EPISODE · Sep 18, 2023 · 8 MIN
Hayom Yom 3 Tishrei - Teshuva has 5 paths
from The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
מַתְחִילִין מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד וְלֹא לְכוּ נְרַנְנָה וְכֵן בְּכָל שַׁבָּת מוֹצָאֵי יוֹם טוֹב[In the Kabbalas Shabbos Service,] we begin with Mizmor LeDavid instead of Lechu Neranenah. This applies whenever a festival ends on Friday evening.הפטורה: שׁוּבָה - יִכָּשְׁלוּ בָם. מִי אֵל כָּמוֹךָ - מִימֵי קֶדֶםThe haftarah [for Shabbos Teshuvah] begins with Shuvah… yikashlu vam and concludes with Mi E-l kamocha… mimei kedem.בִּיחִידוּת הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק אֵצֶל רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן ב' תֵצֵא בְּשִׁשִּׁי בֶּאֱלוּל תּקס"דDuring a yechidus of the Tzemach Tzedek with the Alter Rebbe, on Monday of Parshas Ki Seitzei, 6 Elul, 5564 (1804), סִפֵּר לוֹ רַבֵּנוּthe Alter Rebbe told him: שַׁבָּת פָּרָשַׁת תָּבוֹא תּקכ"ח אָמַר מוֹרִי וְרַבִּי (הָרַב הַמַּגִּיד מִמּעֶזְרִיטְשׁ) — תּוֹרָה “On Shabbos Parshas Ki Savo, 5528 (1768), my mentor and master (the Maggid of Mezritch) delivered a teachingוְהַתְחָלָתָהּ וְשַׁבְתָּ עַד הוי' אֱלֹקֶיךָthat opened with the verse, Veshavta ad HaShem Elokecha — ‘You shall return to Havayah (G‑d), Elokecha (your L‑rd).’וּבִאֵר כִּי עֲבוֹדַת הַתְּשׁוּבָה צְרִיכָה לִהְיוֹת עַד אֲשֶׁר הוי', שֶׁהוּא לְמַעְלָה מֵהָעוֹלָמוֹת“The Maggid [understood this verse as implying that ‘You shall return until Havayah is Elokecha,’ and] explained that one must bring one’s Divine service of teshuvah to the point that Havayah, [the aspect of Divinity] that transcends all worlds, יִהְיֶה אֱלֹקֶיךָ, אֱלֹקִים בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא הַטֶּבַע, בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹקִיםbecomes Elokecha (your L‑rd). [He went on to say that] the Divine Name Elokim (א-להים) has the numerical equivalent of the word hateva (הטבע), meaning ‘nature.’ This [link is exemplified] in the verse, ‘In the beginning, Elokim created….’” [I.e, the natural world came into being through the Name Elokim. Thus the term Elokecha (your L‑rd) refers to the Divine power within us that endows us with life-energy.]כָּל הַחֶבְרַיָּא קַדִּישָׁא הָיוּ בְּהִתְעוֹרְרוּת גְּדוֹלָה מִתּוֹרָה הַהִיאThe entire holy brotherhood [of the Maggid’s disciples] was greatly aroused by this teaching. הָרַב הַצַּדִּיק ר' מְשׁוּלָּם זוּסְיָא מֵאַנִיפּאָלִי אָמַרHowever, one of the disciples, the tzaddik R. Meshullam Zusya of Hanipoli, declared כִּי הוּא אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְהַגִּיעַ לְמַעֲלַת תְּשׁוּבָה כָּזוֹ, וְעַל כֵּן יְחַלֵּק אֶת הַתְּשׁוּבָה לַחֲלָקִיםthat he could not reach such a level of teshuvah, and therefore divided it into its components. כִּי תְּשׁוּבָה רָאשֵׁי תֵּיבוֹתTeshuvah (תשובה), he pointed out, is an acronym for the following five verses:ת, תָּמִים תִּהְיֶה עִם הוי' אֱלֹקֶיךָ“Trust G‑d your L‑rd with simple faith.”שׁ, שִׁוִּיתִי הוי' לְנֶגְדִּי תָמִיד“I have placed G‑d before me at all times.”ו, וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ“Love your neighbor as yourself.”ב, בְּכָל דְּרָכֶיךָ דָעֵהוּ“Know Him in all your ways.”ה, הַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ“Walk humbly with G‑d your L‑rd.”כְּשֶׁסִּפֵּר לִי אַאַמוּ"ר אֶת הַנִּזְכָּר לְעֵיל, סִיֵּם[The Rebbe Rayatz added:] When my revered father [the Rebbe Rashab] told me the above, he concluded: תֵּיבַת תְּשׁוּבָה צְרוּפָה מֵחָמֵשׁ אוֹתִיּוֹת“The word teshuvah comprises five letters, אֲשֶׁר כָּל אוֹת הוּא דֶרֶךְ וְאוֹפֶן בַּעֲבוֹדַת הַתְּשׁוּבָהeach representing a distinct path and approach to the labor of teshuvah.” וּבִאֵר בַּאֲרִיכוּת חֲמִשָּׁה הָאוֹפַנִּיםHe explained these five approaches at length and then said: וְכוּלָּם בָּאִים מִכֹּחַ אֶל הַפּוֹעַל עַל יְדֵי עֲבוֹדַת הַתְּפִלָּה‘All of them are actualized through the service of prayer.’”Text and Translation courtesy of Si9chos in English
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