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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 4 Nissan - Divine service of a businessman
Description: Χ’Φ²ΧΧΦΉΧΦ·Χͺ ΧΦΌΦ·Χ’Φ²ΧΦ΅Χ Χ’Φ²Χ‘ΦΈΧ§Φ΄ΧΧ ΧΦ΄ΧͺΦ°ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦΆΧ§ΦΆΧͺ ΧΦ΄Χ©ΧΦ°Χ Φ΅Χ Χ‘Φ°Χ’Φ΄ΧΧ€Φ΄ΧΧ Χ’Φ΄Χ§ΦΌΦΈΧ¨Φ΄ΧΧFor a businessman, Divine service comprises two main components:Χ) ΧΦΈΧ’Φ²ΧΧΦΉΧΦΈΧ Χ’Φ΄Χ Χ’Φ·Χ¦Φ°ΧΧΦΉ(a) Divine service relating to himself:ΧΦΌΦ°Χ’Φ΅Χͺ Χ’ΦΈΧ‘Φ°Χ§ΧΦΉ ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦΈΧ©Χ ΧΦΌΦ°Χ©ΧΦΈΧ’ΦΈΧ ΧΦ·Χ€ΦΌΦ°Χ ΧΦΌΧΦΈΧ, ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΦΈΧ©ΧΦ°ΧΧΦΉ ΧΦΌΦ·ΧΦ²Χ ΧΦΌΧͺ ΧΦ°ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧΦΆΧDuring free time in the midst of his activities, such as while sitting in his store,ΧΦ΄ΧΦ°ΧΧΦΉΧ ΧΦ΄Χ©ΧΦ°Χ ΦΈΧ ΧΦ΄Χ©ΧΦ°Χ ΦΈΧΧΦΉΧͺ Χ€ΦΌΦΆΧ¨ΦΆΧ§ ΧͺΦΌΦ·Χ Φ°ΧΦΈΧhe should study a passage of the Mishnah or a chapter of Tanya. ΧΦ΄ΧΧΦ΄Χ ΧΧΦΉ ΧΦ΅ΧΧΦΆΧ ΧΦΌΦ΄ΧΦ°Χ¨Φ΅Χ ΧͺΦΌΧΦΉΧ¨ΦΈΧ, ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΧΦΉ ΧΧΦΌΧΦΈΧ©Χ ΧΦ΄Χ©ΧΦ°Χ ΦΈΧΧΦΉΧͺ ΧͺΦΌΦ·Χ Φ°ΧΦΈΧ, Χ©ΧΦΆΧΦΌΦ΄ΧΦ°ΧΦΆΧ ΧΦΌΦΈΧ§Φ΄Χ ΧΦΌΦΈΧΦΆΧ ΧΦΌΦ°Χ’Φ·Χ Χ€ΦΌΦΆΧHe should know certain Torah teachings by heart, such as extracts from Chumash, Mishnayos, Tehillim, or Tanya, ΧΦ°ΧΦ·Χ’Φ·Χ Χ©ΧΦΆΧΦΌΧΦΌΧΦ·Χ ΧΦ·ΧΦ²ΧΧΦΉΧ¨ Χ’Φ²ΧΦ΅ΧΧΦΆΧ ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΦΈΧΦ°ΧΧΦΉ ΧΦΌΦΈΧ¨Φ°ΧΧΦΉΧ, ΧΦΌΦ·Χ©ΦΌΧΧΦΌΧ§ ΧΦ°ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧΦΆΧso that he can review them while walking in the street, the marketplace and the like.Χ) ΧΦΈΧ’Φ²ΧΧΦΉΧΦΈΧ Χ’Φ΄Χ ΧΧΦΌΧΦΈΧͺΧΦΉ(b) Divine service relating to others:ΧΦΌΦ°Χ’Φ΅Χͺ ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦ΄ΧΦΌΧΦΌΧ¨ ΧΦΌΦ°Χ’Φ΄Χ Φ°ΧΦΈΧ Φ΅Χ Χ’Φ΅Χ‘ΦΆΧ§While talking business,ΧΦ°Χ‘Φ·ΧΦΌΦ΅Χ ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦ΄ΧΦΌΧΦΌΧ¨ ΧΦ°Χ‘Φ·Χ€ΦΌΦ΅Χ¨ ΧΦ΅ΧΧΦΆΧ Χ‘Φ΄Χ€ΦΌΧΦΌΧ¨ ΧͺΦΌΧΦΉΧΦ°Χ Φ΄Χhe should deftly divert the course of the conversation so that he can relate a story with a message.ΧΦ°ΧΦ΄ΧΦ°Χ¦ΧΦΉΧ Χ’Φ΄ΧΦΌΦΈΧ ΧΦ°Χ‘Φ΄ΧΦΌΦΈΧ ΧΦ°Χ’ΧΦΉΧ¨Φ΅Χ¨