Hayom Yom 7 Cheshvan - Stages before and after Matan Torah

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Oct 22, 2023 · 4m

הַסֵּדֶר לְאַחַר מַתַּן תּוֹרָה הוּא

In the era since the Giving of the Torah, the stages [in our Divine service] are:

הֲסָרַת עָרְלַת הַגּוּף, הַלָּשׁוֹן, הַלֵּב — מַעֲשֶׂה דִּבּוּר מַחֲשָׁבָה

first, removing the foreskin of the body, then of the tongue, and then of the heart — action, speech, and thought.

אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ שֶׁהָיָה קוֹדֶם מַתַּן תּוֹרָה

Avraham Avinu, who lived before the Giving of the Torah,

הֲרֵי בַּתְּחִילָה הִכִּיר אֶת בּוֹרְאוֹ — מַחֲשָׁבָה

first “recognized his Creator” — thought;

אַחַר כַּךְ פִּרְסֵם אֱלֹקוּתוֹ — דִּבּוּר

then publicized G‑d’s existence — speech…