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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 12 Nissan - Jews are G‑d’s soldiers and G‑d’s servants
Description: הפטורה: וְאַרְבָּעָה אֲנָשִׁים[On Shabbos Parshas Metzora], the haftarah begins Ve’arbaah anashim (II Melachim 7:3-20).בְּמִנְחָה: עֲבָדִים הָיִינוּ[On Shabbos HaGadol, after] Minchah, [we read part of the Haggadah, from] Avadim hayinu [until lechaper al kol avonoseinu].מִזְּמַן יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם נִקְרְאוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל צִבְאוֹת הEver since the time of the Exodus from Egypt, the Jewish people have been called Tzivos HaShem, “G‑d’s army.”הַהֶפְרֵשׁ בֵּין עֲבָדִים — שֶׁנִּקְרְאוּ כֵן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל — וּצְבָאוֹת הוּאThe Jewish people are [also] called servants. The difference between servants and an army [can be explained as follows]:עֶבֶד עוֹשֶׂה עֲבוֹדַת רַבּוֹ — וּבָזֶה כַּמָּה דַּרְגוֹתA servant performs work for his master on various levels —נוֹקֵב מַרְגָּלִיּוֹת, עוֹשֶׂה שְׁאָר מְלָאכוֹת, עוֹשֶׂה מְלָאכוֹת פְּשׁוּטוֹתone pierces pearls, one works in other crafts, another carries out unskilled tasks.וְיֵשׁ בָּזֶה יְגִיעָה וְעָמָל רַב, אֲבָל אֵין זֶה עִנ...