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Book Title Hayom Yom
Compiled by the Lubavitcher Rebbe; Translated by Yitschak Meir Kagan
Published and copyrighted by Kehot Publication Society
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Hayom Yom: Tevet 20

Monday Tevet 20 5703
Torah lessons: Chumash: Sh'mot, Sheini with Rashi.
Tehillim: 97-103.
Tanya: However, the essence (p. 47)...and its delights. (p. 47).

The Mitteler Rebbe answered someone at yechidus: When two discuss a subject in avoda and they study together, there are two Divine souls1 against one natural soul.

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1. See Tanya chapters 1 and 2 for an introduction to the concept of two souls. In our context the point is this: Each Divine soul (neshama) desires not only that the person himself fulfill G-d's Will (to study Torah and be active in avoda) but also desires that another do so. Selfless concern for another's spiritual welfare is, after all, part of the basic "goodness" and character of the neshama. By contrast, the hedonistic natural soul is basically self-centered; it is not driven by a desire that another should enjoy physical pleasures etc. So, when two Jews study Torah together, the natural soul within each of them attempts to hinder that person alone. The G-dly soul, however, since it also desires the other's welfare, joins forces with his neshama, so that "...there are two Divine souls against one natural soul."

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Compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory.
 


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Compiled by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 1942, upon the instructions of his father-in-law, the Previous Rebbe, Hayom Yom is an anthology of Chasidic aphorisms and customs arranged according to the days of the year. It has since become a beloved classic work and a source of daily inspiration.

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