Hayom Yom 14 Menachem Av - Let a pen be your companion - the quill of the heart
The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Rabbi Yosef Katzman
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בְּמִנְחָה אֵין אוֹמְרִים תַּחֲנוּן
Tachanun is omitted from the Minchah service.
יד מְנַחֵם אָב תשׁ"א
Today, 14 Menachem Av, 5701 (1941),
נִמְלְאוּ חֲמִשִׁים שָׁנָה
marks fifty years
מִיּוֹם שֶׁאָמַר לִי אַאַמוּ"ר שֶׁאַתְחִיל לִרְשׁוֹם הַסִּפּוּרִים שֶׁמְּסַפֵּר לִי
since my revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab], told me to begin writing down the traditions and anecdotes that he used to relay to me.
כַּאֲשֶׁר הִתְחִיל הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק לִכְתּוֹב בְּעִנְיָנֵי נִגְלָה וַחֲסִידוּת
When the Tzemach Tzedek began writing on subjects in nigleh and Chassidus,
אָמַר לוֹ אַדְמוּ"ר הַזָּקֵן
the Alter Rebbe told him:
וְקָנֶה לְךָ חָבֵר
Kaneh lecha chaver –
וּקָנֶה (קוּף בְּקָמַץ, נוּן בְּסֶגֹּל) — לְשׁוֹן קוּלְמוּס — לְךָ חָבֵר
“Let a pen be your companion.”
פַּעַם אָמַר אַאַמוּ"ר בְּשֵׁם אַדְמוּ"ר הַזָּקֵן
[On another occasion, when] my revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab], quoted [the Alter Rebbe’s directive] to me,
וְקָנֶה — לָשׁוֹן קוּלְמוּס — לְךָ חָבֵר,
“Let a pen be your companion.”
וּפִּרֵשׁ אַאַמוּ"ר קוּלְמוּס הַלֵּב
he added his own interpretation — that this directive related to “the quill of the heart.”
אַז יעֶדעֶר זאַךְ וואָס מְ'לעֶרעֶנט זאָל מעֶן אִיבּעֶרלעֶבּעֶן
That is, [our hearts] must be alive and aroused by whatever we learn.
Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English
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