{"id":80947,"date":"2020-10-05T12:44:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T09:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=80947"},"modified":"2020-10-05T12:44:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T09:44:15","slug":"israel-gods-possession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/israel-gods-possession\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel, God\u2019s Possession\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"80947","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":78133,"related_cahpter":"583","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"One of five special possessions\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Ethics of the Fathers (6:10), the Mishna details five special possessions that God gave to this earthly realm. They are: The Torah, Heaven and earth, Abraham, Israel, and the Temple. The proof text that Israel is a special possession of God comes from Psalm 16, verse 3: &#8220;As to the holy and mighty ones that are in the land, my whole desire is in them.&#8221; The Hebrew word <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chefetz<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is normally translated as \u201cdesire,\u201d but here, the Mishnah takes desire to mean possession. Wouldn&#8217;t it be better to pick a verse that actually describes Israel as God&#8217;s possession?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps the Mishnah is teaching us that Israel is more than a mere possession of God. Everyone has many possessions in their home. These items may have monetary value, or sentimental value, or they may have little value at all. What makes a possession special is that it is desired. It is a possession that one wants above all else. 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