Hayom Yom 15 Elul - The founding of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Aug 27, 2026 · 5m

הִתְיַסְּדוּת יְשִׁיבַת תּוֹמְכֵי תְּמִימִים

[Today is the anniversary of] the founding of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim (the Central Lubavitcher Yeshivah),

יוֹם א' ט"ו אֱלוּל תרנ"ז

on Sunday, 15 Elul, 5657 (1897).

הַתְחָלַת הַלִּמּוּד בְּנִגְלֶה וְדִבְרֵי אֱלֹקִים חַיִּים

Actual study in both nigleh (the revealed realm of the Torah) and Chassidus

יוֹם ד' חַ"י אֱלוּל תּרנ"ז

began on Wednesday, Chai Elul, 5657 (1897).

בְּלֵיל שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה תּרנ"ט אַחֲרֵי הַהֲקָפוֹת

After the Hakkafos on the night of Simchas Torah, 5659 (1898),

הִכְרִיז אַאַמוּ"ר

my father, [the Rebbe Rashab,] announced…