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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 17 Tishrei - The souls sense of pleasure and satisfaction in its Divine service
Description: גַּם בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְצָהֳלָה[In the last stanza of Lechah Dodi] we say gam besimchah u’vetzahalah.שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם, אֵשֶׁת חַיִל, מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד, דָּא הִיא סְעוּדָתָא, וְיִתֶּן לְךָ - אוֹמְרִים בְּלַחַשׁThe hymn beginning Shalom aleichem, the passage beginning Eishes chayil, the psalm Mizmor leDavid, and the pronouncement Da hi seudasa, are recited in a whisper. The same applies to VeYiten Lecha [on Motzaei Shabbos].בְּמוּסַף - וּמִנְחָתָם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם אַחֲרֵי פְּסוּקֵי כָּל יוֹם וְיוֹםIn the Mussaf Service, the sentence beginning U’minchasam veniskeihem is recited after the verse that details each day’s sacrifices.בְּשַׁבָּת אֵין אוֹמְרִים הוֹשַׁעֲנוֹתOn Shabbos, no Hoshanos hymn is recited.עַל יְדֵי הָעֲבוֹדָה דְּנִסְיוֹנוֹתBy serving G‑d in the face of challenges, מִתְגַּלָּה בְּחִינַת יְחִידָה שֶׁבַּנֶּפֶשׁthe yechidah in the Divine soul11 becomes revealed. כְּמַאֲמַר חֲבוּקָה וּדְבוּקָה בָּךְAn allusion to this may be perceived [through a mystical interpretation of the following p...