Hayom Yom 16 Elul - The soul's state from the primordial till eternity
The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Rabbi Yosef Katzman
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רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן פִּרֵשׁ
On this teaching, the Alter Rebbe offered the following interpretation:
מַאֲמָר כָּל הַמְקַיֵּם נֶפֶשׁ אַחַת מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל כְּאִלּוּ קִיֵּם עוֹלָם מָלֵא
The Sages teach: “Whoever sustains one Jewish soul is considered as if he had sustained an entire world.”
אוֹיף אַ אִידעֶן דאַרף מעֶן קוּקעֶן
When we see a fellow Jew,
וִוי עֶר שְׁטֵייט אִין מַחֲשָׁבָה הַקְּדוּמָה דְּאָדָם קַדְמוֹן
we should behold him in the [pristine spiritual] state in which he is conceived in the Primeval Thought of Adam Kadmon.
אוּן דאָרטעֶן שְׁטֵייט יעֶדעֶר נְשָׁמָה
On that level, the soul exists
מִיט אַלעֶ דּוֹרוֹת וואָס קוּמעֶן אַרוֹיס פוּן אִיהר
together with all the generations that will emerge from it
בִּיז בִּיאַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ גּוֹאֵל צֶדֶק
until the coming of Mashiach, our righteous redeemer.
אוּן אַז מעֶן טוּט אַ אִידעֶן אַ טוֹבָה
Thus, when we do a Jew a favor,
טוּט מעֶן אַ טוֹבָה, אָט דִי אַלעֶ נְשָׁמוֹת עַד סוֹף כָּל הַדּוֹרוֹת
we do a favor for all those souls until the end of all the generations.
Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English
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