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CHUMASH

Parshas Shoftim - Shlishi with Rashi

Moshe Rabbeinu tells the Yidden about the presents that they need to give to the kohanim.

Shevet Levi doesn’t get a part of Eretz Yisroel like the rest of the Yidden.

Instead, they get to keep the presents that the Yidden bring to Hashem — parts of the Korbanos, the Terumah, and the first part of the wool when we cut the hair of our sheep, called Reishis Hageiz.

Why? Because the Kohanim and Leviim work for Hashem in the Beis Hamikdash.

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TEHILLIM

145 - 150

Today we are finishing the entire Sefer Tehillim, kapitelach Kuf-Mem-Hey to Kuf-Nun!

The first kapitel of today’s Tehillim is very special! It starts with the words “Tehillah LeDovid,” which is the third posuk of Ashrei. We say Ashrei three times every day in davening! (Twice in Shacharis and once in Mincha.) Ashrei goes in the order of the Alef-Beis — one posuk for each letter (except for Nun).

The posuk that starts with Zayin is “Zecher Rav Tuvcha Yabiu.”

There is a long maamar of the Alter Rebbe in his “Siddur Im Dach” (Siddur with maamorim of Chassidus) that explains this posuk. (The Rebbe mentions this maamar in today’s Hayom Yom!)

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TANYA

Igeres Hakodesh Siman Yud

This letter is also going to explain about Tzedakah, and was sent to encourage Chassidim to give a lot of tzedakah!

Our parents have a special Shlichus from Hashem to take care of us, and they love us!

How do they love us and take care of us? One of the ways is by giving us all of the Gashmius things we need — like food and snack, and beds to sleep in, and taking us to school, and giving us hugs and kisses.

Since they take care of us with all of this Gashmius, it has to be JUST RIGHT to work. (That’s how Gashmius goes!) If they give us a backpack as big as our room, we won’t be able to carry it and we won’t be able to use it! If they give us one tiny jelly bean for snack, we’ll still be hungry! If they squeeze us too hard when they hug us, it could hurt!

Hashem also loves us, takes care of us, and gives us chayus. This is a very big Chesed of Hashem!

The way Hashem gives us this Chesed is through the mitzvos we do. But since the mitzvos are Gashmius, they need to be done in a specific way to get Hashem’s Chesed! This is why Hashem tells us EXACTLY how each mitzvah needs to be done.

Over the next few days, we will see what this has to do with the mitzvah of tzedakah.

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HAYOM YOM

Lamed Menachem Av

We start saying Ledovid Hashem Ori today in davening! It is the minhag of the Rebbeim to practice blowing the Shofar — just one time — during the day. Tomorrow we will start blowing the shofar after davening.

We learned earlier in the Hayom Yom about how the Alter Rebbe’s maamorim started off as short pieces, called “verter,” and later became longer and longer until the Alter Rebbe was saying long maamorim.

The Mitteler Rebbe was the next generation of Chassidus after the Alter Rebbe — and the Chassidus was on a whole new level! The Mitteler Rebbe’s Chassidus is called “Rechovos Hanahar” — the wideness of the river. His maamorim took the inyonim that the Alter Rebbe first taught, and explained them very well, with lots of long mashalim.

Many of the Mitteler Rebbe’s maamorim are explaining the Alter Rebbe’s — but they are much longer! You can find maamorim in the Alter Rebbe’s “Torah Ohr” that are just a few pages long. When the Mitteler Rebbe wrote these maamorim, they were TENS of pages long!

Today the Rebbe tells us that even the Mitteler Rebbe’s maamorim didn’t start off so long in the beginning. It took time! In the beginning, the Mitteler Rebbe said short maamorim. For example, he chazered a maamar of the Alter Rebbe that is printed in the “Siddur Im Dach,” on the posukZecher Rav Tuvcha” (which is in today’s Tehillim). When he chazered it, it was in six parts, with some explanation, but only a little bit more than is printed in the siddur.

