Who forgoes recognition and stardom, distancing themselves from fame, vanity, gossip, pointless social gatherings, and worldly matters? Who studies the divine universe and the history of earthly civilizations to understand their humble place in the world? Who reads well-thought-out, prophetic, and honest books, centuries old, from the Talmud to the Zohar? Who dedicates hours daily to simply thinking? Who walks for hours daily while contemplating profound subjects? Who remains connected to God, family, and their ancestral nation?

Who is capable of maintaining a philosophical conversation without resorting to models of absolute truth? Who retains the ability to speak without professional obligation?
Who enjoys life on Earth, nature, and the diversity of national and indigenous cultures? Who appreciates mountains, seas, rivers, the scent of flowers, the pleasure of food? Who truly appreciates work, love, friendship, polishing, refinement, high culture, intellect, and the creation of something that makes life worth living?

The answer to all these questions is simple. Truly intelligent and well-educated human beings possess these marked characteristics. There are not many, but there will always be some, especially within the Jewish people. The great successes of these tiny people have never depended on the amorphous mass, but on God and on a few, very few in each era...