Torah Or: In addition to publishing his magnum opus on Chasidic philosophy, the Tanya, Rabbi Schnuer Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe, regularly delivered Chasidic discourses. His grandson, the third Chabad-Lubavitch leader, Rabbi Menachem Mendel, sifted through the thousands of transcripts of these discourses and selected the fundamental discourses for publication. He arranged them in the order of the Scriptural parshiot of Bereishit, Shemot, and on the festivals of Chanukah and Purim.
First published in 5597 (1837), Torah Ohr is one of the classic texts of Chabad Chasidic philosophy. Since their publication, it has been the custom for Chasidim to study the discourses, weekly, which came to be affectionately known as the "Chasidic Parsha."
The current edition is supplemented with indexes and glosses by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, with many other supplements.
Likkutei Torah: In addition to publishing his magnum opus on Chasidic philosophy, the Tanya, Rabbi Schnuer Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe, regularly delivered Chasidic discourses. His grandson, the third Chabad-Lubavitch leader, Rabbi Menachem Mendel, sifted through more than two thousand of these recorded discourses and selected the fundamental discourses for publication in the order of the Scriptural parshiot, adding his own notations and glosses.
A classic of early Chasidic literature, Likkutei Torah Includes discourses on the Torah portions of Beshalach, Pikudei, the Books of Vayikra, Bamidbar, Devarim and the Song of Songs, as well as the special seasons of Pesach and Shavuot, and of Rosh Hashanah, Shabbat Shuvah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Shemini Atzeret. It is also includes discourses on Song of Songs.
Likkutei Torah first appeared 5608 (1848) at the new Hebrew press in Zhitomir.
Chasidim of all generations have studied each group of discourses weekly, affectionately calling them the "Chasidic Parsha."
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