Hayom Yom 28 Iyar - The Tzemach Tzedek saw the Alter Rebbe in a vision

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · May 14, 2026 · 8m

Day 43 of the Omer

בְּאַחַד הַחֶזְיוֹנוֹת לַיְלָה שֶׁרָאָה הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק אֶת רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן

In one of the nighttime visions in which the Tzemach Tzedek saw [his maternal grandfather,] the Alter Rebbe,

בְּתוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים לְהִסְתַּלְּקוּתוֹ

within thirty days of the latter’s passing,

אָמַר לְפָנָיו הַמַּאֲמָר עַל שְׁלֹשָׁה דְבָרִים הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד

[the Alter Rebbe] delivered a maamar [based on the teaching of the Mishnah], “The world stands on three things….”

אַחֲרֵי הַמַּאֲמָר אָמַר לוֹ

After delivering the maamar, the Alter Rebbe [quoted and interpreted a Talmudic teaching]:

אִישׁ…