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Hayom Yom 26 Adar - 1) Hard work is never fruitless 2) Jewish women cultivate the Jewish nation


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Hayom Yom 26 Adar 1 - Hard work will never be fruitless

בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת

Equipped with three sacred implements:

אַהֲבַת ה', אַהֲבַת הַתּוֹרָה, אַהֲבַת יִשְׂרָאֵל

a love of G‑d, a love of the Torah, and a love of their fellow Jews.

צְרִיכִים צְעִירִים בְּנֵי תוֹרָה לָגֶשֶׁת לַעֲבוֹד בְּכֶרֶם ה' צְבָאוֹת

Young Torah scholars should approach their work [among the Jewish people, who are lovingly called] “the vineyard of the L‑rd of Hosts,” 

לְקָרֵב לֵב אֲחֵיהֶם לְקִיּוּם מִצְוֹת מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת וּקְבִיעוּת עִתִּים לַתּוֹרָה

[Their task is] to draw the hearts of their brethren close to the observance of practical mitzvos and to the designation of fixed times for Torah study,

מִבְּלִי הִתְחַשֵּׁב עִם מַחֲלַת הַמִּפְלָגוֹת

regardless of the malady of party affiliation.

וְהָאֱמֶת הַגָּמוּר הוּא

The real truth is

אֲשֶׁר לֵב יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא מַעְיָן מְקוֹר מַיִם חַיִּים

that the heart of Israel is a spring of living water,

וּבְרִית כְּרוּתָה לַעֲבוֹדָה וְתַעֲמוּלָה שֶׁאֵינָן חוֹזְרוֹת רֵיקָם

and we are assured by an unshakable covenant that hard work and outreach endeavors will never be fruitless.

Hayom Yom 26 Adar 2 - Jewish women cultivate the Jewish nation

כָּל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בְּעַם אֱלֹקֵי אַבְרָהָם וִיְסוֹד בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל

All that is holy in the nation of the G‑d of Avraham and fundamental for the House of Israel,

בְּהַעֲמָדַת דּוֹר יְשָׁרִים וְחִנוּכָם

in raising and educating an upright generation

בְּכַשְׁרוּת הָאוֹכֶל

regarding the kashrus of food

וַאֲצִילוּת טוֹהַר קְדוּשַׁת הַשַּׁבָּת

and the lofty purity of the holiness of Shabbos, 

מָסַר וְנָתַן הַשֵּׁם הַנִּכְבָּד וְהַנּוֹרָא עַל יְדֵי נְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְשָׁמְרָם וּלְעָבְדָם

was entrusted and endowed by the revered and awesome G‑d to Jewish women to guard and to cultivate.

הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר תְּמַלֵּא חוֹבָתָהּ וּתְעוּדָתָהּ

To a woman who fulfills her obligation and her calling

בְּחַיֵּי הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה

in the area of family life,

בְּהַנְהָגַת הַבַּיִת

directing her household

וּבְחִנוּךְ עַל פִּי הַתּוֹרָה

and educating [her children] according to the Torah,

עָלֶיהָ הַכָּתוּב אוֹמֵר חָכְמוֹת נָשִׁים בָּנְתָה בֵּיתָהּ

the following verse can be applied: “The wisdom of a woman builds her home.”

Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English

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