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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 2 Elul - The Jewish people are called βa cherished landβ
Description: ΧΦΌΦ°Χ Φ΅Χ ΧΦ΄Χ©ΧΦ°Χ¨ΦΈΧΦ΅Χ Χ Φ΄Χ§Φ°Χ¨Φ°ΧΧΦΌ ΧΦΆΧ¨ΦΆΧ₯ ΧΦ΅Χ€ΦΆΧ₯The Jewish people are calledΒ βa cherished land,β Χ©ΧΦΆΧΦΌΦ΅Χ©Χ ΧΦΌΦΈΧΦΆΧ ΧΦΌΦ·ΧΦΌΦΈΧ ΧΦ²Χ€ΦΈΧ¦Φ΄ΧΧ ΧΦ°Χ§ΦΈΧ¨Φ΄ΧΧ ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΦ·ΧΦ²ΧΦ·Χͺ ΧΦ·Χ©ΦΌΧΦ΅Χ ΧΦ΄ΧͺΦ°ΧΦΌΦΈΧ¨Φ΅ΧΦ° ΧΦ°ΧΦ΄Χ¨Φ°ΧΦΈΧͺΧΦΉ ΧΦΌΧΦ΄ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧͺ ΧΧΦΉΧΧΦΉΧͺfor they possess many precious qualities, [including] their love ofΒ Gβd, their fear of Him, and their upstanding character traits. ΧΦ°ΧΦ΅ΧΧ ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΦ·Χ¨ ΧΦΌΦ΄ΧΦΌΧΦΌΧ ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦ΄ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧͺ ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧΧΦΉΧͺ ΧͺΦΌΦΈΧΧΦΌΧ ΧΦΆΧΦΌΦΈΧ ΧΦΌΦ·ΧΦΌΦ°Χ’ΧΦΉΧ¨Φ΅Χ¨[But like treasures buried in the earth,] the revelation of these positive qualities depends solely upon the person who evokes them.ΧΦΌΦΈΧΦΈΧ¨ ΧΦΌΦΈΧ¨ΧΦΌΧ¨ ΧΧΦΌΧIt is obvious ΧΦ²Χ©ΧΦΆΧ¨ ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΦΈΧ ΧΦΆΧΦ°Χ§Φ΅Χ ΧΦΈΧΦ²ΧΦΈΧΦΈΧ Χ Φ΄ΧΦ°Χ¦ΦΈΧΦ΄ΧΧ ΧΦ·Χ’Φ°ΧΦ°Χ ΧΦΉΧͺ ΧΦ·ΧΦ΄Χ ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦ΄ΧΧthat springs of fresh water exist in all parts of the earth. ΧΦ°ΧΦ·ΧΦΆΧΦ°ΧΦΌΦ΅Χ ΧΧΦΌΧ Χ¨Φ·Χ§ ΧΦΌΦ°Χ§Φ΄Χ¨ΧΦΌΧ ΧΦ°Χ¨Φ΄ΧΧΦΌΧ§The difference lies only in how close or far they are [from the surface]. ΧΦ°ΧΦ΄Χ ΧΦΌΦ΅Χ ΧΦ²ΧΦΉΧ ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦΉΧ ΧͺΦΌΦΈΧΧΦΌΧ ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΦ·ΧΧΦΉΧ€Φ΅Χ¨ ΧΦ°ΧΦΉΧΦ· Χ‘Φ·ΧΦ°ΧΦΈΧ ΧΦΌΧͺΧΦΉ ΧΦΌΧΦ°ΧͺΦ΄ΧΧ ΧΦΌΧͺΧΦΉIf so, everything depends on the digger and his patience and deliberateness.ΧΦ°ΧΦ΅ΧΧΦΈΧ Χ©ΧΦΆΧΦΈΧ¨ΦΈΧ¦ΧΦΉΧ ΧΧΦΌΧ ΧΦΌΦΉΧΦ· Χ’ΦΆΧΦ°ΧΧΦΉΧ ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΧΦΉΧΦ΅Χ¨ ΧΦΌΧΦ°Χ€Φ·Χ§ΦΌΦ΅Χ Χ’Φ·Χ ΧΦΌΦΈΧ ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦΉΧΧΦΉΧͺSince the will is a superior power...