Hayom Yom 29 Teves - Our job is to make day in the world
The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Rabbi Yosef Katzman
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אֲנַן פּוֹעֲלֵי דִימָמָא אֲנַן
“We are day-laborers.”
יוֹם הוּא אוֹר
[In the literature of Chassidus], “day” is a code word for “light”
עֲבוֹדָתֵנוּ הִיא עֲבוֹדַת הָאוֹר, מאַכעֶן לִיכטִיג דִי וועֶלט בְּאוֹר תּוֹרָה
and, indeed, our Divine task is a mission of light, to illuminate the world with the light of the Torah.
וּמִלְּבַד כִּי צְרִיכִים לַעֲמוֹד בְּמַעֲמָד וּמַצָּב טוֹב בְּעֶזְרַת ה' בְּעַצְמוֹ
אַלֵיין דאַרף מעֶן זַיין וִוי עֶס דאַרף צוּ זַיין
In addition to every individual’s obligation to see to it, with G‑d’s help, that his own spiritual state is as it ought to be,
הִנֵּה כָּל הָעֲבוֹדָה הִיא לִזְכּוֹת לְהַעֲמִיד תַּלְמִידִים גרוּנְטִיקעֶ מעֶנשׁעֶן
his entire Divine service should be focused on making himself worthy of raising up students who will be solidly grounded,
אֲשֶׁר יִהְיוּ מְסוּרִים בְּלִבָּם וְדַעְתָּם אֶל הַכַּוָּנָה הַפְּנִימִית
with their hearts and minds dedicated to [G‑d’s] inner intent —
שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַּסְפִּיק לִמּוּד תּוֹרָה הַנִּגְלֵית וְחִבּוּב הַקּוֹדֶשׁ בִּשְׁמִירַת הַמִּצְוֹת
that it is not enough to study nigleh, the revealed dimension of Torah Law, and to cherish holiness by observing mitzvos.
כִּי אִם צְרִיכִים גַּם עֲבוֹדָה שֶׁבַּלֵב
There must also be Divine service within the heart.
Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English