Hayom Yom 16 Iyar - The Rebbe Maharash said: “Elye, I envy you"

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · May 3, 2026 · 6m

Day 31 of the Omer

אַאַמוּ"ר כְּשֶׁהָיָה נוֹטֵל צִפָּרְנָיו, הָיָה מְעָרֵב עִמָּהֶם קֵיסָם, קוֹדֶם הַשְּׂרֵיפָה

When my revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab], would cut his nails, he would put a sliver of wood together with the clippings before burning them.

אַאַזְמוּ"ר אָמַר לְהֶחָסִיד ר' אֵלִיָּהוּ אַבּעֶלעֶר

R. Elye Abeler, was a chassid of my revered grandfather, the Rebbe [Maharash].

אִישׁ פָּשׁוּט מִצַּד כִּשְׁרוֹנוֹתָיו וִידִיעוֹתָיו

[he was] a simple man of scant learning,

כְּשֶׁנִּכְנַס אֵלָיו לִיחִידוּת

Once, when he entered his study for yechidus, my grandfather said:

אֵלִיָּ' אִיךְ…