χ ΧΦ²ΧΦΈΧ§Φ΄ΧΧβThis work comprises two parts.ΧΦ΅ΧΦΆΧ§ ΧΦΈΧ¨Φ΄ΧΧ©ΧΧΦΉΧ Χ’Φ·Χ Χ©Φ°ΧΧ Φ΅Χ ΧΧΦΌΧΦ°Χ©Φ΅ΧΧ ΧΦ·ΧͺΦΌΧΦΉΧ¨ΦΈΧ ΧΦ·ΧΦ²Χ ΧΦΌΧΦΈΦΌΧ ΧΦΌΧ€ΧΦΌΧ¨Φ΄ΧΧThe first part [includes maamarim] on the first two Chumashim [i.e., Bereishis and Shmos]; on Chanukah and Purim;ΧΦ·ΦΌΧ ΧΦ·ΦΌΧΦΈΦΌΧ ΧΦ°Χ¨ΧΦΌΧ©Φ΄ΧΧΧ ΧΦ°ΧΦ·Χ ΧΦ·Χ©ΦΈΦΌΧΧΧΦΌΧ’ΧΦΉΧͺ ΧΦ°ΧΦ·Χ ΧΦ·ΧͺΦ·ΦΌΧ ΧͺΦΌΧΦΉΧ¨ΦΈΧ ΧΦ°ΦΌΧ€ΦΈΧ¨ΦΈΧ©Φ·ΧΧͺ ΧΦ΄ΧͺΦ°Χ¨ΧΦΉsome maamarim on Shavuos, the season of the Giving of the Torah, are included in Parshas Yisro; ΧΦΌΧ§Φ°Χ¦ΦΈΧͺ ΧΦ°Χ€ΦΆΧ‘Φ·Χ ΧΦ°ΦΌΧ€ΦΈΧ¨ΦΈΧ©Φ·ΧΧͺ ΧΦ·ΧΦ·ΦΌΧ§Φ°ΧΦ΅Χand a few on Pesach, in Parshas Vayakhel. ΧΦ°ΧΦ΅ΧΦΆΧ§ ΧΦ·Χ©Φ΅ΦΌΧΧ Φ΄Χ, ΧΦ΄Χ ΧΦ΄Χ¨Φ°Χ¦ΦΆΧ Χ...