Hayom Yom 30 Menachem Av - The expansive evolution of Chassidic teachings

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Aug 12, 2026 · 8m

מַתְחִילִין לוֹמַר לְדָוִד אוֹרִי

[On this day] we begin reciting [the psalm] LeDavid A-donai Ori [in the Morning and Afternoon Services].

הַמִּנְהָג בְּבֵית רַבֵּנוּ שֶׁבְּמֶשֶׁךְ הַיוֹם תּוֹקְעִים לְהִתְלַמֵד

The custom in the household of the Rebbe [Rayatz] was to practice sounding the shofar in the course of the day.

וּמַתְחִילִים לִתְקוֹעַ אַחַר הַתְּפִלָּה מִיּוֹם ב' דְראֹשׁ חֹדֶשׁ

We begin sounding the shofar after [the morning] prayers from the second day of Rosh Chodesh.

אַדְמוּ"ר הַזָּקֵן הָיָה אוֹמֵר בַּתְּחִלָה מַאֲמָרִים קְצָרִים

At first, the Alter Rebbe would deliver short…