מַתְחִילִין לוֹמַר לְדָוִד אוֹרִי

[On this day] we begin reciting [the psalm] LeDavid A-donai Ori [in the Morning and Afternoon Services].

הַמִּנְהָג בְּבֵית רַבֵּנוּ שֶׁבְּמֶשֶׁךְ הַיוֹם תּוֹקְעִים לְהִתְלַמֵד

The custom in the household of the Rebbe [Rayatz] was to practice sounding the shofar in the course of the day.

וּמַתְחִילִים לִתְקוֹעַ אַחַר הַתְּפִלָּה מִיּוֹם ב' דְראֹשׁ חֹדֶשׁ

We begin sounding the shofar after [the morning] prayers from the second day of Rosh Chodesh.

אַדְמוּ"ר הַזָּקֵן הָיָה אוֹמֵר בַּתְּחִלָה מַאֲמָרִים קְצָרִים

At first, the Alter Rebbe would deliver short maamarim.

וּלְדוּגְמָא

For example,

דִּבּוּר הַמַּתְחִיל זֶכֶר רַב טוּבְךָ — וּבֵאוּרוֹ — שֶׁבַּסִּדּוּר

the maamar entitled Zecher Rav Tuvcha, with its commentary that appears in the Siddur [Im Dach],

נֶאֶמְרוּ בְּשִׁשָּׁה הֶמְשֵׁכִים

was delivered in six installments,

בַּאֲרִיכוּת יוֹתֵר קְצָת מֵהַנִּדְפָּס

[the total] being somewhat longer than the printed version.

Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English

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