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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 24 Iyar - 1) G‑d pleads with the Jews 2) The value of simplicity
Description: Day 39 of the Omerמְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ סִיוָן[On] Shabbos Mevarchim, Sivan [it is our custom] אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָהto recite the entire Book of Tehillim early in the morning יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּתand to hold a farbrengen on that day.לִשְׁלִישִׁי עוֹלֶה הַבַּעַל קוֹרֵא, וּמֵעַצְמוֹ[In years in which Parshas Bechukosai is read alone,] the third aliyah is customarily taken by the baal koreh, on his own initiative.אוֹמְרִים אָב הָרַחֲמִים[After the Torah Reading,] the passage beginning Av HaRachamim is recited.אִם בְּחוּקּוֹתַי תֵּלֵכוּ[It is written:] “If you will follow My statutes.” אִם זֶה הוּא לְשׁוֹן תַּחֲנוּנִיםG‑d is pleading here with the Jewish people: כְּמַאֲמַר רַזַ"ל, שֶׁכַּוָּנָתוֹ הַלְוַאי בְּחוּקּוֹתַי תֵּלֵכוּOur Sages say that the int...