Hayom Yom 12 Cheshvan - A Jew hears that his life transcends nature

אַחַת מִתּוֹרוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת שֶׁל רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן One of the Alter Rebbe’s first teachings, "וְנִקְרְאוּ אָז בְּשֵׁם "וועֶרטעֶר which in those [early] days were known as verter, was the following mystical interpretation of the opening verse of the Shema: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל — אַ אִיד דעֶרהעֶרט Shema Yisrael (lit., “Hear, O Israel”) — a Jew hears deeply that הֲוָיָ' אֱלֹקֵינוּ — אַז כּוֹחֵנוּ וְחַיּוּתֵינוּ אִיז דאָס לְמַעֲלָה מִן הַטֶּבַע Havayah Elokeinu — our strength and vitality transcend nature, אוּן — הֲוָיָ' אֶחָד and that Havayah Echad — Havayah is One. Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English