It's that time of year again - that Hayom Yom that seems to be saying something about gravity, maybe? Every year seems to bring the same discussions and the same confusion.

It's time to sort out what this HYY is actually saying! The discussion in this recording is divided into 3 sections:

- The larger history and context for the Jewish view and attitude towards America up till that time

- What exactly the Alter Rebbe is saying, and what he isn't saying, about the question of gravity

- My argument that this HYY really isn't about gravity at all; the deeper meaning behind the Rebbe's choice to feature this passage in HYY, notable just as much for what it omits, and how the question of America and the role it was to play in Jewish destiny was something on the Chabad rebbeim's minds through the generations