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Hayom Yom 18 Elul - The Besht teaches Torah in Gan Eden
לְשִׁשִּׁי עוֹלֶה הַבַּעַל קוֹרֵא, וּמֵעַצְמוֹThe Torah reader himself recites the blessings over Shishi, the sixth aliyah of Parshas Ki Savo, without being called upon to do so.יוֹם הוּלֶּדֶת אֶת הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב בִּשְׁנַת תנ"ח[Today is] the birthday of the Baal Shem Tov in 5458 (1698),יוֹם שֶׁנִּתְגַּלָּה אֵלָיו מוֹרוֹ וְרַבּוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ — תפ"דthe date on which his holy master (Achiyah HaShiloni) was revealed to him in 5484 (1724), יוֹם שֶׁנִּתְגַּלָּה הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב — תצ"דand the date on which the Baal Shem Tov was revealed [as a a Rebbe] in 5494 (1734).יוֹם הוּלֶּדֶת אֶת רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן — תק"ה[Today is also] the birthday of the Alter Rebbe in 5505 (1745).תּוֹכֶן תּוֹרַת הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב בְּשַׁבָּת פָּרָשַׁת תָבוֹא חַ"י אֱלוּל תּרנ"ב אַחַר קַבָּלַת שַׁבָּתA digest of the teaching delivered by the Baal Shem Tov after the Kabbalas Shabbos service on the eve of Shabbos Parshas [Ki] Savo, on Chai Elul, 5652 (1892):וְהָיָה כִּי תָבוֹא אֶל הָאָרֶץ גו'. אֶרֶץ לְשׁוֹן מְרוּצֶה וּלְשׁוֹן רָצוֹן כִּדְאִיתָא בַּמִּדְרָשׁAnd it shall come to pass when you come to the land…: As indicated by the Midrash, the word eretz (“land”) shares a root with the words merutzah (“running”) and ratzon (“will”).אַז דוּ וועֶסט צוּקוּמעֶן צוּם רָצוֹן וואָס אִיז אַ מַתָּנָה מִלְמַעְלָה אוּן בִּירוּשָׁה בְּכָל אֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל[The verse can thus be interpreted as follows:] When you attain a will [to do G‑d’s bidding], such a will being both a Heavenly gift and an inheritance present in every Jew,אִיז דִי עֲבוֹדָה דאַרף זַיין וְיָשַׁבְתָּ, אַראָפּטראָגעֶן אִין הִתְיַשְּׁבוּתyou shall settle…: your task is then to anchor [this spiritual aspiration] in a settled manner.וְלָקַחְתָּ גו' וְשַׂמְתָּ בַטֶּנֶא, מַמְשִׁיךְ זַיין אוֹרוֹת בַּכֵּלִיםAnd you shall take . . . and place it in a basket…: You will thereby draw down lights into vessels.וְהָלַכְתָּ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָAnd you shall go to the place that the L‑rd your G‑d chooses…: אַ אִיד דאַרף ווִיסעֶן אַז עֶר גֵייט פוּן אֵיין אָרט אִין דעֶם אַנדעֶרעֶןA Jew must realize that whenever he goes from one place to another,אִיז נִיט עֶר גֵייט אַלֵיין נאָר מְ'פִירט אִיהְם מִלְמַעְלָהthis is not his own doing; he is being led from Above, אוּן דִי כַּוָּנָה אִיז לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם, אוֹיף מְפַרְסֵם זַיין אֱלֹקוּת אִין דעֶם אָרט וואוּ עֶר אִיזwith the intent — to make His Name dwell there…: to make G‑dliness known in that place.אַחַר תְּפִלַּת עַרְבִית חָזַר עוֹד הַפַּעַם תּוֹרָה הַקּוֹדֶמֶת וְהוֹסִיףAfter the Evening Service, [the Baal Shem Tov] repeated the above teaching and added the following interpretation:וְהָיָה כִּי תָבוֹא גו' בִּכְדֵי דוּ זאָלסט צוּקוּמעֶן צוּם רָצוֹן כוAnd it shall come to pass, when you come to the land…: In order to attain a will [to do G‑d’s bidding], you must —אִיז דאָס דוּרךְ דעֶם אַז וְהָלַכְתָּ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם גו' לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם