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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 30 Shvat - The first day in Lubavitch as the birthday
Description: ΧΦΌΦ·ΧΦΌΦΈΧ ΧΦ°ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦΈΧ ΧΦ²Χ‘Φ΄ΧΧΦ΄ΧΧ ΧΦΈΧ©ΧΦ°ΧΧΦΌ ΧΧΦΉΧ ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧΦΈΧ ΧΦ°ΧΧΧΦΌΧΦΌΧΦ·ΧΦ΄ΧΧΧΦ°Χ©Χ ΧΦ°ΧΧΦΉΧ ΧΧΦΌΧΦΆΧΦΆΧͺ Χ©ΧΦΆΧΦΌΦΈΧΦΆΧMany chassidim used to consider the day they first came to Lubavitch as their birthday.ΧΧΦΉΧ¨Φ΄Χ ΧΦΈΧ¨Φ·Χ©ΧΦ°ΧΦΌΦ·"Χ₯ ΧΦΌΦΈΧ ΧΦΌΦ·Χ€ΦΌΦ·Χ’Φ·Χ ΧΦΈΧ¨Φ΄ΧΧ©ΧΧΦΉΧ ΦΈΧ ΧΦ°ΧΧΧΦΌΧΦΌΧΦ·ΧΦ΄ΧΧΧΦ°Χ©ΧMy teacher, the Rashbatz, arrived in Lubavitch for the first timeΧΧΦΉΧ¨ ΧΦ°ΧΧΦΉΧ Χ©ΧΦ΄Χ©ΦΌΧΦ΄Χ Χ€ΦΌΦΈΧ¨ΦΈΧ©ΧΦ·Χͺ ΧΦ΄Χ©ΧΦ°Χ€ΦΌΦΈΧΦ΄ΧΧ Χ©ΧΦ°Χ Φ·Χͺ ΧͺΦΌΧ¨"Χon the Thursday night of Parshas Mishpatim, 5608 (1848).ΧΦΌΧΦ°ΧΦΈΧ Χ©ΦΈΧΧ ΦΈΧ ΧΦ°Χ©ΦΈΧΧ ΦΈΧ ΧΦΈΧΦΈΧ Χ’Φ΅Χ¨ ΧΦΈΦΌΧ ΧΧΦΉΧͺΧΦΉ ΧΦ·ΧΦ·ΦΌΧΦ°ΧΦΈΧEvery year, [on that evening,] he would stay awake throughout that night,ΧΦΌΧΦ°ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦ΅Χ ΧΦ°ΧΦΈΧ Φ΄ΧΧΦ· ΧͺΦΌΦ°Χ€Φ΄ΧΦΌΦ΄ΧΧ ΧΦΌΦΈΧΦΌ ΧΦΌΦ°Χ©ΧΦΈΧ’ΦΈΧ ΧΦ²Χ©ΧΦΆΧ¨ Χ Φ΄ΧΦ°Χ Φ·Χ‘ ΧΦ°ΧΦ·Χ¦ΦΌΦΆΧΦ·Χ Χ¦ΦΆΧΦΆΧ§ ΧΦΌΦ·Χ€ΦΌΦ·Χ’Φ·Χ ΧΦΈΧ¨Φ΄ΧΧ©ΧΧΦΉΧ ΦΈΧand [in the morning] put on his tefillin at precisely the hour that he had entered the study of the Tzemach Tzedek [for yechidus] for the first time.Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English