Hayom Yom 23 Shvat - A woman of valor, the crown of her husband
The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Rabbi Yosef Katzman
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אַמאָל אַרוֹיסְגֵייעֶנְדִיק פוּן זַיין חֵדֶר, האָט דעֶר אַלְטעֶר רֶבִּי אָנְגעֶטְראָפען
Once, as the Alter Rebbe was leaving his room, he heard
"וִוי דִי רֶבִּיצִין זאָגט צוּ עֶטְלִיכעֶ פְרוֹיעֶן: "מַיינעֶר זאָגט
his rebbitzin telling several women: “Mainer (literally, ‘My one’ - i.e., ‘my husband’) says….”
האָט דעֶר רֶבִּי געֶזאָגט
The [Alter] Rebbe told [her]:
מִיט אֵיין מִצְוָה בִּין אִיך דַיינעֶ
“I am yours by virtue of one mitzvah.
מִיט מִצְוֹת ווִיפִיל אִיז מעֶן דעֶם אוֹיבּעֶרשְׁטעֶן'ס
With how many mitzvos are we G‑d’s!”
אוּן אִיז געֶפאַלען אוֹיף דעֶר פְריטעֶלקעֶ אוּן האָט זִיך פאַרדְבֵק'עֶט
He then fell to the doorstep, absorbed in a state of dveikus.
אוֹיפְכאַפּעֶנְדִיג זִיך פוּן דְּבֵקוּת, האָט עֶר געֶזאָגט:
After emerging from that state, he [gave a mystical interpretation of the verse, “Go out and see, O daughters of Zion!”]:
צְאֶינָה וּרְאֶינָה — אוֹיף אַרוֹיסְגֵיין פוּן זִיך אוּן זעֶהן אֱלֹקוּת
“‘Go out and see…’ — self-transcendence and seeing G‑dliness
וועֶרט דאָס פוּן — בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן
comes about by virtue of the ‘daughters of Zion.’
מַלְכוּת מְעוֹרֶרֶת זְעֵיר אַנְפִּין
[In the Kabbalistic metaphor of spiritual marriages,] Malchus arouses Z’eir Anpin.
לֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא וועֶט זַיין אֵשֶׁת חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ
[And indeed,] in the Ultimate Future, ‘A woman of valor [will be] the crown of her husband.’“
Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English