Hayom Yom 16 Elul - The soul's state from the primordial till eternity

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Aug 27, 2026 · 4m

רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן פִּרֵשׁ

On this teaching, the Alter Rebbe offered the following interpretation:

מַאֲמָר כָּל הַמְקַיֵּם נֶפֶשׁ אַחַת מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל כְּאִלּוּ קִיֵּם עוֹלָם מָלֵא

The Sages teach: “Whoever sustains one Jewish soul is considered as if he had sustained an entire world.”

אוֹיף אַ אִידעֶן דאַרף מעֶן קוּקעֶן

When we see a fellow Jew,

וִוי עֶר שְׁטֵייט אִין מַחֲשָׁבָה הַקְּדוּמָה דְּאָדָם קַדְמוֹן

we should behold him in the [pristine spiritual] state in which he is conceived in the Primeval Thought of Adam Kadmon.

אוּן דאָרטעֶן שְׁטֵייט יעֶדעֶר נְשָׁמָה

On that level, the soul…