Hayom Yom 9 Cheshvan - When a Jew decides to circumcise himself, G‑d reveals Himself to him

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Oct 19, 2026 · 2m

בִּהְיוֹת אַאַמוּ"ר בֶּן ד' אוֹ ה' שָׁנִים

When my revered father, [the Rebbe Rashab,] was four or five years old,

נִכְנָס אֶל זְקֵנוֹ הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק בְּשַׁבָּת קֹדֶשׁ פ' וַיֵּרָא

he came to his grandfather, the Tzemach Tzedek, on Shabbos Parshas Vayeira

וְהִתְחִיל לִבְכּוֹת בְּאָמְרוֹ

and began to cry, he complained;

מִפְּנֵי מַה נִרְאָה ה' אֶל אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ וְלָנוּ אֵינוֹ נִרְאֶה

“Why did G‑d reveal Himself to Avraham, but does not reveal Himself to us?”

וַיַעֲנֵהוּ הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק

The Tzemach Tzedek answered:

אַז אַ אִיד אַ צַדִּיק

“When a Jew who is a tzaddik

צוּ נַיין אוּן נַיינְצִיק…