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Torah
A thought for every day of the Hebrew year, from the Rebbe’s book. It is the same entry every year, on the same Hebrew date.
16 Av 5786
The travels of the Baal Shem Tov when he first revealed himself were for three purposes: Redemption of captives, buttressing Torah and piety, and revealing the Inner Torah (Chassidus).
The Mitteler Rebbe would explain: The Revealed Torah[1] is called water; one goes to water. The Inner Torah is called fire; one fears fire. Therefore, the mashpiya (the one who gives to another)[2] must go to the recipient and say to him, "Do not fear, for Hashem your G‑d is a consuming fire."[3]
Compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory.
Talmud, halacha etc.
Such as a teacher, rabbi, instructor of Chassidus etc.
A possible explanation: The mashpiya says, in effect, "do not fear the fire that you see in Inner Torah; it is the fire of G‑dliness."
Footnotes
נסיעות הבעש"ט [הבעל שם טוב] בתחילת ההתגלות שלו היו ע"ד [על דבר] שלשה ענינים: פדיון שבוים, חיזוק התורה ויראת שמים, התגלות פנימיות התורה. אדמו"ר [אדוננו מורנו ורבנו] האמצעי היה מבאר בזה: גליא שבתורה נקרא מים און צו וואסער גייט מען. פנימיות התורה נקרא אש און פאר פייער האט מען מורא. דערפאר דארף דער משפיע גיין צום מקבל און זאגען איהם: האב קיין מורא ניט ווייל ה' אלקיך אש אוכלה הוא.
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Hayom Yom, compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory. Text from chabad.org.