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Hayom Yom 13 Tishrei - Beginning and end of Igeres Hakodesh 22
הִסְתַּלְּקוּת אַדְמוּ"ר מַהֲרַ"שׁ — תּרמ"ג — וּמְנוּחָתוֹ כָּבוֹד בְּליוּבַּאוִויטְשׁ [This date is] the anniversary of the passing1 of the Rebbe Maharash in…
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Hayom Yom 12 Tishrei - Every endeavor yields positive results
בְּרִית כְּרוּתָה לְתַעֲמוּלָה וַעֲבוֹדָה One may rest assured, as by a covenant, that endeavors and toil [for the dissemination of Yiddishkeit], בְּמוֹעֲצוֹת…
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Hayom Yom 11 Tishrei - The essence of the soul and the essence of G-d
בְּמוֹצָאֵי יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים תּקנ"ו בְּלִיאָזנאָ אָמַר רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן תּוֹרָה בְּרַבִּים On the night following Yom Kippur, 5556 (1795), in Liozna, the…
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Hayom Yom 10 Tishrei - Chabad Yom Kippur customs
לֵיל יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים מַתְחִילִים ה' מָלָךְ תָּגֵל גו The Evening Service1 of Yom Kippur opens with the psalm beginning A-donai malach tagel. פָּסוּק אוֹר…
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Hayom Yom 9 Tishrei - Customs of Yom Kippur Eve and Yom Kippur
כַּפָּרוֹת: "בְּנֵי אָדָם - וּלְשָׁלוֹם" שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים In [the expiation ceremony known as] Kaparos,1 the passage from Bnei adam until u’leshalom is…
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Hayom Yom 8 Tishrei - Teshuva by being humble and inconspicuous
קִצּוּר בִּאוּר אוֹפֶן הה An explanation [by the Rebbe Rashab] of the fifth approach, abridged: ה, הַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם הוי' אֱלֹקֶיךָ “Walk humbly with G‑d your…
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Hayom Yom 7 Tishrei - Teshuva by seeing Divine Providence
קִצּוּר בִּאוּר אוֹפֶן הד An explanation [by the Rebbe Rashab] of the fourth approach, abridged: ב, בְּכָל דְּרָכֶיךָ דָּעֵהוּ “Know Him in all your ways.”…
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Hayom Yom 6 Tishrei - Teshuva by loving your fellow
קִצּוּר בִּאוּר אוֹפֶן הג An explanation [by the Rebbe Rashab] of the third approach, abridged: ו, וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ “Love your neighbor as…
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Hayom Yom 5 Tishrei - Teshuva by envisioning creation all the time
קִצּוּר בִּאוּר אוֹפֶן הב An explanation [by the Rebbe Rashab] of the second approach, abridged: שׁ, שִׁוִּיתִי הוי' לְנֶגְדִּי תָמִיד “I have placed G‑d…
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Hayom Yom 4 Tishrei - Teshuva by way of earnestness
צוֹם גְּדַלְיָה נִדְחֶה The Fast of Gedaliah, postponed [from yesterday], is observed today. [The year 5704, 1943 when Rosh Hashana fell on Thursday and…
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Hayom Yom 3 Tishrei - Teshuva has 5 paths
מַתְחִילִין מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד וְלֹא לְכוּ נְרַנְנָה וְכֵן בְּכָל שַׁבָּת מוֹצָאֵי יוֹם טוֹב [In the Kabbalas Shabbos Service,] we begin with Mizmor LeDavid…
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Hayom Yom 2 Tishrei - Shofar and the prayer of Ana Bechoach
לְאֵל עוֹרֵךְ דִּין - בִּתְפִלַּת מוּסָף The liturgical hymn, LeE-l Orech Din, is recited in the Mussaf service. בְּמִנְחָה אֵין אוֹמְרִים הוֹדוּ, אֲבָל…
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Hayom Yom 1 Tishrei - Some Chabad customs on Rosh Hashana
בִּרְכַּת הַדְלָקַת הַנֵּרוֹת: שֶׁל יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן. שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ The blessings recited over candle-lighting are asher kidshanu… lehadlik ner shel Yom…
