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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 17 Tishrei - Self sacrifice reveals the essence of the soul
Description: גַּם בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְצָהֳלָה[In the last stanza of Lechah Dodi] we say gam besimchah u’vetzahalah.שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם, אֵשֶׁת חַיִל, מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד, דָּא הִיא סְעוּדָתָא, וְיִתֶּן לְךָ אוֹמְרִים בְּלַחַשׁThe hymn beginning Shalom aleichem, the passage beginning Eishes chayil, the psalm Mizmor leDavid, and the pronouncement Da hi seudasa, are recited in a whisper. The same applies to VeYiten Lecha [on Motzaei Shabbos].בְּמוּסַף - וּמִנְחָתָם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם אַחֲרֵי פְּסוּקֵי כָּל יוֹם וְיוֹםIn the Mussaf Service, the sentence beginning U’minchasam veniskeihem is recited after the verse that details each day’s sacrifices.בְּשַׁבָּת אֵין אוֹמְרִים הוֹשַׁעֲנוֹתOn Shabbos, no Hoshanos hymn is recited.עַל יְדֵי הָעֲבוֹדָה דְּנִסְיוֹנוֹת מִתְגַּלָּה בְּחִינַת יְחִידָה שֶׁבַּנֶּפֶשׁBy serving G‑d in the face of challenges, the yechidah in the Divine soul becomes revealed. כְּמַאֲמַר An allusion to this may be perceived [through a mystical interpretation of the following phrases from the Hoshanos prayers]:חֲבוּקָה וּדְבוּקָה בָּךְ — הִתְקַשְׁרוּת הַנְּשָׁמָה בֵּאלֹקוּתClinging and...