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Maamarim (Chabad)

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Chabad Chassidic discourse For other uses in Judaism, see Maamor . Sefer Toras Chaim , Hasidic Maamarim mystical discourses on the books of Genesis and Exodus by the second Chabad Rebbe, Dovber Schneuri Maamar "כי כאשר השמים החדשים והארץ החדשה" from Rebbe Chaim Schneur Zalman Schneersohn , 1902 Maamarim/Ma'amorim ( Hebrew : מאמרים, meaning "Discourses"; singular Maamar, Hebrew : מאמר) in Chabad Hasidism are the central format texts of in-depth mystical investigation in Hasidic thought . In Chabad philosophy , the textual format of the Maamar is used in a great number of published works. Maamarim were recited by all 7 leaders of the Chabad movement, also known as "Rebbes." Excluding those recited by the first Rebbe, Shneur Zalman of Liadi , himself, Maamarim build upon the founding intellectual Chabad method of the Tanya by the first Rebbe, each subsequent Rebbe developing the thought in successive stages, to seek broader explanation, communication and application. Chabad texts tend to systematic characterisation and presentation compared to the more homiletical-faith aims of most Hasidic literature. [1] Particular themes of focus emerge in the teachings of each subsequent leader according to the mystical and social circumstances of the times. In the last generation, the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe , while developing the Maamar in Chabad to its cumulative conclusion, made its in-depth Kabbalistic exegetical method secondary to the newly emphasised Chabad format of informal analytical talks,(many published in Likkutei Sichos and Toras Menachem ) his central teachings, to enable greatest application of Hasidism to tangible spirituality and outreach. Though Maamarim are usually a self-contained entity, they are sometimes arranged as Kuntreisim studies or collected Sefarim books. Additionally, from the 4th Rebbe onwards, Maamarim often comprise extended Hemsheichim series on a theme.

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