PARACHAT TOLDOT (6) - HITAT DU JOUR 01 KISLEV 5787 - 11 Novembre 2026

Hello, hello, everyone, Chodesh Tov to all, and welcome to our daily meeting. Our daily study: today, we are on Rosh Chodesh Kislev, the first day of the month of Kislev, 5787, we are on Yom Revi, Wednesday, of Parashat Toldot, and I am infinitely happy to share this moment with you. Today, today is a very special Chassidic Yom Tov. In the year 5738, during Shemini Atzeret at the Hakafot, the Lubavitcher Rebbe became very weak due to a heart problem.

Despite this, the Rebbe did everything during Yom Tov exactly as he always did . Doctors said later that they could not believe how the Rebbe continued to do everything despite such pain. For a few weeks, the Rebbe had to rest in his office, and the Chassidim were very worried about the Rebbe's health; they prayed and recited Tehillim. They asked Hashem to grant the Rebbe a refuah shleimah.

Even though the doctors said that a person suffering such a severe heart attack usually does not survive, Hashem performed a huge miracle, and the Rebbe recovered. On Rosh Chodesh Kislev, the Rebbe left his Yechidut room where he was resting and returned home. The Chassidim were so happy to see the Rebbe that, as the Halacha suggests, they made this day a Yom Tov, a day of celebration to thank Hashem for the miracle Hashem performed for their Rebbe . Every year, Rosh Chodesh Kislev is a day when we hold a farbrengen to thank Hashem for this miracle, as well as for the fact that the Rebbe was able to continue holding farbrengens with us himself and guiding us for many years until today, Baruch Hashem.

In the years that followed 5738, the Rebbe launched many other Mitzvah campaigns, including Tzivos Hashem for Jewish children. Rosh Chodesh Kislev is therefore a day to give thanks for everything the Rebbe brings us every day: the sichos, the maamarim, the farbrengens, Tzivos Hashem , the studies of Chitas, the Sefer HaMinhagim, the Mitzvot of the Rambam later on, everything the Lubavitcher Rebbe inspires us with each day and the strength he gives us. One of the things that doctors sometimes do is take a blood sample. They use a small amount of blood to check what is happening inside the person.

They draw blood by inserting a thin needle into the person's body and aspirating a little blood using an empty tube. The Rebbe wanted to teach a lesson in Avodat Hashem. So he asked the question to one of the doctors who was, uh, uh, performing this blood draw on him. What is it that makes the blood come out ?

The needle prick or the empty tube that...? The doctor replied that the needle prick creates the space for the blood to come out, but it is the empty tube that draws the blood in. The Lubavitcher Rebbe said, "Sometimes, a Jew feels empty inside and feels like they are not doing what they should be doing as a Jew." It is important to know that this is a special opportunity. When someone feels empty, they can let much more Kedushah enter them.

The Chassidim understood that this was also true for an empty period of time. The beginning of the year Tafshin Lamed-Tav seemed empty because the Chassidim could not see the Rebbe in person. They could not go for Yechidus, for a private audience. They could not experience Farbrengens together for a certain amount of time.

And subsequently, the Rebbe filled us with "more" than before, by giving even more Farbrengens, more studies, more teachings, more guidance, by starting, for example, the distribution of dollars every Sunday and by launching many other Peulos (actions) for Jews around the world. Remember to subscribe to the Chitas, send us a little message on WhatsApp at 06 21 37 24 52. Chumash. We learn how Avimelech comes to find Yitzchak to renew his promise to make peace with him.

Earlier, Yitzchak had left Gerar to go live in the valley of Gerar when Avimelech asked him to move away, but while he was in the valley of Gerar, the Pelishtim kept arguing with him over his wells. So Yitzchak moved again and went to settle in Beer-Sheva. Hakadosh Baruch Hu appeared to him that night and said to him, "I am Hakadosh Baruch Hu, I am God, do not worry about all these quarrels, I am with you.""I will give you a bracha to have many children coming from you through the merit of your father Avraham." Yitzchak built a mizbe'ach there to thank Hashem . We learned previously in the Chumash, as with Noach or even Avraham, that building a mizbe'ach was a way to express one's gratitude toward Hashem.

