Daily Insights by Rabbi Eli Silberstein

when erev pesach falls on shabbos its an auspicious time for Moshiach - Chasam Sofer

Why this shabbos is called שבת הגדול - the Rebbe and the Sfas Emes

Incredible story that illustrates how the gift of freedom is etched into the fabric of our neshomos

a profound insight from the rebbe re freedom as a state of mind - not a physical condition of life

Yud Aleph Nissan a יום כללי - beautiful story re the meaning of הנשיא הוא הכל

Maamar from the Rebbe on ויקרא אל משה - Maamar was said ג׳ ניסן ל״ב

Incredible story with the Rebbe a week before כ״ז אדר תשנ״ב

the Rebbes phenomenal explanation of החודש הזה לכם - why didn’t the Torah start with this possuk

The Alter Rebbe’s beautiful pshat on the Gemoro that one should remember prior to shabbos 3 things:עשרתם ערבתם הדליקו את הנר

Gevaldig pshat of Reb Levik - the Rebbes father - ועתה אם תשא חטאתם ואם אין מחני נא

The Chasam Sofers amazing insight into why אהרן did the עגל

What did Aharon see that made him do the Egel - וירא אהרן ויבן מזבח לפניו - Gemoro and Midrashim

Beautiful story with Reb Shimon sofer - son of Chasam Sofer- re why we don’t do tefilin on shabbos - tonight is his yartzeit

The maamar על כן קראו לימים האלו פורים - 1953

An incredible story about the Baal Shem Tov told by the Chidushei Horim as to why Chazal encouraged us to drink on Purim

The Chassidic Maamar that brought down Stalin YS on purim 1953

Where’s Haman hinted in the Torah? המן העץ הזה. The Alter Rebbe gives fascinating insight into this Gemoro

Gevaldig insight from Reb Pinchos of Koritz re Esthers request from the Sages to include her book in Tanach

great insights by the Rebbe and Reb Yonoson Eibeshitz as what Hamans mistake was

just as we decrease our joy in Av we should increase our joy in Adar - The Rebbe and Chasam sofer

Awesome story with Reb Shrira Gaon (9th ce) that explained the words of Esther that Haman ‘sold’ the Jews to be killed. כי נמכרנו אני ועמי

Reb Levi Yitzchok of Barditchev’s beautiful explanation on not differentiating between the blessings of Mordechai and the curses of haman

Fascinating insight from Reb Yonasan Eibeshetz re Purim being a day when we don’t differentiate between the blessings of Mordechai and the curses of Haman

Was ר׳ זירא still a כהן after he died and came back during his purim meal with רבה - interesting pshat from בעל האדרת

Interesting תשובות אבני נזר where he explains why Aharon Hakohen will need a new chinuch to kehunah when moshiach comes - today יא אדר is his yartzeit

Shoshanas Yaakov sung by the Rebbe’s farbrengen.

‎שמונה עשרה corresponds to יריעות המשכן and תחנון corresponse to יריעות עזים- צמח צדק

אמתיים וחצי ארכו - מכאן שכל המוסיף גורע - Another source for this principle

Geshmaker explanation by the Rebbe how the description of the יריעות teaches us the principle of כל המוסיף גורע

Fascinating insight by the צמח צדק on the significane of the יריעות עזים

Fascinating story with רמ״א re the Mitzvah of collecting Tzedaka from the rich and the poor

Beautiful story and vort of the Rizhener on מקבילות הלולאות

Beautiful insight by תולדות יעקב יוסף about the analogy between life and a wedding- לי לשמי

What is the nature of absolute simcha? - The Rebbe and Reb Velvel Brisker

Fascinating discussion by the Rebbe as to why Rashi comments on the reason for increasing simcha in Adar is because of the miracles of Purim and PESACH?!!

