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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 8 Shvat - At the threshold of redemption
Description: בִּפְרָט בַּזְמַן הַזֶּהParticularly in these times,אֲשֶׁר בְּחַסְדֵי הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרֵךְ אָנוּ עוֹמְדִים עַל סַף הַגְּאוּלָּהwhen thanks to G‑d’s kindness we stand at the threshold of the Redemption,עָלֵינוּ לְהִתְאַמֵּץ בְּכָל מִינֵי אִמּוּץwe must make every effortלְחַזֵּק כָּל עִנְיָנֵי הַדָּת בְּהִדּוּר מִצְוָה, וְלִשְׁמוֹר אֶת כָּל הַמִּנְהָגִיםto strengthen all matters of our faith, [including] the conscientious observance of every mitzvah and of all our customs,מִבְּלִי לְוַתֵּר אַף כָּל שֶׁהוּאwithout the slightest compromise.וּמִצְוָה וְחוֹבָה עַל כָּל רַב בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לְהוֹדִיעַ לִקְהַל עֲדָתוֹIt is a mitzvah and an obligation incumbent upon every rabbi in the Jewish world to inform his communityכִּי הַצָּרוֹת וְהַיִּסּוּרִים חֶבְלֵי מָשִׁיחַ הֵמָּהthat [our people’s] difficulties and sufferings are the birth pangs of Mashiach. וַה' אֱלֹקֵנוּ דּוֹרֵשׁ מֵאִתָּנוּ תְּשׁוּבָה לְתּוֹרָה וּמִצְוֹתG‑d, our L‑rd, is demanding of us that we return to the Torah and its mitzvos, שֶׁלֹּא נְעַכֵּב בִּיאַת מְשִׁיחַ צִדְקֵנוּ בְּקָרוֹב מַמָּשׁso that we will not delay the coming of our righteous Mashiach, in the immediate f