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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 6 Adar 2 - Every word in Tanya is precise
Description: הפטורה: וַתִּשְׁלַם כָּל הַמְּלָאכָהThe haftarah to be read this week [Parshas Pekudei] begins Vatishlam kol hamelachah [from I Melachim 7:51 and 8:1-21].בְּבִּרְכוֹת הָהַפְטוֹרָה אוֹמְרִים תָּמִיד: נֶאֱמָן וְרַחֲמָן אָתָּה, תּוֹשִׁיעַ וּתְשַׂמַּחIn the blessings that follow every haftarah, the wording to be used is ne’eman verachaman Atah and toshia u’sesamach.מְקוּבָּל אֵצֶל זִקְנֵי אַנְשֵׁי שְׁלוֹמֵינוּAccording to a tradition handed down by chassidic elders, סֵפֶר הַתַּנְיָא הוּא לִקוּטֵי עֵצוֹתthe Tanya comprises the words of counsel מַה שֶׁעָנָה רַבֵּנוּ הַגָּדוֹל לְאַנְשֵׁי שְׁלוֹמֵינוּ עַל יְחִידוּת בִּשְׁנוֹת תּק"מ-תּק"ןthat the Alter Rebbe gave to chassidim who consulted him individually at yechidus between the years 5540 (1780) and 5550 (1790). בְּקַיִץ תּקנ"ב הִתְחִיל לְסַדֵּר אֶת סֵפֶר הַתַּנְיָא בְּצוּרָתוֹ כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא עַתָּה לְפָנֵינוּIn the summer of 5552 (1792), he began to give the Tanya its present structure. תּקנ"ג כְּבַר הָיוּ הַעְתָּקוֹת רַבּוֹת מִמֶּנּוּBy 5553 (1793) there were already many manuscript copies. וּבְמֶשֶׁךְ הַזְּמַן נִשְׁתַּבְּשׁוּ, וְגַם הִתְחִילוּ לְזַיְּפוֹOver the course of time, errors crept into the text and [the misnagdim] also began to produce forgeries. וּמֵהַאי טַ...