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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 29 Iyar - Tzaddikim offer supplication and prayer for those bound to them
Description: Day 44 of the Omerעֲלִיַּת הַנְּשָׁמָה הִיא שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בְּכָל יוֹם בְּהַג' תְּפִלוֹתThe soul ascends three times a day, during each of the three prayer services. וּבִפְרָט נִשְׁמַת הַצַּדִּיקִים דְּיֵלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶל חָיִלThis is especially true of the souls of tzaddikim, of whom it is said, “They proceed from strength to strength.” וְדָבָר וַדַּאַיIt is certain אֲשֶׁר בְּכָל עֵת וּבְכָל מָקוֹם קָדוֹשׁ הֱיוֹתָםthat at all times and in every holy place they may be, נוֹשְׂאִים רִנָּה וּתְפִלָּהthey offer supplication and prayer בְּעַד הַמְקוּשָּׁרִים אֲלֵיהֶם וְאֶל פְּקוּדָּתָם וְשׁוֹמְרִים פִּקּוּדֵיהֶםfor those who are bound to them and to their directives, and to those who carry out their directives — וּבִפְרָט בְּעַד תַּלְמִידֵיהֶם וְתַלְמִידֵי תַלְמִידֵיהֶםespecially their students and their students’ students — לְהִוָּשֵׁעַ בְּגַשְׁמִיּוּת וּבְרוּחָנִיּוּתthat they be delivered materially and spiritually.Text and Tra