The Reshimos: Difference between revisions

'''Reshimos''' are writings that [[the Rebbe]] wrote for himself. Most of these writings were kept by the Rebbe and most were not published by him, except for selected portions, which he then noted as "from my reshimos" or "from my collection of reshimos."

After 3 Tammuz 5754 (1994), some members of Agudas Chassidei Chabad took out the reshimos that were kept by the Rebbe in his holy room in his desk drawer, and published them in a series of books called "Reshimos." Many Chabad rabbis opposed this move.

* '''Igros Kodesh''': Letters written by the Rebbe and sent to people but not published in [[Igros Kodesh (The Rebbe)|Igros Kodesh]], as well as letters he received and added his notes to.

* '''Diary Notes (Reshimos HaYoman)''' - One of the main and largest parts of the Reshimos, containing: Records of [[the Rebbe Rayatz]]'s words, mainly stories and in rare places - also customs. The stories in this section are characterized by their connection to Beis Rebbi (the Rebbe's household), and during editing, the editors omitted too-private stories. These notes were collected in the book "Toras Menachem Reshimas HaYoman" published in 5766 (2006). A second corrected edition appeared in 5776 (2016).

* '''Reshimos''': [[Torah]] insights that the Rebbe wrote down in the years before his leadership, mostly not arranged by date.

These Reshimot were not part of the "Reshimot" booklets found in the Rebbe's drawer - rather, when the Igrot Kodesh series was being edited, they asked the Rebbe to provide letters from the early years, and the Rebbe gave a package of letters. In that package were several pages of "Reshimot" as well as "Hayom Yom Part Two." When the Rebbe was asked about this, the Rebbe answered that the editors would find what to do with it. In practice, the Reshimot remained in the hands of the Igrot editors. In 5750 (1990), they gave "Hayom Yom Part Two" to Rabbi Peretz Blau (who published it as an addition to the Hebrew translated edition of "Hayom Yom"), but after this book came to the Rebbe's attention, the Rebbe responded (in essence) "Part Two - who gave permission to publish it?" The Reshimot were published in the Tzaddik L'Melech collections and in Volume 1 of Torat Menachem Hitva'aduyot, as mentioned above. Later, when the Reshimot series was published, the editors also republished these "Reshimot" within the series, and they were omitted from the new edition of Torat Menachem Volume 1.