Reflections on the Daily "Hayom Yom"
Aug 8, 2026 · 3 min · 1 segments
Study the daily entries of "Hayom Yom," a book of short daily insights which was compiled by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 1942.
Some mitzvahs are the equal responsibility of men and women while other mitzvahs are directed, commanded to men specifically.
The mitzvah to study Torah is technically an obligation to men alone and women are exempt from this mitzvah.
Nevertheless...
It says today, the Rebbe Rashab, the fifth Rebbe of Chabad, wrote that when a new baby girl is born, and you say mazel tov, and you want to offer the traditional blessing that we wish somebody upon the birth of a new baby, and you say, may you grow this child, may you raise this child to the study of Torah, says the Rebbe Rashab, that is an appropriate blessing, an appropriate wish to offer to somebody who's had a baby girl as well.
As the Gemara explains, that by virtue of a woman encouraging her children to study Torah, encouraging her husband and being a support to her husband in his studies, this by virtue of doing these things the woman too shares a part in the great merit that the study of Torah, this special mitzvah brings.
Anything that has relevance to the observance of the mitzvahs that a woman needs to observe.
Anything that is relevant to the outlook.
So if a woman is obligated to have... run a kosher home.
If a woman is obligated, which she is, to have love of Hashem and fear of Hashem, the only way to properly fulfill these mitzvahs is to learn about what a kosher home means.
To learn about Hashem and what it means to have love and fear of Hashem.
So these are huge aspects of Torah learning that apply equally to men and to women as well.
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Some mitzvahs are the equal responsibility of men and women while other mitzvahs are directed, commanded to men specifically.
The mitzvah to study Torah is technically an obligation to men alone and women are exempt from this mitzvah.
Nevertheless...
It says today, the Rebbe Rashab, the fifth Rebbe of Chabad, wrote that when a new baby girl is born, and you say mazel tov, and you want to offer the traditional blessing that we wish somebody upon the birth of a new baby, and you say, may you grow this child, may you raise this child to the study of Torah, says the Rebbe Rashab, that is an appropriate blessing, an appropriate wish to offer to somebody who's had a baby girl as well.
As the Gemara explains, that by virtue of a woman encouraging her children to study Torah, encouraging her husband and being a support to her husband in his studies, this by virtue of doing these things the woman too shares a part in the great merit that the study of Torah, this special mitzvah brings.
Anything that has relevance to the observance of the mitzvahs that a woman needs to observe.
Anything that is relevant to the outlook.
So if a woman is obligated to have... run a kosher home.
If a woman is obligated, which she is, to have love of Hashem and fear of Hashem, the only way to properly fulfill these mitzvahs is to learn about what a kosher home means.
To learn about Hashem and what it means to have love and fear of Hashem.
So these are huge aspects of Torah learning that apply equally to men and to women as well.