What exactly must we do to increase our simcha in Adar? - the Munkatcher Rov in Nimukei Orach Chaim

A fascinating gemoro which uses treacherous waves of the ocean as metaphor to the spiritual challenges of life

A profound spiritual explanation by the Rebbe on the last Mishnah in ch. 7 of Mikvaos - in honor of my father’s yartzeit Adar 3

Even Ezra’s sharp wit against a Karaite interpretation on כי יגוף שור איש את שור רעהו

A great Halachic analysis on the mitzvah for Bes Din to execute a master who struck his slave with a fatal blow - אך אם יום או יומים יעמוד

Great pshat from the Koznitzer Magid on וכי יזיד איש על רעהו להרגו בערמה - antidote to מחשבות זרות

Beautiful insight of the Alter Rebbe on the dual reading of the עשרת הדברות and its connection to a profound understanding of halachic concept כל מילתא שאמר רחמנא לא תעבד, אי עבד לא מהני

Lessons in sefer תומר דבורה by Rabbi Moshe Kordovero - ch. 2

Great story about שירת הים with Reb Elimelech of Lizensk - told by Reb Yankele of Pshevorsk

Lessons in sefer תומר דבורה by Rabbi Moshe Kordovero - ch. 1

ויאמינו בה׳ ובמשה עבדו - Remarkable explanation of the בעש״ט as to why our relationship with Moshe is instrumental to our relationship with Hashem

Titus thought that the Jewish G-d is in control of the sea only - an interesting explanation by תולדות י״י

Chazal tell us that Moshe’s preoccupation with rescuing the bones of Yosef out of Mitzraim shows his immense love for mitzvos - a remarkable insight from the תשובות בית יעקב

Inspiring insight from the תולדות יעקב יוסף on the possuk ואמר פרעה לבני ישראל נבוכים הם בארץ

3 Halachic reasons for why the Egyptians only died after they washed up on the shore and not in the water - בעל הפלאה in פנים יפות

Yud-Shvat-Farbrengen part 2

Yud-Shvat-Farbrengen part 1

The incredible story witnessed and told by Reb Michoel Chazan who experienced an awesome miracle with the Rebbe - in honor of Yud Shvat

Why does it say in the Shema לאהבה את ה׳ אלוקיכם instead of לאהוב את ה׳ another jem from torah or

Why is Golus compared to a never ending pregnancy - a jem from Torah Or

Jems from תורה אור פ׳ וארא - why we say סלח לנו after we׳ve gone through most of shacharis

Barnes Hall Concert - Vos Vet Zayn Ven Moshiach Vet Kumen

Barnes Hall Concert - Essen Est Zich

Barnes Hall Concert - Kol Bayaar

Barnes Hall Concert - Dudele

Barnes Hall concert - Nigun Simcha

Barnes Hall concert - אל תירא עבדי יעקב

Barnes Hall concert - Tzi Azoy. Reb Mendel’s Nigun

Barnes Hall concert - Moshiach Nigun. Stropkov/kaliv

Barnes Hall concert - Nigun Hisvaadus

Rabbi Pinchos Hirshprungs yartzeit - anectodes that he shared with me while i studied in Montreal

The Alter Rebbes profound explanation as to why moshe was to throw his staff in front of Paroh

Beautiful insight of Reb Meir Shapiro on Moshe’s unique qualification as a leader.

What grabbed the Alter Rebbe in Mezritch that made him become a chossid of the Magid

Great Pshat of the Beis Halevi on the deeper meaning of וידע אלוקים

וירא אלוקים את בני ישראל, וידע אלוקים What’s the meaning of וידע אלוקים - a Chassidic insight

Powerful teaching of the Baal Shem Tov re Moshe’s vision of the burning bush והסנה איננו אוכל - told by the alter Rebbe at the famous polemical debate in Minsk ה׳תקמ״ג

Amazing story with Viledniker Rebbe which the Rebbe told at a farbrengen and the miraculous blessing that came in the wake of that farbrengen - tonight is his yartzeit

The enormous health benefits of learning Rambam every day

Another great explanation from the holy Rizener for Moshe’s refusal to act as a messenger

How could Moshe refuse to serve as the messenger to redeem the jewish nation?! Didn’t he care about their suffering?! A great insight from the Riziner.

