EPISODE · Jun 28, 2026 · 7 MIN
Hayom Yom 14 Tammuz - Why don’t the people living in America fall off?
from The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
זֶה לְשׁוֹן הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק בְּאֶחָד מִדְּרוּשָׁיוThe following are the words of Tzemach Tzedek in one of his maamarim: רַבֵּנוּ ז"ל בְּאִמְרוֹתָיו לְבָנָיו יוֹם ג' פָּרָשַׁת בָּלָק שְׁנַת תּקס"ב אָמַר וְזֶה דְּבָרָיוThe [Alter] Rebbe, when speaking with his sons on the Tuesday of Parshas Balak, 5562 (1802), said the following:לְהָבִין קוּשְׁיַת הַתּוֹכְנִים“The astronomers ask,מֵאַחַר שֶׁהָאָרֶץ הִיא כַּדּוּרִית וַעֲגוּלָה כְּתַפּוּחַthat since the earth is spherical like an apple,לָמָה אֵינָם נוֹפְלִים אוֹתָם בְּנֵי אָדָם הַדָּרִים כְּנֶגְדֵנוּ מִלְמַטָּה בְּאַמעֶרִיקאָwhy don’t the people living opposite us — down below, in America — fall off?...וְתֵּרוּצָם אֵינוֹ אֱמֶתTheir resolution is incorrect….”וְרַבֵּנוּ ז"ל אָמַר כִּי הַתֵּרוּץ הוּאThe [Alter] Rebbe stated that the solution is [as follows]:דְּהִנֵּה מְבוּאָר בְּעֵץ חַיִּים שֶׁהַתִּשְׁעָה גַּלְגַלִים מְקַבְּלִים מִבְּחִינַת עִגּוּלִים“It is explained in Etz Chayim that the nine heavenly orbs receive [their vitality] from the [spiritual rung] described as iggulim, “spheres.”וּבְהָעִגּוּל אֵין בּוֹ מַעְלָה וּמַטָּהNow, a sphere has neither top nor bottom.וּמֵהַאי טַעְמָא הִנֵּה אוֹתָם בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁהֵם כְּנֶגְדֵנוּ לְמַטָּהThus the people who are opposite us, down below,הֲרֵי הָרָקִיעַ שֶׁעֲלֵיהֶם הוּא לְמַעְלָה בְּהַשְׁוָאָה אַחַת עִם הָרָקִיעַ שֶׁעָלֵינוּthe sky above them, is above exactly as the sky here is above us. וְהָאָרֶץ דְּשָׁם הִיא מַטָּה לְגַבֵּי הָרָקִיעַ שֶׁעָלֶיהָAnd the earth there is below, relative to the sky that is above it.”Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in EnglishFor questions and follow-up: [email protected]
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