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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 29 Adar 1 - Two responses to the toast of LeChayim
Description: הפטורה: וַיִכְרוֹת יְהוֹיָדַע גוThe haftarah [for the Shabbos of Parshas Shekalim] begins Vayichros Yehoyada (II Melachim 11:17-12:17). וּמוֹסִיפִים פָּסוּק רִאשׁוֹן וְאַחֲרוֹן שֶׁל הַפְטוֹרַת מָחָר חֹדֶשׁAt its conclusion, the maftir adds the first and last verses of the haftarah beginning Vayomer lo...machar chodesh (I Shmuel 20:18-42). מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר שֵׁנִי[On the Shabbos preceding Rosh Chodesh,] we bless the new month, Adar II. אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָה. יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּת[It is our custom] to recite the entire Book of Tehillim early in the morning and to hold a farbrengen on that day.בַּאֲמִירַת לְחַיִּים יֵשׁ שְׁתֵּי נוּסְחָאוֹתThere are two common responses to the traditional toast of LeChayim (lit., “To life!”): א) לְחַיִּים טוֹבִים וּלְשָׁלוֹם(a) LeChayim tovim u’leshalom (“For a good life and for peace”). וְטַעַם הַבְּרָכָהThe explanation for this blessing is לִהְיוֹת כִּי בִּשְׁת...