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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 10 Iyar - You shall make yourselves luminous
Description: Day 25 of the Omerנַהֲגִינָן לְהַטְבִּיל פְּרוּסַת הַמּוֹצִיא שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בְּמֶלַחAccording to our custom, the piece of bread over which the blessing HaMotzi is recited is dipped into salt three times; וְלֹא לִזְרוֹק הַמֶּלַח עַל הַפְּרוּסָהone does not shake the salt over the bread.יוֹם בּ' דְּחַג הַשָּׁבוּעוֹת תּרכ"א בִּסְעוּדָּה סִפֵּר הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶקDuring the festive meal on the second day of Shavuos, 5621 (1861), the Tzemach Tzedek related יוֹם בּ' דְּחַג הַשָּׁבוּעוֹת תּקנ"ה בִּסְעוּדָּה אָמַר אַאַזְמוּ"ר (רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן)that during the festive meal on the second day of Shavuos, 5555 (1795), his grandfather, the Alter Rebbe, had said: בְּיוֹם בּ' דְּחַג הַשָּׁבוּעוֹת תּקכ"ח בִּסְעוּדָּה אָמַר כְּבוֹד קְדוּשַּׁת מוֹרִי וְרַבִּי (הַמַּגִּיד מִמֶּעזרִיטשׁ)“During the festive meal on the second day of Shavuos, 5528 (1768), my Rebbe, the Maggid of Mezritch, וּסְפַרְתֶּם לָכֶם[interpreted the command], U’Sfartem lachem (lit., ‘And you shall count for yourselves’) as follows: וּסְפַרְתֶּם הוּא מִלְּשׁוֹן סַפִּירוּת וּבְהִירוּתThe verb U’Sfartem (lit., ‘you shall count’) shares a root with the Hebrew word for the translucent sapphire.