Hayom Yom 10 Iyar - You shall make yourselves luminous

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This episode discusses the significance of the Omer counting and related Jewish customs.

Day 25 of the Omer נַהֲגִינָן לְהַטְבִּיל פְּרוּסַת הַמּוֹצִיא שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בְּמֶלַח According to our custom, the piece of bread over which the blessing HaMotzi is recited is dipped into salt three times; וְלֹא לִזְרוֹק הַמֶּלַח עַל הַפְּרוּסָה one does not shake the salt over the bread. יוֹם בּ' דְּחַג הַשָּׁבוּעוֹת תּרכ"א בִּסְעוּדָּה סִפֵּר הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק During the festive meal on the second day of Shavuos, 5621 (1861), the Tzemach Tzedek related יוֹם בּ' דְּחַג הַשָּׁבוּעוֹת תּקנ"ה בִּסְעוּדָּה אָמַר אַאַזְמוּ"ר (רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן) that during the festive meal on the second day of Shavuos, 5555 (1795), his grandfather, the Alter Rebbe, had said: בְּיוֹם בּ' דְּחַג הַשָּׁבוּעוֹת תּקכ"ח בִּסְעוּדָּה אָמַר כְּבוֹד קְדוּשַּׁת מוֹרִי וְרַבִּי (הַמַּגִּיד מִמֶּעזרִיטשׁ) “During the festive meal on the second day of Shavuos, 5528 (1768), my Rebbe, the Maggid of Mezritch, וּסְפַרְתֶּם לָכֶם [interpreted the command], U’Sfartem lachem (lit., ‘And you shall count for yourselves’) as follows: וּסְפַרְתֶּם הוּא מִלְּשׁוֹן סַפִּירוּת וּבְהִירוּת The verb U’Sfartem (lit., ‘you shall count’) shares a root with the Hebrew word for the translucent sapphire. וּסְפַרְתֶּם לָכֶם, צְרִיכִים…

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Host: Rabbi Yosef Katzman

Topics covered

• Omer counting
• Jewish customs
• spirituality
• festive meals
• mystical interpretations

Keywords

• Omer
• Shavuos
• Rabbi
• Jewish customs
• spirituality
• mystical interpretations
• Tzemach Tzedek
• Alter Rebbe
• Maggid of Mezritch

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