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Hayom Yom 3 Shvat - Publishing the Torah-Or and the Likkutei-Torah

from The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman

תּוֹרָה אוֹר נִדְפַּס לָרִאשׁוֹנָה בִּשְׁנַת תקצ"ז בְּקָאפּוּסט (בְּלִי הַהוֹסָפוֹת)Torah Or was first published in 5597 (1837) in Kopust, without its appendices.הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק בְּמִכְתָּבוֹ מִיּוֹם ג' שְׁבָט תקצ"ז כּוֹתֵבIn a letter of 3 Shvat of that year the Tzemach Tzedek writes:סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה אוֹר הַנִּדְפָּס עַתָּה“Torah Or, which was published now…,בּוֹ מַאֲמָרִים רוֹב הַדְּרוּשִׁים שֶׁמִּשְּׁנַת תקנ"ו עַד סוֹף תקע"בincludes most of the maamarim that the Alter Rebbe delivered between 5556 (1795) and the end of 5572 (1812).אֲשֶׁר הַרְבֵּה מֵהֶם שָׂם רַבֵּנוּ ז"ל בְּעַצְמוֹ עֵין עִיּוּנוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם וְהִגִּיהָםMany of them were critically read and edited by our master himself,וְהִסְכִּימָה דַּעְתּוֹ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה לְהָבִיאָם לְבֵית הַדְּפוּסand he gave his consent for their publication.וְהַסֵּפֶר כּוֹלֵל שְׁנֵי חֲלָקִים“This work comprises two parts.חֵלֶק הָרִאשׁוֹן עַל שְׁנֵי חוּמְשֵׁי הַתּוֹרָה וַחֲנוּכָּה וּפוּרִיםThe first part [includes maamarim] on the first two Chumashim [i.e., Bereishis and Shmos]; on Chanukah and Purim;גַּם כַּמָּה דְרוּשִׁים לְחַג הַשָּׁבוּעוֹת זְמַן מַתַּן תּוֹרָה בְּפָרָשַׁת יִתְרוֹsome maamarim on Shavuos, the season of the Giving of the Torah, are included in Parshas Yisro; וּקְצָת לְפֶסַח בְּפָרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵלand a few on Pesach, in Parshas Vayakhel. וְחֵלֶק הַשֵּׁנִי, אִם יִרְצֶה הWith G‑d’s help, the second partעַל ג' חוּמְשֵׁי הַתּוֹרָה וְשִׁיר הַשִׁירִים וּמוֹעֲדִים וְרֹאשׁ הַשָׁנָה וְיוֹם כִּפּוּרִים[will include maamarim] on [the last] three Chumashim [i.e., Vayikra, Bamidbar, and Devarim]; on Shir HaShirim; on the festivals; and on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur….וְשֵׁם הַמְּחַבֵּר נָאֶה לוֹ שְׁנֵיאוֹר כְּמוֹ וְאָהַבְתָּ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא ב' פְּעָמִים אוֹר... עַד כַּאן לְשׁוֹנוֹ“The name of the author, Shneur, befits him, just as ואהבת (‘And you shall love’) is twice the numerical equivalent of אור (‘light’).”לֹא הִסְפִּיקוּ לְהַדְפִּיס רַק חֵלֶק הָרִאשׁוֹןAt the time they managed to publish only the first volume,כִּי עַל יְדֵי מַלְשִׁינוּת סָגְרָה הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה כַּמָּה מִבָּתֵּי הַדְּפוּס הָעִבְרִים בְּרוּסְיָהfor due to the allegations of informers, the government closed several Jewish printing houses in Russia,וּבֵינֵיהֶם גַּם בֵּית הַדְּפוּס בְּקָאפּוּסט אֲשֶׁר שָׁם הִדְפִּיסוּ הַתּוֹרָה אוֹרincluding the one in Kopust, where Torah Or was printed."בִּשְׁנַת תר"ח נִדְפַּס חֵלֶק בּ' בְּזִיטָאמִיר וּבְשִׁנּוּי הַשֵּׁם “לִקּוּטֵי תּוֹרָהIn 5608 (1848), the second volume was printed in Zhitomir — but with a different title: Likkutei Torah.Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English

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תּוֹרָה אוֹר נִדְפַּס לָרִאשׁוֹנָה בִּשְׁנַת תקצ"ז בְּקָאפּוּסט (בְּלִי הַהוֹסָפוֹת)Torah Or was first published in 5597 (1837) in Kopust, without its appendices.הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק בְּמִכְתָּבוֹ מִיּוֹם ג' שְׁבָט תקצ"ז כּוֹתֵבIn a letter of 3 Shvat of...

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