Mar 02 2025 9 mins 4
Hayom Yom 3 Adar 1 - Loving a fellow Jew, applies to every Jew
רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן אָמַר
The Alter Rebbe taught
מִצְוַת אַהֲבַת יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא לִיְלִיד עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם לֹא רָאָה אוֹתוֹ
that the mitzvah of ahavas Yisrael, loving a fellow Jew, applies to every member of the Jewish people, even if one has never seen him.
וּמִכָּל שֶׁכֵּן לַחֲבֵר עַדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר בִּמְקוֹם מְגוּרוֹ, שֶׁהוּא בֶּן אוֹ בַּת עֲדָתוֹ
How much more does it apply to a member of the Jewish neighborhood in which one lives, to every man or woman who is a member of one’s own community.
Hayom Yom 3 Adar 2 - A scholar can attain the level of a simple Jew
מַעֲנֵה הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק
The following is an answer that the Tzemach Tzedek gave
לְחָסִיד בָּקִי בְּשַׁ"ס כוּ' וּמַשְׂכִּיל גָּדוֹל בַּחֲסִידוּת
to a chassid who was exceedingly well versed in the entire Talmud and in the scholarly writings of Chassidus:
קַבָּלַת עוֹל אִיז מְשַׁנֶּה דעֶם מְהוּת
Kabbalas ol, the unquestioning acceptance of G‑d’s yoke, transforms a person’s essence.
דוּרְך קַבָּלַת עוֹל פוּן אַ עֶבֶד פָּשׁוּט
By adopting the kabbalas ol of a simple servant,
וואָס בְּשַׁעַת עֶר שְׁלאָפְט אִיז אוֹיךְ נִיכָּר דעֶר עוֹל הָעַבְדוּת זַיינעֶר
whose yoke of servitude is apparent even when he sleeps,
קעֶן אֲפִילוּ אַ לַמְדָן אוּן אַ גָּאוֹן אוֹיךְ קוּמעֶן
even a scholar and a genius can attain
צוּ דעֶר מַעֲלָה אוּן חֲשִׁיבוּת פוּן אַ פְּראָסְט–תְּמִימוּת'דִיקעֶן מְסִירַת-נֶפֶשׁ אִיד
the lofty rung and stature of a simple, artless Jew who serves G-d with mesirus nefesh, with self-sacrificing devotion.
Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English
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