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Hayom Yom 29 Elul - The Jewish body is dearly precious
סְלִיחוֹת בְּאַשְׁמוֹרֶת הַבּוֹקֶר [The penitential prayers called] Selichos are recited “at the morning watch.” וְאֵין נְפִילַת אַפַּיִם On this day, Tachanun…
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Hayom Yom 28 Elul - G-d's blessing brings wealth
בִּרְכַּת ד' הִיא תַעֲשִׁיר, בִּכְלַל “It is G‑d’s blessing that brings wealth.” This applies universally, וּבִפְרַט לְהַנּוֹתֵן מֵעִתּוֹ וּמִזְּמַנּוֹ…
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Hayom Yom 27 Elul - The Jewish nation makes G-d's Oneness on earth
מִדִּבְרֵי קֹדֶשׁ רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן The following are the holy words of the Alter Rebbe, יִשְׂרָאֵל גּוֹי אֶחָד בָּאָרֶץ [commenting on the phrase,] “Israel…
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Hayom Yom 26 Elul - Removing your materialistic blood
סֵדֶר הֶכְשֵׁר בָּשָׂר לַאֲכִילָה לְהוֹצִיא מִמֶּנּוּ דַּם הָאָסוּר הוּא To make meat fit for consumption, the forbidden blood must be removed by the following…
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Hayom Yom 25 Elul - G-d blesses the seventh month
אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָה. יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּת [On this Shabbos, too, it is our custom] to recite the entire Book of Tehillim early in the…
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Hayom Yom 24 Elul - Every word is a teaching
אַמאָל אִיז יעֶדעֶר וואָרט וואָס מ'האָט געֶהעֶרט געֶוועֶן אַ תּוֹרָה There was a time when every word that one heard was a teaching, אוּן יעֶדעֶר זאַךְ וואָס…
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Hayom Yom 23 Elul - Study of Torah and good character traits
ר' מֹשֶׁה, בְּנוֹ שֶׁל רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן בְּלָמְדוֹ — וְהוּא אָז כְּבֶן ח'-י"א שָׁנָה The Alter Rebbe’s son, R. Moshe, who was between eight and eleven years…
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Hayom Yom 22 Elul - Do not to sting your fellow cut your nails
תּוֹרַת הַחֲסִידוּת דּוֹרֶשֶׁת The teachings of Chassidus demand כִּי תְחִלָּה לְהוֹכָחָה צְרִיכִים לְהָסִיר אֶת הַצִּפָּרְנַיִם that before rebuking one’s…
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Hayom Yom 21 Elul - Every Jew is able to self sacrifice for Torah
אָבִינוּ הָרִאשׁוֹן אַבְרָהָם בִּגְלַל עֲבוֹדָתוֹ בִּמְסִירַת נֶפֶשׁ Because of the self-sacrificing labors of our first father Avraham לְפַרְסֵם אֱלֹקוּתוֹ…
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Hayom Yom 20 Elul - If you are inferior and coarse you won't get it
דעֶר וואָס אִיז נִידעֶרִיג אוּן גְראָבּ העֶרט נִיט אָן דִי אֵייגעֶנעֶ גְראָבּקַייט אוּן נִידעֶרִיקַייט A person who is spiritually low and coarse is…
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Hayom Yom 19 Elul - From the Woodchopper to the Water-carrier
רַבֵּינוּ הַזָּקֵן זַייעֶנדִיג נאָךְ אִין וִויטעֶבּסְק While the Alter Rebbe was still living in Vitebsk, האָט אַמאָל געֶזאָגט אַ תּוֹרָה אוֹיפ'ן פָּסוּק…
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Hayom Yom 18 Elul - The Besht teaches Torah in Gan Eden
לְשִׁשִּׁי עוֹלֶה הַבַּעַל קוֹרֵא, וּמֵעַצְמוֹ The Torah reader himself recites the blessings over Shishi, the sixth aliyah of Parshas Ki Savo, without being…
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Hayom Yom 17 Elul - Father reads no curses
רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן הָיָה בְּעַצְמוֹ הַקּוֹרֵא בַּתּוֹרָה The Alter Rebbe himself served as the Torah reader. פַּעַם אַחַת לֹא הָיָה בְּלִיאָזנאָ שַׁבָּת…
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Hayom Yom 16 Elul - The soul from the primordial till eternity
רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן פִּרֵשׁ מַאֲמָר כָּל הַמְקַיֵּם נֶפֶשׁ אַחַת מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל כְּאִלּוּ קִיֵּם עוֹלָם מָלֵא The Sages teach: “Whoever sustains one Jewish soul…
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Hayom Yom 15 Elul - Founding of Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim
הִתְיַסְּדוּת יְשִׁיבַת "תּוֹמְכֵי תְּמִימִים": יוֹם א' ט"ו אֱלוּל תרנ"ז [Today is the anniversary of] the founding of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim (the Central…
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Hayom Yom 14 Elul - Shun offensive wars fortify our own structure
מֵהוֹרָאוֹת אַאַמוּ"ר A directive of my revered father, [the Rebbe Rashab]: לְהִנָּזֵר מִמִּלְחֶמֶת תְּנוּפָה עַד קְצֵה הָאַחֲרוֹן “To take the offensive in…
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Hayom Yom 13 Elul - The first Yechidus
הֶחָסִיד ר' העֶנְדִיל סִיפֵּר R. Hendel related: יָדוּעַ הָיָה לְכָל הַחֲסִידִים “It was well known among chassidim אֲשֶׁר בִּיחִידוּת הָרִאשׁוֹנָה הָיְתָה…
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Hayom Yom 12 Elul - The longest Chassidic treatise Hemshech Ayin Beis
"הֶמְשֵׁךְ הַגָּדוֹל הַיָּדוּעַ בְּשֵׁם "בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהִקְדִּימוּ, תֶּעֱרַ"ב [The Rebbe Rashab] began delivering the long series of maamarim entitled BeShaah…
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Hayom Yom 11 Elul - Torah study in this world vs the world to come
שַׁבָּת פָּרָשַׁת תֵּצֵא תּר"ג בְּשׁוּלְחַן קִדּוּשׁ הַיּוֹם הוֹאִיל הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק לֵאמֹר On Shabbos Parshas [Ki] Seitzei, 5603 (1843), at the daytime Shabbos…
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Hayom Yom 10 Elul - Three meanings of Yechidus
גְּדוֹלֵי זִקְנֵי חֲסִידֵי רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים The vintage chassidim of the Alter Rebbe would offer [three] interpretations of the word yechidus…
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Hayom Yom 9 Elul - When it really matters you will figure it out
אַאַזְמוּ"ר אָמַר My grandfather, [the Rebbe Maharash, discussed בְּיַחַס לְהִתְבּוֹנְנוּת בְּהַעֲמָקַת הַדַּעַת בְּעִנְיַן קְשֵׁה הַהֲשָׂגָה the expectation…
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Hayom Yom 8 Elul - 32000 hours studying the Alter Rebbe's Maamarim
הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק מָנָה שְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים The Tzemach Tzedek enumerated three factors שֶׁבִּזְכוּתָם הִצְלִיחַ בִּשְׁנַת תר"ג בְּפֶטֶרְבּוּרְג בַּאֲסִיפַת…
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Hayom Yom 7 Elul - Spelling דכא (Daka) with an Alef
אַדְמוּ"ר הַזָּקֵן הוֹרָה לִכְתּוֹב פְּצוּעַ דַכָּא בְּאָלֶף לִבְסוֹף וְלֹא בְּהֵא The Alter Rebbe directed that the word דכא in the phrase פצוע דכא be written…
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Hayom Yom 6 Elul - The Baal Shem Tov loved and cherished light.
הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק סִפֵּר The Tzemach Tzedek related דעֶר בַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב האָט זֵייעֶר האָלט געֶהאַט לִיכְטִיקַייט that the Baal Shem Tov cherished light…
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Hayom Yom 5 Elul - Wrapping the Talis Gadol
מִנְהָגֵנוּ בִּלְבִישַׁת טַלִּית גָּדוֹל Our custom in putting on the tallis: מַנִּיחִים הַטַּלִּית גָּדוֹל מְקוּפָּל עַל כָּתֵף יָמִין The folded tallis is…
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Hayom Yom 4 Elul - Humankind four terms: Adam, Ish, Gever, Enosh
סֵדֶר בִּרְכוֹת הַתּוֹרָה The manner in which the blessings before the public Torah Reading are recited is as follows: נוֹגֵעַ בְּטַלִּיתוֹ בִּתְחִלַּת…