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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 3 Adar 2 - A scholar can attain the level of a simple Jew
Description: מַעֲנֵה הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶקThe following is an answer that the Tzemach Tzedek gave לְחָסִיד בָּקִי בְּשַׁ"ס כוּ' וּמַשְׂכִּיל גָּדוֹל בַּחֲסִידוּתto a chassid who was exceedingly well versed in the entire Talmud and in the scholarly writings of Chassidus:קַבָּלַת עוֹל אִיז מְשַׁנֶּה דעֶם מְהוּתKabbalas ol, the unquestioning acceptance of G‑d’s yoke, transforms a person’s essence. דוּרְך קַבָּלַת עוֹל פוּן אַ עֶבֶד פָּשׁוּטBy adopting the kabbalas ol of a simple servant, וואָס בְּשַׁעַת עֶר שְׁלאָפְט אִיז אוֹיךְ נִיכָּר דעֶר עוֹל הָעַבְדוּת זַיינעֶרwhose yoke of servitude is apparent even when he sleeps, קעֶן אֲפִילוּ אַ לַמְדָן אוּן אַ גָּאוֹן אוֹיךְ קוּמעֶןeven a scholar and a genius can attain צוּ דעֶר מַעֲלָה אוּן חֲשִׁיבוּת פוּן אַ פְּראָסְט–תְּמִימוּת'דִיקעֶן מְסִירַת-נֶפֶשׁ אִידthe lofty rung and stature of a simple, artless Jew who serves G-d with mesirus nefesh, with self-sacrificing devotion.Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English