Yitzchak pitched his tent and his servants tried to dig another well, but they did not find water right away. Meanwhile, Avimelech came from Gerar accompanied by his friends and by Pichol , his general. So Yitzchak asked him, "Why do you come ?""You hate me; you sent me away from you.""They answered him," We see that Hashem is with you, just as He was with your father, and we want you to honor your father’s promise not to do us harm , just as we did you no harm when we asked you to leave. Tehillim Yom Aleph, we begin reciting Tehillim every day during the month of Kislev today, Be’ezrat Hashem.

Today, we read from the 1st to the 9th Tehillim, from Aleph to Tet, so we must gather strength to succeed in reading Tehillim every day of the month of Kislev and ask Hakadosh Baruch Hu for a blessing of success for all of Klal Yisrael in everything we undertake, as stated at the end of the 1st chapter: " Vekhol Asher Ya’aseh Yatzliach," everything he does, he will succeed in. Tanya, today, we are in Siman Gimmel of the Kuntres Acharon. In the first part of the Tanya, we learned that the Kavana, the intention we have when we pray or study, enters the words we pronounce and changes what happens to them. Depending on our Kavana, words can remain here below in this world, ascend a little, or ascend very high.

And in today’s Tanya, Rabbi Shneur Zalman explains to us that there is a difference between words of Torah spoken without the proper Kavana and words of Tefila spoken without the proper Kavana Rabbi Shneur Zalman explains what happens to each of them and why this difference exists. And one of the elements provided by Rabbi Shneur Zalman to help us understand these differences concerns the Torah and Tefila of children. Children’s words, the words of children’s study, the words of children’s Tefila are very special. Even when they do not have proper Kavanot or intentions, and are not studying to ascend spiritually, especially since they do not yet understand the impact of their study and often study for a reward, their words ascend very high.

The Malachim, the angels, take their words and raise them to the Olam HaAtsilut, the highest of the Olamot, the highest of all worlds, where the Torah and Tefila of the greatest Tzadikim go. This also gives us encouragement and a special Chayut to teach children the 12 Pesukim that the Lubavitcher Rebbe transmitted to us so that they can benefit from this study, to review them , to know them by heart, and to recite them wherever they can, as much as possible, so that this Torah can ascend

to the highest rank, that of the Tzadikim! >> And we move on to today's Yom Yom. One of the things Rabbi Shneur Zalman expected immensely from his Hasidim was that they devote a great deal of time and energy to their Tefila, the Avodat HaTefila.

And one of Rabbi Shneur Zalman's Hasidim was Reb Yekutiel Leibeler. Reb Yekutiel Leibeler was a Hasid full of Hayut, of vitality. He was so passionate about Tefila that he would spend the entire day on it. He would even pray Shaharit, Mincha, and Maariv one after the other without taking the time to pause between the different Tefilot.

We can each take a lesson from this. As Hasidim, we must be enthusiastic about this Shlichut, this mission that the Rebbe expects of each of us. We should be so absorbed by it that there should be no time for anything else that might get in our way. Our Shlichut is to spread and make the world around us aware of the presence of Hakadosh Baruch Hu, the Elokut here on earth, and in doing so, prepare this world for the coming of Mashiach Tzidkenu Meheira Beikarov Mamash.

And we conclude with our Rambam of the day. Today we learn more about appointing someone else to do something in our place, what is called a Shaliach, and about partners working together, the Shutaf. One of the things we learn in Perek Bet is that a person who has not reached a certain age cannot be a Shaliach. If someone sends a child as a Shaliach, for example, it is their own responsibility if something is broken or lost.

Of course, even a child can be a Shaliach of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to spread the Torah. Perek Gimel teaches us how a person can send a Shaliach to plead their case before the Beit Din. It is a bit like a lawyer. And in Perek Dalet, to finish, we begin to learn how people can become partners in business.

That was the Pirkei Avot of the day. We can wish everyone a good Rosh Chodesh , Rosh Chodesh Tov, a good month Beezrat Hashem of miracles for each and every one of us; may Hakadosh Baruch Hu bless Am Yisrael with the coming of Mashiach, may those who are ill recover very quickly, say amen ve amen. May those who do not have children be blessed with children. May those who are not yet married get married very quickly.

May those who need a brachah in Parnassah, in abundance, receive it Beezrat Hashem, and may all doors open in Simcha, in true joy. We have studied for the Ilui Nishmat Rebbe Avraham ben Yissakhar ben Khalifa , Alav Hashalom. See you very soon.