By COLlive reporter
A first volume of the new series Toras Menachem – Maamarim encompasses all the Chassidic discourses said by the Rebbe about the holiday of Purim.
The first was said during the Rebbe’s first public Purim farbrengen in 5711 and the last was said on Purim day 5748 which the Rebbe delivered while standing in his home on President Street.
A total of 50 maamarim appear in the new book published this week by Lahak publications and Kehot Publication Society, entrusted in printing the Rebbe’s teachings.
They discuss the text of Megillas Esther and sayings From our sages about the Megillah and Purim itself, accompanied by references footnotes.
The book is expected to be sold in leading book stores in the U.S. and Israel in the week before Purim. For earlier sales, email [email protected].
The new series is part of a grand plan by Lahak publications to unite Jews around a “Torah Hakhel,” releasing the Rebbe’s maamarim in single combinations such as the Parsha or holiday.
Since ascending to the leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch, the Rebbe delivered 1,563 maamarim. The Lahak team directed by Rabbi Chaim Shaul Brook have been diligently working on retrieving them over the years.
Some 1,519 maamarim are currently accounted for, among them maamarim reviewed and edited by the Rebbe himself. Others were transcribed by memory by the group of Choizrim reviewers headed by the scholar Rabbi Yoel Kahn.
COLlive.com was told that Lahak staff have still not given up hope on uncovering the 44 maamarim which remain missing. They hope that documentation by private individuals might help contribute to the cause.
With the new Purim volume, Lahak is launching the series of Toras Menachem – Maamarim based on the Parsha in the Torah and Jewish holidays. A total of 30 volumes is planned.
Interesting that the exact same maamorim found in toras menachem mem beis to nun beis (which by the way only got that name and the kehos shtempel after gimel tamuz, before it was just Hisva’aduyos, and when printed with kehos the Rebbe said to remove it), are also found in sefer hamaamorim printed by Vaad Hanochos Hatmimim. Which just proves my point that in the old days everyone printed the same thing and it was never under kehos.
i personally own many fake watches , i think i will keep them
lahak existed for many years and printed bilti mugeh, where do you think the toras menachem mem beis to nun beis comes from
i think collive should interview one of the most ddicated chassidim we have today, rabbi chaim shaul brook, about how lahak was created , how they work etc
then the people posting “it’s ok to have other people printing the rebbe’s torah” will understand exactly who really works for the rebbe
Then why did Kehos never print them before gimel tamuz?
By the way, to 13: You write that they deny the existence of the maamorim from the chofs printed by Lahak. Do you know that a maamar from the chofs (Ani Yesheina 5724) was printed in the publication “Yechi Hamelech” issue 330, and was ignored by Lahak in Sefer Hamaamorim 5724 (which was printed years later)? It goes both ways…
i think at least once the rebbe said 2 maamarim in one farbrengan. also many times the rebbe said just a maamor which was not part of a farbrengen
the rebbe clearly wrote that all the torah of the rebeim belong to kehos. and lahak is printing them under direction of kehot
The Rebbe never put Kehos in charge of printing bilti muge maamorim, which (until gimel tamuz) were never printed by Kehos. Sichos Kodesh for example (which is the largest set of the Rebbe’s sichos available) was printed by individuals. Therefore there is nothing wrong with the green seforim. Also, the green seforim do not include the same hanochos as Lahak’s seforim do, since Lahak restructures and heavily edits them, and the green seforim use the original hanochos. I personally own all 22 volumes of the green set and think they have done a fantastic job, and I will continue purchasing… Read more »
look practical the green set skips mamorim that lahak publisht
Both publications are important.
as one organisation keeps the Rebbe text to exact the way it was printed From day one.
and dont make any changes.to the actual text..which is super important.
on the other hand
Lihak Tend to redue lots of things.
and we hope that Kavanaso Retzuah.
but they have the Malah that they also found lots of things that were never published in the first place.
a chosid should actaully own both sets.
so then you have it all.
the fact that there is 2 mosdos printting the rebebs Torahs
is something that
It’s not that they’re being ignored because they say yechi, but because the publishers haven’t even gotten the author’s name correct on the title page, v’dal.
Especially as the Rebbe referred to “ad d’l yoda” at tines as “shikker veren fun ‘yeina shel torah’ [=which refers to chassidus]”. In addition to the quality of Lahak’s maamorim and team of scholars with great expertise — I would add the fact that the “green” set does not include maamorim which were discovered and printed in recent years (primarily the 5720s), as if in denial of their existence. Additionally, lahak (which was also known as vaad kisvei kodesh), headed by R’ Yoel, were the ones responsible of printing the maamorim which later went into melukat etc. So it’s just… Read more »
Looks like they’re in order of the pesukim: first from Beshalach, then Tetzaveh, then the rest of the parshiyos, then from the Megillah.
it is a very sad world we live in, where people who were not sanctioned by the rebbe to print sichos & maamorim are going around publishing them. i believe the rebbe referred to them as a “live bomb” and personally i would be afraid to hold such a bomb in my house. another way of looking at it is that Lahak has invested millions of dollars to find & release maamorim and then others use them and make money off them. as a chossid the first reason is enough. as a mentch you can understand the second reason, either… Read more »
You cannot compare the quality of Lahaks Hanochos. They are 2nd to none
I’m surprised that there were 1563 maamorim. From 10 Shevat 5711 till 10 Shevat 5748 is only approximately 1,924 weeks. So did 81.23% of the weeks on average have a maamar?! An average of a maamar every 11.57 days! It sure surprises me. Got to start learning. (After 22 Shevat 5748 there were hardly any so they weren’t factored in for averaging purposes).
Reality is what it says in Torah. What the Rebbe says is Torah.
The Rebbe said more then once that Kehos are solely the ones with rights to publish chassidus, to publish his Torah.
Then, what reality are you talking about? That Kehos is publishing a seder on purim maamorim is reality. A beautiful reality.
Layehudim hoiso Oiroh – Zu Toiroh. The Rebbe’s Torah. The Rebbe’s light. And when there is (especially this) light, there is clarity and simchah vesoson vikor!
Moahiach NOW!
Is according to pesukim in Torah, then pesukim in megillah then maamorei Raza”l on megilah and purim.
This is great! Just in time for purim. This is great to group by moadim
whats this different then the green books?
thanks chaim sh.!!
On what order are the mamorim printed? I see the top of the list is 5722, later is 5711. Why is it not chronological?
That flyer kind of cheapens whole thing.
I’d be surprised if a chosid designed that.
There is already a set of the Rebbe’s maamorim divided by parsha and holiday which has been coming out over the past 2 years, with 22 volumes so far, and Purim has been publicized to be the next volume coming out. This article makes it sound like this has never been done before…
You can’t ignore reality just because the above-mentioned seforim say yechi in them. It makes Lahak seem cheap and phoney. Why can’t they just continue with their set of hisvaaduyos, why do they have to steal some one else’s idea? I’m very not impressed.