## Ba'al Shem Tov, Emor

###### Ba'al Shem Tov, Emor 2:1
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כתיב (תהילים י״ט:ג׳) יום ליום יביע אומר, ופירש הבעל שם טוב ז"ל, כי כל יום מתפאר לחבירו במעשה הצדיק שנעשה בו:
(דברי שלום פ' תשא, לקוטי אמרים די"ד ע"ב ד"ה ואתחנן).

**Ami Silver, 2020:**
**“Day to day utters speech…”**
That is, each day boasts to its friend about the deeds that the Tzaddik did on it.⁵). The Maggid of Mezritch explains that the entire creation exists only for the sake of human beings, to become uplifted through their service of G-d. When a Tzaddik – a fully realized human being – serves G-d, he justifies the creation of that day, which then “boasts” of the goodness that was performed on it. The Maggid tells the parable of a king who sends his generals to battle, with their lieutenants and troops. After the battle is won, each general praises his lieutenant’s wisdom. (*Rimzei Torah*207). See also the story of “The Thirteen Beggars,” in *Tales of Rabbi Nachman*, in which time is described as being created from the deeds of kindness performed each day.
*Divrei Shalom, Ki Sisa*

footnotes:
⁵ “The days speak and boast. One says, ‘The Tzaddik did this thing on me!” and the other one says, ‘The Tzaddik did this thing on me!’” (Divrei Shalom, Derash l’Purim