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Hayom Yom 30 Tishrei - Customs in saying Hallel 15.10.2023 3:59
הַלֵּל: כּוֹפְלִין הוֹדוּ לה' אַחַר כָּל אֶחָד מֵהַג' פְּסוּקִים יֹאמַר נָא, וְגַם כְּשֶׁמִּתְפַּלְלִים בְּיָחִיד In Hallel, even when praying alone, one should repeat the verse beginning Hodu l’A-donai [ki tov] after the verse beginning Yomar na, and likewise after each of the next two verses. וְאַבְרָהָם זָקֵן גו' זְבַדְיָ' יִשְׁמְרֵנִי כו' - ג' פְּעָמִים The...
Hayom Yom 29 Tishrei - The effect of speech 13.10.2023 5:15
מְבָרְכִים בִּרְכַּת הַקֶּשֶׁת, וְלֹא כְּיֵשׁ מְפַקְפְּקִים בָּזֶה [Our custom is] to recite the blessing over a rainbow, unlike the view of those authorities who question whether this blessing should be recited. אֵיינעֶר פוּן דִי מעֶזִיבוּזשעֶר בַּעֲלֵי בָּתִּים האָט געֶהאַט אַ מַחֲלוֹקֶת מִיט נאָך אַ בַּעַל הַבַּיִת One of the householders in Mezhibuzh had a running argument with a fel...
Hayom Yom 28 Tishrei - G-d's wedding ring with the Jews 13.10.2023 3:15
אִם בְּחוּקֹּתַי תֵּלֵכוּ גו' וְנָתַתִּי גִשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם It is written: “If you walk in the path of My statutes… I will grant your rains in their season.” לִמּוּד הַתּוֹרָה וְקִיּוּם הַמִּצְוֹת הֵם טַבַּעַת הַקִּדּוּשִׁין The study of the Torah and the observance of the mitzvos are the wedding ring שֶׁבָּהֶם קִדֵּשׁ הקב"ה אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהִתְחַיֵּב לָזוּן אוֹתָם ו...
Hayom Yom 27 Tishrei - Torah an Mitzvos the path to fortunate life 12.10.2023 5:09
הַתּוֹרָה וְהַמִּצְוֹת מַקִּיפוֹת אֶת חַיֵּי הָאָדָם מִיּוֹם גִּיחוֹ מִבֶּטֶן אִמּוֹ עַד עֵת פְּקוּדָּתוֹ The Torah and its mitzvos encompass a person’s life from the day he emerges from his mother’s womb until the day he is summoned [from Above]. וּמַעֲמִידוֹת אוֹתוֹ בְּקֶרֶן אוֹרָה בְּשֵׂכֶל בָּרִיא וּבְקִנְיַן מִדּוֹת נַעֲלוֹת וְהַנְהָגוֹת יְשָׁרוֹת The Torah and...
Hayom Yom 26 Tishrei - Remember the Baal Shem Tov on Mondays 11.10.2023 5:37
הָעִנְיָן עַל פָּסוּק לְעוֹלָם ה' דְּבָרְךָ נִצָּב בַּשָּׁמָיִם The Alter Rebbe quotes the verse “Forever, O G‑d, Your word stands in the heavens” מֵבִיא רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן (שַׁעַר הַיִּחוּד וְהָאֱמוּנָה פֶּרֶק א', אִגֶּרֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ כ"ה) בְּשֵׁם הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב and cites a classic teaching based on it. [The teaching: Each of the Ten Creative Utterances (“G‑d’s word”) in the Six D...
Hayom Yom 25 Tishrei - The Alter Rebbe and the Mitteler Rebbe's songs 10.10.2023 3:06
עֲשָׂרָה נִגּוּנִים — מֵהֶם תְּנוּעוֹת בִּלְבָד — מְיוּחָסִים לְרַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן שֶׁהוּא בְּעַצְמוֹ חִבְּרָם There are ten melodies, some of them merely melodic phrases, whose composition is ascribed to the Alter Rebbe. הַמְיוּחָסִים לְרַבֵּנוּ הָאֶמְצָעִי, הַיְנוּ שֶׁנִּתְחַבְּרוּ בִּזְמַנּוֹ וְהָיוּ מְנַגְּנִים אוֹתָם לְפָנָיו Those ascribed to the Mitteler Rebbe were compos...
