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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 6 Menachem Av - Beam the light of the intellect into the emotional
Description: דעֶר רֶבִּי (רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן) בְּעֵת עֶר אִיז געֶקוּמעֶן פוּן פּעֶטעֶרְבּוּרְגWhen the Alter Rebbe came home from Petersburg, האָט עֶר געֶזאָגְט פאַרְ'ן מִיטעֶלעֶן רֶבִּי'ן אַ מַאֲמָרhe delivered a maamar to the Mitteler Rebbe, אִינְגאַנְצעֶן עֶטְלִיכעֶ שׁוּרוֹתcomprised of only a few lines. [In this teaching, successive stages in a Jew's avodah are presented via a mystical exposition of two verses: “Raise your hands in holiness and bless G‑d. May G‑d bless you from Zion, He who makes heaven and earth.”]שְׂאוּ יְדֵיכֶם קֹדֶשׁ — זֶהוּ הַעֲלָאַת הַמִּדּוֹת בְּמּוֹחִין וְהַאָרַת הַמּוֹחִין בְּמִדּוֹתRaise your hands in holiness…: This alludes to uplifting one’s emotive attributes to the intellect, and beaming the light of the intellect into the emotional attributes.וּבָרְכוּ אֶת ה' — שֶׁמַּמְשִׁיכִים עַל יְדֵי זֶה שֵׁם הֲוַי' דִלְעֵלָּא…and bless G‑d: Through this one draws down the sublime level of [G‑d’s] Name Havayah.שֶׁעַל יְדֵי זֶה פּוֹעֵל ש...