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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 25 Adar - 1) Hoshieinu after the Yom 2) We worked on this for 3-4 years
Description: Hayom Yom 25 Adar 1 - Hoshieinu following the Yomהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ אַחַר שִׁיר שֶׁל יוֹם אוֹמְרִיםThe passage beginning Hoshieinu is recited after the Psalm of the Day (Shir shel Yom) הֵן בְּחוֹל הֵן בְּשַׁבָּת, יוֹם טוֹב, רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה וְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִיםon weekdays, as well as on Shabbos, festivals, Rosh HaShanah, and Yom Kippur.Hayom Yom 25 Adar 2 - We worked on this challenge for 3 or 4 yearsהֶחָסִיד ר' מָרְדְּכַי האָראָדאָקעֶר סִפֵּרAs an eminent chassid by the name of R. Mordechai of Horodok once recalled,פִּתְגָם הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמַעְנוּ מֵרַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן כְּשֶׁבָּאנוּ לְלִיאָזנאָ הָיָה“The first maxim we heard from the Alter Rebbe when we came to Liozna was this:וואָס מעֶן טאָר נִיט טאָר מעֶן נִיט, אוּן וואָס מעֶן מעֶג דאַרף מעֶן נִיט‘What is forbidden is forbidden. And what is permitted is dispensable.’ כְּשָׁלֹשׁ אַרְבַּע שָׁנִים עָבַדְנוּ בָּזֶה עַד שֶׁהֵבֵאנוּ אוֹפֶן זֶה בְּעִנְיָנֵי חַיֵּינוּWe worked on this challenge for three or four years, until we internalized it in our own lives.