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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.
15 Adar II 5787
My grandfather said that the Mitteler Rebbe wrote specific maamarim 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.
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.
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.
Footnotes
אאזמו"ר [אדוני אבי זקני מורי ורבי] אמר, אשר אדמו"ר [אדוננו מורנו ורבינו] האמצעי כתב בשביל כל סוג וסוג מהמשכילים והעובדים אשר בעדת החסידים מאמרים וספר מיוחד, לבד שער היחוד ושערי אורה שהם כלליים, ונכתבו עבור כל החסידים: שער היחוד הוא המפתח דתורת החסידות, ושערי אורה - אלף-בית דתורת החסידות.
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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.