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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 20 Cheshvan - On one’s birthday one should deliver a discourse of Chassidus
Description: יוֹם הוּלֶּדֶת אֶת אַדְמוּ"ר מְהוּרַשַ"בּ נִשְׁמָתוֹ עֵדֶןOn this day the Rebbe Rashab was born, שְׁנַת כִּתְרָ"א, כִּלְשׁוֹן הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶקin the year 5621 (1860). The Tzemach Tzedek would refer to that year as כתר"א (kisra), which is Aramaic for “crown.” נִקְרָא עַל שֵׁם אַדְמוּ"ר הָאֶמְצָעִי וַחֲצִי שֵׁם אָבִיו שֶׁל הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶקThe Rebbe Rashab was given the name of the Mitteler Rebbe and half of the name of the Tzemach Tzedek’s father.2בְּכָל שָׁנָה בְּיוֹם הוּלַדְתוֹ הָיָה אַאַמוּ"ר אוֹמֵר דִּבְרֵי אֱלֹקִים חַיִּיםEvery year, on his birthday, my revered father [the Rebbe Rashab] would deliver a maamar, אֶלָּא שֶׁהָיָה בַּחֲשָׁאִי, מִלְבַד כְּשֶׁאֵרַע בְּשַׁבָּת קֹדֶשׁbut unless the day fell on Shabbos, it was delivered in private.בְּיוֹם הַהוּלֶדֶת הָאַחֲרוֹן בְּעָלְמָא דֵיןOn his last birthday in this world, אָמַר מַאֲמָר נָתַתָּ לִירֵאֶךָ נֵס לְהִתְנוֹסֵס מִפְּנֵי קוֹשֶׁט סֶלָהhe delivered a maamar based on the words, Nasata Liyreiecha Nes [...]. כְּשֶׁסִיֵּם אָמַר לִי בְּיוֹם הוּלֶּדֶת צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר חֲסִידוּתWhen it ended, he told me: “On one’s birthday one should deliver a discourse of Cha...