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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 26 Tishrei - Remember the Baal Shem Tov on Mondays
Description: הָעִנְיָן עַל פָּסוּק לְעוֹלָם ה' דְּבָרְךָ נִצָּב בַּשָּׁמָיִםThe Alter Rebbe quotes the verse “Forever, O G‑d, Your word stands in the heavens” מֵבִיא רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן (שַׁעַר הַיִּחוּד וְהָאֱמוּנָה פֶּרֶק א', אִגֶּרֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ כ"ה) בְּשֵׁם הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹבand cites a classic teaching based on it. [The teaching: Each of the Ten Creative Utterances (“G‑d’s word”) in the Six Days of Creation, such as “Let there be heavens,” is eternally present in the universe and continuously, at every instant, recreates all of existence, such as the heavens, ex nihilo.] However, the Alter Rebbe cites this teaching (both in Tanya — Shaar HaYichud VehaEmunah, ch. 1, and in Iggeres HaKodesh, Epistle 25) in the name of the Baal Shem Tovהֲגַם שֶׁיֵּשׁ עִנְיָן זֶה בְּמִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּיםeven though the same teaching appears [much earlier] in Midrash Tehillim.וּכְמוֹ שֶׁנִתְבַּאֵ...