Reflections on the Daily "Hayom Yom"
Aug 24, 2026 · 4 min · 2 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.
So in our dining room, there is a beautiful chandelier that hangs from the ceiling just over our dining room table.
And on a regular basis, we've got to dust it just to keep it nice and clean.
But then, once in a while, maybe once or twice a year, we've got to give it a very thorough cleansing.
And that involves disassembling the entire fixture so you take each of the crystal pieces off of the fixture and when you're all done disassembling it you throw all the pieces or gently put all the pieces into a big bowl and you wash it and clean it and then when you're done with that and reassemble that chandelier it shines brighter than ever before.
Now, imagine if you were able to do that thorough cleansing on yourself.
That would be pretty amazing.
Of course, if somebody else did it to your psyche, that would be very uncomfortable and invasive.
But imagine you were given the tools to cleanse yourself that way, to give yourself an inside-out, completely thorough cleansing.
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So in our dining room, there is a beautiful chandelier that hangs from the ceiling just over our dining room table.
And on a regular basis, we've got to dust it just to keep it nice and clean.
But then, once in a while, maybe once or twice a year, we've got to give it a very thorough cleansing.
And that involves disassembling the entire fixture so you take each of the crystal pieces off of the fixture and when you're all done disassembling it you throw all the pieces or gently put all the pieces into a big bowl and you wash it and clean it and then when you're done with that and reassemble that chandelier it shines brighter than ever before.
Now, imagine if you were able to do that thorough cleansing on yourself.
That would be pretty amazing.
Of course, if somebody else did it to your psyche, that would be very uncomfortable and invasive.
But imagine you were given the tools to cleanse yourself that way, to give yourself an inside-out, completely thorough cleansing.