Beautiful story about the Rebbe Rashab as a child doing אתכפיא

Powerful Or Hachaim on the analogy of יששכר to a donkey

A remarkable example in Rambam re the true meaning of ערבות

The relationship of ערבות (guarantorship) and Kingship - why יהודה was destined for kingship

כרע שכב כארי - a beautiful pshat from Sfas Emes

The Shelah Hakodosh shows how the Rambans explanation re the kingship of Yehuda explains the controversy between Yosef and his brothers

The rivalry surrounding the monarchy of Israel according to Ramban

Gevaldig Malbim on Paroh’s question to Yaakov כמה ימי שני חייך and Yaakov’s puzzling response

What makes עשרה בטבת so important that even if it fell on shabbos we would fast

Beautiful insight from Tzemach Tzedek and Reb Nochum Tchernobeler on the relationship between the 7 cows and the seven candles of the Menorah

“They lit candles in the courtyards of your holy temple” - chasam sofer

Another beautiful insight by the Alter Rebbe into the analogy of the neshomo and a candle

The Alter Rebbe’s insight re the analogy between a candle and Mitzva

The unique power of the fifth day of Chanukah

Fascinating story with Previous Rebbe and Reb Itsche der Masmid re seeing spiritual light

interesting Shelah Hakodosh on the פך השמן and it’s to angel striking Yaakov בכף הירך

The incredible miracle with leftover oil from the Radomsker Rebbes menorah - ומנותר קנקנים נעשה נס לשושנים

Nigun of Nikolaev- Yevanim

Interesting Midrash Tanchuma on the contrast between Greek and Jewish symbolism of the bull and its horn - based on an insight from Tzemach Tzedek

Amazing insight by Reb Chaim Vital as to the difference between the candles of shabbos and those of Chanukah

The incredible power of the light of Chanuka - through the lens of Chassidus

Inspiring insight by the Rebbe into the 2 types of darkness that candles of Chanukah dispel

a recording of the story re mitteler Rebbes dream - previous was accidentally cut

Fantastic lesson we learn from רחל אמנו how to ensure that our tefilos are heard - כלי יקר

remarkable Rabbeinu Bechaye on vehoyo zaracho - illuminated by teachings of chassidus

Mitteler Rebbe to a young scholar: you can grasp the deepest concepts in Torah and remain a donkey

Great story of how the Mitterler Rebbe was from accidentally consume non kosher food

Fascinating story of a dream the Mitteler Rebbe had and his father’s interpretation

Beautiful anecdote with a Chernobyler chossid and the Mitteler Rebbe-from the previous Rebbe.

Gevaldig pshat of the Riziner on כי לא אעזבך עד אשר אם עשיתי את אשר דברתי לך

Beautiful insight of the Rebbe Maharash on וגללו את האבן מעל פי הבאר

Amazing story I heard recently from a Boyaner Chossid - יציאת צדיק עושה רושם

A remarkable insight of the Sfas Emes on the first Rashi שיציאת צדיק מן המקום עושה רושם

The deeper meaning of רחל and לאה in avodas hashem - the Alter Rebbe in תורה אור

Great story with Reb Chaim Brisker and the Rebbe Rashab - אין זה כי אם בית אלוקים

How the story of Yaakov’s journey to חרן is a metaphor for the jew in times of golus - the רבי in a sicho of 5752

Why is the principle of אין עשה דוחה לא תעשה not applicable in the בית המקדש - Reb Yosef Engel on מה נורא המקום הזה

A הלכה discussion as to how the sale of Esav׳s בכורה to Yaakov was valid - wasn’t it a sale of a דבר שלא בא לעולם?

The amazing story with Baal Shem Tov and the bishop and the reason Reb Pinchos Koritzer didnt recite Tachnun on the 3rd of Kislev

Amazing lesson by the mekubal Reb Avrohom Azulay from Yitzchoks reaction to Esav after realizing that Yaakov got the Brochos

Beautiful Maharal on the struggle of Rome with Israel - corresponding to the struggle of Yaakov and Esav - why are the garments of Esav so central to this story?

Rosh Chodesh Kislev in tanach according to Chasam Sofer is a day of atonement like Yom Kippur.

A reflection on Rosh Chodesh Kislev

Some lessons relevant to Shlichus from this weeks parsha

Interesting insight by the Beis Halevi on why Eliezer changed Avrohom’s words - ולקחת אשה לבני

Great lesson about love in marriage from the marriage of Yitzchok and Rivka by Reb Levi Yitzchok of Barditchev - ותהי לו לאשה ויאהבה

When humility becomes a source of egotism - Great interpretation on the last possuk of Vayeara by the Baal Shem Tov - ופילגשו ושמה ראומה

Fascinating Zohar: when Avrohom tried to burry Sara, Adam and Chava tried to stop him. Why?

