Hayom Yom 1 Elul - Starting the first of Elul recite three chapters of Tehillim

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Aug 13, 2026 · 6m

כְּשֶׁהָיָה הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק בֶּן תֵּשַׁע שָׁנִים

When the Tzemach Tzedek was nine years old,

אָמַר לוֹ רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן

the Alter Rebbe told him:

קִבַּלְתִּי מִמּוֹרִי (הָרַב הַמַּגִּיד)

“I received a directive from my mentor (the Maggid of Mezritch)

שֶׁקִּבֵּל מִמּוֹרוֹ (הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב)

who received it from his mentor (the Baal Shem Tov)

בְּשֵׁם מוֹרוֹ הַיָּדוּעַ

who received it from [Achiyah HaShiloni], who is known to have been his mentor,

אֲשֶׁר מִיּוֹם שֵׁנִי דְרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֱלוּל עַד יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים

that in the course of each day from the second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul until Yom…