Hayom Yom 13 Shvat - Man walks upright he sees the heavens
The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Rabbi Yosef Katzman
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יאָהרצַייט - בְּיוֹם הַמִּיתָה אֲפִילוּ בְּשָׁנָה רִאשׁוֹנָה
A yahrzeit is commemorated on the date of a person’s passing even on the first anniversary,
וַאֲפִילוּ כְּשֶׁיּוֹם הַקְּבוּרָה רָחוֹק מִיּוֹם הַמִּיתָה
and even when the burial actually took place on a much later date.
מַעֲנֵה הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק לאַאַזְמוּ"ר בִּהְיוֹתוֹ כְּבֶן שֶׁבַע:
Once, in reply to a question asked by my revered grandfather, the Rebbe [Maharash], when he was about seven years old, [his father] the Tzemach Tzedek said:
הַחֶסֶד וְיִתְרוֹן הַמַּעֲלָה
The unique superiority of man that G‑d showed him in His kindness
אֲשֶׁר הָאֱלֹקִים עָשָׂה אֶת הָאָדָם יָשָׁר לִהְיוֹת הוֹלֵךְ בְּקוֹמָה זְקוּפָה הוּא
“[as It is written that] ‘G‑d made man upright.’ by making him walk upright lies in this —
דַּהֲגַם שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ עַל הָאָרֶץ, מִכָּל מָקוֹם הוּא רוֹאֶה אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם
that even though he treads upon the earth, he sees the heavens.
לֹא כֵן בְּהוֹלֵךְ עַל אַרְבַּע דְּאֵינוֹ רוֹאֶה אֶלָּא אֶת הָאָרֶץ
A four-legged creature, by contrast, sees only the earth.”
Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English