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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 11 Tishrei - The essence of the soul and the essence of G-d
Description: בְּמוֹצָאֵי יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים תּקנ"ו בְּלִיאָזנאָ אָמַר רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן תּוֹרָה בְּרַבִּיםOn the night following Yom Kippur, 5556 (1795), in Liozna, the Alter Rebbe publicly delivered a teaching — כַּנָּהוּג אָז דְּרוּשִׁים קְצָרִיםbriefly, as was his custom in those years — עַל פָּסוּק מִי כְּהַשֵּׁם אֱלֹקֵינוּ בְּכָל קָרְאֵנוּ אֵלָיו, אֵלָיו וְלֹא לְמִדּוֹתָיוon the verse, “Who is… like G‑d, our L‑rd, whenever we call unto Him?” [And on the latter phrase the Sages specify:] “Unto Him, and not unto His attributes.”The Alter Rebbe’s teaching follows: דעֶר פַּרְדֵּס זאָגטThe Pardes [Rimonim] states אֵלָיו אִיז אוֹרוֹת הַמִּתְלַבְּשִׁים בְּכֵלִים דְּעֶשֶׂר סְפִירוֹת דַּאֲצִילוּתthat “unto Him” refers to the oros (the Divine “lights”) that are enclothed in the keilim (“vessels”) of the Ten Sefiros of the World of Atzilus. דעֶר רֶבִּי דעֶר בַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב זאָגט The Rebbe, the Baal Shem Tov, states אֵלָיו אִיז דעֶר אֱלֹקוּת וואָס אִין כֵּלִים דְּעֶשֶׂר סְפִירוֹת דַּאֲצִילוּתthat “unto Him” refers to the G‑dliness in the vessels of Ten Sefiros of the W...