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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 1 Nissan - Reciting the Nasi and the Yehi Ratzon prayer
Description: כָּל הַחֹדֶשׁ אֵין אוֹמְרִים תַּחֲנוּןTachanun is omitted throughout this month.אַחַר אֲמִירַת הַנָּשִׂיא אוֹמְרִים יְהִי רָצוֹן הַנִּדְפָּס בְּסִדּוּר תּוֹרָה אוֹרAfter reciting the [passages recounting the offerings] of the Nesi'im we add the prayer beginning Yehi ratzon, as printed in the Siddur Torah Or. וְגַם כֹּהֲנִים וּלְוִיִּם אוֹמְרִים אוֹתוֹKohanim and levi’im should also recite it.אַאַמוּ"ר צִיוָּה לְגִיסוֹ הָרַב מֹשֶׁה האָרעֶנְשׁטֵיין הַכֹּהֵןMy revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab], instructed his brother-in-law, R. Moshe Hornstein HaKohen לֵאמֹר הַיְּהִי רָצוֹן שֶׁאַחַר הַנָּשִׂיאto recite the Yehi ratzon after the offering of each of the Nesi’im. וְאָמַר לוֹ כִּי אֲפִילוּ כֹּהֵן וְלֵוִי צָרִיךְ לְאָמְרוֹHe told him that even a kohen and a levi should recite this prayer,כִּי זֶה שַׁיָּךְ לָעִבּוּרbecause [souls are sometimes] impregnated [by other souls].Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in EnglishFor questions and follow-up: [email protected]