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Hayom Yom 17 Elul - When father reads we hear no curses
רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן הָיָה בְּעַצְמוֹ הַקּוֹרֵא בַּתּוֹרָה
The Alter Rebbe himself served as the Torah reader.
פַּעַם אַחַת לֹא הָיָה בְּלִיאָזנאָ שַׁבָּת פָּרָשַׁת תָּבֹא
Once he was not in Liozna for Shabbos Parshas [Ki] Savo, and
וְשָׁמַע אַדְמוּ"ר הָאֶמְצָעִי
the Mitteler Rebbe heard
וְהוּא עוֹדֶנּוּ נַעַר קוֹדֶם הַבַּר מִצְוָה
— at that time a boy before bar-mitzvah —
הַקְּרִיאָה מֵאַחֵר
the Torah Reading from another person.
הָעָגְמַת נֶפֶשׁ מֵהַקְּלָלוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹכֵחָה הֱבִיאַתּוּ לִכְאֵב לֵב
He experienced such distress upon hearing the curses in the tocheichah
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