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Hayom Yom 27 Nissan - Permissible actions must be invested with holiness
Day 12 of the Omer
דְּבָרִים הַמּוּתָּרִים
Permissible actions
אִם עוֹשֶׂה אוֹתָם לַהֲנָאָתוֹ הֵם רַע גָּמוּר
performed for one’s own pleasure are utterly evil,
כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתַב רַבֵּנוּ נִשְׁמָתוֹ עֵדֶן (תַּנְיָא פֶּרֶק ז')
as the Alter Rebbe states in ch. 7 of Tanya,
לְפִי דְּקַדֵּשׁ עַצְמְךָ בַּמּוּתָּר לָךְ
for one must “sanctify himself in those matters that are permitted.”
צָרִיךְ לְהַכְנִיס קְדוּשָּׁה בַּדְּבָרִים הַמּוּתָּרִים
These matters must be invested with holiness,
שֶׁיִּהְיֶ' בָּהֶם תַּכְלִית שֶׁל תּוֹרָה וּמִצְוֹת יִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם וּמִדּוֹת טוֹבוֹת
so that they will be…
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