The tenth "cheder" in the palace of Hayom Yom.
Tuesday, 13 Tishrei, 5704.
Shiurim: Chumash, the parashah of Bereishis, with the third aliyah with Rashi's commentary.
Tehillim, for the 13th of the month, one recites from chapter 69 through chapter 71 inclusive.
Tanya: On this day we begin a new letter, letter 22 of Iggeret HaKodesh. From the first word "Ahuvai" until the section ending with the words "b'pirush Rashi."
In the daily teaching, the Rebbe addresses both an event connected to the date of 13 Tishrei, and a matter related to the daily Tanya lesson, in which a new letter begins — Iggeret 22. These are the two parts of the daily saying.
The first part relates to the date 13 Tishrei — a date on which, in the chronicles of the chassidim and in the history of our Rebbeim, our leaders, something occurred. What occurred on it? The passing of the Rebbe Maharash, the fourth Rebbe. On this day, 13 Tishrei 5643, was the "passing of the Rebbe Maharash — 5643 — and his resting place of honor is in Lubavitch." This is the reference to today's date.
It is noteworthy that in a sichah the Rebbe once delivered on this date, on 13 Tishrei 5742, the Rebbe connected the allusion contained in the date of 13 Tishrei specifically to the Rebbe Maharash. It is known that there are four days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot, and it is written that these four days correspond to the four letters of Hashem's Name, Yud-Hei-Vav-Hei. Thus 11 Tishrei corresponds to the letter Yud, 12 Tishrei to the Hei, and 13 Tishrei to the Vav. The Rebbe explained the inner content of the letter Vav — a letter that is drawn down from above all the way below, a straight letter, a letter with no obstructions, extending to the very end in a single line. And the Rebbe connected this with the famous teaching that characterized the Rebbe Maharash, who would say that one must act in everything in a manner of "lechatchilah ariber" — to act from the outset in a way that involves no hindrances or delays, and that whatever needs to be, one carries through to the very end. This the Rebbe connected with the inner content of this day, which corresponds to the letter Vav of Hashem's Name.
The second part of the teaching relates to the daily Tanya lesson, Iggeret 22 in Tanya. The Rebbe writes here that "the beginning of Iggeret siman 22 and its ending did not appear in print in Iggeret HaKodesh." When we study Iggeret 22 in Iggeret HaKodesh, we do not have the entire letter before us: we have its first part, whereas its conclusion is not found in the printed Iggeret HaKodesh of Tanya.
What is discussed in the parts that are not before us? This is a very sharp letter. The content of the letter itself is that it is not appropriate to ask and request of a Rebbe questions concerning material matters — something one may ask only of prophets — and there is no room to come with these matters; this is the point that is printed before us in Tanya. But the part that precedes it is very sharp, and greatly restricts the chassidim who come to him — when they may come, and in which periods — that not everyone should come whenever he wishes. He also speaks sharply about the fact that so many come and confuse his mind with questions and matters that are merely material, and not with the things about which he hopes to hear.
All that sharpness found in the introductory portion did not enter the section that is in the Tanya, and the conclusion is also not found there. Where is it in fact found? "(Printed in the collection 'HaTamim,' second booklet)" — it was printed in the collection "HaTamim," second booklet. "HaTamim" is a chassidic collection that was published in Warsaw at the end of 5697. There, in the second booklet, the letter appears in its entirety. And today, since the "Igrot Kodesh" series of the Alter Rebbe has been published, one can find this letter in letter 35, and see it in its entirety printed in the "Igrot Kodesh" series of the Alter Rebbe.