Hayom Yom 1 Elul - Starting the first of Elul recite three chapters of Tehillim
The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Rabbi Yosef Katzman
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כְּשֶׁהָיָה הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק בֶּן תֵּשַׁע שָׁנִים
When the Tzemach Tzedek was nine years old,
אָמַר לוֹ רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן
the Alter Rebbe told him:
קִבַּלְתִּי מִמּוֹרִי (הָרַב הַמַּגִּיד)
“I received a directive from my mentor (the Maggid of Mezritch)
שֶׁקִּבֵּל מִמּוֹרוֹ (הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב)
who received it from his mentor (the Baal Shem Tov)
בְּשֵׁם מוֹרוֹ הַיָּדוּעַ
who received it from [Achiyah HaShiloni], who is known to have been his mentor,
אֲשֶׁר מִיּוֹם שֵׁנִי דְרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֱלוּל עַד יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים
that in the course of each day from the second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul until Yom Kippur,
יֹאמְרוּ בְּכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם בְּמֶשֶׁךְ הַיּוֹם שְׁלֹשָׁה קאַפּיטְלאַך תְּהִלִּים
one should recite three chapters of Tehillim.
וּבְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים שְׁלֹשִׁים וְשִׁשָּׁה קאַפִּיטְלאַך
On Yom Kippur, one should recite 36 chapters:
ט' קוֹדֶם כָּל נִדְרֵי
nine before Kol Nidrei,
ט' קוֹדֶם הַשֵּׁנָה
nine before going to sleep,
ט' אַחַר מוּסָף
nine after the Mussaf service,
ט' אַחַר נְעִילָה
and nine after the Neilah service.
וּמִי שֶׁלֹּא הִתְחִיל בְּיוֹם בּ דְרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ
If one did not begin [this program] on the second day of Rosh Chodesh [Elul],
יַתְחִיל בְּאוֹתוֹ יוֹם שֶׁהוּא עוֹמֵד בּוֹ
he should begin on the day [he remembered, according to the schedule for that day,
וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱסִיר יַשְׁלִים
and later] should make good the readings that he missed.
Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English
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