Hayom Yom 24 Tishrei - How to conduct a Farbrengen 09.10.2023 7:11
מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ מַרְחֶשְׁוָן We bless the month of Marcheshvan. אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָה [On Shabbos Mevarchim, it is our custom] to recite the entire Book of Tehillim early in the morning יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּת and to hold a farbrengen on that day. הפטורה: כֹּה אָמַר - וְיַאְדִּיר The haftarah begins with Ko amar  ...
Hayom Yom 23 Tishrei - Customs and meaning of Simchas Torah 06.10.2023 8:03
אֵין קוֹרְאִים בַּתּוֹרָה בַּלַּיְלָה There is no public Torah Reading at night. נְשִׂיאַת כַּפַּיִם בְּשַׁחֲרִית The Priestly Blessing is recited [only] at the Morning Service. אֵין נוֹהֲגִים לִפְרוֹשׂ טַלִּית עַל רָאשֵׁי הָעוֹלִים לְחָתָן תּוֹרָה אוֹ לְחָתָן בְּרֵאשִׁית It is not our custom to spread a tallis as a canopy over the head of the Bridegroom(s) of the&n...
Hayom Yom 22 Tishrei - Customs and meaning of Shemini Atzeres 06.10.2023 6:16
מְקַדְּשִׁים וְאוֹכְלִים וְשׁוֹתִים בַּסּוּכָּה בֵּין בַּלַּיְלָה וּבֵין בַּיּוֹם We recite Kiddush and eat and drink in the sukkah, both at night and during the day. הַקָּפוֹת בְּלֵיל שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת Hakkafos are held on the eve of Shemini Atzeres. הפטורה: וַיְהִי כְּכַלּוֹת - וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַמּוֹ The haftarah begins with Vayehi kechalos an...
Hayom Yom 21 Tishrei - Customs for Hoshana Rabba 05.10.2023 8:36
בְּתִקּוּן לֵיל הוֹשַׁעֲנָא רַבָּה גַּם פַּרְשָׁה בְּרָכָה אוֹמְרִים רַק פַּעַם אַחַת מִקְרָא 1 When reciting the Tikkun of Hoshana Rabbah night, Parshas Berachah is read only once. הָיוּ יְחִידִים שֶׁאַאַמוּ"ר צִיוָּם לְאוֹמְרָהּ בְּהוֹשַׁעֲנָא רַבָּה עִם פֵּרוּשׁ רַשִׁ"י There were specific individuals whom my revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab], instructed to read it...
Hayom Yom 20 Tishrei - The Lulav and feeling contrite 05.10.2023 3:27
בְּעֵת הַנַּעֲנוּעִים צָרִיךְ לְהַגִּיעַ עַד הֶחָזֶה מָקוֹם שֶׁמַּכִּים בַּאֲמִירַת אָשַׁמְנוּ [Between each of] the movements (naanuim), [the base of] the Four Species should be brought back to touch the chest, at the place one strikes during the confessional beginning Ashamnu. אָמַר אַאַמוּ"ר בְּאַחַת הַהִתְוַעֲדוּת My revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab], once said at...
Hayom Yom 19 Tishrei - Pray for wheat for Matza and the Esrog 04.10.2023 2:30
אִיתָא שֶׁכָּל הַשָּׁנָה בְּאָמְרוֹ בִּשְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה It is stated that throughout the year, when asking in Shemoneh Esreh וְאֵת כָּל מִינֵי תְבוּאָתָהּ לְטוֹבָה [that G‑d bless this year] “and all the varieties of its produce for good,” צָרִיךְ לְכַוֵּן לְחִטִּים לְמַצָּה וְאֶתְרֹג we should have in mind the wheat to be used for matzah, and the esrog. ...
