Hayom Yom 7 Tammuz - The Alter Rebbe taught his chassidim to be orderly

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Jun 21, 2026 · 4m

אַאַמוּ"ר אָמַר

My revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab], once stated:

חֲסִידוּת אִיז נָעוּץ תְּחִלָּתָן בְּסוֹפָן וְסוֹפָן בִּתְחִלָּתָן

“[To] Chassidus [can be applied the statement], ‘The beginning is rooted in the end and the end in the beginning.’

דִי דַּרְגָא פוּן עִגּוּלִים מִבְּלִי אֲשֶׁר יִמָּצֵא רֹאשׁ וְסוֹף

This is the level of Divine influence called iggulim, in which beginning and end are indistinguishable.

אָבּעֶר אַחַר כָּל זֶה אִיז דעֶר עִקָּר אִיז סֵדֶר.

Nevertheless, this having been said, the main thing is seder — ‘structure.’

דעֶר בַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב אִיז געֶוועֶן אַ מְסוּדָּר…