{"id":42009,"date":"2018-10-14T21:47:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T18:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=42009"},"modified":"2022-05-10T19:08:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T16:08:57","slug":"singularity-and-humility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/singularity-and-humility\/","title":{"rendered":"Singularity and Humility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":50634,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[648,366,395],"acf":{"old_id":"42009","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34243,"related_cahpter":"69","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"\u201cThe righteous of the nations are undoubtedly dear to Me, too\u201d","content":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have always found verse 5 of today\u2019s chapter extremely significant, particularly in light of its interpretation by R. Obadyah of Seforno, the noted 16<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century Italian commentator. The Torah text reads:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, if you listen carefully to Me and observe My covenant, you will be singular (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">segulah<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) to Me amongst all the nations, for the Earth is Mine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sforno comments:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the entire human race is dearer to Me than lower order creatures\u2014because they alone are My intended, as [the Sages] said \u201cMan is beloved so he was created in [a divine] image\u201d\u2014in any event, you are the most treasured of all [nations]\u2026 and the difference between you is [merely] quantitative. \u201cFor the Earth is Mine\u201d and the righteous of the nations are undoubtedly dear to Me, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The revelation at Mt. Sinai set the terms for the covenant (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b\u2019rit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) between God and Israel. Unlike a contract, in which parties are mutually obligated and its abrogation by one releases the other from its duty, the parties to a covenant agree to remain faithful to it even in the face of its violation by the other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Viewed in this context, we see that God was preparing Israel to make this commitment to unswerving devotion by ensuring that they appreciated His singular regard for them. 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