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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 10 Menachem Av - The Alter Rebbe would have had another 50,000 chassidim
Description: מִסִּפּוּרֵי אַאַזְמוּ"רThe following traditions were handed down by my revered grandfather, the Rebbe [Maharash]:'"א) מִתְּחִלָּה הָיָה אִגֶּרֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ קָטֹנְתִּי מְסַיֶּמֶת "וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה כו(a) At first, the epistle beginning Katonti concluded with the words veruach neche’ah (“and with a restrained spirit”). וְאַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר אָמַר רַבֵּנוּ הַגָּדוֹל שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים — בְּלִיאָזנָא — הַמַּאֲמָר כַּמַּיִם הַפָּנִים גוBut after the Alter Rebbe had delivered the maamar entitled Kamayim hapanim (“Just as water [reflects] one’s face”) three times in Liozna, כְּפֵרוּשׁ רַשִׁ"י וְלֹא כְּתַּרְגּוּמוֹexplaining the verse according to the interpretation of Rashi and not according to the Targum, אָז הוֹסִיף הַתֵּבוֹת "וְכוּלֵי הַאי — הַפָּנִים וְגוֹhe appended [to the epistle beginning Katonti]the following words: “And through all that, perhaps G‑d will put [a conciliatory and loving response] into the hearts of their brethren, for ‘as water [reflects] one’s face, [so too does the heart of one man reflect the heart of another].’”וּבָזֶה נָטַע בְּהַחֲסִידִים מִדּוֹת טוֹבוֹתAnd by adding those word...