Monday Adar Sheini 15, Shushan Purim 5703
Torah Lessons (5703)	Chumash: Tzav, Sheini with Rashi. Tehillim: 77-78. Tanya: When the whole (p. 171)...were the Patriarchs. (p. 171).

My grandfather said that the Mitteler Rebbe wrote specific Mamarim and a special book for every different kind of Maskil and Oveid [1] in the Chassidic community. Shaar Hayichud and Shaarei Ora, however, are general, written for all chassidim. Shaar Hayichud is the key to the teachings of Chassidus; Shaarei Ora is the alef-beit of Chassidus.

   

Notes:

1. (Back to text) Maskil is the term used to denote one who devotes himself primarily to the intellectual aspects of Chassidus, while the Oveid devotes himself primarily to the emotional and worship aspects.

   The Oveid is a Maskil and the Maskil is an Oveid, for the intellectual and emotional are both essential, and symbiotic. The distinction is merely in their primary emphasis.