Hayom Yom 23 Sivan - There could be a pious and Chassidic animal soul

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Jun 7, 2026 · 6m

מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ תַּמּוּז

[On Shabbos Mevarchim,

אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָה

it is our custom] to recite the entire Book of Tehillim early in the morning

יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּת

and to hold a farbrengen on that day.

מַעֲנֶה אַאַזְמוּ"ר לְאַאַמוּ"ר בִּיחִידוּת, חוֹרֶף תרל"ה

My revered grandfather, the Rebbe [Maharash], gave the following answer to a question addressed to him by my revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab], in the course of a yechidus that took place in the winter of 5635 (1874-75):

הַיֵּצֶר הָרָע נִקְרָא נֶפֶשׁ הַבַּהֲמִית

“The Evil Inclination is called the ‘animal…