PARACHAT VAYERA (4) - HITAT DU JOUR 16 HESHVAN 5787 - 27 Octobre 2026

Shalom, hello everyone. Welcome to our daily meeting, today's study. Today is Tuesday, the 16th of Cheshvan 5787, and I am infinitely happy to be with you to share this moment. A Chassid once wrote to the Lubavitcher Rebbe to inform him of a decision he had made: to spread Chassidut more starting from a future date.

In his response, the Rebbe expressed his great joy at this resolution. There was only one problem. Why was this Chassid putting off this spreading of Chassidut until later? is so close and the only thing he is waiting for is for us to fulfill the promise of reaching that we finish spreading the fountains of Chassidut to the outside.

By spreading Chassidut as soon as possible, we can bring the redemption, the Geulah, more quickly, and every minute gained toward the arrival of Moshiach is of capital importance. A minute of exile represents a minute of immense suffering for the Jewish people, and an additional minute of Geulah constitutes a minute of true joy and closeness to Hashem, a joy of deliverance more intense than anything we can imagine. That was the Rebbe's response to that Chassid; may Hashem grant that we may accomplish all these beautiful things that allow us to bring Moshiach now. Spirit.

Today, we find the Malachim, the angels who come to save Lot and his family before the destruction of Sodom. The angels sent to destroy Sodom walked very slowly to give Abraham the opportunity to pray to save all those cities. It was already night when they arrived in Sodom. The inhabitants had already appointed Lot as judge that day .

He was therefore sitting in his place at the city gate when he spotted the angels. He invited them to enter his home discreetly so that no one would see them, so they could rest there and then leave early in the morning before the inhabitants woke up. The angels replied that they did not need to come to his house, that they could sleep outside. But Lot, who had learned the practice of hospitality from Abraham, begged them so much that they finally agreed to be his guests.

When it was Passover and Lot observed certain mitzvot, he prepared matzot for them. The angels questioned Lot about the inhabitants of Sodom. He admitted that they were not good people, but he made excuses for them. And even before he went to bed, many corrupt inhabitants of Sodom surrounded the house.

No one tried to stop them, even though everyone knew very well they were about to commit an odious act. They ordered Lot to hand over his guests so they could treat them shamefully. Lot wanted to protect his guests and refused to give in. He offered to take his daughters instead.

But the inhabitants replied that they did not want his daughters, but indeed the guests. They tried to break down the doors and take them by force. The angels pulled Lot inside the house and struck the rioters with blindness so they could not find the entrance to the dwelling. The angels then asked Lot to warn his family and all his loved ones that they were going to destroy the city.

Lot asked his sons-in-law to come, but they refused. He believed they were joking. Dawn was now approaching. It was the time that had been set for the destruction of the cities.

The angels told Lot to take at least his daughters , lest he perish with the city during its annihilation. Lot did not want to run to Abraham. He knew that next to Abraham, his own worth would appear much lesser. He therefore asked if he could take refuge in another city, a city called Bela, which was less perverted than the others.

And although it was one of the five cities destined to be destroyed, we will see that Hashem agreed to spare it out of consideration for Lot. Tehillim, the chapters of Tehillim that we are reading today are 79, 80, 81, and 82. We are therefore reading from Ayin-Tet to Pe-Bet, in chapter 80. David Hamelech begins by imploring: "Ro'eh Yisrael ha'azina, nohageh ka-tzon Yosef ," Shepherd of Israel, listen, You who lead Joseph like a flock.

In this verse , the Jews are designated by two names: Israel and Joseph. We know that Am Yisrael is called Bnei Yisrael because we are all the children of our father Yaakov, Yaakov Avinu, who is also called Israel. But why is the entire Jewish people qualified by the name Joseph when he was only one of the tribes of Hashem among others? The reason is that at the time when the famine struck the land of Israel, Joseph was the one who nourished the whole of Am Yisrael.

He is the one who saved the Jewish people because he provided vitality to all of Am Yisrael. We are therefore called, the texts tell us, called by his name. Ro'eh Yisrael ha'azina nohageh ka-tzon Yosef. And these are signs.

After the departure to the World to Come of a Tzadik or a Rabbi, a particle of the soul, of the Neshamah of the Rabbi, can invest itself within each of the Hasidim. If a Hasid works hard to study the Torah, to accomplish the directives of the Rabbi, he receives this particular strength. Thanks to this force, stemming from the soul of the Tzadik, his neshamah, it becomes easier to live according to the Rebbe's teachings. The Rebbe gives this force a particular impetus, and with it , the Chassid can truly grasp the Rebbe's words, for a part of the Rebbe becomes an integral part of them, internally, within their family and otherwise, in a way they can understand and feel.

Beyond that, there exists another special force that the Chassidim receive from the Rebbe when he physically leaves this world, that is to say, after his passing. A particle of the Tzadik's soul that comes in an encompassing form we call " makif," which does not become a part of us in an immediately intelligible, profound, or internal way. It is a force that stirs thoughts which help us to repent, for example, or to perform mitzvot in a much greater way. "Makif" means encompassing, which might seem to us like something external but, in reality, is infinite and limitless, just like this soul of the Tzadik that becomes "makif" because it is not blocked by the world's limitations and interiority, or the smallness of elements, but is instead "makif," above and around.

It envelops us with this infinity and the strength of the Tzadik that accompanies us. By attaching ourselves to him, we can perceive and feel this little by little through our daily efforts in the study and practice of Torah. Hayom Yom. Today in the Hayom Yom, the Rebbe speaks to us about the human being.

The human being possesses within their soul a faculty called thought, "machshava." This faculty is always in activity. A person is always thinking. They are not always acting, but they are constantly thinking. But where does this faculty find the material for its thoughts?

Well, in the faculty of the soul called the intellect, the "sechel," that is to say , what we understand, what we know, and what we learn. If a person knows or learns good things, good elements, subjects of Torah, of Judaism, subjects concerning Ahavat Yisrael, then that is what they will think about. A person is where their thoughts are. If a person is only concerned with materiality and only knows or lives for materiality, or only for what they see or hear on the street, then that is what they will think about.

We must study a lot of Torah every day to fill our intellect, our "sechel," with good elements, good things, and good thoughts. This is what will keep our mind occupied with contemplating it and always staying directed toward holiness. Continuing in today's Rambam, we pursue the study of laws concerning sales and purchases according to the Torah. Chapter 13, the Rambam teaches us here what occurs.

If someone exchanges or sells a good for an amount higher than its real value, that is called financially harming a person, known as ona'at mamon. In Chapter 14, Perek Yud-Dalet, the Rambam deepens the laws on the analogy of injury, meaning the Ona'ah—actually, the Rabbinical court, the Bet Din, must set fair prices for goods so that no one pays too much. And in Chapter 15, Perek Tet-Vav, the Rambam deals with purchase by mistake, known as mekach ta'ut, when a person has the right to declare, "I would

not have bought this if I had known about this defect." It is a great principle that we develop in the Talmud, in the Gemara, which allows us to have a holy mind and have exchanges between people, between human beings, that are proper. This is what makes this world a serene world, a normal world.

That was the daily hit. I hope you had a good time. Do not hesitate to share it with as many people as possible. Be blessed infinitely.

Make the right choice today , the choice of Torah wherever you are in Israel or in the world; may we be able to attach ourselves a little more to our dear master as the Hayom Yom asked of us today, as the Tanya tells us in the name of our Rebbe. May Mashiach arrive very quickly. Say amen wherever you are. Continue to subscribe to the ritual.

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