Torah

Hayom Yom

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.

Wednesday, November 25, 2026

15 Kislev 5787

In Torah Ohr, essay beginning with the word Vayeishev the words Veinah yecholah lirot beahavah should be amended to Veinah yecholah lihyot beahavah.

(These corrections have since been made in the standard printed editions —ed.)

The Alter Rebbe told his son the Mitteler Rebbe: Grandfather (the Baal Shem Tov)[1] said that one must have mesirat nefesh (total self-sacrifice and dedication) ahavat Yisrael (love of one's fellow), even towards a Jew whom one has never seen.

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.

The Alter Rebbe called the Baal Shem Tov "grandfather," since the Baal Shem Tov was the Rebbe of the Maggid, who in turn was the Alter Rebbe's teacher, i.e. spiritual father.

Footnotes

The Alter Rebbe called the Baal Shem Tov "grandfather," since the Baal Shem Tov was the Rebbe of the Maggid, who in turn was the Alter Rebbe's teacher, i.e. spiritual father.

בתו"א [בתורה אור] ד"ה [דיבור המתחיל] וישב: "ואינה יכולה לראות באהבה" צ"ל [צריך להיות] "ואינה יכולה להיות באהבה". רבינו הזקן סיפר לבנו אדמו"ר [אדננו מורנו ורבנו] האמצעי: דער זיידע [הבעש"ט [הבעל שם טוב]] זאגט אז מ'דארף האבען מסירת נפש אויף אהבת ישראל, אפילו צו א אידען, וועלכען מ'האט קיינמאל ניט געזעהן.

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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.