Editing Dov Ber of Mezeritch (section)

===Published writings===
The ''Maggid'' left no writings of his own. Many of his teachings were recorded by his disciples and appeared in  anthologies  "Maggi'''D''' Debara'''V''' le-Ya'ako'''V'''" (מגיד דבריו ליעקב the last letters of which title spell "Dov"), known also under the title of ''Likkutei Amarim'' ("Collected Sayings"), published at [[Korets]] in 1780 (second edition with additions Korets, 1784), and frequently reprinted; ''Likkutim Yekarim'' ("Precious Collections"), published at Lemberg in 1792; ''Or Torah'' (the largest collection) published in Korets, 1804; ''Or Ha'emet'' published in Husiatin, 1899; ''Kitvei Kodesh'' (small collection) published in Lemberg. 1862; ''Shemu'ah Tovah'' (small collection) published in Warsaw. 1938. A number of manuscripts with additional teachings are in the [[National Library of Israel|National Library of the Hebrew University]]. They consist of excerpts from his sermons, transcribed and compiled by his students. The first to be published (''Likkutei Amarim'') was collated by his relative, Rabbi [[Shlomo Flam]] of Lutzk, who, as he himself notes, was unhappy with the manuscript but did not have time to edit it properly.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

There is a great deal of overlapping between all these texts, but each contains teachings that do not appear in the others. Work and editing has been done on them: ''Maggid Devarav Layaakov'' was edited by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kohn (Jerusalem, 1961).  Later, a critical edition was edited by Prof. Rivkah Shatz-Uffenheimer (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1976).  Kehot Publishing of [[Chabad]] put out another edition edited by Rabbi Jacob Immanuel Schochet (Brooklyn, NY, 2008). These editions all contain  introductions, annotations and indices. ''Or Torah'' has appeared in an annotated edition with introduction, commentaries, cross-references and indices, authored by Schochet (Brooklyn, NY, 2006). ''Likkutim Yekarim'' is in annotated edition by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kohn (Jerusalem, 1974).{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}