י״ב אלול ה׳תשפ״ה | September 5, 2025
‘Every Maamar Can Be Applied in Avoda’
As a bochur, Reb Shlomo Zarchi asked the Rebbe whether to think before davening a specific maamar or whichever maamar he was then learning. The Rebbe said the latter, and explained why that was so.
As a bochur, Reb Shlomo Zarchi asked the Rebbe whether to think before davening a specific maamar or whichever maamar he was then learning. The Rebbe said the latter, and explained why that was so.
Reb Shlomo Zarchi relates:
As a bochur, I asked the Rebbe regarding thinking Chassidus before davening, what is preferred to think before davening: a specific maamar that is designated as a maamar to daven with, or the maamar that I was currently learning?
The Rebbe answered:
“Better think over the maamar that you are involved in.”
And the Rebbe explained, “The purpose of thinking Chassidus before davening is so that the Chassidus infuses a chayus in the davening, and davening enlivens the Chassidus that you are learning.” This would only be accomplished by contemplating the maamar I was studying.
Then the Rebbe added, “And every maamar can be applied in avoda.”
(As heard from Reb Shlomo Zarchi)
From The Weekly Farbrengen by Merkaz Anash
COMMENTS
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The way to apply every maamer is by understanding what Chassidus endeavors to impart. Every maamer that is internalized adds to the imminence of Hashem in our lives. One’s appreciation of Elokus deepens and the Eibishter one is serving becomes a different Eibishter.