Editing Maamar (section)

== Types of Mamarim ==

==== Maamarei Avodah and Haskalah (Service and Intellect Discourses) ====
"Maamarei Haskalah" (intellectual discourses) are discourses that focus on abstract and deep matters, for example - understanding the differences between will and pleasure, where the practical instruction arising from all that is mentioned is brought and connected to the content only at the end. In contrast, "Maamarei Avodah" (service discourses) deal mainly with the different levels of love for G-dliness, and the abstraction of Chassidic concepts and their comparison throughout the entire discourse to a person's divine service, although both genres include each other. There is no Avodah discourse that is not based on intellect, and no intellectual discourse where instructions in divine service do not appear, as the Rebbe once expressed: "From every letter one can make a 'therefore'!" Also, a special discourse is one that "speaks the language" of the animal soul, and explains clearly and simply the aspect of divine service within it.

The difference between the discourses stemmed mainly from the period in which they were delivered and their target audience, as can be seen that most of the intellectual discourses were delivered at times when the listeners were capable of containing and understanding them, such as the deep "hemshechim" (series) of the Rebbe Rashab for the students of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim, compared to the short service discourses that the Rebbe Rayatz would deliver when he arrived in the United States, for American Jews who found it difficult to understand the deep discourses, and were also not familiar with the holy tongue (Hebrew), so these discourses were delivered by the Rebbe Rayatz in Yiddish. The Rebbe Rayatz instructed to study service discourses.

==== Maamarei Drush (Interpretive Discourses) ====
"Maamarei Drush" is a type of discourse that deals with explaining verses, sayings of the Sages, midrashim, and various concepts in Judaism according to Chassidus.

==== Discourses for Purifying the World's Atmosphere ====
Each of our Rebbes had a fixed discourse that they would repeat from time to time in order to purify the world's atmosphere, which they would repeat in public once every two or three years. One of the Alter Rebbe's discourses is the discourse beginning with "Heichaltzu" that was printed in Likkutei Torah without the annotations. One of the Mitteler Rebbe's discourses is the discourse beginning with "Yafah Sha'ah Achat," and its content is the first ten chapters of the discourse "Hinei Kol Echad V'Echad Omer Elokai Neshamah" in his book "Derech HaChaim." One of the Tzemach Tzedek's discourses is the discourse beginning with "Mah Tovu" that is brought in Likkutei Torah. One of the Rebbe Maharash's discourses is the discourse beginning with "Mi Kamocha Ba'eilim." One of the Rebbe Rashab's discourses is the discourse beginning with "V'Yadata HaYom." One of the Rebbe Rayatz's discourses is "Ein HaKadosh Baruch Hu Ba B'trunia" from ה'תרפ"ה (1925).

==== Chazarat Maamar (Repeating a Discourse) ====
In the days of [[the Mitteler Rebbe]], the custom began among Chassidim to repeat Chassidic discourses in the towns scattered along their way from the Rebbe to their place of residence. This custom is called "Chazarat Dach" (repeating Chassidus).

Even today, reciting a Chassidic discourse by heart or from writings is called "Chazarat Dach," and the custom is maintained mainly during Raava D'Raavin (the most favorable time) every Shabbat, as is the custom of Chassidim, and at special farbrengens (gatherings) such as on birthdays.