יְחִידֵי סְגֻולָּה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Select Few/ elect/ distinguished/ outstanding/ elite/ exceptional individuals

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Chosen or distinguished people. People who are distinguished by high virtue (character means a quality or a unique quality. The first source of the expression is in the Book of Deuteronomy, as in chapter 28: "And the Lord said to you today that you would be to him a people of character").

("to hint at the Torah's secrets, given to them mouth to mouth in a whisper. This is fitting for elders and for the select few; since the whole people, the women, and the children do not need it" — Tzror HaMor, Devarim, chapter 9; and likewise: "the result is that aggadah, as it is, becomes a kind of 'hidden light' for the select few alone, while the people as a whole merit only its small fragments" — Bialik, "For the Convocation of the Aggadah"; and also: "but for the blessing over the candles, they would allow entry only to the select few" — Agnon, "These and Those", beginning of "The Use of the Seraph").