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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 1 Cheshvan - The Prime Mover sets in motion circumstances that will bring one to where he is duty-bound
Description: בְּמִנְחָה[In the Torah Reading] at the Afternoon Service, וְכֵן בַּשֵּׁנִי וּבַחֲמִישִׁי דְשָׁבוּעַ הַבָּא עָלֵינוּ לְטוֹבָהand likewise [at the Morning Service] on Monday and Thursday of the following week, קוֹרִין לְיִשְׂרָאֵל מִפָּסוּק וַיֵרָא ה' אֶל אַבְרָם גוthe third aliyah begins with the verse, “And G‑d appeared to Avram.”כְּבוֹד קְדוּשַׁת אַאַמוּ"ר אָמַר לְאֶחָד עַל יְחִידוּתMy revered father, [the Rebbe Rashab,] once told a chassid at yechidus: מֵאָז שֶׁאָמַר הקב"ה לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ עָלָיו הַשָּׁלוֹם, לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ גו“From the time the Holy One, blessed be He, told Avraham, ‘Go forth from your land,’ וּכְתִיב וַיִסַּע אַבְרָם הָלוֹךְ וְנָסוֹעַ הַנֶּגְבָּהand thereafter ‘Avram journeyed on, continuing to travel southward,’ הוּתְחַל סוֹד הַבֵּרוּרִיםthe mystical mission of beirurim began. [This term signifies the task of sifting materiality, and elevating the Divine sparks that are embedded within all permissible entities and activities, by using them with spiritual purpose.]וְעַל פִּי גְּזֵירַת הַהַשְׁגָּחָה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה“Propelled by the decree of Sublime Providence, ...