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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 25 Teves - The Chassidic Exodus to rise above
Description: מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ שְׁבָט. אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָה. יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּת[On Shabbos Mevarchim, it is our custom] to recite the entire Book of Tehillim early in the morning and to hold a farbrengen on that day.הפטורה: הַבָּאִים יַשְׁרֵשׁThe haftarah [for Parshas Shmos] begins Haba’im yashresh Yaakov (Yeshayahu 27:6-13, 28:1-13,29:22-23).מִשִּׂיחוֹת אַאַמוּ"רFrom a talk of my revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab]: יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם אִיז דעֶר אַרוֹיסגעֶהן פוּן מֵצָרִים וּגְבוּלִיםThe [historical] Exodus from Egypt [foreshadows every individual’s personal] departure from limits and boundaries. אוּן חֲסִידוּת אִיז אוֹיף אַרוֹיסגעֶהן פוּן דִי מֵצָרִים אוּן גְּבוּלִים פוּן וועֶלט[Beyond this,] Chassidus [enables us] to free ourselves from the limits and boundaries of this [material] world.עֶס אִיז פאַראַן אַ הֶפְרֵשׁThere is a difference between these two [spiritual thrusts].יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם אִיז אַ עִנְיָן פוּן שְׁבִירָה אוּן עֲזִיבָהA [personal, spiritual] “exodus from Egypt” in its usual sense involves sh...