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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 5 Nissan - A person enhances the honor of his place
Description: בִּרְצֵה דְּבִרְכַּת הַמָּזוֹן [A grammatical point:] In the paragraph beginning Retzeh in the Grace after Meals,אוֹמְרִים “בַּעַל הַיְשׁוּעוֹת" - בֵּית דְּגוּשָׁה, “וּבַעַל הַנֶּחָמוֹת" - בֵּית רְפוּיָהthe letter beis in the phrase baal hayeshuos has a dagesh, whereas the same letter in the following phrase (u’vaal hanechamos) does not have a dagesh.אַאַזְמוּ"ר אָמַר בְּמַאֲמַר רז"ל לֹא מְקוֹמוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם מְכַבְּדוֹ אֶלָּא אָדָם מְכַבֵּד אֶת מְקוֹמוֹThe Sages teach: “It is not a person’s place that enhances his honor [kavod]; it is the person that enhances the honor of his place.” On this teaching my revered grandfather, the Rebbe [Maharash], commented:כָּבוֹד יֵשׁ בּוֹ שְׁנֵי פֵּרוּשִׁים“There are two ways to understand the word kavod:לָשׁוֹן כַּבְדָא כְּמַאֲמַר רז"ל כָּבֵד לֵב פַּרְעֹה נַעֲשָׂה לִבּוֹ כְּכָבֵד“Its three root-letters spell kaved, which means a liver. The same word appears in the phrase, kaved lev Par’oh, where it means that...