Hayom Yom

י״ב חשון

Wednesday Cheshvan 12 5704

Chumash: Vayeira, Revi'i with Rashi.

Tehillim: 66-68.

Tanya: And this is (p. 565)...to the blessing. (p. 567).

One of the Alter Rebbe's early teachings, then called Verter [1] (lit. "words," short sayings):

"Sh'ma Yisrael [2] - a Jew [3] senses [4] that Havayeh [5] Elokeinu - our strength and life [6] is beyond nature, [7] and Havayeh Echad - Havayeh is One.

Notes:

See Sivan 15.

Lit. "Hear, O Israel."

From the word Yisrael, one of Israel.

From Sh'ma, "hear," "listen," or "comprehend"; hence, "senses."

See Tishrei 3 and footnotes.

Or "vitality," "life-force."

Havayeh, G-d transcendent, above nature, is Elokeinu, "our G-d" - our strength and life. Viz. Tishrei 3.