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Maamar: lit. “word” or "essay." Often a reference to a formal discourse of Chassidic teachings delivered by a chassidic Rebbe.
More than just a teaching
When a maamar is spoken, something new and vital has entered the world. How are we to approach the maamar? How much of it are we capable of understanding? How is it meant to change us, and our world?
A maamar is a Chassidic discourse, delivered by a rebbe. Often couched in mysticism and based on a Torah verse or teaching of the sages, it is transcribed in Hebrew and carefully studied for generations. During the course of his leadership, the Rebbe tran...
What is a maamar?
An introduction to the origin, structure and features of the genre known as the “chassidic discourse” or maamar.
Selected Discourses of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
The First Generation — the Alter Rebbe The principal work of Chassidus Chabad is Likkutei AmarimLiterally translated as “A Collection of Sayings.” See Sefer HaSichos 5750, Vol. 1, p. 285, fn. 155, for an explanation of this term. Tanya, which was authored...
The case of Purim
"I Want Only You"
The Chassidic discourse “BeYom Ashtei Asar Yom” was recited by the Rebbe on his birthday, the 11th of Nissan, in 1971. The maamar focuses on a passage from the Midrash “I Choose the King” and brings new meaning to this phrase that express a Jew’s unique r...
Learning a Purim maamar of the Rebbe
A Chassidic discourse from the Lubavitcher Rebbe that uses the Purim story to explore the mystical secrets behind Golus, the spiritual "exile" of the Jewish people. (BaLaylah Hahu 5744)
A text-based series on the Rebbe’s insights into “Olam Haba”, the post-Messianic period of resurrection of the dead. (Maamer, L’hovin inyan techiyas hameisim, 5746)
Exploring fundamentals in Jewish thought through the lens of a Chassidic discourse of the Rebbe (“VeNachah Alav” 5714).
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