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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Q&A: What Makes Am Yisrael Special?

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Q: Is what distinguishes Am Yisrael from all the nations the Torah? And if there is a Jew who is not connected to the Torah, then ostensibly he should not feel different from all the nations, right?
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[Answered by Rav S. Yosef Weizanhttps://www.yeshiva.org.il/ask/]

A: The Israeli segula [deepest inner essence of the collective Hebrew soul] is of course connected to the segula of the Torah, which is united with the soul of Israel. However, both the specific Israeli component and the special part of Torah that is for everyone, can, for awhile when things are not yet revealed, exist only in a specific form. But this is only for a limited period. Over time, ultimately, we were promised that the Israeli segula will break all the shells and all the barriers and be revealed outwardly. If not in the father's life, then in the son's life. And if not in the son's life, then in the grandson's life. Israel is promised that they will do t'shuva [return to living their true inner essence].

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