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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 17 Elul - When father reads we hear no curses
Description: רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן הָיָה בְּעַצְמוֹ הַקּוֹרֵא בַּתּוֹרָהThe Alter Rebbe himself served as the Torah reader. פַּעַם אַחַת לֹא הָיָה בְּלִיאָזנאָ שַׁבָּת פָּרָשַׁת תָּבֹאOnce he was not in Liozna for Shabbos Parshas [Ki] Savo, and וְשָׁמַע אַדְמוּ"ר הָאֶמְצָעִיthe Mitteler Rebbe heard וְהוּא עוֹדֶנּוּ נַעַר קוֹדֶם הַבַּר מִצְוָה— at that time a boy before bar-mitzvah — הַקְּרִיאָה מֵאַחֵרthe Torah Reading from another person. הָעָגְמַת נֶפֶשׁ מֵהַקְּלָלוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹכֵחָה הֱבִיאַתּוּ לִכְאֵב לֵבHe experienced such distress upon hearing the curses in the tocheichah עַד שֶׁבְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים נִסְתַּפֵּק רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן אִם יוּכַל לְהִתְעַנּוֹתthat on Yom Kippur, the Alter Rebbe was unsure whether [his son] would be able to fast.כְּשֶׁשָּׁאֲלוּ אֶת אַדְמוּ"ר הָאֶמְצָעִי הֲרֵי בְּכָל שָׁנָה קוֹרִים פָּרָשָׁה זוֹWhen the Mitteler Rebbe was asked [to explain the severity of his response], for after all, this same passage is read every year, עָנָה: כְּשֶׁאַבָּא קוֹרֵא העֶרט זִיךְ נִיט קֵיין קְלָלוֹתhe replied: “When my father reads it, they do not sound like curses.”Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in EnglishFor questions and follow-up: [email protected]