Hayom Yom 10 Menachem Av - The Alter Rebbe would have had another 50,000 chassidim

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Jul 23, 2026 · 5m

מִסִּפּוּרֵי אַאַזְמוּ"ר

The 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 גו

But 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…