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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 29 Nissan - The Alter Rebbe directed the notes be in the body of the text
Description: Day 14 of the Omerהַקְדָּמַת הַלִּקּוּטֵי תּוֹרָה עַל ג' פָּרָשִׁיּוֹתThe 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 צֶדֶקThis discourse was first delivered by the Alter Rebbe to the Tzemach Tzedek, וַחֲזָרוֹ הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק לְפָנָיוwho later reviewed it orally [for the Alter Rebbe]. וַיֹּאמֶר רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן: נוּ, הַטְעָמָהThe response was: “Nu, and what about the flavoring?”וַיִּכְתּוֹב הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק הֲנָחָה עִם הַגָּהוֹת בְּמוּקָּףThe Tzemach Tzedek thereupon recorded the discourse in writing, including his own notes in parentheses. רַבֵּנוּ הִגִּיהַּ הַהֲנָחָה, וַיְצַו לְהַכְנִיס הַהַגָּהוֹת בִּפְנִים הַמַּאֲמָרThe [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 P