Hayom Yom 18 Tishrei - Customs saying Hoshanos 03.10.2023 4:08
אוֹמְרִים אוֹם אֲנִי חוֹמָה וְגַם אָדוֹן הַמּוֹשִׁיעַ, אֲבָל אֵין מַקִּיפִים אֶלָּא פַּעַם אַחַת [On this day, Sunday,] we recite both the hymn beginning Hoshana Om Ani Chomah and the hymn beginning Hoshana Adon HaMoshia, but we circle [the reader’s dais] only once. אוֹמְרִים תֵּיבַת "הוֹשַׁעֲנָא", הֵן בְּרֹאשׁ וְהֵן בְּסוֹף [Every day,] we add the word Hoshana  ...
Hayom Yom 17 Tishrei - Self sacrifice reveals the essence of the soul 02.10.2023 12:17
גַּם בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְצָהֳלָה [In the last stanza of Lechah Dodi ] we say gam besimchah u’vetzahalah. שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם, אֵשֶׁת חַיִל, מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד, דָּא הִיא סְעוּדָתָא, וְיִתֶּן לְךָ אוֹמְרִים בְּלַחַשׁ The hymn beginning Shalom aleichem, the passage beginning Eishes chayil, the psalm Mizmor leDavid, and the pronouncement Da hi seudasa, are recited in...
Hayom Yom 16 Tishrei - An infinite revelation from a Maamar 29.09.2023 7:51
בְּקִדּוּשׁ הַלַּיְלָה: שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְאַחַר כָּךְ לֵשֵׁב בַּסּוּכָּה When reciting Kiddush at night, the blessing Shehecheyanu precedes the blessing leishev basukkah. בְּמִנְחָה אֵין אוֹמְרִים הוֹדוּ, אֲבָל אוֹמְרִים פָּתַח אֵלִיָּהוּ Before the Afternoon Service we do not recite the psalm beginning Hodu, but we do recite the passage beginning Pasach Eliyahu. הַצ...
Hayom Yom 15 Tishrei - Customs of Sukkos 29.09.2023 7:07
כְּשֶׁנּוֹתְנִים הַד' מִינִים לְאַחֵר לְבָרֵךְ עֲלֵיהֶם When handing someone the Four Species so that he can recite a blessing over them, אוֹמְרִים בְּפֵרוּשׁ שֶׁהוּא בְּמַתָּנָה עַל מְנָת לְהַחֲזִיר one should say explicitly that it this “a gift on condition that it is returned.” וּבִפְרַט בְּיוֹם רִאשׁוֹן This practice applies especially on the first day, וְהוּא תּוֹעֶלֶת לַנּוֹתֵן וְלַמְּקַבֵּל...
Hayom Yom 14 Tishrei - Binding the Lulav 29.09.2023 5:31
עֵרוּב תַּבְשִׁילִין [Today] an Eruv Tavshilin is made. [This is required only when Sukkos falls on Thursday and Friday (as in 5704/1943, the year of publication).] אֵין מוֹסִיפִין עַל שְׁתֵּי עֲרָבוֹת, מַה שֶׁאֵין כֵּן בַּהֲדַסִים No more than two willow twigs are taken. One may, however, take more than three myrtle twigs. מְהַדְּרִים לֶאֱגוֹד הַלּוּלָב בַּסּוּכָּה וּבְעֶרֶב יוֹם...
Hayom Yom 13 Tishrei - Beginning and end of Igeres Hakodesh 22 28.09.2023 3:00
הִסְתַּלְּקוּת אַדְמוּ"ר מַהֲרַ"שׁ — תּרמ"ג — וּמְנוּחָתוֹ כָּבוֹד בְּליוּבַּאוִויטְשׁ [This date is] the anniversary of the passing1 of the Rebbe Maharash in 5643 (1882). His resting place is in Lubavitch. תְּחִלַּת אִגֶּרֶת סִימָּן כב וְסוֹפָהּ — לֹא בָּא בִּדְפוּס בְּאִגֶּרֶת הַקּוֹדֶשׁ The beginning and end of Epistle 22 were not published in Iggeres HaKodesh [i...
