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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 29-30 Adar - 1) Response to the toast of LeChayim 2) Transforming physical into spiritual - 30 Adar 1 - What am I doing in this world?
Description: Hayom Yom 29 Adar 1 - Two responses to the toast of LeChayimהפטורה: וַיִכְרוֹת יְהוֹיָדַע גוThe haftarah [for the Shabbos of Parshas Shekalim] begins Vayichros Yehoyada (II Melachim 11:17-12:17)וּמוֹסִיפִים פָּסוּק רִאשׁוֹן וְאַחֲרוֹן שֶׁל הַפְטוֹרַת מָחָר חֹדֶשׁAt its conclusion, the maftir adds the first and last verses of the haftarah beginning Vayomerlo...machar chodesh (I Shmuel 20:18-42).מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר שֵׁנִי[On the Shabbos preceding Rosh Chodesh,] we bless the new month, Adar II.אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָה. יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּת[It is our custom] to recite the entire Book of Tehillim early in the morning and to hold a farbrengen on that day.בַּאֲמִירַת לְחַיִּים יֵשׁ שְׁתֵּי נוּסְחָאוֹתThere are two common responses to the traditional toast of LeChayim (lit., “To life!”):א) לְחַיִּי...