Editing Tanya (section)

== On the Tanya - Its Impact and Reception ==
When the Alter Rebbe finished writing the Sefer HaTanya, he sent a copy to Slavita to Reb Zusha of Anipoli and Reb Yehuda Leib HaKohen to write a haskama for his sefer. When they received the sefer, they sat and learned it all night. Finally, they couldn't contain themselves and from such hispaalus from its content, each left his house in middle of the night to tell his friend about the holy sefer. They met in the middle of the road and broke into intense dancing.

Later, Reb Zusha of Anipoli declared: "With Sefer HaTanya they will march to greet Moshiach Tzidkeinu." Reb Yehuda Leib HaKohen said the Tanya is a segula and healing for all illnesses of the generations of ikvesa d'meshicha. Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev said about the sefer: "I wonder how it's possible to contain such a great and awesome G-dliness in such a small sefer." Reb Baruch of Mezhibuzh called the Tanya the "Sefer HaSechel."