Hayom Yom 18 Shvat - The first Maamar that the Maggid delivered

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Feb 4, 2026 · 3m

הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק סִפֵּר לִבְנוֹ אַאַזְמוּ"ר

The Tzemach Tzedek told his son, my revered grandfather, the Rebbe [Maharash],

אֲשֶׁר הַדְּרוּשׁ וּמַרְאֵיהֶם וּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם — תּוֹרָה אוֹר פָּרָשַׁת יִתְרוֹ

that the maamar entitled U’Mareihem U’Maaseihem — which appears in [the Alter Rebbe’s] Torah Or, Parshas Yisro —

הוּא דְּרוּשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁאָמַר הָרַב הַמַּגִּיד מִמֶּעזרִיטשׁ

was the first maamar that the Maggid of Mezritch delivered

בְּשַׁעַת קַבְּלוֹ אֶת הַנְּשִׂיאוּת — חַג הַשָּׁבוּעוֹת תקכ"א

when he accepted the leadership [of the chassidic brotherhood] on Shavuos, 5521 [1761].

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