Hayom Yom 2 Cheshvan - We must live with the times, the Torah portion of the current day

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Oct 12, 2026 · 3m

מִשִּׂיחַת אַאַמוּ"ר מוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת קֹדֶשׁ לֶךְ לְךָ תרנ"א

In the course of a talk that my revered father, [the Rebbe Rashab,] delivered on Motzaei Shabbos [Parshas] Lech Lecha, 5651 (1890), he said:

אִין דִי עֶרשׁטעֶ יאָהרעֶן פוּן זַיינעֶ נְשִׂיאוּת

“Once, in his first years as Rebbe,

האָט דעֶר אַלטעֶר רֶבִּי געֶזאָגט בָּרַבִּים

the Alter Rebbe declared in public:

"מעֶן בּעֶדאַרף לעֶבּן מִיט דעֶר צַייט"

‘We must live with the times.’

דוּרךְ זַיין בּרוּדעֶר מַהַרִי"ל

“Through his brother, R. Yehudah Leib,

האָבּעֶן זִקְנֵי הַחֲסִידִים אוֹיסגעֶפוּנעֶן

the elders of the chassidic community…