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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 24 Teves - Yartzait of the Alter Rebbe founder of Chabad
Description: הִסְתַּלְקוּת אַדְמוּ"ר הַזָּקֵן בִּכְפַר פְּיעֶנַא בְּמוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת קֹדֶשׁ פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת תקע"ג[This date is the anniversary of] the passing of the Alter Rebbe in the village of Piena, on Motzaei Shabbos, Parshas Shmos, 5573 (1812).וּמְנוּחָתוֹ כָּבוֹד בְּעִיר האַדִיץHis resting place is in the township of Haditch.אַאַזְמוּ"ר שָׁאַל אֶת הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶקMy revered grandfather, the Rebbe [Maharash], once asked [his father,] the Tzemach Tzedek:וואָס האָט דעֶר זֵיידעֶ געֶוואָלט מִיט דַרְכֵי הַחֲסִידוּת“What did our zeide want to achieve with the ways of Chassidusאוּן וואָס האָט עֶר געֶוואָלט מִיט חֲסִידוּתand [what did our zeide want to achieve through the study of] Chassidus?”וַיַּעֲנֵהוּ הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶקThe Tzemach Tzedek answered:דַּרְכֵי הַחֲסִידוּת אִיז, אַז אַלעֶ חֲסִידִים זאָלעֶן זַיין וִוי אֵיין מִשְׁפָּחָה עַל פִּי הַתּוֹרָה בְּאַהֲבָה“[The goal of] the ways of Chassidus is that all chassidim should be like one family, [united] in love according to the Torah. חֲסִידוּת אִיז חַיּוּתChassidus is vitality,אַרַיינְטְראָגעֶן אַ חַיּוּת אוּן בּאַלַייכְטעֶן אַלץ, אוֹיך דעֶם לֹא טוֹבbringing energy and light into everything, even into those things that are undesirable.מעֶן