(If you look in the maamarim of the Mitteler Rebbe, you can see that in the first year he was Rebbe, there was a maamarZecher Rav Tuvcha,” which maybe is the maamar today’s Hayom Yom is speaking about!)

One of the things we can learn from this helps us in our avodah in Chodesh Elul. We can remember that we have a month to prepare, and we don’t have to do it all at once! It will take us time! At the beginning, our teshuvah might start out small, but it can get bigger and bigger and more and more until we are SURE we fixed up the past year and we’re ready for a Shana Tova Umesuka!

We also see this in the minhag of blowing the Shofar. We don’t start off right away tomorrow blowing the shofar perfectly, on the first day of Rosh Chodesh we practice. On the second day we will already be able to blow the shofar properly!

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SEFER HAMITZVOS

Shiur #161 - Mitzvas Asei #89, Lo Saasei #145, #148

Today we learn 3 mitzvos about EATING korbanos:

1) (Mitzvas Asei #89) It is a mitzvah for the kohanim to eat certain parts of the korbanos. Their eating it is part of the kapara for the person who brought the korban!

Part of this mitzvah is also that kohanim should eat Terumah and parts of korbanos which are called Kodshim Kalim, although eating those does not bring kapara.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Tetzaveh: וְאָכְלוּ אֹתָם אֲשֶׁר כֻּפַּר בָּהֶם

The details of the mitzvah are explained in a few places in Mesechta Zevachim.

2) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #145) It is asur to eat a Korban Chatas or a Korban Asham (called Kodshei Kodshim) outside of the Beis Hamikdash, and all other Korbanos (Kadashim Kalim) have to be eaten ONLY in Yerushalayim!

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Reeh: לֹא תוּכַל לֶאֱכֹל בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ

3) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #148) Someone who is not a kohen is not allowed to eat from the korbanos that are Kodshei Kodshim.

We learn this mitzvah from the same posuk in Parshas Tetzaveh: וְזָר לֹא יֹאכַל כִּי קֹדֶשׁ הֵם

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RAMBAM

Hilchos Maaseh HaKorbanos

In today’s Rambam, we are learning about specific kinds of korbanos and how we bring them:

Perek Zayin: In this perek, we learn how to bring a Korban Chatas! There are two kinds — some are eaten, and some are just burned. The Korban Chatas that we burn is burned outside of Yerushalayim.

Perek Ches: If anything touches the blood of a Korban Chatas before the blood was sprinkled on the Mizbeiach, it needs to be washed. (This is the only kind of korban that we need to do this for!) Whatever pot we use to cook the meat of a Korban Chatas (the kind we eat) needs to be washed, or broken if it is made of clay.

Perek Tes: The Rambam teaches us the halachos about a Korban Asham and a Korban Shelamim. At the end of the perek, the Rambam also mentions the Korban Pesach!

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RAMBAM PEREK ECHOD

Hilchos Temidin U'Musafin - Perek Zayin

Today we learn about the Rosh Chodesh and Pesach korbanos.

For the Korban Omer, brought on Erev Pesach, they would tie the barley into bundles while it was still growing, to make it easier to cut. After Yom Tov, everyone would come out to watch!

Each of these questions was asked three times out loud to make sure everyone understood what was happening, and everyone would answer out loud together:

- Did the sun set? — YES!

- Is this a sickle? — YES!

- Is this a basket? — YES!

- If it was Shabbos: “Is it Shabbos?” — YES!

- Should I cut the barley? — CUT!

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INYANA D'YOMA

Elul — Chodesh Hacheshbon

Elul is the most important month of the whole year. Because during Elul, we think about what we did the whole year: We fix what needs to be fixed, we decide to do even more the things that were good. We have a whole month to do this, so when Rosh Hashana comes, Hashem will see that we are the way we should be and give us a good year!

The truth is, though, that this isn’t the only Cheshbon.

