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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 26 Tishrei - An everlasting reminder that the Baal Shem Tov was born on Monday
Description: הָעִנְיָן עַל פָּסוּק לְעוֹלָם ה' דְּבָרְךָ נִצָּב בַּשָּׁמָיִםThe verse — “Forever, O G‑d, Your word stands in the heavens” — מֵבִיא רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן (שַׁעַר הַיִּחוּד וְהָאֱמוּנָה פֶּרֶק א', אִגֶּרֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ כ"ה)the Alter Rebbe quotes and cites a classic teaching based on it (both in Tanya — Shaar HaYichud VehaEmunah, ch. 1, and in Iggeres HaKodesh, Epistle 25).בְּשֵׁם הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹבHowever, the Alter Rebbe cites this teaching in the name of the Baal Shem Tov — הֲגַם שֶׁיֵּשׁ עִנְיָן זֶה בְּמִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּיםeven though the same teaching appears [much earlier] in Midrash Tehillim. וּכְמוֹ שֶׁנִתְבַּאֵר גַּם בְּלִקּוּטֵי תּוֹרָה בְּדִבּוּר הַמַּתְחִיל כִּי בַיּוֹם הַזֶּה יְכַפֵּרThis fact is also mentioned in the maamar beginning Ki bayom hazeh yechaper, in Likkutei Torah.וְכַוָּנָה מְיוּחֶדֶת בָּזֶה[The Alter Rebbe] has a particular reason for doing this. כִּי בְּיוֹם שֵׁנִי הָיָה הַמַּאֲמָר יְהִי רָקִיעַThe utterance, “Let there be heavens” — which itself stands in the heavens eternally — was issued on the second day of Creation. שֶׁהוּא הַנִּצָּב בַּשּ...