Beautiful insight by the Kotzker Rebbe re Eliezer’s hope that Avrohom would consider his daughter as a suitable match for Yitzchok.

A halachik question whether Eliezer acted as a shliach - legal proxy - for yitzchok in marrying Rivkah - The Rebbe and Reb Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev

Avrohom came with the days of his life - a point of a maamar by the Rebbe on that possuk

Astonishing interpretation of the Apter Rov on וישלח אברהם את ידו ויקח את המאכלת

A Geshmaker pshat of the Sar Sholom of Belz on כמו שכבש אברהם את רחמיו .. כן יכבשו רחמיך

Beautiful רבינו בחייי and Shelah Hakodosh on the difference whether the name Aleph Daled Nun Yud is spelled with a קמץ or a פתח

A beautiful insight of the אברבנאל on על נא תעבור מעל עבדך

The incredible insight of the Baal Shem Tov on גדולה הכנסת אורחים יותר מקבלת פני השכינה

Does the Mitzvah of הכנסת אורחים transform ones home - great story with Mezricher Magid

Kremenchuger nigun

Remarkable letter of the Noam Elimelech’s son as to why great Tzadikim are often humiliated and assaulted by prominent Rov or rosh yeshiva and how Avrohom left כנען as a result of such harassment

Did Avrohom show a lack of trust by leaving כנען as a result of the famine? - Ramban and the Barditchever offer different views

Geshmaker vort on הבט נא השמימה וספר הכוכבים - from Reb Meir Shapiro

Beautiful explanation on the question the מלאך posed to Hagar אי מזה באת ואנה תלכי

Nice pshat of Reb Meir Shapiro קום התהלך לארכה ולרחבה - today was the yartzeit of Reb Meir Shapiro

לך לך בשמחה - Amazing story with Reb Dovid Lelover

The historic controversy re the status of a prospective convert who has had his Bris but not Mikvah

The Baal Shem Tov’s perspective on Nature and its role in our lives

A brilliant conversation the Chasam Sofer overheard as a child in Frankfurt between 2 Torah giants re לא ישבותו

יומם ולילה לא ישבותו - what is the definition of rest for a ben noach?

Sholom Aleichem sung to an old Chabad nigun. The Previous Rebbe was once heard singing this tune on Friday night

The Midrash explains that Hashem’s praise came originally from water as the world was enveloped entirely in water. Chassidus gives a deeper understanding of this.

why the story of the Flood is so important to our lives - a Chassidic insight

A Nigun from the Mezricher Magid, which was sung by the Riziner

The famous Nigun of the Heliger Riziner

Beautiful insight of the Holy Riziner on מי הגיד לך כי עירום אתה

Another inspiring vort from the Riziner on גדול עווני מנשוא

Fascinating insight from holy Rizhener on בפי ישרים תתרומם ובשפתי צדיקים תתברך וכו

The third story the previous Rebbe tells re the relationship of the Riziner and the Tzemach Tzedek

The second story the Tzemach Tzedek told about the Riziner

A story about the Riziner told by the Tzemach Tzedek - Tonight is Yartzeit of the heiliger Riziner

Inspiring story of the תולדות יעקב יוסף, how he became a chossid of the Baal Shem Tov

Gevaldig story with Reb Levi Yitzchok of Barditchev - told by Reb Yankele of Pshevorsk

Geshmaker vort of Reb Levi Yitzchok Barditchever about the order of the creation of שמים וארץ

👆אמר השם ליעקב ...אל תירא עבדי יעקב

Yartzeit of Reb Levi Yitzcok Barditchever. His beautiful insight into the puzzling Midrash which asks which actions does Hashem prefer? The actions of tzadikim or the ones of the Resha’im.

Reb Levi Yitzchok of Barditchev on בראשית ברא אלוקים and the connection to ה׳ מלך, ה׳ מלך, ה׳ ימלוך

Why we read Breishis right after simchas Torah- a point from the Rebbe’s Maamar 5738

A fabulous idea in ליקוטי תורה about two types of מצוות - מצוות that involve the self of the person and those that can only be performed without the involvement of the self

‏Another fundamental difference re הושענה רבה between other chassidic approaches and chassidus Chabad in understanding of the ערבה

The difference in approach between other chassidic sources and Chabad re the uniqueness of Hoshana Rabbah. The brochos from Above vs. the Avodah of the Jew.