Hayom Yom 12 Tishrei - Every endeavor yields positive results 27.09.2023 2:19
בְּרִית כְּרוּתָה לְתַעֲמוּלָה וַעֲבוֹדָה One may rest assured, as by a covenant, that endeavors and toil [for the dissemination of Yiddishkeit ], בְּמוֹעֲצוֹת חָכְמָה וּבְקִרוּב הַדַּעַת in a spirit of wise consultation and comradely openness, שֶׁאֵינָהּ חוֹזֶרֶת רֵיקָם will not be expended in vain. Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English
Hayom Yom 11 Tishrei - The essence of the soul and the essence of G-d 26.09.2023 8:19
בְּמוֹצָאֵי יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים תּקנ"ו בְּלִיאָזנאָ אָמַר רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן תּוֹרָה בְּרַבִּים On the night following Yom Kippur, 5556 (1795), in Liozna, the Alter Rebbe publicly delivered a teaching — כַּנָּהוּג אָז דְּרוּשִׁים קְצָרִים briefly, as was his custom in those years — עַל פָּסוּק מִי כְּהַשֵּׁם אֱלֹקֵינוּ בְּכָל קָרְאֵנוּ אֵלָיו, אֵלָיו וְלֹא לְמִדּוֹתָיו on the verse,&n...
Hayom Yom 10 Tishrei - Chabad Yom Kippur customs 24.09.2023 9:59
לֵיל יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים מַתְחִילִים ה' מָלָךְ תָּגֵל גו The Evening Service1 of Yom Kippur opens with the psalm beginning A-donai malach tagel. פָּסוּק אוֹר זָרוּעַ — פַּעַם אַחַת וּבְקוֹל רָם Its second-last verse, beginning Or zarua, is said once, aloud. עַל דַּעַת הַקָּהָל כו' ג' פְּעָמִים וּבְקוֹל נָמוּךְ The statement beginning Al daas HaMakom &...
Hayom Yom 9 Tishrei - Customs of Yom Kippur Eve and Yom Kippur 24.09.2023 4:47
כַּפָּרוֹת: "בְּנֵי אָדָם - וּלְשָׁלוֹם" שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים In [the expiation ceremony known as] Kaparos, 1 the passage from Bnei adam until u’leshalom is recited three times. וּבְכָל פַּעַם מְסַבֵּב ג' פְּעָמִים, סַךְ הַכֹּל מְסַבֵּב ט' פְּעָמִים The chicken is circled above one’s head three times after each recitation, for a total of nine times. עַד סוֹף תִּשְׁרֵ...
Hayom Yom 8 Tishrei - Teshuva by being humble and inconspicuous 22.09.2023 2:39
קִצּוּר בִּאוּר אוֹפֶן הה An explanation [by the Rebbe Rashab] of the fifth approach, abridged: ה, הַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם הוי' אֱלֹקֶיךָ “Walk humbly with G‑d your L‑rd.” זְהִירוּת שֶׁלֹּא תְהִי שׁוּם בְּלִיטָה This means carefully avoiding all conspicuousness. וּכְמַאֲמַר לְעוֹלָם יְהֵא אָדָם עָרוּם בְּיִרְאָה As the Sages expressed it, “A person should always be sly in his f...
Hayom Yom 7 Tishrei - Teshuva by seeing Divine Providence 22.09.2023 2:05
קִצּוּר בִּאוּר אוֹפֶן הד An explanation [by the Rebbe Rashab] of the fourth approach, abridged: ב, בְּכָל דְּרָכֶיךָ דָּעֵהוּ “Know Him in all your ways.” הָאָדָם הַשָּׂם לִבּוֹ וְדַעְתּוֹ עַל כָּל הַנַּעֲשֶׂה עִמּוֹ וּמִסָּבִיב לוֹ A person who sets his heart and mind on everything that happens to him and around him רוֹאֶה הוּא אֱלֹקוּת בְּמוּחָשׁ actually perceives G‑dliness. וּכְמוֹ...
Hayom Yom 6 Tishrei - Teshuva by loving your fellow 21.09.2023 3:02
קִצּוּר בִּאוּר אוֹפֶן הג An explanation [by the Rebbe Rashab] of the third approach, abridged: ו, וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ “Love your neighbor as yourself.” כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן, אֲשֶׁר זֶהוּ כְּלִי לִוְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת הוי' אֱלֹקֶיךָ As the Alter Rebbe explained, fulfilling this mitzvah is a medium for [attaining the level at which one can] “love&nb...
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