Hayom Yom 25 Menachem Av - The merit of women in the study of Torah

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Aug 6, 2026 · 4m

אַאַמוּ"ר כּוֹתֵב בְּאֶחָד מִמִּכְתָּבָיו

My revered father, [the Rebbe Rashab,] writes in a letter:

שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּשֵׁם כְּבוֹד קְדוּשַׁת אֲבוֹתֵינוּ הַקְּדוֹשִׁים

“I heard in the name of our forerunners — the Rebbeim,

זֵכֶר צַדִּיקִים וּקְדוֹשִׁים לִבְרָכָה לְחַיֵּי הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, נִשְׁמוֹתֵיהֶם עֵדֶן, זְכוּתָם יָגֵן עָלֵינוּ

of blessed memory —

שֶׁגַּם עַל בַּת צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר לְתּוֹרָה (וּלְחוּפָּה וּלְמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים)

that for a daughter, too, [in the prayer that is offered when the father of a newborn child is called to the Reading of the Torah, we ask that the parents should be…