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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 18 Elul - The Birthdays of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe
Description: לְשִׁשִּׁי עוֹלֶה הַבַּעַל קוֹרֵא, וּמֵעַצְמוֹThe Torah reader himself recites the blessings over Shishi, the sixth aliyah of Parshas Ki Savo, without being called upon to do so.יוֹם הוּלֶּדֶת אֶת הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב בִּשְׁנַת תנ"ח[Today is] the birthday of the Baal Shem Tov in 5458 (1698), יוֹם שֶׁנִּתְגַּלָּה אֵלָיו מוֹרוֹ וְרַבּוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ — תפ"ד[it is also] the date on which his holy master (Achiyah HaShiloni) was revealed to him in 5484 (1724), יוֹם שֶׁנִּתְגַּלָּה הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב — תצ"דand [it is also] the date on which the Baal Shem Tov was revealed [as a Rebbe] in 5494 (1734).יוֹם הוּלֶּדֶת אֶת רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן — תק"ה[Today is also] the birthday of the Alter Rebbe in 5505 (1745).תּוֹכֶן תּוֹרַת הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹבA digest of the teaching delivered by the Baal Shem Tov בְּשַׁבָּת פָּרָשַׁת תָבוֹא חַ"י אֱלוּל תּרנ"ב אַחַר קַבָּלַת שַׁבָּתafter the Kabbalas Shabbos service on the eve of Shabbos Parshas [Ki] Savo, on Chai Elul, 5652 (1892):וְהָיָה...