EPISODE · May 3, 2026 · 8 MIN
Hayom Yom 17 Iyar - G‑d’s cherished land, the treasures hidden within Jews
from The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Day 32 of the Omerאֵין אוֹמְרִים צִדְקָתְךָ[When the eve of Lag BaOmer falls on Shabbos,] the passage beginning Tzidkas’cha is omitted in the Afternoon Service.בִּקְרִיאַת שְׁמַע שֶׁיֵּשׁ אוֹמְרִים בַּבּוֹקֶר — קוֹדֶם הַתְּפִלָּהIn the Shema that some people recite in the morning before the Morning Serviceכְּדֵי לָצֵאת חוֹבַת קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע בִּזְמַנָּהּin order to fulfill their obligation to recite the Shema at the proper time, גַּם כֵּן כּוֹפְלִים ג' הַתֵּיבוֹתthe [last] three words are repeated — [as is also done when reciting the Shema in the course of the Morning Service, if one is praying without a minyan] —"וּמְסַיְּמִים בְּתֵיבַת “אֱמֶתand the word emes is added.בִּקְרִיאַת שְׁמַע דִּתְפִלִּין דְּרַבֵּנוּ תַּם וְשִׁמּוּשָׁא רַבָּה אֵין כּוֹפְלִיםWhen one recites the Shema while wearing tefillin whose parshiyos are arranged according to the view of Rabbeinu Tam or of Shimusha Rabba, these three words are not repeated,"אֲבָל אוֹמְרִים “אֱמֶתbut the word emes is added.ל"ג בָּעוֹמֶר שְׁנַת תּר"ד — לְעֶרֶךְOn Lag BaOmer, around the year 5604 (1844),סִפֵּר הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק תּוֹרַת הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹבthe Tzemach Tzedek relayed the following teaching of the Baal Shem Tov.עֶס שְׁטעֶהט כִּי תִהְיוּ אַתֶּם אֶרֶץ חֵפֶץ אָמַר ה' צְבָאוֹת“It is written, ‘For you shall be a cherished land, declares the G‑d of Hosts.’אָט אַזוֹי וִוי דִי גרעֶסטעֶ חֲכָמִים וועֶלעֶן אֵייבִּיג נִיט דעֶרגֵיין דִי גְרוֹיסעֶ, טִבְעִיּוּת'דִיגעֶ אוֹצָרוֹתJust as the wisest minds will never be able to grasp the vast natural treasuresוועֶלכעֶ הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרֵךְ האָט טוֹבֵעַ געֶוועֶן בָּאָרֶץthat G‑d has hidden in the earth,אַז הַכֹּל הָיָה מִן הֶעָפָרto grasp that ‘everything came from dust,’ אָט אַזוֹי קעֶן קֵיינעֶר נִיט דעֶרְגֵיין דִי גְרוֹיסעֶ אוֹצָרוֹת וואָס לִיגעֶן אִין אִידעֶןso, too, no one can appreciate the treasures that lie hidden within Jews,וואָס זֵיי זַיינעֶן דעֶם אוֹיבּעֶרשְׁטעֶנס בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶרֶץ חֵפֶץwho are G‑d’s cherished land.”וְסִיֵּם הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹבThe Baal Shem Tov concluded:אִיך וִויל מאַכעֶן פוּן אִידעֶן“I want to bring Jews to the pointאַז זֵיי זאָלעֶן געֶבּעֶן דעֶם יְבוּל, וואָס דעֶם אוֹיבּעֶרשְׁטעֶנס בָּרוּךְ הוּא אַ אֶרֶץ חֵפֶץ קעֶן געֶבּעֶן.that they will yield the kind of harvest that G‑d’s ‘cherished land’ can yield.”Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in EnglishFor questions and follow-up: [email protected]
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