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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 23 Sivan - There could be a pious and Chassidic animal soul
Description: מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ תַּמּוּז[On Shabbos Mevarchim, אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָהit is our custom] to recite the entire Book of Tehillim early in the morning יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּתand to hold a farbrengen on that day.מַעֲנֶה אַאַזְמוּ"ר לְאַאַמוּ"ר בִּיחִידוּת, חוֹרֶף תרל"הMy revered grandfather, the Rebbe [Maharash], gave the following answer to a question addressed to him by my revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab], in the course of a yechidus that took place in the winter of 5635 (1874-75): הַיֵּצֶר הָרָע נִקְרָא נֶפֶשׁ הַבַּהֲמִית“The Evil Inclination is called the ‘animal soul,’ לֹא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא בְּהֵמָה דַוְקָאnot because it is bestial. כִּי לִפְעָמִים הוּא שׁוּעָל פִּקֵּחַ שֶׁבַּחַיּוֹתOn the contrary, at times it is like a fox, the cleverest of animals, וּצְרִיכִים לְחָכְמָה מְרוּבָּה לְהָבִין תַּחְבּוּלוֹתָיוso that one need...