"TODAY'S DAY": Wednesday, December 16, 2015

''Today's Day'' Dedicate an email Tevet 4, 5776 · 12/16/2015 "Today's Day" Shabbat Tevet 4 5703 Torah lessons: Chumash: Mikeitz, Shevi'i with Rashi. Tehillim: 23-28. Tanya: Ch. 5. Let us explain (p. 17)...in Peri Etz Chayim.) (p. 21). The Rebbes of Chabad would review a parsha1 or two of the weekly sedra on Thursday night. On Friday afternoon they began again from the start and completed the sedra and haftora. Shabbat morning before davening they reviewed from Shevi'i to the end again. When there were two haftorot they said the one of the sedraHaftora: The portion from the Prophets read after the Torah-reading, and relevant to the sedra of the week or to the special occasion of that Shabbat. on Friday and the other (for Rosh Chodesh, machar chodesh, etc.), on Shabbat. * * * There are good dreams in which Torah subjects are made known to the person dreaming.2 These generally occur through concentrated devotion to Torah study during the day. When someone studies Torah with great diligence or engages in "service of the heart" - prayer3 - with intense effort, then at night - when his soul ascends4 to draw forth life for itself from the supernal Life, as explained in Zohar5 - it is informed of novellae in Revealed Torah or Inner Torah,6 each person according to his diligence in his avoda during the day. FOOTNOTES 1. In accordance with the practice of reciting each sedra twice and the Onkelos translation into Aramaic once, and studying the sedra with Rashi's commentary. 2. The notation for the day is relevant to the sedra describing Pharaoh's dreams. "Good" dreams are not fortuitous but result from one's activities and efforts during waking hours. 3. The Talmud (Taanit 2a) defines "service of the heart" tefilla, davening. 4. See Supplementary Footnotes, (p. 124 in the published version). 5. Viz. Zohar III, p. 25a, et seq. 6. See "On the Teachings of Chassidus," Kehot. RELATED VIDEO: Reflections on Today's Hayom Yom Compiled by the Lubavitcher Rebbe; Translated by Yitschak Meir Kagan    More articles...  |    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.           Follow Us:   Be a Part of it Enjoyed this email? Please help us continue to share the study of Torah and Jewish traditions: • Dedicate or sponsor an email to mark a special occasion • Make a donation to Chabad.org. Subscription Options: • Subscribe to more chabad.org email lists • Subscription Management • Going on vacation? • Unsubscribe Your subscribed email address is: anirudha.K.0000@blogger.com Change email address. Important Tip: To guarantee that your subscription emails continue to be delivered to you, please add subscriptions@chabad.org to your address book, or "whitelist" it in any filters or antispam programs you may have. © Copyright Chabad.org, all rights reserved.   Privacy Policy