The celebration of the ערבה on הושענה רבה - a powerful insight from the Rebbe

Geshmaker insight in the first משנה in 3rd perek of סוכה that לולב הגזול פסול - from the sefer תפארת שלמה

How Sukkah and Lulav celebrate 2 different aspects of our relationship with Hashem - A fascinating interplay between the Halachic (Nigleh) aspects of those mitzvas and their Mystical dimensions

Fascinating Halachic question about a jew who built a sukkah in a concentration camp shortly before sundown on Erev Sukkos and ate a Kezayis after dark and immediately deconstructed the sukkah

Fantastic story with a Jew who turned his hat into a Sukkah and Holy Rizhener’s reaction

Why did ר׳ יוחנן בן זכאי enact 2 traditions in one day - shaking the lulav for 7 days and refrain from eating חדש till the end of the 16th of Nissan? Fascinating insight into our relationship with the בית המקדש

Reb Elimelech’s ‘׳עבירות on motzei Yom Kippur

An ערב יום כיפור story of a tailor, an officer and a fish - from the מדרש and it’s deeper meaning as explained by כלי יקר, חתם סופר and חסידות

Rebbe Maharash - 5 levels of tshuva. yom kippur the body delights in Elokus

Amazing debate between the Alter Rebbe and the Shpoler Zayde as to how one should get closer to Hashem - vov tishrei is the yartzeit of the Shpoler Zayde

Amazing analogy between a Mikvah and the purification through Tshuva - From the Rebbe

‘Hashem resembles a Mikvah’ - fascinating insight of the Rebbe on the last משנה in מסכת יומא

Remarkable explanation by the Tzemach Tzedek as to why Kol Nidre became the introduction to the whole mood of Yom Kippur

A tale of 2 Chazanim from the city of Kremenchug - told by the illustrous chossid Reb Saadiah Liberov - The inspiring prayers on Rosh Hashana of the legendary chossid Reb Yisroel Noach Belinitzky

Beautiful story with the holy Rizhener who met a simple Jew who saved the jewish community through his simple and sincere prayer - וסלחת לעוונינו כי רב הוא

What’s a shabbosdik tshuva - the Tzemach Tzedeks explanation to his grandchild the Rashab

Beautiful vort of the holy Rizhener re Shabbos Tshuva

Incredible story of מסירת נפש for שופר in Aushwitz

The dramatic story of Reb Shaye Bardeki who was forced to swim to the shore of Yafo with his 2 children and the cry of ‘Tatte!!!’ From his little daughter that saved her life - profound lesson for Rosh Hashana

Awesome story told by the Tzemach Tzedek in a maamar about a dream Reb zushe had where the Baal Hatosffos Rabbeinu Yitzchok explained to him a line in the machzor of Rosh hashono. והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו איותה ויעש נורא וקדוש.

Story of the Alter Rebbe who said that he davened rosh hashana with a shtender- the Rebbes explanation

My memories of Reb Nissan's davening on the first night of Rosh Hashana - his crying and his singing.

The great chossid Reb Avrohom Eliyahu Axelrod first Rosh hashane in the US in 1920

Inspiring tosafos in Rosh Hashana 17b that Reb Mendel of Rimanov asked every erev RH for his Gabai to announce in shul

Beautiful nigun song by the famous chossid Reb avrohom mayor to the words in the rosh hashana davening 'gaavoso godlo'

What prayer did Avrohom Avinu say on Har Hamoryiah? - מי שענה לאברהם אבינו בהר המורי׳. The Shelah Hakodosh and the Maharsha

How the שבועה of the נשמה is the key to the עבודה of ראש השנה in making hashem a מלך over the entire Creation- Rebbe’s Maamar

why is Tishrei referred to in מדרש as the Month of the Oath - ירחא דשבועתא? Fascinating insight of the צמח צדק

Reb Pinchos Koritzer gives a wonderful insight into the פזמון of במוצאי מנוחה

Beautiful pshat of Chasam Sofer on the words in Slichos הנשמה לך והגוף פעלך

Fantastic story with the first Belzer Rov, the Sar Sholom of Belz, during motze shabbos slichos

A fascinating story of the Tzemch Tzedek and the Tcherkasser Rebbe re תורה לא בשמים

