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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 1 Adar - 1) Every soul has its individual duties 2) In Yaaleh VeYavo we say
Description: Hayom Yom 1 Adar 1 - Every soul has its individual dutiesתּוֹרָה אוֹר, דִבּוּר הַמַּתְחִיל לֹא תִהְיֶ' מְשַׁכֵּלָה,סְעִיף הַמַּתְחִיל וְהִנֵּה אַחַר"בִּמְסִירַת נֶפֶשׁ בפ"ע""פֵּרוּשׁ הָרָאשֵׁי תֵּיבוֹת הוּא "בִּפְנִימִית עַצְמוּתוֹ[In the above note, the Rebbe spells out the unusual meaning of an abbreviation that appears in the Hebrew text of Torah Or.]כְּתִיב: יֵצֵא אָדָם לְפָעֳלוֹ וְלַעֲבֹדָתוֹ עֲדֵי עָרֶבIt is written, “A man goes out to his work and to his labor until evening.”הִנֵּה כָּל נְשָׁמָה בִּירִידָתָהּ לְמַטָּה, יֵשׁ לָהּ מְלָאכוֹת כְּלָלִיּוֹת וּפְרָטִיּוֹתEvery soul [is assigned] both general and particular tasks when it descends to this material plane.וְזֶהוּ יֵצֵא אָדָם לְפָעֳלוֹThis mission is alluded to by the phrase, “A man goes out to his work.”דִּיצִיאַת הַנְּשָׁמָה מֵעֲמִידָתָהּ בִּשְׁמֵי רוֹם בְּאוֹצַר הַנְּשָׁמוֹתThat is, the soul leaves its standing in the treasure-store of souls in the celestial heights,וִירִידָתָהּ מִדַּרְגָא לְדַרְגָא עַד בּוֹאָהּ לְהִתְלַבֵּשׁ בְּגוּף וְנֶפֶשׁ הַטִבְעִית וְהַבַּהֲמִית<...