Every month, the day before Rosh Chodesh is called “Yom Kippur Katan,” when we make a cheshbon of what happened that whole month, so we’ll be ready for the new chayus of Hashem that comes with the new month!

Every week, before Shabbos (Thursday night), we make a Cheshbon to finish off the week and get ready for a new parsha in the Torah!

And every day, by Kriyas Shema She’Al Hamitah, we make a cheshbon of what happened that day, so we can finish off the Avodah of the day and get ready for the new Avodah of the next day!

Of course we don’t take SO much time during the year with the Cheshbon — we need to work on the Avodah! But in Elul we spend more time so we’ll be ready for a WHOLE NEW special chayus that will come in the new year!

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TEFILLAH

Yud-Beis Pesukim - Veshinantam

The eighth posuk of the Yud-Beis Pesukim is Veshinantam.

This posuk tells us that parents and teachers have a responsibility to teach Torah all the time and everywhere!

Veshinantam Levanecha — You should teach the Torah to your children and your students

Vedibarta Bam — And discuss the words of Torah

Beshivtecha Beveisecha — When you are sitting in your house

Uvelechtecha Vaderech — And when you are traveling

Uveshachbecha Uvekumecha — And when you go to sleep, and when you wake up!

We might look at this posuk and think that we will do what the posuk says when we get older. We aren’t parents or teachers yet! We can ask our parents to do it, but we can’t do it ourselves.

But the Rebbe says that Veshinantam Levanecha IS for kids too!

When we share the words of Torah we know with another child who doesn’t know it, we are also teachers!

To be good teachers, we need to make sure to learn in a way of Veshinantam! The word Veshinantam comes from a word that means sharp and clear. We should make sure that the Torah we know is very clear in our minds, and that we are behaving according to what we know!

Der Rebbe Redt Tzu Kinder vol. 5, p.294

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HALACHOS HATZRICHOS

Sofeik Brachos Lekokel

There is an important rule about brachos: “Sofeik Brachos Lehokel.” That means that if there is a sofeik, a doubt about a bracha, we are not strict to say another bracha.

What does that mean?

The halachos about brachos can sometimes be complicated. In halacha, sometimes it is not clear if a person needs to say a certain bracha or not. This is called a sofeik, a doubt. In these cases, the Chachomim say, “Sofeik Brachos Lehokel!” Since by saying a bracha that maybe we don’t need to say, we are possibly saying Hashem’s name for no reason, we DON’T say the bracha that we are not sure about.

But this is only where there is a sofeik in the halacha. It doesn’t mean when WE are not sure about a bracha! If we aren’t sure what bracha to make, we need to go learn the halachos or ask someone who did! Only where the Chachomim weren’t sure about a bracha do we follow this rule.

See Birchos Hanehenin, perek Alef, se’if Gimmel and Daled

לעילוי נשמת הרה״ח ר׳ דניאל יצחק בן ר׳ אפרים ע״ה מאסקאוויץ
שליח כ"ק אדמו"ר נשיא דורנו למדינת אילינוי

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GEULAH U'MOSHIACH

A Geulah That Lasts FOREVER!

At the end of his sefer, the Navi Amos tells us some beautiful nevuos about the Geulah!

In the last posuk of the sefer Amos, the Navi tells us that when Moshiach comes, it will be a Geulah that lasts FOREVER. There will never be another Golus!

Hashem promises:

וּנְטַעְתִּים עַל אַדְמָתָם וְלֹא יִנָּתְשׁוּ עוֹד מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָהֶם אָמַר ה׳ אֱלֹקֶיךָ

Unetatim Al Admasam — I will “plant” the Yidden like a tree which doesn’t move, on their land.

Velo Yinaseshu Od — And they won’t be uprooted anymore

Me’al Admasam Asher Nasati Lahem — From their land which I gave them (meaning that they won’t ever be sent into Golus again)!

Amar Hashem Elokecha — So says Hashem Your Aibershter!

See Amos perek Tes posuk Tes-Vov

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