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Hayom Yom 24 Adar - 1) The soul animates the body 2) The prayer Ana BeCho’ach,
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Hayom Yom 24 Adar - 1) The soul animates the body 2) The prayer Ana BeCho’ach,

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Rabbi Yosef Katzman

March 12, 20264m 55s

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Hayom Yom 24 Adar 1 - The soul hears and animates the body

אַדְמוּ"ר הָאֶמְצָעִי עָנָה לְרַבִּי הִלֵל פּאַרִיטְשׁעֶר עַל שְׁאֵלָתוֹ

R. Hillel of Paritch once asked the Mitteler Rebbe

אִם יַחֲזוֹר חֲסִידוּת גַּם בָּעֲיָרוֹת שֶׁאַנְשֵׁיהֶם אֵין לָהֶם מוּשָּׂג בַּחֲסִידוּת

whether he should teach Chassidus in places where the townsfolk had no conception of Chassidus. The Mitteler Rebbe replied:

דִּבְרֵי חֲסִידוּת העֶרט דִי נְשָׁמָה

“The teachings of Chassidus are heard by the neshamah (‘soul’).

וּכְתִיב וְנוֹזְלִים מִן לְבָנוֹן

There is a verse that speaks of ‘waters flowing from Lebanon’ (ונוזלים מן לבנון).

לְבָנוֹן ל"ב נוּ"ן

[In the Holy Tongue, the word for] Lebanon is spelled ל"ב נו"ן,

חָכְמָה וּבִינָה שֶׁבַּנְּשָׁמָה

alluding to [the 32 (ל"ב) paths of] Chochmah (‘Wisdom’) and [the 50 (נו"ן) gates of] Binah (‘Understanding’) within the soul.

אוּן אַז דִי נְשָׁמָה העֶרְט

When the neshamah hears,

אִיז נוֹזֵל וְנוֹטֵף אִין דעֶר הֶאָרַת הַנְּשָׁמָה וואָס אִיז מְחַיֶּה דעֶם גּוּף

[a spiritual influence] flows down and trickles into the soul’s ray of light that animates the body.

אוּן עֶס וועֶרט אַ חִזּוּק

This fortifies one’s [endeavors

אִין דעֶם וַעֲשֵׂה טוֹב פוּן רַמַ"ח (248) מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה

to] ‘do good’ by fulfilling the 248 positive commandments,

אוּן אִין דעֶם סוּר מֵרָע פוּן שַׁסָ"ה (365) מִצְוֹת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה

and to ‘turn away from evil’ by observing the 365 prohibitive commandments.”

Hayom Yom 24 Adar 2 - When reciting the prayer Ana BeCho’ach,

בַּאֲמִירַת אָנָּא בְּכֹחַ

When reciting the prayer beginning Ana BeCho’ach,

צָרִיךְ לִרְאוֹת — אוֹ לְצַיֵּר בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה

one should look at — or visualize —

הַשֵּׁמוֹת, שֶׁהֵם הָרָאשֵׁי תֵּיבוֹת

the Divine Names formed by the initial letters of the words,

אֲבָל לֹא לְאָמְרָם

but they should not be articulated.

Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English

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