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.

Thursday, December 17, 2026

7 Tevet 5787

To avert chibut hakever ("Purgatory of the grave")[1] recite words of Torah, Tehillim, etc., for one sixth of the day.[2] To merit purity of the soul that obviates kaf hakela ("the hollow of a sling"),[3] spend as much of the day as possible in reciting Mishna, Tanya and Tehillim by heart.

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.

Tanya p. 29 and p. 33. This and kaf hakela (below) are processes of purgatory undergone by the soul after death.

Namely, four hours.

Tanya p. 33. See Supplementary Footnotes, (p. 124 in the printed version).

Footnotes

Tanya p. 29 and p. 33. This and kaf hakela (below) are processes of purgatory undergone by the soul after death.
Namely, four hours.
Tanya p. 33. See Supplementary Footnotes, (p. 124 in the printed version).

השעור להפטר מחבוט הקבר הוא, שחלק ששי מהמעת-לעת יאמר אותיות התורה, תהלים כו'. לזכות לזיכוך הנפש להפטר מכף הקלע הוא, ע"י [על ידי] חזרה כל היום, כמה שיש ביכולתו, משניות תניא תהלים בעל פה.

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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.