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The [[Rebbe]] explains in one of his talks that there are two ways of working with merirut:
The [[Rebbe]] explains in one of his talks that there are two ways of working with merirut:


* On Friday night to work with the matter of merirut, and on [[Shabbat]] with joy.
* On Friday night to work with the matter of merirut, and on [[Shabbos|Shabbat]] with joy.
* To work with both matters together.
* To work with both matters together.


In [[Kuntres HaAvodah]], the Rebbe Rashab wrote that there are two types of divine service - general service and particular service. General service is concerned with joy; particular service is concerned with merirut. General service, for example, is contemplation of a general picture, that is, without contemplating the details of the picture but the general picture. Particular service is contemplation of the details of the picture.
In [[Kuntres HaAvodah]], [[the Rebbe Rashab]] wrote that there are two types of divine service - general service and particular service. General service is concerned with joy; particular service is concerned with merirut. General service, for example, is contemplation of a general picture, that is, without contemplating the details of the picture but the general picture. Particular service is contemplation of the details of the picture.


== Merirut in Chassidic History ==
== Merirut in Chassidic History ==