Great story of the Chozeh of Lublin that illustrates the concept of תורה לא בשמים

The 2 reasons behind the principle of תורה לא בשמים היא and their halachic implications - חתם סופר and חסידות

Fascinating discussion on the halachic principle of תורה לא בשמים היא - debate between כסף משנה and חתם סופר

The Rebbe Rashab’s fascinating insight into למען ספות הרוה את הצמאה

Beautiful insight from Ramban and Daas Zekenim for למען ספות הרוה את הצמאה

Ramban’s fascinating interpretation of כי בשרירות לבי אלך - the psychology of decadent behavior

Gevaldig story about Chasam Sofer and his Rebbe Reb Noson Adler about how to have שמחה של מצוה

The בעל שם טוב explains how Hashem speaks to us many times every day, asking us to do תשובה

Amazing insight by the Rebbe on the words לדוד ה׳ אורי וישעי ממי אירא, ה׳ מעוז חיי ממי אפחד

Fascinating halachic discussion on the permissibility for יהושע to cover the 12 stones, which had the text of the Torah on them, with plaster - wouldnt that erase Hashems name?

What happened to the baskets of the ביכורים? - 3 different interpretations

Great introduction to the פרשה by רבינו בחיי regarding the incredible promise made by Hashem in return for giving צדקה

Wonderful story about the Baal Shem Tov who met a חזן who sang a happy tune for על חטא

A synopsis of the maamar by the Alter Rebbe on מה יפו פעמיך בנעלים בת נדיב which was inspired by the (seemingly) casual conversation that ר׳ פנחס קאריצער had with his wife about the lunch preparations

Stirring melody by Reb Pinchos Koritzer on the words אמנם כן, יצר סוכן, בנו בך להצדק, רב צדק ועננו סלחתי - From the liturgy of the night of יום כיפור.

The Alter Rebbes relationship with Reb Pinchos Koritzer - Tonight Ellul 10 is Reb Pinchos’ yartzeit

Great story with רשב״ם and רבינו תם regarding the Mitzvah לא תחרוש בשור ובחמור יחדו

Geshmaker Sicho on the connection between קידושין and גטין in the parsha

The שמחה of Elul - Rebbe׳s fascinating explanation as to why there’s no mitzva for שמחה on אלול as we have on a יום טוב

 The power of the טלית - an incredible story told by previous Rebbe

Beautiful pshat of the great Tzadik ר׳ מנדל בארער on שלח תשלח את האם- recorded by the צמח צדק

3 reasons for the מצוה of שילוח הקן and their halachic implications

The Alter Rebbes Chassidus on כי תצא למלחמה על אויבך

Amazing Or Hachaim Hakodosh on the deeper reason for why Torah would permit a non Jewish יפת תואר to a Jew in war time

Remarkable Shelah Hakodosh on the concept of יפת תואר

The concept of Edus according to Chassidus - Tzemach Tzedek

Why does the Torah say once al pi Shloso edim and the other time without al pi

The difference between Shnei Edim and Shnayim Edim

The fascinating תרגום יונתן בן עוזיאל re witnesses

The Lubavitcher Rebbe is a believer in Jews- great anecdote with Reb Shlomo Zalman Ohrbach

A beautiful pshat in אני לדודי from באר מים חיים and an awesome story that took place in a Nazi concentration camp

Powerful story in the Gemoro that illustrates the true power of Elul

The Rebbes revolutionary understanding of אני לדודי ודודי לי - אלול. What’s our עבודה in אלול really about

Are 2 witnesses necessary for verification only - ramarkable Ramban cited by Ktzos Hachoshen

Why does the Torah say Al Pi Shnayim oh Shlosho Edim - Reb Saadiah Gaons pshat and Chasam Sofers explanation

Did בר קפרא (student of רבי יהודה הנשיא) really have 12 wives

fascinating Tzemach Tzedek on the Rambams claim that our belief in the Mount Sinai event is based on the legal principle of testimony

Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof - a great story with Reb Peretz Chein the Rov of Tchernigov

Neviah in our time - an incredible story i heard today from the person himself

A model of judging others favorably - anecdotes about the Belzer Rov Reb Aharon Rokeach in honor of his yartzeit

How the engagement in destruction of an entire city will not result in fostering cruelty in our hearts - the Or Hachaim Hakodosh on venosan lecho rachamim