Where in our parasha is the one pasuk, actually the one word, that embodies the essence of HaShem’s relationship with Am Yisrael as a distinct and independent entity unrelated to any other nation or race and what is its parallel in Megillat Esther?
How can we explain why the Medina exists and thrives within a sea of Amalek, in a veritable sea of war and hate?
Let’s get to the root of the Israeli failures that allowed for the sadistic and murderous onslaught perpetrated by Hamas and so-called “innocent Palestinian civilians” on October 7, 2023 against Jews in Israel.
Rabbi Meir states that tzitzit with techelet initiate a chain reaction of sight and thought leading up to the Holy Throne. Tzitzit are basically woolen fringes hanging from the four corners of a garment, but their exalted function is to raise man’s sight and perspective from the routine and mundane to the exalted presence of the Creator.
In our yeshiva we played a make-believe game centering around the question: if Israel and the US went to war against each other, on whose side would you be? Could it ever happen?
A wise rabbi once said: “Though we cannot understand why things happen to us, but at least we can prepare for their eventuality”.
