Hayom Yom (Hebrew: היום יום, "Today is day ...") is a book written by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, compiled from the talks and letters of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Joseph Isaac Schneersohn. Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 7 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbÄ«;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbÄ«) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished, (in knowledge). In the ancient Judean schools the sages were addressed as רִבִּי (Ribbi... Rabbi M.M. Schneerson The third Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch dynasty was also named Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (with a h) Menachem Mendel Schneerson (April 18, 1902 – June 12, 1994), referred to by his followers as The Rebbe, was a prominent Orthodox Jewish rabbi who was the seventh and last... Rebbe (Hebrew: רבי also rebbi) is a title that may be given to a Rabbi in Orthodox Judaism, particularly within Hasidic Judaism. ... Joseph Isaac Schneersohn (Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn or Friyerdikker Rebbe (Previous Rebbe in Yiddish) or Rayatz) (1880 - 1950) was the sixth Rebbe (Rabbi) of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic Judaism movement. ...

For each day of the Hebrew calendar, Hayom Yom includes an event that happened historically on that day, or otherwise general pieces of wisdom. Each day also allocates sections of study from:

• the humash (pentateuch) and Rashi's commentary thereon;
• the Book of Psalms;
• the Tanya.

Its name is taken from the words used to open the recital of the daily psalm in the Jewish morning prayer service, which on Sunday reads "Today is the first day, on which the Levites used to read in the Temple...". Humash or Chumash (Hebrew: חומש) is one name given to the Pentateuch in Judaism. ... Look up Pentateuch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For a detailed discussion about the contents of the Pentateuch, see the article Torah. ... Rashi Rashi רשי, an acronym for Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac (Hebrew: רבי שלמה בן יצחק) or Shlomo Yitzchaki, (February 22, 1040 – July 17, 1105) is one of Judaisms classic meforshim (Bible and Talmud commentators), and wrote the first comprehensive commentaries on the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) and Talmud. ... Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. ... Likkutei Amarim (Hebrew, collection of statements), more commonly known as the Tanya, is an early work of Hasidic Judaism, written by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty, in 1797 CE. The name Tanya derives from the books first word, which is Aramaic... Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. ... Jewish services are the prayers recited as part of observance of Judaism. ... In the Jewish tradition, a Levite (לוי Attached, Standard Hebrew Levi, Tiberian Hebrew Lēwî) is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. ... The Temple in Jerusalem or the Holy Temple (Hebrew: בית המקדש, transliterated Bet HaMikdash) was built in ancient Jerusalem in c. ...

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