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Hayom Yom 5 Iyar - A soul lives 70-80 years to do a favor for a fellow Jew

Season 3 Episode 164 Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Day 20 of the Omer

רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן קִבֵּל מֵרַבִּי מָרְדְּכַי הַצַּדִּיק שֶׁשָּׁמַע מֵהַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב

The Alter Rebbe received the following teaching from the saintly R. Mordechai, who heard it from the Baal Shem Tov:

עֶס קוּמט אַראָפּ אַ נְשָׁמָה אוֹיף דעֶר וועֶלט

“A soul can descend into This World

אוּן לעֶבְּט אָפּ זִיבּעֶצִיג אַכצִיג יאָהר

and live its seventy or eighty years —

צוּלִיבּ טאָן אַ אִידעֶן אַ טוֹבָה בְּגַשְׁמִיּוּת

just in order to do a favor for a fellow Jew in material matters,

וּבִפְרָט אִין רוּחָנִיּוּת

and how much more so, in spiritual matters.”

Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English

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