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Torah
A thought for every day of the Hebrew year, from the Rebbe’s book. It is the same entry every year, on the same Hebrew date.
5 Sivan 5786
On the eve of Shavuot 5557 (1797) the Alter Rebbe taught:
Sanctify them today and tomorrow and they shall cleanse their garments.[1] "Sanctify them today and tomorrow," is done from Above, but "they shall cleanse their garments" - one must do himself. This was the entire teaching.
The Tzemach Tzedek elaborated: "Sanctify them" was said by G‑d to Moshe. The extension of Moshe is in every generation[2] and they[3] are able to sanctify the "today" and the "tomorrow"; but for this is needed "..and they shall cleanse their garments" - the garments of thought, speech and deed. This must be done by each person on his own.
Compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory.
Sh'mot 19:10.
Tikunei Zohar, Tikun 69.
I.e. the Moshe in each generation.
Footnotes
ערב חג השבועות תקנ"ז אמר רבינו הזקן תורה: וקדשתם היום ומחר גו' וקדשתם היום ומחר זהו מלמעלה, אבל וכבסו שמלותם דאס דארף מען אליין. דאס איז געווען די גאנצע תורה. דער צ"צ [צמח צדק] האט מבאר געווען: וקדשתם איז געזאגט געווארן צו משה'ן, און אתפשטותא דמשה בכל דרא ודרא, וואס זיי קענען הייליג מאכען דעם היינט און דעם מארגען, אבער מ'דארף דערצו וכבסו שמלותם - לבושי מחשבה דבור ומעשה, וואס דאס דארף מען אליין.
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Hayom Yom, compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory. Text from chabad.org.