Teves
Hayom Yom: 1 Teves, Rosh Chodesh, Day 6 of Chanuka
It1 is customary when reciting Hallel2 without a minyan to say the blessing at the beginning and end, even on those days3 when the full Hallel is not recited.4……….
Hayom Yom: 2 Teves, Day 7 of Chanukah
The campaign of the Greeks was intended “to make [the Jews] forget Your Torah and have them violate the decrees of Your will.” In the words of Bereishis Rabbah, ch..”……….
Hayom Yom: 3 Teves, Day 8 of Chanukah
[In the above note, the Rebbe makes emendations to the Hebrew text of Torah Or that have since been incorporated in all of its editions.] ……….
Hayom Yom: 4 Teves
Hayom Yom: 5 Teves
When Mashiach comes, we will appreciate the distinctive quality of hodaah [i.e., acknowledgment of G‑d and belief in Him]and temimus……….
Hayom Yom: 6 Teves
Hayom Yom: 7 Teves
Hayom Yom: 8 Teves
The Tzemach Tzedek instructed all the tutors of his young grandchildren that in addition to the regular studies, they should also teach the plain meaning of the words of the prayers………..
Hayom Yom: 9 Teves
Hayom Yom: 10 Teves
Hayom Yom: 11 Teves
A person’s life depends upon the air around him: without air one cannot live. Moreover, the kind of air in which one lives determines the quality of one’s life…………
Hayom Yom: 12 Teves
Hayom Yom: 13 Teves
Hayom Yom: 14 Teves
Hayom Yom: 15 Teves
[In the above note, the Rebbe makes emendations to the Hebrew text of Torah Or that have since been incorporated in all of its editions.]………
Hayom Yom: 16 Teves
The Tzemach Tzedek once told R. Hendel [Kugel] at yechidus: “[Studying] Zohar uplifts the soul, [studying] Midrash arouses the heart………
Hayom Yom: 17 Teves
Hayom Yom: 18 Teves
Hayom Yom: 19 Teves
There is a custom among Chabad chassidim that was instituted by the Alter Rebbe and that has been passed down from generation to generation………
Hayom Yom: 20 Teves
The Mitteler Rebbe once answered [a chassid] at yechidus: “When a person discusses his Divine service with a friend and they study together………..
Hayom Yom: 21 Teves
Hayom Yom: 22 Teves
My revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab], once declared at a farbrengen: “Just as putting on tefillin every day is a Scriptural commandment incumbent on every Jew………
Hayom Yom: 23 Teves
[In the above note, the Rebbe makes emendations to the Hebrew text of Torah Or that have since been incorporated in all of its editions.]……….
Hayom Yom: 24 Teves
[This date is the anniversary of] the passing of the Alter Rebbe in the village of Piena, on Motzaei Shabbos, Parshas Shmos, 5573 (1812)……….
Hayom Yom: 25 Teves
Hayom Yom: 26 Teves
[In Shemoneh Esreh], when reciting the blessing that begins VelaMalshinim, one should pause slightly between the words u’semager and vesachniya………