היום יום

My father[1] related that he heard from his father[2] quoting his father (the Tzemach Tzedek), who heard the Alter Rebbe refer to himself as the son of the Maggid (his Rebbe), and as the grandson of the Baal Shem Tov.

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.

R. Shalom Dovber.

R. Shmuel.

אאמו"ר [אדוני אבי מורי ורבי] סיפר ששמע מאביו בשם הצ"צ [הצמח צדק] ששמע מרבינו הזקן שהי'[ה] קורא את עצמו בשם בן להרב המגיד ובשם נכד להבעש"ט [להבעל שם טוב].